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Letters

Comparing Public's Anguish -- and Reaction -- Regarding Police Murders, Oscar Grant Killing Is Natural, Justified -- and Wrong

As the Bay Area's mood shifts from shock and horror over the senseless weekend murders of four Oakland police officers into a desire for the community to rise up and repudiate this sickening act, we can only measure the moments until some well-meaning soul utters the phrase "a teachable moment." Thi ... More >>

Gang Today, Hair Tomorrow

The Suey Sing Boys of Oakland were a bunch of low-level Chinese-American thugs. Then 10 of them became high-fashion hairstylists.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Suey Sing Boys of Oakland were a bunch of low-level Chinese-American thugs. Then 10 of them became high-fashion hairstylists.

The Chair From Abu Ghraib

When a Texas Rangers reliever threw a chair at a fan, the response was outrage. But was the outrage overdone?

Longitudes and latitudes

Asian directions in sound; heavenly lawlessness.

Rave On?

In the midst of increasing shutdowns and tension with authorities, Bay Area ravers are doing what they've always done -- adapting

The Grid

In the midst of increasing shutdowns and tension with authorities, Bay Area ravers are doing what they've always done -- adapting

Chronic City: To Tax Pot, Or Not? Oakland Votes Tuesday

Photo: chron.ronThe color of moneyMail-in voting closes Tuesday on Measure F, a new ordinance in Oakland which would impose a special tax on sales of medical marijuana in the city's dispensaries. The measure would make Oakland the first city in the United States to have a business tax category for m ... More >>

Art of the Worlds

Photo: chron.ronThe color of moneyMail-in voting closes Tuesday on Measure F, a new ordinance in Oakland which would impose a special tax on sales of medical marijuana in the city's dispensaries. The measure would make Oakland the first city in the United States to have a business tax category for m ... More >>

Yes, 'Epic Beard Man' From AC Transit Beatdown Same Guy Tazed at A's Game

The Internet, it turns out, is a fan of Thomas Bruso's work. The hulking older man dubbed "Epic Beard Man" by Web viewers across the realm enchanted with Bruso's form in administering an authoritative beatdown to a far younger fellow AC Transit passenger isn't an Internet virgin. It turns out Bruso ... More >>

Police Will Still Bust Drug Dealers Despite Crime Lab Closure

Still in business...​Police Chief George Gascon ensured in a Thursday afternoon press conference that police are continuing to bust drug dealers even as the department crime lab's narcotics unit went dark this week after accusations one of the civilian lab technicians was skimming drugs from evide ... More >>

Former USF basketball player, Hyman Taylor, Shot Dead in IKEA Parking Lot

Photo: USFDons.com​Hyman Taylor -- a former center for the University of California San Francisco basketball team -- was shot and killed last night in an IKEA parking lot in Emeryville. The 6-foot-9, 245-pounder from Oakland was 23 years old. Another 27-year-old man who police are not yet identify ... More >>

Slain Hoopster Attempted to Rob a Drug Dealer, Police Say

www.rivals.comHyman Taylor​The former University of San Francisco basketball player killed in an IKEA parking lot last week was murdered in a botched attempt to rob a marijuana dealer, authorities said Monday.

Reinventing the past

The head of the park patrol has some explaining to do.

Would Manslaughter Conviction in Mehserle Case Stave Off Riot?

​In a massive development in Johannes Mehserle's murder trial, Judge Robert Perry today gave jurors the option of doing more than either convicting the former BART cop of cold-blooded murder or acquitting him outright for shooting dead unarmed passenger Oscar Grant. Perry tossed out the possibilit ... More >>

Johannes Mehserle Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

Involuntary manslaughter for Mehserle​Check back for updatesEx-BART cop Johannes Mehserle has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed BART passenger Oscar Grant. The jury could have convicted Mehserle of either second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter - ... More >>

Jeff Wilcox, Oakland's Would-Be Pot Tycoon, Says First Harvest Could Be June 2011

Meanwhile, down at the pot factory...​Step 1: Approve massive marijuana factories. Step 2: Build massive marijuana factories. Step 3: Profit. Jeff Wilcox, one of the men who'd like to build one of those so-called "pot factories," laughs at the the supposedly easy path toward a Utopian, pot-growing ... More >>

Surveillance Footage Leads to Two Arrests in Killing of Jinghong Kang, Shot for $17

Oakland Police DepartmentThis surveillance footage led to a pair of arrests in the killing of Jinghong Kang​After being recognized in grainy surveillance footage, a couple have been arrested by Oakland Police in connection to the mugging and murder of 45-year-old Google job interviewee Jinghong Ka ... More >>

George Huggins Charged with Murdering Jinghong Kang for $17, Could Face Death

Oakland Police DepartmentGeorge Huggins may face the death penalty if convicted of Jinghong Kang's killing​George Huggins -- the 24-year-old Oakland man accused of pulling the trigger in a murder that sickened the nation -- may face the death penalty if found guilty. Huggiins, along with his 33-ye ... More >>

Baylinks: American Idol, Haight, iSex

chemistryland.com​A year later, Oakland police hold press conference about missing child [Oakland North]American Idol asks the city to shut down an intersection [SF Examiner]Muni-inspired woven craft [Muni Diaries]

Declaring San Bruno Fire 'Crime Scene' Kept Media Out

Smi23leA 'disaster' scene and 'crime' scene are not the same...​It would be hard to begrudge San Bruno police for moving to keep non-emergency personnel out of the neighborhood impacted by last week's blast and fire. On Friday, police declared the incinerated areas a "crime scene," which severely ... More >>

Johannes Mehserle Sentence 'Sends Wrong Message,' Lawyer Says

​A veteran civil rights attorney who has sued the Oakland and BART Police Departments more times than he can remember lamented ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle's two-year sentence -- the shortest sentence Judge Robert Perry could have handed down. Jim Chanin has represented more than 500 clients suin ... More >>

Oakland Police Shoot Dog -- Yes, Again

This is a 37-year-old magazine cover -- no dogs were harmed​Sometimes one gets the feeling that the Oakland Police didn't think the end of Old Yeller was sad at all. KTVU-TV is reporting the department's members are, once again, in hot water for shooting a dog. The condition of that pit bull is un ... More >>

Jailhouse Phone Calls to Go Unmonitored -- Reach Out and Whack Someone

'Don't forget your silencer, Vito.'​Thanks to budget constraints, the San Francisco Sheriff's Department has cut back on monitoring prisoner phone calls, which, in the past, has helped prosecutors mount credible criminal cases. But now, that full-time government monitoring has gone away.The Sherif ... More >>

UC Education Rally Targets State Cuts, Then Cops

Much to be against​SF Weekly readers have grown accustomed to the all-consuming education cuts -- and the protests, or what some might call mayhem, that go along with them. But here is another layer to the budget cut story: Protesters who publicly railed against the state cuts and tuition hikes la ... More >>

Last Night's Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle Show Was Every Bit the Crazy Last-Minute Idea it Seemed

Truly a last-minute affair​Everyone's been asking us today: How is it that a Lauryn Hill/Dave Chappelle show actually happened last night, anyway? And, frankly we wondered ourselves -- all we saw beforehand were the announcement Tweets like the rest of you. Being the journalistically inclined folk ... More >>

Woman Videos Man Who Raped Her

Caught on tape for the world to see​Technology truly came in handy for one woman who was smart enough to quickly record footage of the man who broke into her home and sexually assaulted her. Now that footage of the man has been released to media outlets. Sometime around 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday, the 2 ... More >>

Oakland Discriminates Against Anti-Abortion Activists, Judge Says

​Oakland discriminates against anti-abortion activists by selectively enforcing their "bubble ordinance," which prohibits contact with individuals entering reproductive health clinics, the Ninth Circuit has ruled. The ordinance, which was passed in February 2008, makes it unlawful for anyone to ... More >>

Oakland Cops Illegally Strip-Searched Black Men in Traffic Stop, Must Pay $205,000

​A federal judge has ruled that Oakland police officers performed unconstitutional strip-searches of two black men they pulled over as part of an unnecessary traffic stop, and must pay $100,000 to each victim as a result.U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel found that Ofc. Ingo Mayer, in t ... More >>

SFPD Investigates Officer for Mouthing Off to Press

​A federal judge has ruled that Oakland police officers performed unconstitutional strip-searches of two black men they pulled over as part of an unnecessary traffic stop, and must pay $100,000 to each victim as a result.U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel found that Ofc. Ingo Mayer, in t ... More >>

Alleged Meth Dealer Mad at Girlfriend for Letting Police Inside His Trailer

She's really bringing you down, man​Charlie Okigbo Jr. might have taken valuable life lessons from an Aug. 27 incident that brought Oakland Police officers to his home.For example, he might have reflected on the fact that cellphone cases are for carrying Nokias, Motorollas and HTCs -- not cry ... More >>

Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money-Making Machine

She's really bringing you down, man​Charlie Okigbo Jr. might have taken valuable life lessons from an Aug. 27 incident that brought Oakland Police officers to his home.For example, he might have reflected on the fact that cellphone cases are for carrying Nokias, Motorollas and HTCs -- not cry ... More >>

Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money Machine

​This week's SF Weekly cover story "Ranger Noir" takes a close look at the law enforcement unit that covers San Francisco park facilities, and discovers an agency seemingly gone bad.Among its findings: A full-time Park Patrol supervisor holds a second, separate full-time job with the state of ... More >>

Gold Panda Makes His Machines Sound Human at the Independent

Gold Panda at the Independent last night.​ Gold Panda Oct. 25, 2011 The Independent Better than: Getting pelted with tear gas by Oakland police officers. If the subtext of Gold Panda's organic, melancholy electronica wasn't already clear enough, the incredible videos that accompanied the Bri ... More >>

Oakland Dogpiles on Mayor Jean Quan

Mayor Jean Quan has had better days ​Now that she has somewhat placated Occupy Oakland protesters, Mayor Jean Quan is pissing off police and the business community. Like a mother with rivaling children, Quan is stuck trying to balance the demands of both police and protesters as the city braces fo ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: Police Release Their Own Videos Detailing Chaotic Raid

Oakland Police were wearing video cameras the morning they raided the Occupy Oakland camp two weeks ago, which quickly degenerated into chaos and violence. And with their own surveillance, comes the officers' own perspective on what happened that morning. In the wake of massive criticism over police ... More >>

Granny Greenleaf's Pumpkin Harvest Delight Edibles: Pumpkin in the Hour of Chaos

Granny Greenleaf's "Lil Velvets." The Pumpkin Harvest Delight got scarfed before we could get a shot.​If you replaced the word "sailing" from Christopher Cross's 1980 easy listening tour de force with the word "Oaksterdam," it would tickle so good. Especially now, as the smells of autumn com ... More >>

After Shooting, Occupy Oakland General Assembly Announces "This is a Peaceful Revolution"

Updated at 6:49 p.m.: Conger reports that the scene in the camp is peaceful, with protesters discussing the events calmly with police officers. Still, some protesters are chanting "Tell the truth!" to reporters out of concern that the shooting will be tied to Occupy. Updated at 6:35 p.m.: Kate Co ... More >>

Oakland Sexual Assault: SFPD Looking for Possible Connection to Mission District Rapes

Another sexual assault reported, but this one was in Oakland​San Francisco's Mission District has been on edge over two recent brutal rapes, which police believe involve the same suspect. With no real leads, police told SF Weekly they are now "looking into" possible similarities with an early-morn ... More >>

Occupy Oakland Camp Dismantled by Police -- Again

Erin Sherbert​Well, that didn't last long. Less than 48 hours after Occupy Oakland had returned with a new camp, pitching more than a dozen tents in West Oakland, police dismantled the encampment, removing squatters who had just made themselves at home. According to the Chron, police were instruct ... More >>

Mayor Jean Quan Calls on Occupy Wall Street to "Disown" Occupy Oakland

Kate CongerPerhaps a conference call is in order?​After a weekend of epic chaos that led to more than 400 arrests in downtown Oakland, Mayor Jean Quan says she is going to place a call to New York City -- home of the Occupy Wall Street movement --  to let protesters there know she is really, ... More >>

Newspaper Guild Blasts Mayor Jean Quan Over Arrest of Reporters at Occupy Oakland

Reporters are there to observe the story, not be the story ​Plenty of people are unhappy all around about what happened in downtown Oakland Saturday evening -- journalists included. Hundreds of police in riot gear descended on a planned Occupy Oakland rally over the weekend, which escalated into a ... More >>

Occupy Oakland: Police Release Surveillance of City Hall Break-In

Kate CongerWho's fault is that?​Occupy Oakland and Oakland police have been playing the blame game with who's responsible for the chaos and violence that erupted in downtown Saturday night. And while it continues to be a chicken-or-the-egg debate, police can say with some certainty that occupiers ... More >>

Occupy Oakland to Hold "Anti-Police" Rally Today, Sans "Blood and Tear Gas"

Occupying Oakland is kinda like a full-time job ​Occupy Oakland protesters are gathering in downtown today with plans for yet another momentous day of action. But don't everyone get too excited -- occupiers are striving to make this event completely tame. The day of action was scheduled to start ... More >>