*With restrictions...If you're old enough to drink in the city tonight, odds are the memories of Red Asphalt ("Is that his brain?") you endured in Driver's Ed are fading. Well, rest assured, not only is a mind a terrible thing to waste, it's a terrible thing to clean up off I-280. With that in mind, would-be drunk drivers should avail themselves of free taxi service in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda tonight from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Be sure to mention the "Safe and Sober Free Ride Hom
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A Latino activist group has gained largely positive media coverage for organizing student walkouts to protest government social policies. But how admirable is it, really, to endanger young children for political purposes?
Five months ago, two black homicide detectives got fed up with the Police Department's inaction on black-on-black murders. Thus was born the Crime Response Unit to Stop Homicide (CRUSH): six cops with the grit and guile to tackle the toughest cases in the
Baller Status: The Jacka​How dope is Pittsburg rap sensation The Jacka ? His latest album Tear Gas continues to build a ferocious buzz after entering the Billboard Hot 200 at #93. According to his publicist Portia Jackson, the video for his single "Glamorous Lifestyles" (featuring Andre Nickatina) amassed over one million views on worldhiphopstar.com the day of its release (August 21). While the title might conjure visions of opulence and indicate baller-status level mansions, stretch limos, a
Paul McAdoo​Paul McAdoo sounds like an interesting guy -- and if you see him, be sure to stop and have a chat. Then call the Menlo Park Police Department, as McAdoo has been missing since mid-October. The 86-year-old dementia patient has taken off for spells at times in the past; his family told police he's "a drifter" and a fan of public transportation -- which helps explain why he's often found hanging out at BART and bus stations. San Franciscans are advised to keep an eye out for McAdoo at