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Andrew Simpson: Sailor's Death Following Boat Breakup Forces Painful Questions

Andrew "Bart" Simpson is dead, and that's tragedy enough. Sadly, however, it can't end with that. The Olympic gold- and silver-medalist drowned on the bay yesterday when the America's Cup AC72 catamaran he was racing with Team Artemis broke up, flipped, and trapped him beneath it. The British sailor ... More >>

Fleet Week Blue Angels Show Nixed -- Thanks, Sequestration!

Callers to the San Francisco Fleet Week Information line this morning are instructed "If you're calling with a concern about noise, please leave a message at the end of this recording." Suddenly, that's not such a pressing issue. The U.S. Navy today announced that, thanks to mandatory budget cuts t ... More >>

The Who Barrel Through Quadrophenia at Oracle Arena, 2/1/13

The Who Vintage Trouble Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 Oracle Arena Fans of still active '60s-era rock acts are being faced with some stark choices when their heroes hit the road these days. Instead of "Is it worth shelling out the big bucks to see them?" the question has become "Is this my last chance to se ... More >>

Muse Does Stadium Rock Sincerely at Oracle Arena, 1/28/13

Muse Band of Skulls Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 Oracle Arena Better than: Matt Crawley wailing in his best falsetto atop the roof of Downton. From its earliest records to the present day, Muse has maintained the sound and presence of a band that plays arenas. Over nearly two decades it has refined an ep ... More >>

The Big Money Behind Silicon Valley's Scumware Industry

If your experience is anything like mine, the amount of spam in your email inbox has declined in a big way in recent years. The economics of e-mail spam aren't what they used to be, thanks largely to crackdowns by ISPs and legal actions by governments around the world. Another factor: the rise of so ... More >>

Photos: Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon Rock Oracle Party on Treasure Island

Pearl Jam Kings of Leon X Oracle OpenWorld, Treasure Island Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 While you were at home crying over President Obama's performance in the first presidential debate last night, Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, and X were rocking thousands of Oracle employees and guests at its end-of-confe ... More >>

America's Cup: Will Crowds of Yachting Fanatics Invade San Francisco?

Lo, the America's Cup is upon us -- yet we have not been run off the road by a pack of folks resembling Thurston Howell III. Tourists are still cramming the F-Line and eating chowder out of bread bowls, as they would on any nippy Aug. 21 in the city. If San Francisco is going to serve as a beachhead ... More >>

Larry Ellison's Plans to Buy Part of Hawaii Approved

Last week we told you that Oracle CEO and obnoxious bajillionaire Larry Ellison had big plans to purchase part of Hawaii -- and we weren't kidding. According to press reports, the sale went through yesterday, and Ellison will officially own 98 percent of the island of Lanai by the end of the week. T ... More >>

Golden State Warriors Owners Confirm Plan to Move to San Francisco

When Golden State Warriors brass told Oakland that the city was "still in the running," they might as well have said, "I do still want to be with you, I just think it would be best for both of us to see other people for a little bit, so we can grow as individuals before committing to each other." M ... More >>

Live Review, 5/4/12: The Black Keys Get Swallowed Up By Oracle Arena

The Black Keys Arctic Monkeys Friday, May 4, 2012 Oracle Arena Better than: The sound of a Guitar Center inside a parking garage. Maybe the Black Keys just aren't an arena band. Sure, the Akron blues-rock outfit sold out Oracle Arena just prior to the start of its Friday show. And the humble duo ... More >>

How Bay Area Corporations Resemble Their (Human) Neighbors

America's Cup Considering New York City For August Race; NYC Surprised to Hear of It

​The America's Cup will grace San Francisco not once, not twice, but thrice, citizens were promised: before  catamarans race for the main Cup currently held by Larry Ellison's Oracle team in 2013, there will be smaller World Series races in October and in August, according to plans the race e ... More >>

Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

Year in Film: Ten Films We Can't Wait to Watch in 2012

What Exactly Is a Tech Company?

​Fast Company has published what might be the best, clearest look at the how the contours of the tech landscape are shaping themselves, and how that landscape has come to be dominated by four companies. I was alerted to the article via a tweet by Chronicle tech reporter Casey Newton who characte ... More >>

America's Cup: Teams Introduced in San Francisco Today

Golf would be much easier ​Mayor Ed Lee joined Regatta officials today to introduce eight of the 13 teams that will compete in the prestigious America's Cup to be held in San Francisco in 2013. Regatta Director Iain Murray introduced representatives of teams from China, New Zealand, Italy, South K ... More >>

February book events in San Francisco

America's Cup: San Francisco's Chances Are Sinking, Thanks to Chris Daly

America's Cup Organizers' Surprise Rejection of Latest Terms All About Securing Pier 50 For Waterfront Arena, Supervisor SaysChris Daly's tenacity -- and the fiscal studies he demanded -- may have sunk San Francisco's chances at the America's Cup​"Worse things happen at sea" will come as cold com ... More >>

America's Cup: Newport, Larry Ellison Have Been in Contact

Hello, Larry! ​During yesterday's committee hearing regarding the hosting of the America's Cup regatta, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi warned his colleagues that former race site Newport, R.I. is clamoring to sail off with San Francisco's prize following any "glitch or defect in our process." This, it ... More >>

Elizabeth and Jeffery Easterling Died on First Sailing Trip 'Out the Gate'

Exclusive to SF WeeklyJeff and Beth Easterling's empty boat, the Barcarolle. This was, apparently, the couple's maiden voyage 'out the Gate.''​Jeff and Beth Easterling were experienced sailors. Their ship, the Barcarolle, was a good boat. But they had apparently never before experienced the condit ... More >>

Times Square Billboard's Jilted Lover -- An SFSU Journalism Alum

Be true to your school...​Well, it turns out that you can become rich and famous after graduating journalism school after all -- just not in the way you may have expected. YaVaughnie Wilkins -- whose fifteen minutes of infamy have started ticking -- made national news when she took out large billb ... More >>

Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Headed for San Francisco

cfarivar/californiatacotrucks.com/blogGet ready for biryani burritos, San Francisco.​With any luck, it'll be a particularly spicy New Year for San Franciscans who love street food. Peninsula Indian taco truck Curry Up Now is hoping to begin selling in S.F. by the third week of December, compan ... More >>

Photos: Airships Fly Again After 71 Years

On a recent sunny afternoon, SF Weekly contributing photographer Tim Wagner headed to Silicon Valley for a tour of Airship Venture's "Eureka," the first lighter-than-air passanger ship to fly in the U.S. after more than 71 years. Tim Wagner​The 246-foot long zeppelin is larger than a Boeing 747 ... More >>

Straight Outta Half Moon Bay, Sam's Chowder Van to Debut This Summer

Sam's Chowder House lobster roll is coming to S.F. soonSam's Chowder House of Half Moon Bay has plans to go mobile this summer with Sam's Chowder Van. Fish and chips, lobster rolls, fish tacos, and ceviche cooked out of a 24-foot vehicle will soon hit the campuses of companies such as Ora ... More >>

Last Night: Fleetwood Mac at the Oracle Arena

Fleetwood MacOracle Arena, OaklandPhotos by Christopher Victorio - Click here for a full slideshowBetter than: Watching American Idol's downright infuriating finale with clenched fists.Delving into the convoluted history of Fleetwood Mac is tantamount to stepping in a cow pile for the casual fan (an ... More >>

Fast Track to Nowhere

It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer.

Santa Flash Mobs, and 'I Am Legend': Your Monday Morning Hangover

oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs

And the Beat Goes On

An interview with Alan Kaufman

Home Alone

Jana Hunter's intimate sketches

Free Love and Enterprise

Peace and wow will get you an image to sell to tourists, but not fed

Dirty Business

There's not much passion -- at least of the sexual variety -- in a corporate takeover

Inside the NFHell

Are you a 49ers apologist? Or a football fan?

Monster Mash

Deep inside, don't you really think Monster Park is a cooler name than Candlestick? Take the quiz and find out!

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theatre

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Silly Humans, Matrix Is for Kids!

Revolutions runs a playful joy ride through a nifty vision of hell

Neo Sparrin'

Keanu Reeves and the Wachowski brothers deliver a fresh helping of May tricks

See Jerry Not Run

If he'd just revert to type, Jerry Brown could help California avoid a Davis vs. Simon truck wreck

Sleeping With the Auditor

Why San Francisco and its outside accountants are a little too close for comfort -- and how it could threaten the city's financial integrity

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 25, 2001

Dog Bites

I Just Ate a Cake and I Hate Myself; Please, No Phone Calls; Art for the Masses; We're Number ... Seven!

Mission Implacable

Peter Glikshtern used a tire iron on four interlopers in his Mission District bar. Then he beat their lawyer's attempt to make the fight a political caues.

Dog Bites

Whither the Avant-Garde?... To Suburbia, Of Course!

Night Crawler

Trend of an Era

Stage

Sex on Wheels

Playboy magazine throws a sexual revolution party, and nobody comes

Riff Raff

Night+Day

Slap Shots