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  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Takeda Pharmaceutical, Major Drug Company, Plans to Leave Bay Area

    Japan's largest drug manufacturer will be closing its research lab in South San Francisco come next January. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited will be consolidating its two California subsidiaries into one office based in San Diego. The South San Francisco-based lab opened in November 2007, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    San Diego Claims Harvey Milk as One of Its Own

    Aside from being located in the same state, there's very little San Francisco and San Diego have in common, except perhaps our affinity for men in sailor suits.In any event, we came across a more important thread that links these two disparate communities: our love for Harvey Milk.As the Bay Area Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Here Are the Hot Snakes Performing Live in San Francisco on Friday

    The reunion tour of beloved San Diego punk band Hot Snakes arrived at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill on Friday, and if you were there, you were, well, lucky. Like a lot of local shows this time of year, the night sold out super quickly. Thanks to YouTube, we can relive some of what the fortunat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Does San Diego Discriminate Against Thong-Wearing Gay Men?

    ​One might think that men clad in briefs, or more scanty apparel, had become an accepted part of the public square since the much-noted antics of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner. Not so, according to a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed against the city of San Diego by a gay man who cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    FBI to Announce Development in Case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, Vegan Bay Area Bomber

    Doesn't like meat​Authorities say they have some big development in the unresolved case of Daniel Andreas San Diego, the vegan animal liberationist who is wanted for the 2003 bombings of a biotechnology firm and a nutrition and cosmetics company in the Bay Area. FBI officials told reporters that S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Bay Area Beer Personalities Shine at National Homebrewer's Conference

    Jason HenryOld Hangtown's Ale Camino.​Homebrewers are an interesting demographic. Get two of them together at a barbecue and you're bound to overhear chatter about proper fermentation temperatures and yeast preference. Get 2000 homebrewers in a room together and you're in for a party and years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Check Out a March Flashback Mixtape From Local Blog See The Leaves

    Unnecessary caption​March is over! Sure went out like a lion holding a hands with a lamb, didn't it? Or whatever they say. Now that we're five days ensconced in the cruelest month (R.I.P. K.C.), we may look back at March from a safe distance and be like, "what was up with that month?" Venerable lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Oh, Like You Needed to Be at That Meeting: Guide to Day 7 of SF Beer Week

    Barbary Coast Ranger/FlickrPi Bar, site of your 3 o'clock "appointment."​Thursday, Feb. 17 We advised you to play hooky yesterday, so we'll assume you're gracing the office with your hungover presence on Day Seven of SF Beer Week. That doesn't mean you can't "have an appointment" that causes ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Barbary Coast Ranger/FlickrPi Bar, site of your 3 o'clock "appointment."​Thursday, Feb. 17 We advised you to play hooky yesterday, so we'll assume you're gracing the office with your hungover presence on Day Seven of SF Beer Week. That doesn't mean you can't "have an appointment" that causes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2010

    Dueling Dubs

    Barbary Coast Ranger/FlickrPi Bar, site of your 3 o'clock "appointment."​Thursday, Feb. 17 We advised you to play hooky yesterday, so we'll assume you're gracing the office with your hungover presence on Day Seven of SF Beer Week. That doesn't mean you can't "have an appointment" that causes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Rejoice and Recoil: Three Mile Pilot Exists Again -- Stream Its New Album

    ​Good news for people who love bad mojo: San Diego indie-rock OGs Three Mile Pilot have returned from indefinite hiatus. You may know 3MP as the unassuming gloom-peddlers who released a few albums in the early 90s and then bifurcated following 1997's Another Desert, Another Sea. Pall Jenkins and T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Where Do San Francisco's Firefighters Live?

    ​Coeur D'alene? Really?Not long ago, SF Weekly played with a data application the Bay Citizen created regarding where the city's employees live. It turns out, a number of city workers -- including more than a few firefighters -- live in far-off realms such as Placer County, Los Angeles, or even Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Good, Bad, and Ugly of Sporting Weekend

    Smile and the world smiles with you, Tim​With college and professional football kicking off and baseball's pennant races rounding third, 'tis the season for sports junkies to never leave the couch. By the way, here are a few phone numbers for local divorce attorneys -- if, you know, this is a prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Dozens of San Francisco City Employees Live in Southern California. Huh?

    Abandoned in San Diego by a firefighter recalled to SF?​The Bay Citizen published a nifty online database over the weekend that shows the pay and partial mailing addresses of San Francisco city employees. The accompanying article parsed the data, and debunked the idea that city employees -- who ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Get a Newspaper Job, No 'Complexity, Analysis or Narrative' Required

    I CAN HAZ NEWSPAPER JOB​Paging David Simon: The San Diego Union-Tribune is reportedly laying off about 35 journalists from their newsroom, and replacing them with new "Jr. Staff Writers." What will these "Jr. Staff Writers" do? According to the journalismjobs.com posting: "Under supervision, will ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Free Samples

    I CAN HAZ NEWSPAPER JOB​Paging David Simon: The San Diego Union-Tribune is reportedly laying off about 35 journalists from their newsroom, and replacing them with new "Jr. Staff Writers." What will these "Jr. Staff Writers" do? According to the journalismjobs.com posting: "Under supervision, will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    And the 'Gayest City in America' Is ... Atlanta?

    Not gay enough, apparently​As the ongoing Proposition 8 trial begins its second week today, the mayor of the "Gayest city" in California will take the stand to testify in favor of marriage equality. That mayor, of course, is Jerry Sanders. And the gay-friendly realm over which he reigns is -- San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    For Christmas Dinner, Go Thick, Dark, and Spicy with Seasonal Ales

    www.twinbeer.comYulesmith Holiday Ale from San Diego's AleSmith Brewing.​While worthy of its time-honored place at the head of the Thanksgiving groaning board, turkey deserves a day off at Christmastime, just as our taste buds deserve a little wintertime variety. What, then, to serve in its pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Zodiac Death Valley

    ​ Zodiac Death Valley is a psychedelic rock band with dark, sailor-esque songs about women, whiskey, and drugs that channels the old Barbary Coast heyday. Live, the group's raucous lyrics and in your face behavior makes for an unapologetic good time. ZDV is currently working on its first full le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Box Lunches, Take Two: Bar Bambino Gets It Right This Time

    J. BirdsallThe tuna and tapenade panino: The canned pole-and-line-caught albacore is from San Diego.​Here's the thing: We tried a trio of box lunches from Bar Bambino (2931 16th St. at Mission) soon after they debuted in late September. Frankly, we hated them. The three sandwiches (though they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Chronic City: Poll Reveals San Diegans Want To Regulate Marijuana Dispensaries, Not Eliminate Them

    Photo: Coaster420, Wikimedia CommonsMedical marijuana: Legal as long as you don't actually buy it anywhere?​It's a classic case of disconnect between public policy and public opinion. As District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues with her medical marijuana dispensary crackdown in San Diego, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Chronic City: Here's Progress -- S.F. Firefighters Rescue Marijuana Grow-Op

    Save the medical marijuana, fire teddy! ​ Sometimes the biggest signs of epochal change in society are those that are casually mentioned, five paragraphs down in a story. Such was the case with Sunday's four-alarm warehouse fire in Bayview, where fire crews remained yesterday monitoring for flare- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Chronic City: Revealed -- California Cops Are Trained 'Marijuana Is Not A Medicine'

    Artwork courtesy Jim WheelerCan't we all just get along?​A recent court case in San Diego has revealed some California police officers are basing their sworn court testimony in medical marijuana cases on badly outdated, legally inaccurate information.This goes a long way towards explaining why it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Raising the Roof: San Francisco Places Well In Solar Power Study -- But Not at the Top

    Look, Ma! Solar panels and a three-car garage!If asked to guess which city in California sported the most rooftop solar installations, you might well guess San Francisco, right? And if asked which city would be most likely to include such information on its official travel brochure or within the stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Chronic City: San Diego Says 'No Bongs For You!'

    Photo: smorgBusted: Freak Factory smoke shopApparently nostalgic for the bad old days of pot paraphernalia raids, our law enforcement friends down in San Diego have taken time off from pursuing what seem to be less pressing matters -- like, you know, murder and rape and stuff -- to bust four smoke s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Chronic City: What If They Banned Zoloft Or Something Else Instead?

    igougo.comIf you're a medical marijuana patient, Oceanside may decide on Wednesday that it doesn't want your business. Or your crime, or your noise. Wait, what?Oceanside, like 110 or so other cities in California, may impose a (temporary, they say) ban on medical marijuana dispensaries until the cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    When the Financial Apocalypse Comes -- You'll Still Be Able to Get Quality Macrame. Web Site Aims to Foster 'A World Without Money.'

    It's easier to romanticize the notion of a Medieval-style barter economy when you don't factor in that our ancestors died young and never bathedThese days, it's understandable why so many folks have romanticized the age before intertwined financial enterprises could finagle a series of mind-numbingl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Photos: Comic-Con 2008 Preview Night

    It's easier to romanticize the notion of a Medieval-style barter economy when you don't factor in that our ancestors died young and never bathedThese days, it's understandable why so many folks have romanticized the age before intertwined financial enterprises could finagle a series of mind-numbingl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Let Them Entertain You

    It's easier to romanticize the notion of a Medieval-style barter economy when you don't factor in that our ancestors died young and never bathedThese days, it's understandable why so many folks have romanticized the age before intertwined financial enterprises could finagle a series of mind-numbingl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Warrants? We don't need no stinking warrants!

    It's easier to romanticize the notion of a Medieval-style barter economy when you don't factor in that our ancestors died young and never bathedThese days, it's understandable why so many folks have romanticized the age before intertwined financial enterprises could finagle a series of mind-numbingl ... More >>

  • Music

    April 19, 2006

    Made in the Shade

    The Jade Shader gives San Diego's washed-up scene its moment in the sun

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    Transfer

    Faded Signal

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Some Girls

    Heaven's Pregnant Teens

  • Summer Guide

    June 29, 2005

    Hipster San Diego

    It's not all surf and silicone in America's Finest City

  • Music

    March 16, 2005

    The Robot Ate Me

    On Vacation

  • Music

    February 2, 2005

    Unwritten Law

    Here's to the Mourning

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Building Up California

    A high-rise condo boom in San Diego may show the way out of a statewide housing and sprawl problem

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2004

    Mystery, Crime, Film Archives

    Peep snow job?

  • Music

    July 23, 2003

    H_Foundation

    Environments

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Hidden Treasure

    Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

  • Music

    December 4, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Modern-day torch songs, synth-pop sleaze, and Central Asian electro hybrids

  • News

    January 9, 2002

    Letters to the Editor for 1-9-2002

    Pipe Dream; Abetting Bush; Bot Shots; Harpooned; Correction

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Organ Failure

    An ambitious plan to relocate a historic pipe organ to the Embarcadero threatens nothing but sour notes

  • Music

    May 23, 2001

    Raw Deal

    On his new album Greyboy ditches the acid jazz scene he helped create -- and returns to his hip hop roots

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    The Lesser of Two Evils

    Somewhere between twisted electronica and cacophonic noise lies the challenging work of J Lesser

  • Music

    January 10, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    The '80s Are Back; Vacation Music

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2000

    Soul Rebels

    B-Side Players

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from April 5, 2000

  • Music

    December 8, 1999

    A Minor Forest

    So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight?

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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