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Heklina, San Francisco's Beloved Drag Mega-Star, Covers Some Bases at the All Star Game (With Video!)

The Lowbrow Art Sale: Cam De Leon, Basil Gogos & Ken Keirns

SF Weekly Letters

Jason Lytle

Yours Truly, the Commuter (ANTI-)

Tour of California Explained: Norse Gods and Mountain Goats

Part II of our explainer of California's new favorite bike race. For Part I, click here. Q: What could beat seeing ballerina-thin American demi-gods Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer prance weightlessly up mountain passes in pursuit of victory in a week-long endurance contest? A: Seeing an actual ... More >>

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

Dog Bite

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

Slap Shots

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Mark Farina

House of Om (Om Records)

Grandaddy

Just Like the Fambly Cat

Play Ball

Glove Up in S.F.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, January 5, 2005

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Dec. 22, 2004

Apathy to the Rescue

How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

Great Scott!

Could you unknowingly be a Scott Peterson apologist? Let us help you find out.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Hear This

Ay, dios: Get to Grandaddy's show early, and you just might hear God. Er, god.

Fiver

Here It Comes (Devil in the Woods)

Letters to the Editor

Letters from December 20, 2000

Letters to the Editor

Tire Iron vs. Baseball Bat; Trashing SUVs Is Rude? Well Then, We'll Stop Doing It.; Or We Could Just Deport Them to Fresno; Modesto, My Modesto; Say, People Are Still Saying "Meme"?

The Modesto Invasion

The San Francisco rock scene is alive and well -- 90 miles from San Francisco

Night Crawler

The San Francisco rock scene is alive and well -- 90 miles from San Francisco

Tales From the Dark Side

The San Francisco rock scene is alive and well -- 90 miles from San Francisco

Modesto Calling: A Critical Guide to Noise Pop

The San Francisco rock scene is alive and well -- 90 miles from San Francisco

Dial Saddam for Murder

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

Night Crawler

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

Dish

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

S.F.'s tasty tap water about to get a little murkier

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

Seen in Modesto: Birther Idiocy Creeps Closer to Bay Area

But we've still got plenty here​Notwithstanding a barrage of intemperate comments on our recent post discussing the comparative claims to insanity of the "birther" and "truther" movements, we here at The Snitch had thought that adherents of these conspiracy theories were comfortably removed from t ... More >>

D-Lo grabs Snoop Dogg's remix attention

But we've still got plenty here​Notwithstanding a barrage of intemperate comments on our recent post discussing the comparative claims to insanity of the "birther" and "truther" movements, we here at The Snitch had thought that adherents of these conspiracy theories were comfortably removed from t ... More >>

In This Week's Issue: Noise Pop Picks, D-Lo's 'No Hoe,' & Vitalic Paranoia

D-Lo (left) and DJ Fresh​In case you've yet to pick up this week's issue of SF Weekly, a couple music highlights for you here:Emily Savage looks at what makes Noise Pop different from every other local music fest/good week in venue booking. The secret, it seems, is in limited-edition events, wheth ... More >>

Mi Grullense Owner Talks Oakland Taco Truck History

Edgar G./Yelp​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At his California Taco Trucks blog, Cyrus Farivar queries the son of the guy who first drove the Mi Grullense taco trucks into the Goodwill parking lot in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood. Edgar Galindo maps the history of the Oakland truck, f ... More >>

Friday's Pick: Admiral Radley, Sea of Beas, Built Like Alaska

​Admiral RadleySea of BeasBuilt Like AlaskaBottom of the Hill10 p.m., $12-$14 Admiral Radley is an indie-rock Minotaur, bringing together the talents of Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch (of the dearly departed Grandaddy) with Earlimart's Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray. The project started casually f ... More >>

Sarah Palin Contract Released: Read it Here

Lo, the contract is here...​Following this week's ruling that CSU Stanislaus broke the law by fighting to obscure its contract with Sarah Palin, the school has finally disclosed the details behind the former vice presidential candidate's controversial June appearance. Here's the number you were al ... More >>

Sprint 4G's San Francisco Future To Be Decided By Board of Supervisors

Not here you don't...​San Francisco's route to really fast handheld Internet access has slowed to a crawl as activists in Bernal Heights have compelled a Board of Supervisors hearing over their concern that broadband antennae might shake loose in the event of an earthquake and accidentally zap res ... More >>

How to fund your project with online tools in 2011

Not here you don't...​San Francisco's route to really fast handheld Internet access has slowed to a crawl as activists in Bernal Heights have compelled a Board of Supervisors hearing over their concern that broadband antennae might shake loose in the event of an earthquake and accidentally zap res ... More >>

International Peloton Skips S.F. for First Time in Decade

No Shaven-legged, 2-percent-body-fat Europeans allowed!​For the first time in 10 years, the international professional bicycle-racing circuit will bypass San Francisco, while today's stage three of America's biggest cycling event, the Tour of California, is skipping the city with a jaunt from Aubu ... More >>

Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase Brings Money Down to the Soil

beyondtheplate.netBrentwood's Frog Hollow Farm.​Most people are familiar with Slow Food, the organization founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to encourage a return to traditional foodways and reconnect with the sources where our food comes from. So what if we took the same mentality and applied i ... More >>

Republicans Propose New State: Southern California

It's like Arizona and San Francisco in one​One Southern California pol is sick and tired of the Democrats up in Sacramento -- tired of the "pillaging" of local governments and worse, the left-wing policies that dominate the blue state. That's why he's dusted off that tired proposal to let Southern ... More >>

Watch Andre Nickatina's Slick New Video for "Money Shark"

​"Money Shark," the new video from San Francisco-bred rapper Andre Nickatina, features a few prominent elements: the Las Vegas skyline, a pliable female backside, and a giant crab meant to represent his favorite S.F. seafood spot, Crustacean. The cut, from director Ben Griffin (who's also prod ... More >>

The Six Best Restaurants to Bring Tourists to (Besides the Ferry Building or the Wharf)

Imelda/FlickrThe Ferry Building is the ideal place to bring tourists to, but it's not the only one.​ So your Aunt May is in town from San Diego or Modesto or Charleston and you've promised her two days of guided sightseeing, just as long as you don't have to accompany her to Pier 39. (Don't worry ... More >>

Holiday Glow

Imelda/FlickrThe Ferry Building is the ideal place to bring tourists to, but it's not the only one.​ So your Aunt May is in town from San Diego or Modesto or Charleston and you've promised her two days of guided sightseeing, just as long as you don't have to accompany her to Pier 39. (Don't worry ... More >>