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Peter Jamison

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    February 22, 2012

    Ross Mirkarimi Says Son Suffered Stress-Related Rashes from Separation

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    February 15, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    January 25, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    January 18, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    November 16, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    August 31, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    July 20, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonMirkarimi in court​Embattled Sheriff Ross Mikarimi appeared in court this afternoon, where a judge was supposed to decide whether a neighbor's testimony about alleged domestic violence between the sheriff and his wife was nothing but hearsay. But after a five-minute hearing, the judge ... More >>

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    July 5, 2011

    Alleged Con Artist Pearlasia Gamboa Explains Her Fake Island Nation (VIDEO)

    People facing serious accusations of financial fraud aren't habitually chummy with the media. Redwood City resident Pearlasia Gamboa is an exception to this rule, as SF Weekly discovered when she paid a recent visit to our office. Gamboa, the subject of this week's cover story, has participated in v ... More >>

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    May 24, 2011

    David Fechheimer Is San Francisco's Best Private Eye

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    April 27, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    April 13, 2011

    News Media Continues Its Slow Decline

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    March 30, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    January 12, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    December 29, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

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    September 22, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    He sees what you can't ​If you happen to be in the market for a private eye -- maybe someone to track down a cheating spouse or just clear your suspicions whatever they might be, SF Weekly has a suggestion for you: David Fechheimer. The former literature scholar is probably San Francisco's most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    San Francisco's Clean Power Program Collapses, Starts Over

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

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    August 11, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

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    June 9, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

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    April 20, 2010

    SF Weekly Wins Big at CNPA Awards

    Hey, that's us!​SF Weekly won seven awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest -- the second-most of any weekly in the state with a circulation higher than 25,000. The Weekly earned three first-place prizes -- including one for Best Investigative/Enterpris ... More >>

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    April 14, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Hey, that's us!​SF Weekly won seven awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest -- the second-most of any weekly in the state with a circulation higher than 25,000. The Weekly earned three first-place prizes -- including one for Best Investigative/Enterpris ... More >>

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    March 31, 2010

    Paper Trails: Honor Killings, A Dead Sex Offender, and Hannah Montana

    ​In the paper this week...Paul Rubin writes about a Muslim father's "honor killing" of his 20-year-old Americanized daughter in Arizona.Matt Smith uses Healthy San Francisco as a crystal ball to portend what national health care reform might bring: longer lines in the waiting room. Peter Jamison ... More >>

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    March 10, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​In the paper this week...Paul Rubin writes about a Muslim father's "honor killing" of his 20-year-old Americanized daughter in Arizona.Matt Smith uses Healthy San Francisco as a crystal ball to portend what national health care reform might bring: longer lines in the waiting room. Peter Jamison ... More >>

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    March 3, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​In the paper this week...Paul Rubin writes about a Muslim father's "honor killing" of his 20-year-old Americanized daughter in Arizona.Matt Smith uses Healthy San Francisco as a crystal ball to portend what national health care reform might bring: longer lines in the waiting room. Peter Jamison ... More >>

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    February 23, 2010

    The Deadly Impact of the Cosco Busan Spill on Fish in the Bay

    ​In tomorrow's SF Weekly, writer Peter Jamison reports the disturbing findings of a previously unreleased study on the lethal impact of the Cosco Busan oil spill on aquatic life in the bay. Researchers discovered that even small amounts of bunker fuel can have a devastating effect on recently spaw ... More >>

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    February 12, 2010

    TelCo Foils Tin-Hat Crowd, Places Cell Tower on State Property

    I want to believe...​Providing effective cell phone coverage in notoriously spotty San Francisco drives telcom executives to baroque political maneuvers as they site cell phone towers.That's because many people in San  Francisco believe cell-tower radiation causes health problems, despite a ... More >>

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    December 4, 2009

    S.F. Signs of the Apocalypse: The Graffiti of Desperation

    We live in dark times. American soldiers are dying overseas. The robber barons of high finance reap massive bonuses as recompense for ruining the nation's economy. As our own fair city falls further into darkness, bilingual toddlers are turned out into the streets, lawyers misremember whom they shou ... More >>

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    October 27, 2009

    From The Snitch: Entertainment Commission Reform Passes

    ​Over on our sister/news blog, The Snitch, Peter Jamison reports on yesterday's hearing for the Entertainment Commission, San Francisco's nightclub-industry watchdog agency.​"Following a three-hour hearing that featured extensive public comment...the three-member committee unanimously approved t ... More >>

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    October 14, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Over on our sister/news blog, The Snitch, Peter Jamison reports on yesterday's hearing for the Entertainment Commission, San Francisco's nightclub-industry watchdog agency.​"Following a three-hour hearing that featured extensive public comment...the three-member committee unanimously approved t ... More >>

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    September 23, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Over on our sister/news blog, The Snitch, Peter Jamison reports on yesterday's hearing for the Entertainment Commission, San Francisco's nightclub-industry watchdog agency.​"Following a three-hour hearing that featured extensive public comment...the three-member committee unanimously approved t ... More >>

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    August 26, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Over on our sister/news blog, The Snitch, Peter Jamison reports on yesterday's hearing for the Entertainment Commission, San Francisco's nightclub-industry watchdog agency.​"Following a three-hour hearing that featured extensive public comment...the three-member committee unanimously approved t ... More >>

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    July 15, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    ​Over on our sister/news blog, The Snitch, Peter Jamison reports on yesterday's hearing for the Entertainment Commission, San Francisco's nightclub-industry watchdog agency.​"Following a three-hour hearing that featured extensive public comment...the three-member committee unanimously approved t ... More >>

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    May 26, 2009

    CA Supreme Court Upholds Prop. 8, But Also 18K Gay Marriages

    The Supreme Court voted 6-1 to uphold Prop. 8, the November ballot initiative banning same-sex marriages. That's not exactly a surprise, considering the flavor of the questions from the justices during oral arguments a couple of months ago. It was more unclear what the justices would do about the 18 ... More >>

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    May 13, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    The Supreme Court voted 6-1 to uphold Prop. 8, the November ballot initiative banning same-sex marriages. That's not exactly a surprise, considering the flavor of the questions from the justices during oral arguments a couple of months ago. It was more unclear what the justices would do about the 18 ... More >>

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    April 1, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    The Supreme Court voted 6-1 to uphold Prop. 8, the November ballot initiative banning same-sex marriages. That's not exactly a surprise, considering the flavor of the questions from the justices during oral arguments a couple of months ago. It was more unclear what the justices would do about the 18 ... More >>

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    March 24, 2009

    Dog-Cat-Rat Man Now Accepting Credit Card Donations Online

    Peter JamisonLife in the peaceable kingdomYou've got to hand it to Gregory Pike, aka Dog-Cat-Rat Man, the nomadic animal trainer who, since arriving in San Francisco last summer, has assumed a place in the city's pantheon of beloved street performers. No matter what trouble comes his way -- rain, wi ... More >>

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    March 4, 2009

    Plastiki Prepares to Set Sail from Pier 31

    Peter JamisonClick the image for a full Plastiki slideshow. Alright, fine, we admit it -- we here at SF Weekly were prepared to be less-than-impressed with a media circus hosted at Pier 31 yesterday to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran built from recycled plastic. ... More >>

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    January 28, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonClick the image for a full Plastiki slideshow. Alright, fine, we admit it -- we here at SF Weekly were prepared to be less-than-impressed with a media circus hosted at Pier 31 yesterday to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran built from recycled plastic. ... More >>

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    January 21, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonClick the image for a full Plastiki slideshow. Alright, fine, we admit it -- we here at SF Weekly were prepared to be less-than-impressed with a media circus hosted at Pier 31 yesterday to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran built from recycled plastic. ... More >>

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    January 7, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Peter JamisonClick the image for a full Plastiki slideshow. Alright, fine, we admit it -- we here at SF Weekly were prepared to be less-than-impressed with a media circus hosted at Pier 31 yesterday to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran built from recycled plastic. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2009

    Happy New Year! Want Some Paranoia With Your Arugula?

    By Peter Jamison It's an open secret that not much changes with the advent of a new year. Resolutions or no, most of us wake up on Jan. 1 with the same reluctance to exercise, 3 p.m. caffeine cravings, and freight of interpersonal neuroses that haunted us on Dec. 31. The same can be said of people ... More >>

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    December 30, 2008

    KRON Can't Stand Criticism, Bags Interview with Media Critics

    By Peter Jamison Those who call the shots at San Francisco's KRON-TV can't say they weren't warned. Howard Rosenberg -- who had been booked to appear on the station with co-author Charles Feldman in January to discuss the pair's new book, No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-hour ... More >>

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    December 25, 2008

    Why Outside Lands Looks Juicy to Big Promoters

    By Peter Jamison We reported this week on the ungainly turf war that has erupted among bureaucrats and entrepreneurs over the future of Outside Lands, the popular three-day music festival whose inaugural run was overseen in August by Berkeley-based Another Planet Entertainment. Despite the event' ... More >>

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    December 24, 2008

    Coming Soon to the Tenderloin: Another Dirty, Poorly Lit Place For Books

    By Peter Jamison Transporting a collection of books, records and periodicals that purportedly surpasses 1 million volumes is no small feat. Imagine doing so on a litter-strewn block in one of the city's worst neighborhoods, dodging local toughs and zig-zagging wheelchairs at every step, and you'v ... More >>

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    December 23, 2008

    Santa Claus: The Frankenstein's Monster of Madison Avenue

    By Peter JamisonLike many of my colleagues in the blogosphere, I've repeatedly found myself unsettled this holiday season by the appearance of a freakish new incarnation of Santa. This vest-sporting and dubiously gendered hipster isn't to be found, as you might expect, after midnight at Pop's. Rathe ... More >>

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    December 16, 2008

    A Welcome Diversion: Renowned Dog-Cat-Rat Man Heads for Drug Treatment

    By Peter Jamison It ain't easy strolling through Baghdad by the Bay with three species of pets stacked atop one another. Just ask Gregory Pike, who has famously trained a rat to stand on top of a cat standing on top of a dog. His outrageously cute animal act has made him a star on YouTube and ... More >>

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    December 10, 2008

    SF Businesses, Pelosi PAC Gave $30K to Scandal-Plagued Illinois Gov.

    By Peter Jamison In politics, shame is contagious. Small wonder, then, that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- who yesterday was arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that, among other indiscretions, he sought to auction off the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama to th ... More >>

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    December 9, 2008

    Mayor Proposes 712 Job Cuts in SF Government

    Hand it to Mayor Gavin Newsom's office for upholding the bureaucratic tradition of euphemism. In a statement today outlining the mayor's plan for addressing San Francisco's revenue shortfall this year, estimated at up to $125 million, Newsom calls for "solutions" -- in the form of spending cuts and ... More >>

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    December 5, 2008

    A McDonald's You'll Actually Miss

    Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Evicts SF Booklovers' 'Institution' By Peter Jamison In a section of the Tenderloin just off Market Street and 5th, where check-cashing outfits and strip clubs give way to desolate, garbage-littered streets, is the kind of store that San Franciscans ... More >>

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