Orinda

Bay Area Residents Accused of Economic Espionage for Chinese Companies

Sell our trade secrets ... that's one way to ensure China's economy surpasses the U.S.​A San Francisco federal grand jury has charged five people and several companies -- some located in the Bay Area -- with espionage and selling American trade secrets to help companies in China quickly flourish. ... More >>

Obama Writes a Book, Macarons Are Trending (Again), Paula Deen Explains All

​​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. The First Lady gets a book deal. According to the Washington Post, Michelle Obama just signed a contract to write a book about the White House garden and healthy eating ― an ... More >>

'Goats R Us' Facing Animal Neglect Charges

Lawyers, herders, goats, and judges will meet in court​The memorably named company "Goats R Us" R in trouble with the law. Judge Paul Fogel of Alameda County Superior Court ordered owner Egon Oyarzun and herder Wilfredo Felix to stand trial; both will be arraigned next week on animal neglect charg ... More >>

"Travesties": Tom Stoppard's brainy getaway at Marin Shakespeare

Eyes on the Horizon

Bay Area Safe House Implicated in NBA Book Trafficking Ring

http://www.adonalfoyle.com'Ringleader' Adonal Foyle, who has peculiar ideas about literacy and democracy​According to the Wall Street Journal, the sleepy Bay Area community of Orinda is at the center of an international book trafficking ring led by foreign recruits to the National Basketball ... More >>

Candlestick Park Trample Victim Lawsuit Isn't First Involving S.F. Police Horse -- But It's the First In a Long Time

​We've written a little bit about Eugene Caldwell, the 78-year-old 49ers fan killed by a runaway police horse last year at Candlestick Park. According to court records, Caldwell's widow and grown children filed suit against a bevy of defendants on April 17; yesterday the Examiner ran a story in wh ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

2008 High School Battle of the Bands Semi-Finalists Announced

Leave Your Books on Subways and Park Benches: It’s All Part of the Grand Plan From BookCrossing.com

SF Gets Tough On Smoking In Parks: It's The Quality Of Life Crimes, Not The Quantity

Week of September 19-25, 2007

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Glamour-rama

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Scary Affairs

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Bound for Glory

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Week of April 16, 2003

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Sound and Fury

Cal Shakes' Macbeth places the art before the horse

Trick Or Treat

A Listing of Halloween Events

Dog Bites

Let Them Eat Cake, and Lots of It; On the Town

Side Dish

Should I Stay or Should I Go?; A French Toast; Steep Climb; Chain, Chain, Chain

The Quiet Storm

Rights of Passage

With gates and fences, private property owners are increasingly cutting off traditional paths to public lands. State law offers some recourse, but not much.

Pretty Good Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet
by Michael Scott Moore
plus Much Ado About Nothing

Side Dish

Panic or Attack?

Did this aspiring cover boy, who says he killed in a panic fit brought on by unwanted gay advances, get away with murder?

Reel World

Stage

Stage

Night + Day

Night+Day

Behind the Scenes

Nightmare

Aisle Seat

Once More Onto the Beach

A visit to (dull) Camp Shakespeare

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Aisle Seat

Hard Labour

Love's Labour's Lost imprisons with its verse; My Piece of the Sky incarcerates the audience

Night Crawler

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