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Blowing Smoke: Obama Promises One Thing, Does Another on Medical Marijuana

Man Stranded 5 Days on Island During Rubber Raft Voyage Still Wants To Reach San Francisco

Soon to be in San Francisco​A man attempting to paddle a rubber raft from Sacramento to San Francisco was stranded for five days on a small island in the Delta. Notwithstanding, the 54-year-old Northridge resident plans on continuing his voyage to San Francisco, said Levi Read, a spokesman for the ... More >>

San Bruno Fire: What Does PG&E Rupture Portend For 'The Big One'?

Smi23leIs this going to be our fate, writ large, when The Big One hits? ​Turns out, what you don't know can hurt you. It can even kill you. We don't give much thought to the network of aging PG&E piplelines running beneath our feet,and powering the flames beneath our pots and pans. But a ruptu ... More >>

Duff, Dumb, and Blond

There's no magic in this Cinderella Story

Free Spirits

You have to be a little bit nuts -- in a good way -- to own an independent bookstore

Ecstasy Is an Art Car

Philo Northrup and his wacky automotive tribe take a road trip to places in California you can't even imagine

ReOrient

A two-day festival of plays about the Middle East can't live up to its promising subject matter

Misplaced Priorities 101

Amid a drastic budget crisis, why is the California State University system spending $400 million on computers? And where is the money coming from?

Holiday Highlights 2001

Holiday Event Lisitngs

Letters to the Editor

Shake, Rattle, and Roll;Musical Notes;Puni, Unlike Muni, Keeps Rolling Along

Rubble With a Mortgage

What could be worse than a devasting earthquake in the Bay Area? The day after, when we all realize that no one is covered by insurance.

Boxed Ears

From minimalism to Nixon in China to the pop musical, Berkeley composer John Adams has gleefully ignored the boundaries of composition

He'll Be There

Willie Hutch wrote one of the greatest songs ever, but he ain't done yet

What's the Harman a Big Checchi Account?

Conflict of interest and the Democrats' wealthy wannabe governors

Portrait of the Soul-Jacker

Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

Masters of Disaster

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

The Jolt Patrol

QuakeProof profits from the coming apocalypse

A Bang and a Whimper

I Was Looking packs a theatrical jolt; Remains is merely jolting

Aisle Seat

I Was Looking packs a theatrical jolt; Remains is merely jolting