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Supermarkets No Longer Treat Generics as the Shame of the Cart

​Grocery chains have been rebranding their generic store brands for a decade or two now with flashier packaging and better names -- Whole Foods' 365, Safeway's O Organics -- but a new story from Bloomberg Business Week/SF Chronicle reports that the chains are now initiating large-scale marketing ... More >>

Claim: Limewire's Shutdown Reduced Music Piracy by 7 Percent

​The nationally-recognized market research nerds NPD Group just released their latest poll, which suggests the shutdown of the file-sharing application Limewire this past October reduced peer-to-peer-based music piracy in the U.S. by a significant 7 percent. Wait, that many of you were still ... More >>

Burger King Finds New Way to Make You Fat

Burger KingThe Jalapeño and Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse burger: digusting or brilliant?​It didn't take long for the creative geniuses behind fast-food marketing to come up with a new way to make you fat in the New Year. Earlier this week we noticed a new menu item at our local Burger King, ... More >>

The Architect Speaks

Burger KingThe Jalapeño and Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse burger: digusting or brilliant?​It didn't take long for the creative geniuses behind fast-food marketing to come up with a new way to make you fat in the New Year. Earlier this week we noticed a new menu item at our local Burger King, ... More >>

Mayor's Choice to Replace Wealthy Supporters on Arts Commission -- His Own Employee

Nan Park ImagesAh, but is it art? ​In San Francisco, the term "Arts Commission" is misleading. This is not merely a roomful of wealthy dowagers deciding where to place a bust of Adolph Sutro. A small percentage of funds expended on development projects in the city, by law, are sent the commission' ... More >>

Willie Brown tries to force city to restore lucrative contract with engineering firm

Nan Park ImagesAh, but is it art? ​In San Francisco, the term "Arts Commission" is misleading. This is not merely a roomful of wealthy dowagers deciding where to place a bust of Adolph Sutro. A small percentage of funds expended on development projects in the city, by law, are sent the commission' ... More >>

State Bar Takes Over 'Son of Super Swindler' Law Firm -- 2,000 Con Jobs Too Late

The State Bar of California has taken over the law firm of Mitchell Roth, who had, in partnership with convicted felon Paul Noe II, convinced more than 2,000 troubled homeowners to fall for an apparent "foreclosure assistance" scam.The apparent swindle, fist described in the September, 2008 SF Weekl ... More >>

Newsrack fee hike could create more empty boxes

The State Bar of California has taken over the law firm of Mitchell Roth, who had, in partnership with convicted felon Paul Noe II, convinced more than 2,000 troubled homeowners to fall for an apparent "foreclosure assistance" scam.The apparent swindle, fist described in the September, 2008 SF Weekl ... More >>

Back In Court

The State Bar of California has taken over the law firm of Mitchell Roth, who had, in partnership with convicted felon Paul Noe II, convinced more than 2,000 troubled homeowners to fall for an apparent "foreclosure assistance" scam.The apparent swindle, fist described in the September, 2008 SF Weekl ... More >>

Lotus Vodka Filled with Life-Giving Vitamins ... and Cirrhosis-Causing Alcohol!

The State Bar of California has taken over the law firm of Mitchell Roth, who had, in partnership with convicted felon Paul Noe II, convinced more than 2,000 troubled homeowners to fall for an apparent "foreclosure assistance" scam.The apparent swindle, fist described in the September, 2008 SF Weekl ... More >>

Unfair Lawsuit Act

SF Weekly moves to dismiss the Guardian's lawsuit, which is light on witnesses and evidence

Unfair Lawsuit Act

SF Weekly moves to dismiss the Guardian's lawsuit, which is light on witnesses and evidence

Boom Bip

Blue Eyed in the Red Room

Horse Pay

An enterprising volunteer gives Sonoma State University a unique solution to its athletics-funding problem: a stable of thoroughbreds

Best Local Film and Video Preserve

San Francisco Media Archive

Best Vestibule

Masonic Temple of California

Smaller

Tensions mount in an ad agency as two men wait to see who's getting the ax, in this skillful play by Malachy Walsh

House Of Tudor

Japanese cartoon-pop, and Baffling dissent

Best Newsstand

Smoke Signals

Natural Beauty

SFMOMA makes art out the Bay Area's streets, parking lots, freeways and hills

The PeopleSoftTouch

PeopleSoft software has forced a Delaware manufacturer to cut paychecks to Mickey Mouse and let failing Wisconsin college students evade expulsion. Guess what software the San Francisco school district owns?

For Pete's Sake

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Cothran

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Dog Bites

Why giant corporations like PG&E bankrolled a juvenile crime initiative

Let's Make Appeal

UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

Mulch

UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

Dish

UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

The DA's Svengali

Earlier this year, the District Attorney's Office was flirting with farce. Then Terence Hallinan called in David Millstein.