Monterey

Cover of Darkness: S.F. Police Turned a Blind Eye to Some of the City's Most Dangerous Criminals — Who Were Also Some of Their Most Trusted Sources

Ross Mirkarimi Hearing: Eliana Lopez Says She Wan't Abused, She Just Bruises Easily

Eliana Lopez continued her testimony last night, where she denied that her husband, Ross Mirkarimi, abused her during the couple's domestic dispute on New Year's Eve, which ultimately led to Mirkarimi's suspension as the county sheriff. In her testimony, she detailed the New Year's Eve argument in w ... More >>

Progressives Can Abuse Their Wives: A "Guardian" Editorial

Analysis: Damning Text Messages Emerge in Ross Mirkarimi Spouse Abuse Case

​One of the major missing pieces in the domestic-violence case against newly elected Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi emerged during his arraignment on three misdemeanor counts yesterday: Text messages and e-mails, allegedly sent by his wife, that prosecutors say demonstrate her concerns that Mirkarimi was ... More >>

Erosion at Ocean Beach could send sewage into the sea

What's With This Cold Weather? We Ask Some Scientists -- They Tell Us to Grow a Pair.

C'mon man. It's not that cold​Ask a weather scientist why it's so damn cold today and you'll get two answers, both of them equally valid. The first is a scientific rationale involving high-pressure systems and advection and whatnot. And the second is that San Franciscans are wussies. We told you t ... More >>

Music Awards Program Guide

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Mother Nature or Nurture?

The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change

Untouchable

Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

California Sunshine

The golden state of Skygreen Leopards' cosmic roots-pop

Oh, Pioneers

Behold - the forgotten history of the Beau Brummels, the true originators of the San Francisco sound of the '60s

Department of What the Fuck?

James Brown is the Godfather of Soul. Also: hot pants.

Sign of the Cult-Buster

Anti-cult crusader Ford Greene and the town of San Anselmo are staging a nasty public fight over Greene's strident anti-Bush political signs. But is that an old religious enemy we see behind the curtain?

Festivals and Fairs

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Nailed?

Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

Bishop Bad Boy

Santa Rosa's charismatic Catholic bishop got busted shaking down a priest for sex. But he had friends in high places -- and they served him well.

Calling All Yahoos

Worried about what John Poindexter's up to as federal information czar? Call his home number and ask.

SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

Cultural Events

The Spybots Among Us

How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

Songs of Science

If you don't know birds have accents, you haven't been attending your birdsong symposia

Trick Or Treat

A Listing of Halloween Events

The Dilemma of Sara Jane Olson

With an October trial in the offing, prosecutors had every intention of proving that Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson was a domestic terrorist who helped plant bombs under police cars 26 years ago.

Fallout

How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.

Asking, Telling

The Pentagon claims gays who serve openly undermine the force, but a local researcher's evidence says otherwise. Could his work help President Bush make life better for gay soldiers than it ever was under Clinton?

Battle Belli

The international soap opera that surrounds the crumbling San Francisco landmark that was center stage for the incomparable "King of Torts," Melvin Belli

Stage

Road to Redemption

Bad luck and a head injury couldn't kill him. Poverty just made him stronger. Now, freewheeling Bay Area bicycling legend Mike Neel is staging another comeback by coaching professional women's racing.

Eat This Logo, Sucker

ValueStar wants businesses to pay for the privilege of sporting its seal of approval. Is it a public service, or a shakedown?

Madam I Am

Raeshel Keavy ran one of the city's most sophisticated and profitable prostitution rings. She was safe until she strayed from San Francisco.

Death Ray From Outer Space

Satellite radio brings 100 stations and digital sound to San Francisco's car stereos. Can local broadcasting survive?

How to Stalk, Kill, and Cook a California Wild Pig

That Sinking Feeling

Sinkhole that ate Seacliff still eats at its residents

Dish

A Tree Grows in L.A.

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