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Embattled New College President Resigns

SF Weekly Profiles Wil Blades, Berkeley Hammond B-3 Badass

For Sale: New College's Last Shred of Dignity

By Lauren SmileyIt's over for New College of California, folks. Finally, completely and utterly over. There's nothing that could communicate such utter finality at San Francisco's hippie dippie school of higher education on Valencia Street -- home to so many students of activism and women's spiritua ... More >>

Attorney, Ex Client, Alleged Serial Con Man, art consultant, among San Francisco Defendants in Palm Springs Fraud Case

Kaushal NiroulaAttorney David Replogle and three other San Francisco defendants face charges linked to the fraudulent sale of a Palm Springs home whose elderly owner disappeared December 4, police say. Bail is set at $5 million.Prior to the Palm Springs charges filed earlier this month, Replogle's p ... More >>

The Dark Prince

He claimed to be Nepalese royalty, but police say Kaushal Niroula is a con man whose crew of gay grifters may have murdered a wealthy Palm Springs man.

Films on Location

The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

Wikipedia Idiots Respond en Masse in SF Weekly Letters

The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

New College Out of Money: Teachers Unpaid, Not Teaching

The fall lineup features sex, lies, secrecy and Milk.

The End of Our Progress

An ex-mayor chooses between his hometown and poorest Africa. We lose.

New College of Weirdness

The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

Protest Masters

The stories coming out of the school point to a common S.F. malady — leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid

Allegation 101

When there is a suspected date rape, you don't want the accusation looked into by administrators at New College

The Double Life of John Leary

The New College founder is promoted as a visionary. The college should openly admit the Jesuit priest was a pedophile.

No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

Coming soon: The New Roxie

What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater? We hope it has a happy ending.

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?

The Lifesaver

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

Patriot Games

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

Zoom Lens

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

Night+Day

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Shawn Richard got the city to give jobs to alleged gang leaders. If anyone can make such a program work, it's ...THE LIFESAVER

Chron Paywall Pitch: $1.50 Gets You Free SF Weekly Story

Apparently SF Weekly is the only place where jailed alleged con man and murderer Kaushal Niroula is free​The San Francisco Chronicle has joined the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times in erecting partial paywalls around stories, requiring readers in some instances to pay to read individual ... More >>

Mission May Get New Orleans-Style Jazz Venue/Restaurant

777 Valencia from Google Street View​Sure, Yoshi's in the Fillmore can't turn a profit by booking only jazz. But why should that stop anyone from opening another jazz-focused venue in San Francisco -- this time in, say, the hipster ghetto of the Mission?Aha, but we dream big in San Francisco; it s ... More >>

Is Winston Lum a criminal mastermind or a patsy?

777 Valencia from Google Street View​Sure, Yoshi's in the Fillmore can't turn a profit by booking only jazz. But why should that stop anyone from opening another jazz-focused venue in San Francisco -- this time in, say, the hipster ghetto of the Mission?Aha, but we dream big in San Francisco; it s ... More >>

Kaushal Niroula, Purported New College Grifter, May Have Ravaged Bank

What's next?​Los Padres Bank -- the Solvang lender hit by a Rincon Hill real estate scam created by alleged con man Kaushal Niroula -- has been taken over and sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a Friday press release.The FDIC estimated the cost to the deposit insurance fund ... More >>

Gay Grifter Henchman Cops Plea in Palm Springs Murder Case

A local henchman of alleged murderer and con man Kaushal Niroula has pleaded guilty to robbery, attempted murder, and other charges in connection with the Dec. 2008 disappearance of retired Palm Springs art dealer Cliff Lambert, The Desert Sun reports. Matt SmithGrifters allegedly hid an old man's ... More >>

Mistrial Declared in 'Gay Grifter' Murder Trial

Matt SmithWill this case blow up in prosecutors' faces?​Danny Garcia, 28, an alleged mastermind of a purported plot to murder Palm Springs retiree Clifford Lambert and loot his assets won a reprieve this morning. A judge granted his request for several more months to prepare for trial by declaring ... More >>