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L.A. Dude Lists What He Loves to Hate About San Francisco

We already know San Francisco has some imperfections. Parking is a bitch, (along with transportation in general), panhandlers are always asking for our hard-earned cash, Supervisor Eric Mar makes us look stupid, and there are too many uncovered penises running amuck in the Castro. But what would we ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem: Explorers Have Been Sexually Abused by Cops. Should Scouts Share the Blame?

Former S.F. Police Chief Frank Jordan Doesn't Buy Johannes Mehserle's Story

Johannes Mehserle​Former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle may manage to convince several members of the jury of his peers that he really meant to Tase Oscar Grant when he instead shot him dead on Jan. 1. But, with the defense today resting in Mehserle's high-profile trial, the youthful cop ha ... More >>

Dugg: Jay Adelson, Co-Founder of Digg, Out the Door

Jay Adelson​"There can be only one" is a hell of a line -- best one Highlander had. But you don't get to say it all that often in real life. But, then, you and I aren't high-stakes San Francisco Web movers and shakers. So while many users of the popular San Francisco-based site Digg may have spat ... More >>

S.F. Cops on BART Glass-Shattering Incident: C'est La Vie

Every once in a while, we give a call to a veteran San Francisco police officer with 20 years of patrol experience. Naturally we phoned him up to get his take on the weekend incident in which a BART officer removing a disorderly man from a train resulted in a  YouTube video titled "Officer Br ... More >>

Disgraced BART Cop Hires Barry Bonds' Lawyer -- But Don't Expect a Legal Home Run

It was only a matter of time before Johannes Mehserle, the ex-BART officer accused of murdering unarmed passenger Oscar Grant, hired Pleasant Hill-based attorney Mike Rains. While the general public probably recognizes Rains primarily for his work representing Barry Bonds, in local legal circles he' ... More >>

White Fright

Exploration of self-hating white guy is alternately dope and wack.

Your Friends and Neighbors

Racial tension, above and below the surface, in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace.

The Roots’ state of the union address

Off the Wall

One-act opera is every bit as didactic as the mural from which it takes its title, but lacks the same punch

Elf Me!

Walking in a hellish Santaland

What Dreams May Come

Life after Party of Five, training for Latin American military officers, and the "Godfather of Gore"

Ecstasy Is an Art Car

Philo Northrup and his wacky automotive tribe take a road trip to places in California you can't even imagine

Radar Bros.

And the Surrounding Mountains (Merge)

Chump Changes

Journalists are playing into the hands of George Bush when they unthinkingly insist that everything is different since Sept. 11

American Beauty

Photographer Joel Sternfeld captures the diverse lives of strangers in his cross-country travels

Bzzzzzzt

A buzzing hive of concepts kills Bee

Black Rage

The Coup just may be the greatest, angriest, most militant hip hop act around. So what's up with the Puff Daddy tour?

Jet Set

Postscript

Cothran

Lock and Keys

Night + Day

Dog Bites

The Grid

Stage 1996

Five notable productions

Dead Heat

Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

Masters of Disaster

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

Aisle Seat

The Dusk of Civilization

Anna Deavere Smith delivers a heart-clutching dialogue about race in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Night + Day

Cop Stop?

A Jordan first: He lurches left on cop discipline

Slap Shots

Vocal Talent

Afro Solo gives voice to the work of several fine performers; The Boys From Syracuse deflates Rodgers and Hart's intent

The Third Man

A bar brawl; a stabbing; a missing suspect; a surprise ending

Hip-Hop Horror

Tales From the Hood doesn't stray far from reality in its payback-themed vignettes