Menlo Park

Hey, Sean Parker, Listen to Your Handlers and Shut Your Yapper

The criticism leveled at Sean Parker for the lavish, Medieval-themed wedding he threw in a patch of old-growth redwood forest in Big Sur went a little overboard. The wedding, and the preparations for it, appear to have been a bit less scandalous than it at first seemed, when The Atlantic's Alexis Ma ... More >>

Facebook Pisses-Off Local Environmentalists With Keystone XL Ads

If it's not breast-feeding mommies, then it's pipeline-hating enviros going after Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. Today, Bay Area activists who are "mystified and angered" by recent TV ads in favor of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will descend on Facebook's global headquarters to launch the ... More >>

Venturing Onward: What do Investors Really Want in a Start-Up?

Kwame Harris, Former 49er, Accused of Assaulting "Ex-Boyfriend"

Kwame Harris, a former offensive lineman for the 49ers and Raiders, made headlines today because he was in San Mateo Superior Court for an assault charge. It was a hackneyed narrative, the kind we gawk at for some minutes before moving on and forgetting about it: "retired pro athlete accused of beat ... More >>

Prop 13: The Building-Sized Loopholes Corporations Exploit

Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine

Family Court Evaluator Spied on Employees with Hidden Bathroom Camera

​We've written before about growing concerns over the competence, ethics, and eccentricities of psychological experts tasked with making decisions in California's family courts. These experts make enormously consequential recommendations to judges in disputed child-custody cases, but some question ... More >>

Peninsula Priest Held in 'Private' S.F. Location As Abuse Investigation Moves Forward

​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

John Boehner, GOP House Speaker: Does He Truly Define Silicon Valley?

Represents the Silicon Valley?​When we read in the Chronicle today that supporters of our very own Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer were rolling out the red carpet for GOP House Speaker John Boehner, we had to give it a second read -- just to make sure that we hadn't misunderstood. And then we gave i ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

California Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody

Warriors Sold -- But Not to Larry Ellison

Meet the new boss, Joe Lacob​Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's quest to buy his favorite basketball team has been stuffed. The long-awaited sale of the Golden State Warriors was announced today, for a record $450 million -- but the winning bidder was Joseph Lacob, a part-owner of the Boston C ... More >>

Eric Byrnes: Softball God

We recently wrote a pair of articles about how former Oakland A's fan favorite Eric Byrnes is now being paid $11 million to sell sofas and play beer-league softball on the Peninsula. After the wheels came off the 34-year-old's Major League career in Seattle, we were hoping Giants general manager Bri ... More >>

Local Frequency: Q&A with Judgment Day

​Brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner of Judgment Day got their start playing together on the streets of Oakland back in 2002. Highlighting heavily the fact that there are no guitars in Judgment Day, they are a trio of violin (Anton), cello (Lewis) and drummer John Bush. Playing what they call "stri ... More >>

Have You Seen This Missing Elderly Man Who Enjoys Hanging Out at BART and Bus Stations?

Paul McAdoo​Paul McAdoo sounds like an interesting guy -- and if you see him, be sure to stop and have a chat. Then call the Menlo Park Police Department, as McAdoo has been missing since mid-October. The 86-year-old dementia patient has taken off for spells at times in the past; his family told p ... More >>

Einstürzende Neubauten: The Industrial Revolution Has New S.F. Headquarters

Bones of Discontent - Andrew Galvan carves a unique, controversial role in relocating Native American skeletons

For Sale, Not Cheap

Our guide to readings, spoken word, and other literary events

Greening the Left

Tycoons will pay to generate leftist ideas in voters' minds, but now they want to see results

Suffer the Little Muslims

A look at the appalling discrimination against Middle Eastern students countenanced by Bay Area public schools

Blind Eye Unto the Holy See

Pope Benedict XVI named him Roman Catholicism's top doctrinal watchdog -- even though, as San Francisco archbishop, William J. Levada resolutely looked away from sex-abuse complaints against a renowned priest and legal scholar

Fast Times at Marin Catholic High

A case that the Archdiocese of San Francisco apparently doesn't want you to know about

Zipped Up

S.F. Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?

Ultra Marathon Man

Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

Intrepid Antiwarriors of the Libertarian Right Stake Their Rightful Claim to Power

Looking into the endearing obsession known as Antiwar.com

Total Future Awareness

The Defense Department hires a New Economy futurist to help fight terror. Don't you feel safer already?

Urban Explorer

A request for an inexpensive and interesting restaurant for a party of eight sends our critic to the books

See No Evil

S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?

War Torn

Despite their hatred of Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis living in the U.S. oppose Bush's war

Osama bin Laden dislikes kelloggs frosted mini wheats

The gloriously unambitious world of John Patrick McKenzie, who doesn't care that he's a rising star in the visual arts. And who, as it happens, is autistic.

Festivals/Fairs

Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

A HAL of an Idea

Dr. David Stork is trying to create a new computer that thinks like a human being. But he needs your help.

Charity Begins @ Home

A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Environmental Eating Action Team

Art of the Dealership

Wherein one East Bay trio gets acclaim and attention the old-fashioned way: by accident

Oral Histories and Pulp Fictions

Excavation, celebration, and provocation at the 18th annual Jewish Film Festival

From Bang to Net

How Arno Penzias, who won the Nobel Prize for confirming the universe started with a Big Bang, turned his back on pure science and became an investment banker for Silicon Valley

Night Crawler

That Sinking Feeling

Sinkhole that ate Seacliff still eats at its residents

Pinstriped Medicine

How the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger foreshadows the new -- and sometimes frightening -- world of health care

Chick's in the Male

Under a proposal receiving serious consideration by the city, health insurers may be required to cover the cost of municipal workers' sex changes

Fish Story

Red Herring Editor Tony Perkins is a self-described maverick, a stylish fast-talker with a knack for making friends and influencing people in the high-tech world. Not bad traits for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, but are they what it takes to publish a "m

Masters of Disaster

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

Pet Sounds

Douglas Hollis combines audio with visual in his larger-than-life environmental sculptures

Letters

Aisle Seat

Navel Maneuvers

If Adam and Eve moved to Northern California, they'd probably note on the first day that the balmy weather, inspiring vistas, and mellow vibesreminded them of Eden. On the second day, they'd pick up a copy of "Common Ground" and enroll in a self-help cour