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The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas Headline Annual Rock the Bells Festival

Noise Pop Preview: Mountain Goats Delve into Divine Dread

Bounty Hunted

A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent

New Wave Thuggin'

Kirby Dominant brings together niggaz and white girlz

I Wish I'd Written That

Deceased journalist Joe Dignan led coverage of California's movement toward gay equal rights

Homeland Sinecurity

A chat with the man who does nothing, all day long, for the Department of Homeland Security

Great Scot

Bagpipes, Robert Burns' poetry, haggis, and about a million kinds of scotch

Nailed?

Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

More Is Moore

Frank Moore's Cherotic All Star Band provides nudity, music, cerebral palsy, and, perhaps, art

Baby With the Bath Water

Legalizing baby dumping might feel good, but is it smart?

The Roadhouse Less Traveled

Legalizing baby dumping might feel good, but is it smart?

The Red Menace

Bad music. Bad press. Bad hair. Sammy Hagar's heard the insults. But for the Bay Area's Red Rocker, the best revenge is living well.

Duck!

Sculptor Brian Goggin throws art out the window

Matrix's Happy Face

New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

Chronic City: Getting It Wrong -- What's The Press-Enterprise Been Smoking?

familydocs.orgDr. Tom Bent, president, California Academy of Family PhysiciansRiverside newspaper the Press-Enterprise reported yesterday that "observers don't expect a flood of applicants for medical marijuana cards" even though challenges by San Diego and San Bernardino counties to California ... More >>

Chronic City: Marijuana Moratorium -- How To Ignore The Voters And The Law

Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by politic ... More >>

Rock the Bells

Dispensary moratorium: Latest political fad?​One by one, across California, the lights are winking out.In city after city, town after town, patients who had dared hope they would at last have safe access to the medicine recommended by their physicians are having those hopes dashed  by politic ... More >>

Worms in the Apple

Two rebels take on America's most beloved computer company.

Chronic City: L.A. District Attorney Says City Councils Have 'No Authority' Over Medical Pot

Los Angeles County District Attorney's OfficeD.A. Steve Cooley (left) and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich: They'll keep busting dispensaries no matter what the City Council says!​It was a petulant fit of pique, certainly entertaining, and potentially hilarious -- if safe access for so many medical ... More >>

No Way Out

Inmate Lonnie Morris is a role model, antiviolence program leader, and darling of the media. But will the parole board see past his crime?

The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

California Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

California: 100 Million Marijuana Plants

You keep growing, they keep seizing​Seizures Rise Under Obama Administration as Cops Bust More Plants Than Ever.The marijuana-related headlines on Wednesday were hogged by a report, issued by a private "cannabusiness" company, that says sales of medical marijuana nationwide will top $1.7 billion t ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

Republicans Propose New State: Southern California

It's like Arizona and San Francisco in one​One Southern California pol is sick and tired of the Democrats up in Sacramento -- tired of the "pillaging" of local governments and worse, the left-wing policies that dominate the blue state. That's why he's dusted off that tired proposal to let Southern ... More >>

Where Did Crispy Tacos Come From?

Joy of Cooking's first taco recipe (1964).​While researching this week's review of Tacko, the Nantucket-themed taco shop in the Marina, I started asking around to find out the history of the anglo taco. Now, Nick Fasanella's crispy tacos have far more complex, Mexican-inspired flavors than the rec ... More >>

Red Tavern: Inconsistent Quality but Never Boring Meals at Russian Restaurant

Joy of Cooking's first taco recipe (1964).​While researching this week's review of Tacko, the Nantucket-themed taco shop in the Marina, I started asking around to find out the history of the anglo taco. Now, Nick Fasanella's crispy tacos have far more complex, Mexican-inspired flavors than the rec ... More >>

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

Joy of Cooking's first taco recipe (1964).​While researching this week's review of Tacko, the Nantucket-themed taco shop in the Marina, I started asking around to find out the history of the anglo taco. Now, Nick Fasanella's crispy tacos have far more complex, Mexican-inspired flavors than the rec ... More >>

One Last Spin: A Look Back at the Year in Bay Area Music

Joy of Cooking's first taco recipe (1964).​While researching this week's review of Tacko, the Nantucket-themed taco shop in the Marina, I started asking around to find out the history of the anglo taco. Now, Nick Fasanella's crispy tacos have far more complex, Mexican-inspired flavors than the rec ... More >>