San Diego State University

"Gangster Squad": Will Beall Faces the Thin Blue Line

Salvadore Cordileone, Archbishop-Elect Busted for DUI, Prays God Will Help Him

Salvadore Cordileone, Archbishop-elect of the San Franicisco archdiocese who was arrested on suspicion of DUI over the weekend, was driving his mother and some friends home when he reached a sobriety checkpoint near San Diego State University. He was one a 11 people were arrested on suspicion of dru ... More >>

Salvatore Cordileone, San Francisco's New Archbishop, Slapped With DUI

Salvatore Cordileone, who was named Archbishop of San Francisco's Archdiocese in late July, allegedly took one too many sips of the Blood of Christ before getting behind the wheel this weekend. The newly minted leader was reportedly arrested for driving under the influence in San Diego at 12:26 a.m. ... More >>

Josh Johnson's, Jim Harbaugh's Time at the University of San Diego Is Still Legendary

​It's tough to say who is a bigger legend at the University of San Diego, Jim Harbaugh or Josh Johnson. Both of their mythologies still run deep. After all, it's rare a nonscholarship I-AA football team produces an NFL coach of the year and an NFL quarterback. Even rarer, certainly, that they end ... More >>

Fiona Ma's No Booze In the Self-Checkout Law Is Toast of Unions

​Come Jan. 1, California will manage to solve a problem no one has yet proven to exist -- the rampant scourge of underage boozers purchasing alcohol via the supermarket self-checkout lanes. Won't someone think of the children? Oh wait -- they did.Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's AB 183 will prevent the sa ... More >>

Illegal Immigrant Student Interned At California State Capitol

The new "coming out." ​Coming out of the closet as gay is so circa 1999. Now it's all about coming out as an illegal immigrant. Everyone is doing it: Fresno State University student body president Pedro Ramirez came out as illegal last year. Last month, former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio ... More >>

S.F's Chinese New Year Parade Has Become a Hotbed of Controversy

The new "coming out." ​Coming out of the closet as gay is so circa 1999. Now it's all about coming out as an illegal immigrant. Everyone is doing it: Fresno State University student body president Pedro Ramirez came out as illegal last year. Last month, former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio ... More >>

Tree-Huggers, Meet Your Redwoods! Fledgling San Francisco Football Team Signs 31 Guys ... You Likely Never Heard Of.

Joe EskenaziWho is man enough to wear this jersey?​Jerry Seinfeld once noted that, due to rampant player turnover, sports fans are "basically rooting for clothing." If so, that's bad news for any would-be fans of the fledgling United Football League's California Redwoods (I christen them "Tree-Hug ... More >>

UFL's 'Premiere' Player Draft Slips Beneath Media's Radar -- Were *You* Taken?

What if you had a pro football draft and nobody came?We're not talking about players here, but the media. The NFL draft has turned into an all-day -- and we really do mean all-day -- bonanza for anyone who's ever toted a microphone to report from parts unknown and describe each player in one of thre ... More >>

Jim Jones: Cult leader, killer, supporter of suicide barrier on Golden Gate Bridge

What if you had a pro football draft and nobody came?We're not talking about players here, but the media. The NFL draft has turned into an all-day -- and we really do mean all-day -- bonanza for anyone who's ever toted a microphone to report from parts unknown and describe each player in one of thre ... More >>

Breaking News: Ward H. Bushee Replaces Embattled San Francisco Chronicle EIC Phil Bronstein

What if you had a pro football draft and nobody came?We're not talking about players here, but the media. The NFL draft has turned into an all-day -- and we really do mean all-day -- bonanza for anyone who's ever toted a microphone to report from parts unknown and describe each player in one of thre ... More >>

Boomtastrophe

Baby Boomers hoped to die before they got old. They lied. And now they’re dragging the whole country down.

Not Don Yet

Under new basketball coach Jessie Evans, USF quickly exits the NIT. But it looks like there's more -- and better -- to come.

Always Be Drunk

Mellow Drunk's Leigh Gregory gets wasted on poetry and the apocalypse

Luke Brugnara Makes His Point

All the city's most bombastic commercial landlord wants is a San Francisco-themed casino in Las Vegas ... or absolute misery for anyone who gets in his way

Russian Roulette

The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is serving as cover for massive oil drilling that could wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.

Get on the Bus

Todd Costanza's songwriting steers Granfaloon Bus in unusual directions

The Cheetah Club

How a rare group of spotted patients and a small cadre of persistent doctors could help change the face of cancer research

The Great Bank Thievery

The city and state say the Bank of America stole hundreds of millions -- even billions -- of dollars from the government. But didn't San Francisco finance officials know what was going on? And shouldn't B of A executives be under criminal investigation?

Seismic Punt

UC ignores its own engineering report on shoring up the Golden Bears' stadium, but the fans don't care