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Budweiser, Corona Sued in San Francisco

This suit's for youFriday is a good day for beer and, today, it's a great one for lawsuits regarding beer. Attorney Joe Alioto tells SF Weekly that, this afternoon, he'll make a federal case out of a proposed multi-billion dollar deal to merge two of the world's yellowest beers, Budweiser and Corona ... More >>

Cat Hoarders Charged, 51 Rescued Felines Are Enjoying Their Freedom (Video)

Here's some great news to add a little cheer to this foggy day. Those adorable adult cats that were rescued from two Monterey County animal hoarders last month are getting a little spring back into their step.All 51 felines are making a slow yet very happy recovery at the SPCA shelter, where they re ... More >>

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Town of Bedrock

Kevin Epps on His Life-Changing Straight Outta Hunters Point Documentaries

The impact of Kevin Epps' 2003 documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point runs so deep in the neighborhood where it was filmed, kids who have never met the director have the title of his film tattooed on their arms and backs. Its long-anticipated sequel, which debuted at last year's San Francisco Blac ... More >>

On the Front Lines

As Interim Mayor of S.F., Ed Lee Can Shake Things Up

Sewage Deposits Lead to Beach Closures

​Long walks along the beach need not be romantic. As is all too often the case, heavy rainstorms result in overflowing sewers leading to foul detritus littering the bay. To put it bluntly, beaches in our vicinity are currently despoiled with what 17th-century London diarist Samuel Pepys would have ... More >>

Supes Approve Lennar Hunters Point Project

​If you had 1:35 a.m. in your Lennar Hunters Point Naval Shipyard pool as the hour the Board of Supervisors would vote on the massive project -- you're the big winner. The board approved the gargantuan redevelopment plan by an 8-3 vote this morning following at least 10 hours of meetings and oft-i ... More >>

Roland's Bagels Guy Suing Terra Bakery

Susie W./YelpA blurry Philip Roland, at his original spot in Lower Haight.​Looks like the situation is messier than a cream-cheese-and-jelly bagel at Terra in Hayes Valley ― bagel maker Philip Roland recently departed, just weeks after the place opened, and months after leaving the Lower Hai ... More >>

Baylinks: Tonga Room, Bus Parties, & Bleeding Eyes

We like, we like to party.​When your bus gets delayed you can pout or you can throw a party. [Muni Diaries]Are you between the ages of 12 and 23? Do you love civic duty? Have we got the non-paying gig for you. [Richmond District]Did somebody bomb Duboce Park? [haighteration]Site hawking San Franci ... More >>

Honor Thy Father

The story of a young Muslim woman who was "honor-killed" by her father because he believed she'd become too Americanized.

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

André Koehne​This weekend marks the kickoff for the fall holidays--our favorite mad dash of too many parties and too much eating and all that dressing up and over-extending ourselves. For Halloween weekend there's no shortage of budget options to keep you busy. To wit: Muni Diaries Live @ Make-Ou ... More >>

Get to Charles Chocolates' Open House Tomorrow and Snag Some Kung Fu Taco Love

He'll be there too.​The East Bay's Charles Chocolates (6529 Hollis at 65th St., Emeryville) is throwing open the doors tomorrow for its annual open house with tours, sneak eats and previews of upcoming holiday confections, chocolate decorating, and even a movie. The featured flick is Kung Fu P ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: Man Shot Dead In Double Rock Projects During Apparent Robbery; City's 38th Homicide

View Larger Map A victim of an apparent robbery was gunned down in the Double Rock projects in Hunters Point in the pre-dawn hours this morning, marking the city's 38th homicide of the year. The Medical Examiner's office would not release the name of the victim to SF Weekly, citing the need to notif ... More >>

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Warped Tour Announces SF Date

J. PettinatoNewsom's Favorite Band? Dance Gavin Dance Now in its 15th year, America's longest-running alternative music festival, the Vans Warped Tour, hits Piers 30 and 32 in San Francisco June 27. Among the scheduled bands: NOFX, Punk Rock Karaoke, Shooter Jennings, Streetlight Manifesto, The Ata ... More >>

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Howlin’ Rain’s guitarist seriously injured

Damaged Circuits

Queens of the Stone Age smash the alt-rock robot

Walking the Line

The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer. There’s just one problem: They can’t prove anything.

Aim Low

The nation's biggest player in the apartment rental business has found huge profits in low-income housing

No Justice, No Peace ... Whatever

In the country’s putative activist capital, all the protests and rallies may do more to sow apathy than draw people to the cause.

BeatBox

The pioneering Platinum Pied Pipers give neo-soul its due; "The Club Scene" at the Endup is the real deal

Gridlock

Bill Lieberman, new planning director for the Municipal Transportation Agency, wades into the swamp of San Francisco transit politics

Flowers in the Attic

Guinea pigs, string theories, and old-timey music at the Attic

Crooked as They Come

Criminal swipes its story from a far superior movie

Child's Play

The enduring charm of the Life Size Game of Mouse Trap and Circus Contraption

Posh Folks Exposed

Sneak into luxe green spaces

Arrested Development

Mayor Brown is pushing for quick approval of a Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plan that gives a lot to homebuilding giant Lennar, and not nearly enough to the city or the shipyard's neighbors

Glowing Review

The Navy says radiation levels are within federal safety guidelines, but are higher than what is legally acceptable for the property to be transferred

Mob Rule

Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

Best Microbrew

White Hawk Original IPA, Mendocino Brewing Co.

House of Tudor

A tribute to the 2-tone sound, and the sophisticated belligerence of Devil Doll

Burning Mad

Deciding they just wouldn't take it anymore, Bayview citizens stopped a Navy plan to incinerate toxic gas at Hunters Point Shipyard

Speak To Me

Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam brings hip hop home

Laughaholic

John Leguizamo's material could yield a powerful show -- if he didn't treat it like stand-up

Mirant's Morass

The plan to build a massive new power plant in San Francisco -- once thought inevitable -- hits a few snags

The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

Power Politics

Two major S.F. energy projects are in the works. Do we need both? The question isn't really being discussed.

Dragon Bites

A Beautiful Day to Be Irradiated; We Have Plenty of Lines Open; Annals of Blowback; Press Release of the Week

The Path of Inquiry

How research for this story was conducted

The Hard Nut

Or, Cracking the San Francisco Ballet

Lumet Lite

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Do the 'Do

"Party XX: Top Twenty"

Silver Anniversary

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

The House of Tudor

Welcome to The Gap

California Shakespeare Festival's Henry IV, Part One is fraught with nearly ruinous anachronisms