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February 16, 2009
Tenderloin Listed as Federal Historic District
Not your average national park visitorsOne of San Francisco's most notoriously downtrodden neighborhoods has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, a distinction that -- in addition to giving the neighborhood some welcome positive attention -- brings the potential for federal tax c ... More >>
News
January 10, 1996
Off-Base (Part II)
The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es
News
January 10, 1996
Off-Base (Part I)
The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es
Dining
April 15, 2009
Feds take the fun out of fungi hunting at Lands End
The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es
News
July 30, 2008
SF Weekly Letters
The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es
News
April 16, 2008
An Inconvenient Plant
One of the world's rarest plants grows in the Presidio. Plans are under way to save it — and ax thousands of trees in the process.
News
July 4, 2007
Mother Nature or Nurture?
The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change
News
January 3, 2007
Picket Up
The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change
News
April 12, 2006
Fire Fighting
The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change
News
August 14, 2002
Letters to the Editor
Week of August 14, 2002
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July 24, 2002
The Nature of Politics
Dog owners, compliant pols viciously distort a reasonable attempt to preserve our environmental legacy
Best of San Francisco
May 15, 2002
Best Local Version of Machu Picchu
Batteries Chamberlain, Crosby, Cranston, Marcus Miller, and Boutelle
Music
July 14, 1999
Riff Raff
Batteries Chamberlain, Crosby, Cranston, Marcus Miller, and Boutelle
News
March 17, 1999
Ship of Fools
Men keep falling in love with the aging steam schooner Wapama. She always exacts her price.
News
May 13, 1998
Ghost Museum
Men keep falling in love with the aging steam schooner Wapama. She always exacts her price.
News
January 7, 1998
Letters
Men keep falling in love with the aging steam schooner Wapama. She always exacts her price.
News
December 24, 1997
Bag It, Larry
No one seems to want a grocery store in the Presidio except Larry Buck
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November 12, 1997
Night+Day
No one seems to want a grocery store in the Presidio except Larry Buck
News
September 24, 1997
Between a Rock and a ... Rock
Environmental testing in the Presidio may be a Sisyphean task
Music
July 23, 1997
The House of Tudor
Environmental testing in the Presidio may be a Sisyphean task
News
October 16, 1996
When the Bay was Groun Zero
A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city
Music
October 9, 1996
Night Crawler
A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city
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April 2, 2008
What You Do with a Drunken Sailor
A look at the Cold War ghosts that haunt the rim of the city
News
January 20, 2010
Unleashed
A brutal dog attack in Nob Hill has revived the city's battle over canine control. Here's why it's going to get worse.
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Sutro Heights Diner Tries to Stay Alive
FacebookThe Hontalas family wants a long-term lease.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Saving Louis': We all say we love family-owned businesses right? Here's our chance to support one that seems in trouble of disappearing. Louis' restaurant ― the place on Point Lobos up the hill from the ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
End Near for Louis' Restaurant -- Since 1960s
Rosencruz SumeraGetting yanked around by landlords is longstanding tradition at Louis'Tom Hontalas began washing dishes in his dad's restaurant in 1968 for 50 cents an hour. Now, along with his brother, Bill, he owns Louis' Restaurant and cooks the meals. It's the only job he's ever had. A ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
'Pedophile Island' Proposed By California Gov. Candidate
Is it just us, or does state politics have an unseemly apocalyptic tone these days? First we had "demon sheep" -- twice -- then "apostles of darkness." Now Republican gubernatorial candidate Douglas Hughes, an erstwhile unknown, has come forward with what just might be the wackiest millenarian ca ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Investigators to Inspect Dead Couple's Beached Boat
View Larger MapNational Park Service investigators will be poring over the 33-foot boat of a couple killed yesterday off Ocean Beach in an attempt to answer what compelled a middle-aged couple to head overboard to their deaths. "We don't know why the boat was in distress and we don't know why the pe ... More >>
News
June 9, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
View Larger MapNational Park Service investigators will be poring over the 33-foot boat of a couple killed yesterday off Ocean Beach in an attempt to answer what compelled a middle-aged couple to head overboard to their deaths. "We don't know why the boat was in distress and we don't know why the pe ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Off the Grid Organizer Seeking Permits for Street-Food Markets in S.F. Parks
Chris MacArthur/SF WeeklyRec and Park commissioners vote Thursday to allow Off the Grid-like markets in three city parks.The organizer of S.F.'s Off the Grid street-food market at Fort Mason Center could soon be rolling out similar events in three city parks. At Thursday's regularly scheduled ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Do You Have First Amendment Rights in San Francisco Parks or Not?
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
News
September 15, 2010
Mount Sutro battle pits tree lovers against native-plant lovers
Now valid in National Parks! Right?Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Grub Hollers Cummingitit, Louis' Restaurant Keeps Lease (and Awkward Apostrophe)
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.In the "It's about time" category of restaurant openings (cf: Bar Agricole), Urban Daddy SF announces the arrival of Grub (758 Valencia, at 18th St., 431-4782) on Friday. The pitch: Upscale din ... More >>
Culture
November 10, 2010
"Hamlet": We Players stages a dramatically impressive version on Alcatraz
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.In the "It's about time" category of restaurant openings (cf: Bar Agricole), Urban Daddy SF announces the arrival of Grub (758 Valencia, at 18th St., 431-4782) on Friday. The pitch: Upscale din ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Are Oysters Dying Out?
No more oysters? Zut alors!Oysters can definitively be counted among Things San Franciscans Love. Whether opening our wallets for those tasty bivalves at the Ferry Building or taking a Zipcar up to Tomales Bay for a picnic of raw shellfish, we show our love for the oyster in countless ways.So it ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011
BASE Jumper Ammon McNeely Jumps Off Bay Area Tower (VIDEO)
SF Weekly cameras tagged along while Ammon McNeely from this week's feature story jumped off a tower in the Bay Area. Check out these other videos about McNeely on the web, too:
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Scott Wiener Takes Up Cause of Anti-Leash Activists
And so it beginsOne of the more puzzling aspects of San Francisco politics is the bizarre level of conflict that arises with any discussion of dogs. The prolonged internecine conflict between those who wish to run their dogs free and advocates of more restrictive leash laws has periodically convu ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Boyle-ing Over
And so it beginsOne of the more puzzling aspects of San Francisco politics is the bizarre level of conflict that arises with any discussion of dogs. The prolonged internecine conflict between those who wish to run their dogs free and advocates of more restrictive leash laws has periodically convu ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
SF Dog Politics Comes Unleashed; Rally Planned Next Week
Even Cujo might be too squeamish for these meetingsFor those with a taste for the bitter, litigious, and inordinately complex world of San Francisco dog politics, there's a lot to look forward to over the next few days.Two of the four public meetings planned by National Park Service officials on ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
Mehdi Almotahari, Washed Up at Fort Mason
Body foundMedical authorities have identified the man whose body washed up on the shores of Fort Mason last week as 64-year-old Mehdi Almotahari. A visitor at Fort Mason spotted Almotahari's body floating in the water at about 4:45 p.m. on March 8. Medical authorities had trouble locating his fam ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Native American Bones Found at S.F. State
Time to go back home..School officials came across a box of unidentified Native American bones at San Francisco State University -- a discovery that has triggered a federal law that says human remains must be returned to their Indian tribe.S.F. State officials recently conducted a human remains s ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Federal Government Shutdown: Will You Be Kicked Off Ocean Beach?
Going, going ... gone?With the specter of a federal shutdown looming tomorrow, San Franciscans have reason to worry. If our government ceases operating and everyone heads to the beach -- will we be able to head to the beach? Ocean Beach, after all, is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation A ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
New Offleash Laws to Favor Dog Walkers Who Make a Profit
Get ready for a lot more of this.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors might gripe about the seemingly onerous plan to severely restrict dogs from roaming offleash in areas owned by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But when it comes to that key question of how to handle dogwalkers who h ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Go for a Swim, No More Great White Shark Sightings at Stinson Beach
There's nothing to worry about Just in time for the weekend, park officials have lifted the ban on deep-water swimming at Stinson Beach after a great white shark was spotted on Sunday. Alex Picavet, spokeswoman with the National Park Service told reporters that they are set to impose any more res ... More >>
News
July 13, 2011
Awesome Secret Underground Bunker in Marin Headlands Gets Sealed Up
There's nothing to worry about Just in time for the weekend, park officials have lifted the ban on deep-water swimming at Stinson Beach after a great white shark was spotted on Sunday. Alex Picavet, spokeswoman with the National Park Service told reporters that they are set to impose any more res ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
A Last Visit Inside the Secret Marin Headlands Bunker (Slideshow)
SF Weekly's Peter Jamison gives readers an account of a secret concrete bunker built in reaction to the threat of invasion via the Pacific Ocean in the runup to World War II. This San Francisco relic, known as Battery Construction 129, was never fully built, yet it's mystique and "off-limits" statu ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2011
Louis' Restaurant Lives to Grill Again
Rosencruz SumeraHello again ... The amber tile motif in the bathroom of Louis' Restaurant was the 1970s, every bit as much as the five-note theme of Close Encounters, Oscar Gamble's 'fro, or all the places Dirty Harry shot people that aren't there anymore. Well, the tile is gone. In o ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Samuel P. Taylor, Tomales Bay State Parks to Stay Open with Help from Feds
State and federal authorities announced today that two popular Marin County state parks will remain open with the help of the National Park Service.Samuel P. Taylor State Park, a campground nestled among redwoods in West Marin, and Tomales Bay State Park, which lies on the shore of its eponymous ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Sierra Club, Historians File Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Hotel in Presidio National Park
National Park ServiceA possible view from a luxury hotel planned for the Presidio Local nonprofits and environmentalists are suing the San Francisco Presidio Trust to try and stop its plans to build an "unnecessary" 14-building hotel in the Main Post of The Presidio National Park.The Presidio His ... More >>
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