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Here's How Easy it is for a Hacker to Wreck Your Life.

Mat Honan of Wired is a better man than me. In exchange for his promise not to prosecute, he got the hacker who ruined his digital life to talk to him. If it were me, I might have left my need to know the details of the attack, along with my inherent desire to tell a good story, to one side so that ... More >>

Tinted Windows: The Limousines' Eric Victorino Is Barely Hanging On

Mat Honan of Wired is a better man than me. In exchange for his promise not to prosecute, he got the hacker who ruined his digital life to talk to him. If it were me, I might have left my need to know the details of the attack, along with my inherent desire to tell a good story, to one side so that ... More >>

City Workers Reduce Stress Through Yoga

In 2004, California voters approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which allows the Department of Public Health to hire employees who had personal experiences with mental health issues, either their own or those of a family member.Funded by the state's millionaires' tax, this peer-based appr ... More >>

"Big Miracle": Saving the Whales Doesn't Save Any Laughs

In 2004, California voters approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which allows the Department of Public Health to hire employees who had personal experiences with mental health issues, either their own or those of a family member.Funded by the state's millionaires' tax, this peer-based appr ... More >>

Lightness of Being

In 2004, California voters approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), which allows the Department of Public Health to hire employees who had personal experiences with mental health issues, either their own or those of a family member.Funded by the state's millionaires' tax, this peer-based appr ... More >>

Are Nursing Homes Over-Drugging Their Residents?

​According to the San Francisco-based organization California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), more than 25,000 California nursing-home residents are being given anti-psychotic drugs. That's about a quarter of the state's nursing-home population, and according to CANHR and other elder-ri ... More >>

Asians Attack City for Lack of HIV Prevention Programs

Yo, where's the Asian Healthy Penis? ​The San Francisco Department of Public Health is known for being particularly hip and inventive with its STD-prevention campaigns targeting gay men. Based on the progressive campaigning the DPH has conducted in the past, including the Healthy Penis campaign (h ... More >>

Junkie Etiquette Getting Better: Fewer Discarded Syringes in the Tenderloin

Cleaner junkies on the streets of San Francisco ​Tenderloin junkies are apparently leaving cleaning up their mess. According to a new report, drug users are leaving far fewer syringes on the streets, a welcome relief to the street sweepers who end up having to clean them up. However, that's not to ... More >>

Out Shining

Cleaner junkies on the streets of San Francisco ​Tenderloin junkies are apparently leaving cleaning up their mess. According to a new report, drug users are leaving far fewer syringes on the streets, a welcome relief to the street sweepers who end up having to clean them up. However, that's not to ... More >>

New Leaf, LGBT Mental Health Center, Closing Doors

Sadly, New Leaf is being turned over​Exploding costs of health care benefits and leases will force New Leaf -- a 35-year-old San Francisco center serving the LGBT community with mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS services -- to close in October. The center's board of directors announced ... More >>

Art Review: Fritz Liedtke: "Skeleton in the Closet"

Sadly, New Leaf is being turned over​Exploding costs of health care benefits and leases will force New Leaf -- a 35-year-old San Francisco center serving the LGBT community with mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS services -- to close in October. The center's board of directors announced ... More >>

Drunken, Mutant Mice Subject of Intoxicating U.C. San Francisco Study

​A study involving drunken, mutant mice and a DNA sequence researchers cleverly nicknamed "lightweight" may lead to a greater understanding of human alcoholism. According to a paper penned by U.C. San Francisco researchers appearing in the current edition of PLoS Genetics, the "lightweight" mutant ... More >>

California a Bit Crazy, Survey Finds

Survey says...​A massive, years-in-the making survey this week released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals what many out-of-staters have snidely pontificated for years: We're having mental problems here. One out of every five adults in the Golden State -- nearly 5 million people ... More >>

Funny or Die

Survey says...​A massive, years-in-the making survey this week released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals what many out-of-staters have snidely pontificated for years: We're having mental problems here. One out of every five adults in the Golden State -- nearly 5 million people ... More >>

Den of Thieves

Survey says...​A massive, years-in-the making survey this week released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals what many out-of-staters have snidely pontificated for years: We're having mental problems here. One out of every five adults in the Golden State -- nearly 5 million people ... More >>

"Den of Thieves"

Survey says...​A massive, years-in-the making survey this week released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals what many out-of-staters have snidely pontificated for years: We're having mental problems here. One out of every five adults in the Golden State -- nearly 5 million people ... More >>

Geek Chic

Survey says...​A massive, years-in-the making survey this week released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research reveals what many out-of-staters have snidely pontificated for years: We're having mental problems here. One out of every five adults in the Golden State -- nearly 5 million people ... More >>

Accused Dog Killer May Be Headed to Behavioral Health Court

Joseph Byrnes​We've been following the sad tale of Joseph Byrnes, a San Francisco musician accused of hacking his pit bull to death in a Bernal Heights church. Back on Aug. 9, witnesses saw Byrnes striking his dog, Nickel, with a hatchet outside the Immaculate Conception Church. When police entere ... More >>

Frank Reviews Himself

Joseph Byrnes​We've been following the sad tale of Joseph Byrnes, a San Francisco musician accused of hacking his pit bull to death in a Bernal Heights church. Back on Aug. 9, witnesses saw Byrnes striking his dog, Nickel, with a hatchet outside the Immaculate Conception Church. When police entere ... More >>

U.C. Employees' Picket Line Blocks Out Gavin Newsom

Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

Sf Gov InAction: Special Faux-Guest Edition!

Do you ever get tired of doing the same thing every week? Me too. So this week I decided to imagine how SF Gov InAction would look if it were written by five of this city's most ... um ... noteworthy ... pundits. You say "parody," I say "homage." Either way: Enjoy. Monday, June 29 11 a.m. ... More >>

Service with a Snarl

In San Francisco, lizards, rodents, and vicious Chihuahuas have all been declared service animals.

SF Gov InAction: These Are Not the Budget Numbers You're Looking For

The excitement stops here. I know ... I know ... that today's the day Gubernatorial Candidate Gavin Newsom releases his budget for San Francisco (a California city he occasionally resides in for campaign purposes). And I know that, when he does, we're all going to die a little. I know. But ... More >>

Anonymous Hones Battle Plans For Scientology Protest of Psychiatric Convention This Weekend

I'm Spartacus!So the Church of Scientology will be out in droves this weekend to protest the American Psychiatric Association's convention at Moscone Center this upcoming Saturday through Thursday. The Citizens Commission for Human Rights, the anti-psychiatry activist arm of Scientology, will have f ... More >>

Gathering Storm

They pile up their stuff to the point of fire danger and rat infestation. A task force is taking on this nearly insurmountable problem.

Shoot the DJ

They pile up their stuff to the point of fire danger and rat infestation. A task force is taking on this nearly insurmountable problem.

"What Do They Do About That Broccoli That They Didn't Actually Eat?" -- Gavin Newsom, on the Challenges Facing Education in SF

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Stern Sidekick Artie Lange Is Out Of Rehab And Heading To San Francisco

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Lying in the Scrap Heap, Staring at the Stars

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

The Tennis Ball Diaries

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

"Pick Your Poison: Medicine and Madness"

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Penelope

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Thank You For Being a Freak

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Sorry, we can't get all crazy for Jump! Theatre's 4.48 Psychosis

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Dot Com Autists: Get Some 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Therapy

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Junkie Shooting Gallery Idea Gains Momentum In SF

Raising teachers' self esteem through massage - and other "education" moments from Gavin's enormous State of the City Address. By Benjamin Wachs Every now and again, Gavin Newsom finds his moment. In the last State-of-the-Citysode, it was a brief minute when he was talking about why the Laguna ... More >>

Defying Expectations

Fine actors turn a dated comedy about psychotherapy into something worth seeing

Don't Know Smack

Down from the mountain, a softly lit Heath Ledger can't save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick

SSRI-ay Cap'n

Depression is all around us, but here's some upcoming shows that won't bring you down

Best Place to Work on Your Laptop When You're Unemployed

Depression is all around us, but here's some upcoming shows that won't bring you down

Elliott Smith R.I.P.

A downward spiral hits its nadir

He's Gotta Have It

Local filmmaker Caveh Zahedi's career was waylaid by his addiction to prostitution and porn. Today, his sexual compulsions could be the source of his comeback.

Getting the Treatment

Proposition 36 is based on a noble idea: substituting drug treatment for prison sentences. But the measure needs practical help.

Better Than Nothing

Gary Johnson is about to become the first transsexual to sue for discrimination under a new state law. The only catch: He must admit to being "disabled."

Cothran

Gary Johnson is about to become the first transsexual to sue for discrimination under a new state law. The only catch: He must admit to being "disabled."

The AIDS Civil War

The promise of a new treatment has opened a painful divide

The Quick Fix

A smack addict tries to become an overnight success