Pacifica

Cover of Darkness: S.F. Police Turned a Blind Eye to Some of the City's Most Dangerous Criminals — Who Were Also Some of Their Most Trusted Sources

Cecilia Zamora, Purple-Haired Missing Woman, Found Shot Dead in Pacifica

San Bruno police found the body of 37-year-old Cecilia Zamora, the San Francisco woman who went missing nearly three months ago. According to San Bruno Lt. Geoff Caldwell, Zamora's body was found on Gateway Drive in Pacifica last Saturday afternoon. She had been shot one time, Caldwell said.

Kenneth Liu Identified as S.F. Abalone Diver Killed Sunday

Sonoma County authorities this morning identified the San Francisco man whose body was pulled to shore Sunday as 36-year-old Kenneth Liu. According to sheriff deputies, Liu was one of three Abalone divers killed in three separate accidents off the coast of Northern California where powerful rip cur ... More >>

Palo Alto Mulls Medical Marijuana, With Conservative Backing

It's a fine town, but Palo Alto is a bit one-dimensional. There's nearby Stanford, and nearby Silicon Valley (fine, that's two dimensions), but not much else is happening in that Peninsula city.But what about medical marijuana? The city could become the first San Mateo County municipality to allow m ... More >>

S.F. Pit Bulls: Protecting Yourself and the Controversial Breed

Mayor Ed Lee Vetoes Supes' Bill Closing Sharp Park Golf Course

​Sharp Park Golf Course will remain open for now -- despite legislation closing the course and handing the land on which it is built over to the federal government that passed the Board of Supervisors last week -- thanks to a veto from Mayor Ed Lee.The veto was expected in light of the Lee's past ... More >>

Pit Bull That Killed Darla Napora Got Loose from Backyard While Officer Kept Watch

New details of the pit bull mauling emerge.Gunner got loose before he was shot to death. ​Police defend their response.Gunner, the pit bull who allegedly mauled a pregnant woman to death Thursday, escaped from the backyard while an officer was posted to keep an eye on it, Pacifica Police Captain D ... More >>

Get Hungry: Pictures from the Bay Area BBQ Championship

Luis Chong​The Bay Area BBQ Championship went down Saturday, with 32 competitors throwing down their best 'cue in the parking lot at the Oakland Coliseum before an A's-Angels doubleheader. The big winners? Big B's Down N Dirty of Pacifica was named Grand Champion, while Slap Yo Daddy of Diam ... More >>

Angry Talk Radio Station KSFO Will Text You News and Ads for Gold

​Updated at 3:00 p.m: Someone purporting to be KSFO has responded to this piece with this thoughtful Tweet: ​ Original Post: One terrible truth of life is that on occasion talk-radio listeners wander out of earshot and languish momentarily without anyone telling them what they should b ... More >>

David Henderson, Former Lincoln High Football Star, Dies

David Henderson​Former Lincoln High football star, David Henderson died last night at San Francisco General Hospital after being gunned down nearly two weeks ago in the Bayview.  On May 26, at about 12:05 a.m., someone shot Henderson, 21, several times on the 1400 block of Kirkwood Avenue, SF ... More >>

Salem Claims the Throne of Spook at 103 Harriet

Salem's Jack Donoghue at 103 Harriet last night.​SalemThe Soft MoonMarch 30, 2011@ 103 HarrietBetter than: A mashup of Lil B's worst rhyming over a cheap horror film soundtrack.Many came to 103 Harriet last night expecting a disaster, and understandably so: Already in its brief period of notoriety ... More >>

New Study Claims Big Cost Savings by Eliminating Golf at Sharp Park

​A new study commissioned by environmental activists asserts that Sharp Park Golf Course should be restored to a wilderness area, a move the study claims would save millions of dollars for San Francisco taxpayers and aid the survival of endangered species that occupy the property.A municipal golf ... More >>

Videogame Competition at S.F. Libarary Comes as Surprise to Librarian

​Of all the libraries in the city, you might think it odd that little old Bernal Heights would be the one tapped to host a national competition. So does the librarian there. On the American Library Association website, Bernal is listed as San Francisco's participating branch in Saturday's "Nationa ... More >>

S.F. Band Early Graves' Tour Van Crashes in Oregon, Vocalist Killed

Early Graves, with vocalist Makh Daniels on the far right​S.F. metal band Early Graves suffered a terrible tragedy early this morning when its tour van crashed outside Medford, Ore., killing 28-year-old vocalist Makh Daniels and injuring two others in the vehicle, the AP reports.Makh Daniels​Dan ... More >>

Accused Embezzler Maria Dionisio Claimed $450K Salary for Unemployment Insurance

Maria Lourdes Dionisio allegedly violated one of the first rules of embezzlement -- you're supposed to keep it a secret​A pair of women accused of ripping off their San Francisco software company for a cool $2.6 million may go down as the most inept thieves of all-time. Maria Lourdes Dionisio, 46, ... More >>

The Education Trap

In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.

Worlds Apart

Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

Is a Round of Golf at S.F.'s Harding Park Really Worth $170?

Worth $170?​Harding Park, the high-caliber municipal golf course that spreads along the shore of Lake Merced and hosted the 2009 President's Cup, is a hell of a nice place to play golf. But is it really $170 worth of nice?It's a question worth asking, after the San Francisco Examiner reported this ... More >>

San Francisco Man Who Bought -- and Returned -- Stolen Paintings Valued at $50K Admits 'I Don't Know Shit About Art'

This and three other paintings were recovered by the Mission's Michael Rosenthal Gallery over the weekend less than 24 hours after their theftThe bizarre theft -- and rapid return -- of four paintings nicked from the Michael Rosenthal Gallery valued at $50,000 wouldn't have been possible without a r ... More >>

S.F. Gallery's Swiped Art Regained -- Man Buys Hot Paintings Out of Van at Market and Fifth

This and three other Terry Hoff paintings were swiped from Michael Rosenthal Gallery on Valencia on Friday morning -- and recovered less than 24 hours laterLess than 24 hours after San Francisco police called gallery owner Michael Rosenthal in the wee hours to inform him a quartet of his valuable pa ... More >>

San Francisco Gallery Owner Claims Thieves Made Off with Quartet of Paintings Valued at $50K

Gallery owner Michael Rosenthal says this and other paintings by Terry Hoff were stolen this morningMichael Rosenthal -- owner of the eponymous gallery on Valencia Street -- is perplexed as to why thieves ripped off four of his paintings in the wee hours this morning. Sometime between evening and 3 ... More >>

Friday Night: Willie Nelson at the Fillmore

Willie Nelson/Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real The Fillmore Review by Jonathan Kiefer January, 16, 2009 Better Than: The last eight years?It happened maybe three-quarters of the way through the evening, during that one loose-vamping instrumental interlude, when the red and the blue light ... More >>

Dame Edna, the Crowd Pleaser

The audience is the star at insult-comic queen's S.F. show.

The Principal Matter

Teachers said Principal Gil Cho was dictatorial. Students said he manhandled them. The school district said he was doing a good job.

Spearhead in Golden Gate Park Saturday: Free!

Enter the Dragon Head

Raymond Chow says he's left his gangster days behind to help bring peace to Chinatown's streets. Is he for real?

Golf in the Hole

Will the city turn over our golf courses to the very people who are making them lose money?

Fight Snub

The last people you would want to stiff are cage fighters, but it appears that’s what one promoter did

Fire Away!

A judge has overturned the ban on handguns passed by S.F. voters last November. Are you worried about firearms flooding our streets? Take this quiz and find out!

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 1, 2005

What the Left Got Wrong About Iraq

Anti-war activists ignored Saddam Hussein's horrendous crimes against ordinary Iraqis. Do they have anything -- beyond anti-Bush demonstrations -- to offer the oppressed in Iran and Syria?

Affairs to Remember

A comprehensive guide to Valentine's Day events for those in love, opposed to love, and everything in between

The City That Would Be King

To maintain its natural position atop the local political food chain, San Francisco must be benevolent, as well as strong

Come Gurp With Me

We hit the streets with one of the city's most eccentric rappers to find out if any S.F. natives know what a "Larry Dog" is

Bad Vibrations

Surfers battle enviro-surfers over a proposed jet-ski ban that would protect wildlife -- but threaten big-wave surfing at the legendary break known as Maverick's

Brain Birds

A thoughtful consideration of the smart and feathered friends at Mickaboo Cockatiel Rescue and Happy Birds

Death of a Death School

The 72-year-old San Francisco College of Mortuary Science -- perhaps the country's premier institution of funeral service education -- has its last graduation and moves (gulp) into the great beyond

Best Spot for Serious Surfers

Ocean Beach

Letters to the Editor

Letters from February 28, 2001

Bang, Bang,

The ins and outs of a disorganized try at the gangbang record

Letters to the Editor

I Jerk My Knee All on My Own, Thank You Very Much; But Tell Us What You Really Think; New Gold Rush Heroes?; God Wants You to Park Here; What? Only a Pinch of Substance?

Night Crawler

The Art of Surfing

Awkward Christian Soldiers

How a Bay Area sect with an occult tinge went national, transformed itself into an odd brotherhood -- and now is gaining acceptance from the ultratraditional Orthodox Church

The Selling of a Wave

Three sports clothing companies are sponsoring contests that encourage surfers to ride the 60-foot waves at Maverick's Point. Someone may be encouraged to death.

Letters

Slap Shots

Tense Alliance

A conversation with the makers of Blacks and Jews, a highlight of the 17th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

The Mission Blue Mission

Saving the habitat of an inch-long violet butterfly, the endangered Mission Blue, is the starting point of a many-sided battle for dominance of San Bruno

Night+Day

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