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NFC West

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2013

    Daniel Colon, Jamal Gaines Gunned Down Over Weekend

    It was a violent weekend for San Francisco where three men were shot, two of whom died, according to police. Medical authorities have identified the two shooting victims as 26-year-old Jamal Gaines and 43-year-old Daniel Colon, who leaves behind an 11-year-old son. The first shooting happened on S ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 12, 2012

    Smuggler's Cove: Find Safe Harbor in a Rum Cocktail

    It was a violent weekend for San Francisco where three men were shot, two of whom died, according to police. Medical authorities have identified the two shooting victims as 26-year-old Jamal Gaines and 43-year-old Daniel Colon, who leaves behind an 11-year-old son. The first shooting happened on S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2012

    Here's Your Chance to Help Kids and Dogs This Holiday Season

    So 2012 was a bad year for you -- you lost your job or your home, or maybe you lost both your job and your home -- in that order. But here's your chance to end the year on a good note and do something great for everyone, yourself included. You can start by donating some new toys to San Francisco's ... More >>

  • News

    November 14, 2012

    Bear Necessities: S.F. Prepares for Hard-Drinking Football Fans

    So 2012 was a bad year for you -- you lost your job or your home, or maybe you lost both your job and your home -- in that order. But here's your chance to end the year on a good note and do something great for everyone, yourself included. You can start by donating some new toys to San Francisco's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Don't Be a Scrooge This Christmas, Adopt a Homeless Animal

    If you are anticipating a lonely Thanksgiving followed by an even emptier Christmas, stop with the pity party and go get yourself a pet.Starting Friday, you can peruse the Macy's storefront in Union Square to check out the latest crop of available animals who are just as sad and lonely as you are ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2012

    The 49ers Lost on Sunday, but at Least Their Cars Weren't Stolen

    It was the 49ers' most lopsided loss of the Jim Harbaugh-era. The New York Giants ran the ball effectively and made Alex Smith look like the old Alex Smith, all the while closing the always-trivial Power Rankings gap with the Falcons (dominant 26-3 win in SF > close 23-20 home win over the Raider ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2012

    Hiding in Plain Sight: A Homicide Suspect Spent Four Years on the Lam

    It was the 49ers' most lopsided loss of the Jim Harbaugh-era. The New York Giants ran the ball effectively and made Alex Smith look like the old Alex Smith, all the while closing the always-trivial Power Rankings gap with the Falcons (dominant 26-3 win in SF > close 23-20 home win over the Raider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2012

    49ers Make It Gets Better Video for LGBT Youth

    The San Francisco 49ers gave their fans new reason to cheer them on. The team became the first in the NFL to make its own It Gets Better video, calling on the nation the stop bullying LGBT youth. The football team released the minute-long video today, which shows clips of defensive tackles Ricky Jea ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2012

    iPads for School Lunches: SFUSD Woos Applicants with Prizes

    The San Francisco 49ers gave their fans new reason to cheer them on. The team became the first in the NFL to make its own It Gets Better video, calling on the nation the stop bullying LGBT youth. The football team released the minute-long video today, which shows clips of defensive tackles Ricky Jea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    SFPD Cancels Scheduled Sobriety Checkpoints, Instead Will Focus on North Beach Drunks

    San Francisco police will be out in force this weekend, just not in the places you were expecting to see them. Sgt. Michael Andraychak tells us that there's been a little change of plans for the 17-day crackdown on drunks on the roads. Instead of sobriety checkpoints on the south side of town, cops ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    Where to Catch See's Candies' 7,000-Pound Lollipop Redux

    SFoodie was on the scene when See's Candies earned the "World's Largest Lollipop" honors in the Guinness Book of World Records on July 20 in Justin Herman Plaza. Now, the West Coast candy giant is hauling out the impressive 16-foot, 7-inch confection for a few more public views. It's currently on d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2012

    Stephen Martin's Friends Start Social Media Campaign to Help Find His Killers

    Less than a week after 31-year-old Stephen Martin died, his friends launched a full-scale online campaign to help police find the men who killed the Santa Clara consultant after San Francisco's Bay to Breakers run last month. Martin's friends are getting the word out about the Justice for Stephen Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Peyton Manning: A Move With No Middle Ground

    ​The intriguing news that San Francisco may indeed be Peyton's Place is that rarest of things -- a true all-or-nothing gamble. There is no in-between when it comes to signing -- or perhaps even chasing -- Peyton Manning. Either the 49ers will contend for a title or the aging, brittle Manning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2012

    49ers Faithfuls, It's Armageddon Sunday at Candlestick Park

    ​Take it from a Bears fan, there ain't no better rivalry in football, maybe in all of professional sports, than the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants. No two teams have had so many epic battles, so many knock-down, drag-out fights, as the 49ers and Giants. Both teams have to be among t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    "Trickeration": Is This Hot New Word Really a Word?

    ​Viewers of last week's 49ers-Seahawks game may have heard something a bit jarring -- not as jarring as what happened to poor Delanie Walker, but jarring nevertheless. Describing the teams' eclectic playcalling, the game's announcer repeatedly used the term "trickeration." Evidently "trickeration" ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure

    ​Viewers of last week's 49ers-Seahawks game may have heard something a bit jarring -- not as jarring as what happened to poor Delanie Walker, but jarring nevertheless. Describing the teams' eclectic playcalling, the game's announcer repeatedly used the term "trickeration." Evidently "trickeration" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Beefcake Football Players Serve You Drinks for Charity!

    ​What: 2011 NFL Celebrity Servers Event Where: MATRIX Fillmore When: Fri., November 11, 7:30 p.m. Cost: Donation The rundown: The Matrix Fillmore adds a side of beefcake to their menu for the 10th annual NFL Celebrity Servers party. You show up, you buy drinks, football players bring them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Tom Otterness Killed Dog, Got City Contracts. What if He Killed People?

    Did Muni give this guy money, too? ​It's almost impossible to stay rational when discussing the plight of dog-slaughtering artist Tom Otterness, who may or may not lose out on millions in city money due to his troubling past. That's because it's hard to conceive of a transgression that would provo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    You Know You Love it: 7 Best Chain Restaurants in S.F. Bay Area

    We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2011

    Schoolhouse Rocked: S.F.'s Most Controversial Charter School Throws Off For-Profit Masters

    We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    San Francisco 49ers Get Jim Harbaugh

    Mystery Ends​Media reports are saying that Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh has been hired to coach the San Francisco 49ers.Recent Tweets indicate that the 49ers will hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m.at San Francisco's Palace Hotel, presumably to announce the five-year, $25 million deal wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Mike Singletary Is Fired -- And We Should Have Seen It Coming

    Tough luck, Sing​Newly ex-San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary's career in management may end up being best remembered for his iconic "I want winners" tirade -- and the inevitable Coors Light commercials it will spawn. Many otherwise sane and sensible observers predicted big things from the 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Brian Westbrook's Monster Game Doesn't Reflect Well on 49ers Coaches

    Until last night, fans wearing this jersey had only nine fewer rushing yards than Brian Westbrook​The terms "broken hip" and "pro football" are more than a little incongruous. It's an injury you'd associate with a shuffleboard mishap at a Florida retirement home more than a gridiron malady. And ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    49ers-Broncos 'Spygate' Story Boggles the Mind

    Sadly, not even cheating allowed the Denver Broncos to slap these on with pride...​The revelation that the Denver Broncos saw fit to clandestinely record the San Francisco 49ers practice sessions -- yet still lost -- is a story that truly makes not one bit of sense. First of all, even the Niners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    TSA Scanners: U.C. San Francisco Radiologists Debunk Radiation Fears

    Calm down, people...​Update 12/3: TSA slaps us on the wrist about using this picture. This is an old image. The newer ones look more like Egyptian hieroglyphics. Among the elements of paranoia and righteousness emanating from those opting out of TSA scans today, U.C. San Francisco radiology specia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Good, Bad, and Ugly of Sporting Weekend

    Smile and the world smiles with you, Tim​With college and professional football kicking off and baseball's pennant races rounding third, 'tis the season for sports junkies to never leave the couch. By the way, here are a few phone numbers for local divorce attorneys -- if, you know, this is a prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    49ers Beat Colts -- Preseason Bettors Rejoice!

    A great tackle by ... that guy! ​Not long before the San Francisco 49ers took the field in Indianapolis to rout the Colts, your humble narrator received a curious communique in his inbox. It was an a preview of the contest written exclusively for people who had decided to wage their hard-earned mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    'I Quit': A List of Unique Exits

    ​At the beginning of last week, erstwhile flight attendant Steven Slater profanely quit his job, grabbed a couple of cold ones, and slid down the plane's inflatable ramp into American folklore. At the end of last week, promising 49ers running back Glen Coffee abruptly walked away from football, os ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Jerry Rice -- My Favorite Memory

    Gracias, Jerry​With Jerry Rice, San Francisco 49ers fans had it all. The best player with the best work ethic playing for the best team. It was, well, the best. Rice will be inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame tomorrow. But for your humble narrator, utter the words "Jerry Rice" and a very ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    United Football League Fashion Show!

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Floyd Landis doping scandal: The S.F. connection

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Former 49er Roger Craig Has a Fishing Show?

    Roger Craig has gone from beating The Fish in Super Bowl XIX to catching them on TV​If you had asked us which member of the San Francisco 49ers glory teams would have his own fishing show, Roger Craig would not have been our first guess, or even our 33rd guess. But, alas, the high-kneed, saucer-ey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    'Melrose Place' Actress, 49ers Linebacker Among Gavin Newsom's Top Donors

    Actress Daphne Zuniga, seen here as 'Princess Vespa,' thinks Gavin Newsom is the best lieutenat governor candidate in the galaxy​As goes Daphne Zuniga goes the lieutenant governor's race -- or so Gavin Newsom would hope. We reported earlier today that San Francisco's mayor has both the internal po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Your Dream of Being Injured Playing Pro Football May Not Be Dead

    Jim HerdCould this be you? ​San Francisco's participation in the fledgling United Football League was brief -- three home games and some surreal memories of a 90-percent empty AT&T Park populated by fans wearing highlighter-green uniforms. But that's no reason that San Francisco-area old farts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    'Rally' Today -- in Bar -- To Keep 49ers in S.F.

    How much would it be worth to San Francisco to keep plays like this within city limits? ​If ever there's a man to liken shepherding a development to completion in San Francisco to pulling teeth, Mike Antonini is him. He's been a planning commissioner for eight years -- and he's a dentist. So Anton ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S.

    Spend more. Get less. We're the city that knows how.

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Beat the Crabs!

    Spend more. Get less. We're the city that knows how.

  • Dining

    January 7, 2009

    Baggage

    The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Cracked Up

    The city's politicos made the enviros happy by banning plastic bags, but left us with more pollution and cost

  • Dining

    December 14, 2005

    Feeling Crabby

    Must we love everything about S.F. -- even the Dungeness?

  • Holiday

    November 23, 2005

    Holiday Gift Guide

    Must we love everything about S.F. -- even the Dungeness?

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    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?

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Luke Brugnara Makes His Point

    All the city's most bombastic commercial landlord wants is a San Francisco-themed casino in Las Vegas ... or absolute misery for anyone who gets in his way

  • Dining

    September 19, 2001

    All That Glitters

    Asia de Cuba

  • Dining

    August 29, 2001

    Electric Avenue

    The down-and-dirty bars on Albany's San Pablo Avenue

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    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

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Online Pirates of the Caribbean

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • Dining

    September 15, 1999

    Just Eat It

    Ton Kiang

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Fortress on the Hill

    Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

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