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  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Accused Sex Tourist Thomas White Will Continue Resisting Extradition

    Danny Garcia says he was recruited to find boys willing to testify against Thomas White​Thomas White, a San Francisco financier imprisoned in Mexico after accusations he traveled to Puerto Vallarta to molest underaged boys, will continue resisting extradition to the United States. Oddly, he does s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Lana Lawless, Transgender Woman Golfer, Sues LPGA

    www.longdrivers.comLana Lawless takes home the 2009 Long Drivers of America title​Transgender golfer Lana Lawless is suing two of the country's top golf associations to do away with their ban on trans-women athletes. The Ladies Professional Golf Association -- better known as the LPGA -- is only o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Winston Lum, Accused Criminal Mastermind and Charming Envelope Artist

    Winston Lum, brooding artist​Jail can be a lonely place. So we weren't surprised that Winston Lum would express gratitude for the hours and days we spent interviewing him while he sat incarcerated at the Hall of Justice for the Aug. 4 feature "Is Winston Lum a Criminal Mastermind or a Patsy?"A mon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Kaushal Niroula, Purported New College Grifter, May Have Ravaged Bank

    What's next?​Los Padres Bank -- the Solvang lender hit by a Rincon Hill real estate scam created by alleged con man Kaushal Niroula -- has been taken over and sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a Friday press release.The FDIC estimated the cost to the deposit insurance fund ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Is Winston Lum a criminal mastermind or a patsy?

    What's next?​Los Padres Bank -- the Solvang lender hit by a Rincon Hill real estate scam created by alleged con man Kaushal Niroula -- has been taken over and sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a Friday press release.The FDIC estimated the cost to the deposit insurance fund ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2010

    Going to Coachella vs. the S.F. staycation

    What's next?​Los Padres Bank -- the Solvang lender hit by a Rincon Hill real estate scam created by alleged con man Kaushal Niroula -- has been taken over and sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a Friday press release.The FDIC estimated the cost to the deposit insurance fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    CBS Reporter Hank Plante Spanks Newsom For On-Air Hissy Fit

    Do we all remember when Mayor Gavin Newsom got huffy with the press last fall for covering his media silence after dropping out of the governor's race? The most gruesome example was when he got ticked off at CBS' even-keeled Hank Plante on-camera when the political reporter dared to ask him about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Law Catching up to 'Son of Super Swindler' Just as Infamous Dad Gets Out of Prison

    ​Paul Noe II, the apparent mastermind of a scheme the California Attorney General says was designed to bilk thousands of defaulted homeowners out of their remaining savings, appears even closer to having to suffer for his deeds. "He's such an ass. I would love to see these people jailed, because t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Palm Springs Arrests Cast Doubt on Famous SF-Mexico Sex Tourism Case

    Five years ago, federal sex abuse charges lodged against against financier Thomas Frank White put an elderly San Francisco multimillionaire's face on what was then seen as the growing international scourge of sex tourism. This week White's main accuser and his attorney, who together helped set ... More >>

  • News

    February 7, 2007

    Par for the Course

    Give away city golf courses? Yet another scheme to take public property and put it into private hands without much oversight.

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Give away city golf courses? Yet another scheme to take public property and put it into private hands without much oversight.

  • Film

    June 28, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Give away city golf courses? Yet another scheme to take public property and put it into private hands without much oversight.

  • Dining

    April 27, 2005

    Tip Trouble

    When you're berated by a waiter for a too-small gratuity

  • Music

    January 5, 2005

    Lights, Camera, Gospel!

    A look inside the grandiose cinematic dreams -- and genuine transcendent joy -- at Voice of Pentecost Church

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    The Hours and Times

    An experimental approach to the sensitive story of a man abused as a child

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Hidden Treasure

    Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    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

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of April 2, 2003

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    SF Weekly Music Awards 2002

    A galaxy-spanning journey through space and sound!

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    The Ghost of Scandals Past

    Previous "creative financing" debacles should haunt city officials who've approved a risky $1 billion lease of Muni streetcars

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    My Life as a Eunuch

    What's a man to do if he doesn't want his balls hanging around? Simple: Just find someone to cut them off.

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    Rage Against the Machine

    Tom Ammiano's mayoral bid: inside the campaign that has become a cause

  • Film

    October 6, 1999

    The Bridge and Tunnel Crowd

    Tom Ammiano's mayoral bid: inside the campaign that has become a cause

  • Film

    April 21, 1999

    Karen Morley: Still Sexy After All These Blacklisted Years

    Tom Ammiano's mayoral bid: inside the campaign that has become a cause

  • Calendar

    January 7, 1998

    Night + Day

    Tom Ammiano's mayoral bid: inside the campaign that has become a cause

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    Beauty Knows No Pain

    Building a Better Body at the 28th Annual Session of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

  • News

    March 29, 1995

    Whirly Birds

    The wind-power entrepreneurs at Kenetech have spent millionsin vain tosolve this avian mystery: Why have hundredsof raptors, including golden eagles, died alongside the windmills of Altamont Pass?

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