Pittsburg

Blind Spot: A Motorcycle Death Raises Unanswerable Questions

Counterfeit BART Tickets For Sale: Don't Buy Them

Have you recently had one of those moments when your BART ticket that let you in the station wouldn't let you out of the station? If so, think hard about where you bought that ticket. If you got it from anywhere other than the BART vending machines (or your mom's wallet), then maybe you deserve to ... More >>

Camel Runs Loose on East Bay Road, Gets Hit by Minivan

A 2,000-pound camel named Rudy ran away from home, not once but twice last night, creating a puzzling traffic jam that ended when the 10-year-old ungulate bumped his hump. Rudy reportedly made his way to Bailey Road in Concord after slipping through his wire enclosure at about 3 p.m. From what we ... More >>

BART: How Many Riders at End-of-Line Stations Were Asleep?

If you've ever boarded BART's pre-dawn stockbroker train and mixed among the slumbering financial titans, you may have overheard something curious. The driver announces East Bay stops -- MacArthur, West Oakland, etc. -- in barely a whisper. But, come Embarcadero, he or she will shout "EMBARCADERO! E ... More >>

Black Market Street: Inside a Thriving Open-Air Drug Business

Major BART Delays After Man Dies on Train

(Update 4:30 p.m.): BART officials say the man riding on the train toward Millbrae died, however they could not say how the man died. He was seen slumped over in his seat.(Original Story 3:34 p.m.)If you are like us, you are probably counting the minutes until your 4th of July holiday begins. Sadly, ... More >>

The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures

Local Rap Video Roundup: Too $hort Clowns around with Wallpaper. and More

Too $hort is firing off a battery of new videos to support his forthcoming No Trespassing album. The first, "Money On The Floor" (with E-40) revisits a familiar booty-shaking theme (albeit with stunningly cinematic new angles), while "Hey," with Silk-E, showcases an almost romantic vibe that is neve ... More >>

Memorable Bits and Bites at SF Weekly's DISH

We arrived early and hungry to SF Weekly's fourth annual DISH event on Sunday. Having braved the crowds over the past three years (twice at the Metreon and once at the Westfield Center), we knew that was the best bet to encounter tasting tables that still had food on them. But this year the festiv ... More >>

East Bay Gang Bust: Cops Seize 135 Pounds of Meth

​Cops busted a gang in Contra Costa County, arresting 35 people and seizing 135 pounds of crystal meth, the office of Attorney General Kamala Harris announced today.So-called Operation Red Reach, which concluded today, was a coordinated effort by state and local law-enforcement authorities. Police ... More >>

Saturday Night: Big Gigantic and Umphrey's McGee at the Fillmore

Big Gigantic at the Fillmore Saturday night.​Umphrey's McGee Big Gigantic March 12, 2011@ The Fillmore Better than: Daylight Savings Time; sleeping. Maybe I'm just getting old, but Big Gigantic was LOUD Saturday night at the Fillmore. Too loud. One girl told me she had to leave during the set bec ... More >>

Local Rapper The Jacka Wants You To Name His Near-Trainwreck of a New Song

​Pittsburg rapper The Jacka has a new album on the way next year called Murder Weapon. Today, he released the first track from the forthcoming project, simply called "Untitled." But there's a (marketing) catch: He wants fans to name the song.

Homebrew Pioneer Launching East Bay Brewery with Heretical Bent

Heretic Brewing Co./Facebook​her•e•tic [n. her-i-tik; adj. her-i-tik] ― anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle. While details are still emerging, homebrewing pioneer Jamil Zainasheff recently announced via an episode of Brewing TV that he's launch ... More >>

15,000 Marijuana Plants Discovered in Cornfield

​A massive marijuana grow -- 15,000 plants worth an estimated $6 million -- was discovered in a Brentwood cornfield yesterday. This, once and for all, answers the questions "What's going on in Brentwood?" and "Do they grow corn there?"  The plants were uncovered in the 4600 block of Orwood Ro ... More >>

Barge Manager Sentenced For Dumping Toxic Pollutants Into Bay

Dumping millions of gallons of toxic waste in the bay can land you in jail -- or worse​A barge manager who dumped -- and ordered his employees to dump -- perhaps millions of gallons of toxic pollutants into San Francisco Bay off the coast of Pittsburg has received a barge load of justice. Mark Gui ... More >>

Thursday's Pick: Mob Figaz Featuring the Jacka & Husalah at Slim's

The Jacka​Mob Figaz featuring the Jacka & HusalahStrong Arm SteadyDJ QuestSlim's9 p.m., $21You can't blame the Jacka, a Pittsburg, Calif., rapper whose group, Mob Figaz, is heading into its second decade, for getting a bit sentimental. "When we're all in the studio and I look at [the group's m ... More >>

Survivors' Spirit

Mob Figaz' savvy rhymes reflect a higher perspective.

Fireworks, Death Metal, Circus Bella, '70s Americana

Finn Riggins plays El Rio on Saturday​Bust out the barbecue, hoist up the flag and turn up the Americana jams. Yes, Independence Day is here again. Celebrate the founding fathers (and mothers) this weekend without breaking the bank. Here's our list of cheap summer holiday events for less than thos ... More >>

Busy Day on BART Tracks: Parolee Chase, Passenger Trapped Beneath Train

​Passengers in BART trains spent an ungodly amount of time stuck going nowhere today, but it could always be worse. You could be stuck beneath the train, which was the case at Embarcadero not long ago. Major delays are in effect, and the condition of the rider is not currently known.

Man Accused of Robbing, Beating Girlfriend, Hanging Her Puppy

Gerald Anthony Ortega is accused of hanging his girlfriend's dog, a Jack Russell terrier puppy like this one​A man charged with beating his girlfriend, breaking into her apartment, and hanging her Jack Russell terrier puppy will be arraigned today. Gerald Anthony Ortega, 25, has a court date today ... More >>

SFoodie's 92: Tamales from All-Star

​ As a windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here, a different one each day. Tweet your own nominations ― extra points for pics ― to @SFoodie.

Have You Seen This Missing Elderly Man Who Enjoys Hanging Out at BART and Bus Stations?

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 p ... More >>

New Jacka Video Tops 1M Views

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) ... More >>

The Jacka reprises hyphy with a gangsta twist

Calling All Drunks: Free St. Pat's Day Cab Service Tonight

*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, ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Local Rapper Wins Award For Being Patient

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

Oil Spill Alert -- Bay Ships Getting Bigger, Ports To Get Busier

Maimed Brothers Flee San Francisco Violence

SF Extension Cord Provided By: Prysmian!

Riding the Fader

The cult of Chavez gets another round

Talkin’ Trash

The latest mind-boggle from Paper Rad

Pig Government

The politics of pork has real victims. Just look at New Orleans, or commuters on the Bay Bridge.

Molto Bene

A heaping helping of Italian films

Hot Dark Metal Revival

Forget Black Sabbath. Don't even mention The Darkness. Dirty Power will lead the hard rock revolution to come.

First SF Weekly Sharpie Literary Awards

DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW: Cons, Scams & Grifts, 2001, Mysterious Press, Confidence, 2003, Lion's Gate Films What Should I Do With My Life?, 2002, Random House

The Ghost of Scandals Past

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

Contract Killings

How the state's contracts with crucial electric power providers actually encourage them to gouge us

Full Court Fathers

They're young, poor, unmarried fathers -- but don't call them deadbeat dads. They want to be part of their kids' lives, and Oakland's Midnight Basketball League is helping them do it.

Demonstrating Exploitation

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?

Riff Raff

Journalistic Principals

Reporters at the Mission High newspaper say school officials are persecuting them for telling the truth

C.R.U.S.H. (Part I)

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

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?