Michael Bloomberg

Repellent Troll Sentenced to Jail for Being Repellent Troll

Many of us applauded when Andrew Auernheimer was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison for hacking into AT&T's systems, stealing the private email addresses of thousands of iPad users, and sending them to Gawker. Auernheimer is a horrible person -- a repellent, nasty Internet troll wh ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee Joins National Campaign Asking Congress for Better Gun Control

Mayors Against Illegal Guns -- a bipartisan gun violence advocacy organization -- has released a new video message from mayors across the country, including San San Francisco's own Mayor Ed Lee.The new campaign, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, urge ... More >>

Tech Workers Fuel San Jose Medical Marijuana Scene, Employers Give Up on Drug Screening

It was only a few years ago that spooked-out city leaders in San Jose declared that medical marijuana dispensaries had taken over their town. Today, there are still more than 100 dispensaries in the South Bay city, many more than are in San Francisco and the East Bay combined. And they're thriving, ... More >>

Nancy Pelosi to Appear on 30 Rock Series Finale

For two years now, there hasn't been a more consistent platform for satire than Congress -- what with "legitimate rape," a budget committee chairman who lies about his marathon time, legislation protecting the words "Under God" in the pledge, and a feeble orange-skinned ring leader named Boehner. W ... More >>

Mayor Lee's Stop-and-Frisk Idea Was Not Just Contoversial But Uncreative

On May 16, federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin granted class-action status to a lawsuit against New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. As the New York Times reported, "she was disturbed by the city's 'deeply troubling apathy towards New Yorkers' most fundamental constitutional rights.'" In her ruling ... More >>

Cigarette Tax Proposal Gets Smoked

When we last checked in nearly three weeks ago, supporters and opponents of Proposition 29, which would increase a cigarette tax by $1 per pack, were probably tempted to chain smoke away the nerves from too-close-to-call election results. Now you can dump those ash trays, because the ballot initia ... More >>

"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted": Sensory Overload

Proposition 29 Results Are Close Enough to Make You Want to Chain Smoke

It's all gotta be part of Big Tobacco's plan. Tobacco companies pumped more than $46 million into the campaign against Proposition 29, which would increase the tax on cigarette packs by $1.Perhaps they could have donated more money. Instead, they might have struck the exact minimum amount necessary ... More >>

Prop. 29 Losing Voter Support, Though Cigarette Tax Remains Popular

What can you get for $42 million? A penthouse apartment at the top of the St. Regis. Six years of Adonal Foyle. Roy Lichtenstein's peephole painting. Also, a 14 percent drop in support for Proposition 29, which would raise the cigarette tax and fund cancer research. In March, a poll by the Publi ... More >>

America's Cup Considering New York City For August Race; NYC Surprised to Hear of It

​The America's Cup will grace San Francisco not once, not twice, but thrice, citizens were promised: before  catamarans race for the main Cup currently held by Larry Ellison's Oracle team in 2013, there will be smaller World Series races in October and in August, according to plans the race e ... More >>

Rupert Murdoch on Twitter: Insipid and Pedestrian

​It's sort of hard to believe after all this time, but I still regularly see people making fun of Twitter as if it's just a bunch of morons saying moron things. Okay, it is mostly that when taken as a whole. But I see very little of that kind of thing because I generally don't follow morons. Twitt ... More >>

Hodo Soy at Ferry Building, Baby Hawks, and Vegan Judgement Day!

Rachel at Vegansaurus visited Hodo Soy Beanery's new kiosk in the Ferry Building and found it all so very delicious. I'll take one of each, please! And I'm not just saying that -- I'm for real. Bring me one of each before I burn this whole place to the ground. Sorry, it's been a long week and I need ... More >>

San Francisco International Film Festival: What to See

Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck Heading to San Francisco Dec. 15 -- to Pay Up

Arlington Mayor Dr. Robert Cluck is on his way​For San Francisco, Dec. 15 is payday. Dr. Robert Cluck, the vanquished mayor of Arlington, Texas, will be heading into the city to make good on the World Series bet he made with Mayor Gavin Newsom. Cluck will be helping Newsom oversee a Junior Giants ... More >>

World Series: San Francisco Politicos Collect Texas Bets

Arlington Mayor Dr. Robert Cluck will require an XL jersey​BART riders spotting a man decked out in ill-fitting Giants gear, handing out treats, and serenading them with local ditties need not be alarmed. It's just Gary Thomas, the executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, paying off his Wo ... More >>

Labor Pains

A fight between two unions here could set the course of the U.S. labor movement.

Apple's Latest Hot Mess: Prominent iPad Users' Personal Info Exposed

A window to your soul​Think Facebook's got privacy problems? Just wait till you get a load of the latest scandal at Apple, which has apparently allowed some very prominent users of its iPad device -- think White House prominent -- to have their personal information exposed in an AT&T security ... More >>

Watch Out S.F.: Bloomberg Announces Startup Investment, Doesn't Tell Arrington to F*ck Off

Photo via MG Siegler/Flickr​ Dispatch from NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt The mayor made a stop at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City 10 minutes ago. Here's what we learned: --Firstmark Capital is investing $300,000 in MyCityWay, which created the app NYC Way, ... More >>

Greenberg: Los Angeles plays itself

S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter

New York Times' YouTube Investigation: Bicyclists Sometimes Run Stop Signs

​The odd media war unfolding in San Francisco -- in which major dailies establish editions here while local periodicals fade away -- advanced in a new direction Friday, with a page A-19 story in the New York City edition of the New York Times titled "San Francisco's Cyclists Facing Backlash for Fl ... More >>

Muni Tax Shelter Deal Could Lead to More S.F. Rail Carnage

Jim HerdDid promised millions froma shady tax shelter deal blur Muni's judgment?​A month before investigators began to sift through train wreckage to determine the cause of last week's Muni light rail crash, officials examining deadly transit accident in Washington D.C. discovered a defect th ... More >>

New York City Aims to Do What S.F. Officials -- To Their Credit -- Wouldn't: Profiteer off Plastic Bag Fee

Jared GruenwaldYou can make money, and that's good. And you can help the environment, and that's great. And, sometimes, you can do both -- and that's just super. But when you're only using the environment as a front for a money-making scheme, then you've crossed the line into green-washing. And that ... More >>

Imaginary outtakes from the mayor's 7.5-hour youtube marathon

"19th Avenue: I Know, I Know, I Know." - Gavin Newsom's Message on Transit

By Benjamin Wachs I have to admit something before I begin: Gavin's ability to be boring is stronger than my ability to be funny. I'm slipping. I think I can hold the line for seven-and-a-half hours, but if he posts a sequel (perhaps "State of the City: Revolutions," or "State of the City: Attac ... More >>

King of Queens

Gavin Newsom Can Help Cure Global Warming's Effects ... with High-Rises

Governor Newsom?

Not likely, given his lack of spine in opposing the initiative promoting more parking

Lacking (Progressive) Definition

Lefty factions and a phony convention do not an effective political party make

Future Games

She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems

Fear Factor

SARS has barely touched S.F. Yet tourists and others are staying away from Chinatown in droves.