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EPA Orders South Bay Metal Recycler to Stop Polluting San Francisco Bay

Perhaps not the best recyclable​The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Sims Metal Management, a company that claims to be the largest recycler of metal and electronics in the world, to stop polluting San Francisco Bay with toxic chemicals.The EPA announced today that Sims was found d ... More >>

San Francisco Among California's Top Three Job-Creating Cities

​"Pandering to the conventional wisdom," former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller once observed, is "the mortal sin of journalism." There are plenty of journalistic sinners out there, particularly when it comes to the conventional wisdom on San Francisco.Self-consciously middle-of-the-ro ... More >>

Ronald Bridgeforth, Accused Cop-Killer: What Does He Look Like Now?

Now that accused cop-killer Ronald Bridgeforth has turned himself into to authorities this morning, we have one question on our minds: How much does he look like this digitally aged photo of Bridgeforth from 1971?​ Two years ago, we wondered whether the image of Bridgeforth from 1971, who allege ... More >>

Paul Nave, "Marin County Assasin," Can't Outlast Boxer Half His Age

Dan O'NeillPaul Nave got in his shots, but couldn't outpunch Father Time​It turns out there is a grandfather clause in boxing. As in, boxers who are grandfathers seldom win. Paul "The Marin County Assassin" Nave, proud grandpa and celebrant of his 51st birthday tomorrow, stepped into the ring Frid ... More >>

San Francisco's "Miraculous Mary," Ashley Wyrick, Featured on Anderson Debut Week

Google Ashley Wyrick​Behold the power of the first name. Oprah, Ellen, make room for Anderson. Anderson Cooper, host of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, kicked off his daytime talk show career this week. His clout landed him a high-profile, full-hour interview on Monday on his New York set with Amy Wi ... More >>

Merle Haggard vs. San Francisco: Five Songs in Which Country's Best Works Through His Issues With the Bay

The Hag will make you eat that gee-tar, hippies​Merle Haggard may contain multitudes, but he tends to feel just one of those multitudinous things at a time - and to feel it so hard and pure that he seems to have forgotten all the previous things he's felt that might not square with it. Perha ... More >>

Tech Blogger Off the Hook for iPhone Exposé

Screenshot from Jason Chen's video, April 2010​Gizmodo tech blogger Jason Chen has been let off the hook for buying and writing about an unreleased iPhone 4 prototype left in a Redwood City bar by an Apple engineer. Chen, a senior editor at Gizmodo, made headlines last April when he released photo ... More >>

H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

Alleged Conspirator in 1989 Salvadorean Jesuit Priest Massacre, May Live in Bay Area

Ignacio Ellacuria, one of the priests murdered in 1989.​Last week, a Spanish judge indicted and issued arrest warrants for 20 Salvadorean ex-military officials in the high-profile 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests during that country's Civil War. The case has significant San Francisco connection ... More >>

Supes Want to Rescind Law that Bans Competition in SF Trash Collection

Exclusive: SFPD Concealed DNA Sample Switch at Crime Lab

​Records of bungle in 2008 case were destroyed, investigation findsA forensics analyst's error that resulted in a mix-up of DNA samples, reportedly in a homicide case, has been concealed by officials at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab for close to two years, SF Weekly has learned. Th ... More >>

Restoring Bayview Opera House lifts the area

Bay Area Recyclers Spew Toxins, Enviros Say

​Automobile recycling, billed as a "green" industry, is actually a poorly regulated polluter that produces dangerous toxic waste, according to a new report by an East Bay environmental group."It's not as bad as third-world computer scrapping, but it's close," said Denny Larson, who runs a nonprofi ... More >>

Dominant Legs Channels the Tracy Chapman Within

​Ryan Lynch, sometime guitarist of Girls and Magic Bullets, brings his budding Dominant Legs project to Amnesia this Sunday. With the help of fellow Bay Area native Hannah Hunt, Lynch makes summery ditties about being young -- at love and life, per the title of their debut EP -- with an undertone ... More >>

Ike Speaks: Facing Aug. 26 Eviction, Ike's Place Owner Making Offers on New Spaces

Dawn M./YelpIke Shehadeh says he still hsan't received formal notice of eviction.​Ike's Place owner Ike Shehadeh told SFoodie he's looked at between 40 and 50 potential new locations in San Francisco for his wildly popular sandwich spot. This morning, SFGate reported that Ike's received an evi ... More >>

Ike's Place Still Waiting for Court Date in Eviction Case

slowpoke_sf/FlickrThe eviction case has been as slow as Ike's lunchtime sandwich line.​A month after going public with news of his threatened eviction, the owner of Ike's Place is still awaiting a trial date. Ike Shehadeh said he's surprised by the delay ― three weeks have passed since his a ... More >>

Why Doesn't Ike's Place Just Move Out of the Castro?

Linda A. Cicero/Stanford MagazineIke Shehadeh.​With the possibility of eviction looming, and relations with a handful of neighbors that owner Ike Shehadeh calls straight-up harassment, why doesn't Ike's Place just move on from 16th Street? Simple ― it can't. Shehadeh says he's stuck ― he ... More >>

Comfort Food: At home on the Nicaraguan strip

Tomorrow in Kauffman: Notes from the Mission's Nicaraguan Strip

Eating in Translation/FlickrChancho loco: Oye! Managua​In Wednesday's Eat, SF Weekly food critic Jonathan Kauffman reviews three Nicaraguan places in the Outer Mission: Oye! Managua, Las Tinajas, and Adelita's Cakes. Get a jump on tomorrow's review later today at SFWeekly.com. In the meantime, ... More >>

Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Headed for San Francisco

cfarivar/californiatacotrucks.com/blogGet ready for biryani burritos, San Francisco.​With any luck, it'll be a particularly spicy New Year for San Franciscans who love street food. Peninsula Indian taco truck Curry Up Now is hoping to begin selling in S.F. by the third week of December, compan ... More >>

S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter

In environmental terms, Cash for Clunkers is a jalopy

Je Ne Sais Quoi: Bay Area Chocolatiers with French Names

Maison Bouche: French for Made in Berkeley?​Maison Bouche and Au Coeur des Chocolats, a pair of perfectly Parisian-looking chocolatiers, have recently popped up at Miette (1 Ferry Building at The Embarcadero; 2109 Chestnut at Steiner; and 449 Octavia at Hayes). The rather French-sp ... More >>

Hello, Ladies: Fur Flies at Bay Area 'Cougar' Convention

All Photos | Daniel C. Britt, used with permissionDrool Brittania: British cougars Rita Sangha (left), 39, and Bea Cameron, 45, take in a lecture on 'the positive aspects of dating younger men' while wordlessly offering younger men a thorough tutorial on the virtues of coupling with older women. ... More >>

More Football Players -- Including Ex-Cal QB -- Sue EA Games Over Likenesses

U.C. Berkeley Media RelationsAppropriate Troy Taylor's likeness at your own perilLast month we wrote about how a somewhat underachieving former Arizona State University and University of Nebraska quarterback named Sam Keller sued EA Games and the NCAA, alleging the videogame company is blatantly ste ... More >>

Did You Get Stuck With Illegal Taxes When You Bought Your Unabomber Postage Stamps?

The Smoking GunA few years ago, The Smoking Gun discovered that you could take advantage of custom stamp services and mail your letters affixed with postage depicting the young Unabomber or tyrannical dictators. Now a class action suit in San Francisco district court ponders something more -- are yo ... More >>

Dog Killer Pleads “No Contest”

The Lowbrow Art Sale: Cam De Leon, Basil Gogos & Ken Keirns

Local Music Blog Uncovers Thriving SF Music Scene – BetterKnowanSFBlog: The Deli SF

Lifestyle Check

A gay ex-cop buys a ranch in Gold Country and finds his own version of Brokeback Mountain

OK Then

Frank Chu: the man, the myth, the "Experience."

Great Scott!

Could you unknowingly be a Scott Peterson apologist? Let us help you find out.

Bridgework

The Center for Art in Translation connects cultures through language -- and fun

Generation Excess

A close look at Kibu.com, the teen Web site -- backed by Silicon Valley's elite -- that vaporized $15 million in a matter of months

Dog Bites

Take Out the Trash; Trouble in the 408?; Trouble in the 650; Even Fuzzier Math

Dog Bites

Mercury News redesign; Chronicle rumors; Gavin Newsom

Love Machine

A boy and his Casio set up shop in Heartbreak Hotel

Net Profits

Downloadable music sites are promising musicians a brave new world of mass exposure, but guess who's actually cashing in?

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Greg Kihn

Pirates at the Dock

Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

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Pirates at the Dock

Sony, Electronic Arts sue, alleging Bay Area residents were part of international video game piracy ring

Night Crawler

Music.competition

With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

Sex and the Singular Swami

Since the '60s, the Ananda Church of Self-Realization has grown from a Northern California commune into a worldwide New Age empire. Its leader has grown fond of sex with young believers.

Madam I Am

Raeshel Keavy ran one of the city's most sophisticated and profitable prostitution rings. She was safe until she strayed from San Francisco.

Night Crawler

Art on Two Wheels

There are reasons for building and owning extremely expensive, not especially speedy one-of-a-kind bicycles. The appreciation of craftsmanship. The satisfaction of owning something absolutely unique. The comfort of a perfect fit. The joy of true obsession

Recycling America

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?