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Study Shows Gay Parents Are No Different Than Straight Parents

A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that gays are no different than straight people when it comes to this whole parenting thing.Researchers at San Francisco State University interviewed 48 gay male couples who are raising children together in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. What t ... More >>

Sunrise Deli Hits the Road

The Sunrise Deli food truck hit the road yesterday, serving up what has often been lauded as the best falafel in the Bay Area to eager diners on San Francisco State University campus. Serving Middle Eastern food to San Franciscans since 1984, the Sunrise Deli has expanded from its four brick an ... More >>

Sunrise Deli Preparing Launch of Falafel-Shawerma Truck

According to Khaled Ramadan, whose family owns the four-location Sunrise Deli, a Sunrise Deli Food Truck is almost fully pimped out and about to slip into its colorful wrap. Then the truck heads up to San Francisco to meet the health and fire inspectors. "We're hopefully going to launch the truck by ... More >>

One Writer's Quest to Find (People Having) Sex in the Library

I've seen my share of salacious flap copy, but a friend's promotion of the forthcoming novella she edited for Harper Collins, Lust in the Library, caught my attention: "Some like it hot, and some like it in the reference section." "Do they?" I wondered, "or is this truly fiction?" Lust in the Libr ... More >>

Study: Gay-Straight Alliances at School Improve Mental Health for LGBT Teens

It does get better!​Not surprisingly, kids who attend high schools that offer Gay-Straight Alliance groups are less likely to drop out of school and to go onto college, research shows. We already know what bullying can do to LGBT teens; and gay youth tend to suffer from higher depression rates tha ... More >>

SF State's Hazardous Waste Cleanup Cost Millions More Than It Should Have

It does get better!​Not surprisingly, kids who attend high schools that offer Gay-Straight Alliance groups are less likely to drop out of school and to go onto college, research shows. We already know what bullying can do to LGBT teens; and gay youth tend to suffer from higher depression rates tha ... More >>

Asian Boom: Demographic Map Reveals Growth in Southeast S.F.

​Last week, SF Weekly wrote about how the Asian-American ascendancy in San Francisco politics is reflected in demographic trends revealed by the latest census -- specifically, a growing proportion of Asians in the city.The above map gives us a quick but detailed snapshot of that change. Incorporat ... More >>

DREAM Act Senate Vote Looming For Bay Area Illegal Immigrant Students

Is there a path to citizenship for her? ​With the Senate vote on the DREAM Act this morning being pushing back to next week, Bay Area illegal immigrant students are looking to buoy yesterday's victory in the House into a win for the bill that would give them a path to citizenship.While the bill si ... More >>

Coming Out of the Cabinet

Is there a path to citizenship for her? ​With the Senate vote on the DREAM Act this morning being pushing back to next week, Bay Area illegal immigrant students are looking to buoy yesterday's victory in the House into a win for the bill that would give them a path to citizenship.While the bill si ... More >>

Baylinks: Oakland Transit, Dolores Park Crackdown, Whales

treehugger.com​San Clemente towing company unloads decaying body [SF Gate]Oakland considers implementing a streetcar system designed by a Stanford junior [Bay Citizen]Police confiscating alcohol in Dolores Park -- keep your beer down! [Mission Local]

Exotic Plant That Has Never Flowered in Cultivation About to Bloom at S.F. State

Martin GranthamA Klattia partita, photographed atop a remote South African peak​Much of a greenhouse manager's work probably wouldn't translate well into a movie scene; film montages of potting, pruning, and watering aren't for everyone. But when San Francisco State's Martin Grantham was scurrying ... More >>

Guardian, Journalists' Committee Continue to Shield SF State Photojournalist Who Outed Himself

​A local committee of the Society of Professional Journalists and the weekly San Francisco Bay Guardian continue to conceal the identity of a photojournalist present at a murder scene in Bayview-Hunters Point last year -- despite the fact that the photographer disclosed his own identity when he en ... More >>

Greenhouse That Introduced Public To Incredibly Stinky Plant Now Offers Bite of Incredibly Tasty One

'Miracle Fruit'​Our green-thumbed readers may remember the July saga of San Francisco State's corpse flower. The exotic Indonesian plant crossed up experts from every local university by stubbornly refusing to bloom. But, when it did, it sure lived up to its title. Visitors to the SFSU greenhouse ... More >>

School Daze: S.F. State Announces its 'Furlough Calendar'

Sadly, they're all just trying to crash a biology class at SFSU...​When we see college students walking, serpentine, on Friday nights, talking too loudly, and eating pizza slices in both hands, we feel nostalgic. When we see them hauling 75 pounds of books out of the library, that strikes a chord, ... More >>

Who Wants to Get a Whiff of Flower Smelling of Rotting, Fetid Bodies? You Know You Do -- Head to SFSU This Weekend.

SFSUA stinky weekend is in store...Anecdotally, your humble narrator recalls a story about a local couple who demanded their money back from an area arboretum after their wedding was ruined by an unexpected blossoming of the garden's prize corpse flower. And they don't call it a corpse flower for no ... More >>

SFSU Students Move Out, Donate Contents of Their Hopeless Hovels, Fetid Fridges to Charity

Every current or former college student owes a debt of gratitude to the inventor of the futonIf you've got an affinity for torchere lamps, futons, creaky recliners that may or may not have things living in them, IKEA furniture (it's Swedish for "pressed board!") and the timeless taste sensation of T ... More >>

Luna Tics

Every current or former college student owes a debt of gratitude to the inventor of the futonIf you've got an affinity for torchere lamps, futons, creaky recliners that may or may not have things living in them, IKEA furniture (it's Swedish for "pressed board!") and the timeless taste sensation of T ... More >>

Wannabe Reporters Prove Masochism Signing Up for Journalism School

Trust US kids, you're in for an adventureWith newspapers all over the country on life support, the Chron at risk of closing if it doesn't chop staff, and even the recent cover of Time Magazine reading "How to Save Your Local Newspaper," now would seem a dreary time to get into the business. Yet, str ... More >>

'Bedlam' at San Francisco State: Desperate Students Pack Classes -- and Must Request Library Books 48 Hours in Advance

If college is intended to brace young people for the real world, consider San Francisco State students well prepared. They're paying more, receiving less, and coping with conditions most Americans thought were more likely to plague a university where classes are occasionally canceled due to rocket a ... More >>

The Brute Fires Back

If college is intended to brace young people for the real world, consider San Francisco State students well prepared. They're paying more, receiving less, and coping with conditions most Americans thought were more likely to plague a university where classes are occasionally canceled due to rocket a ... More >>

Besieged by The Brute!

If college is intended to brace young people for the real world, consider San Francisco State students well prepared. They're paying more, receiving less, and coping with conditions most Americans thought were more likely to plague a university where classes are occasionally canceled due to rocket a ... More >>

Bird in the Hand

If college is intended to brace young people for the real world, consider San Francisco State students well prepared. They're paying more, receiving less, and coping with conditions most Americans thought were more likely to plague a university where classes are occasionally canceled due to rocket a ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

If college is intended to brace young people for the real world, consider San Francisco State students well prepared. They're paying more, receiving less, and coping with conditions most Americans thought were more likely to plague a university where classes are occasionally canceled due to rocket a ... More >>

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An Arthurian legend: in which the mayor espouses employment in modern high-tech industries while allowing a return to the industrial age

Reps Etc.

An Arthurian legend: in which the mayor espouses employment in modern high-tech industries while allowing a return to the industrial age

I, Parasite

Bouncer copes with being a critic during a night of bands at the Cherry Bar.

Reps Etc.

Bouncer copes with being a critic during a night of bands at the Cherry Bar.

Reps Etc.

Bouncer copes with being a critic during a night of bands at the Cherry Bar.

Bouncer

Find out what dancers at "The Crib" thought of last week's debates

Reps Etc.

Find out what dancers at "The Crib" thought of last week's debates

Brain Drain

We know words like "propinquity." So are we smart enough for Mensa?

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Hitch in the Bay Area, zombie social structures, and theater-chain shenanigans

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Hitch in the Bay Area, zombie social structures, and theater-chain shenanigans

Bound for Glory

Hitch in the Bay Area, zombie social structures, and theater-chain shenanigans

Payday

Rivers and Tides lucrative run has helped save the endangered Roxie Cinema

Taxi Driver

Filmmaker/cab driver Peter Kirby has an unusual marketing plan for his movies --he advertises in laundromats

Reel World

Filmmakers David Elton, Tom Johnston and Eric Tignini; Indie artist-in-residence Charles Burnett; Production of Plato's Cave

Reel World

Tell the Truth and Run; Boogie Nights; Fearless

Reel World

You're a Big Boy Now and The Conversation

A Piece of the Action

How a bright and beguiling budget analyst allegedly fleeced a showcase minority aid program at SFSU

Reel World

How a bright and beguiling budget analyst allegedly fleeced a showcase minority aid program at SFSU

Second Time Around

How a bright and beguiling budget analyst allegedly fleeced a showcase minority aid program at SFSU

House of Tudor

How a bright and beguiling budget analyst allegedly fleeced a showcase minority aid program at SFSU

Slap Shots

How a bright and beguiling budget analyst allegedly fleeced a showcase minority aid program at SFSU

Planet Wars

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Dog Bites

Last year, two Bay Area astronomers said they had discovered planets outside our solar system and became instant media celebrities. Now, Paul Butler and Geoff Marcy face prominent scientific challengers who contend some of the new planets are nothing but

Rock of la Raza

Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalape–o Band celebrates the history of Latin American music

Dog Bites

Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalape–o Band celebrates the history of Latin American music