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San Francisco Unified School District

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Sheila Sammon Milosky, S.F. Principal, Arrested for Alleged DUI, Hit and Run

    Sheila Sammon Milosky, the sort of unpopular principal at San Francisco's Paul Revere Elementary School has made headlines again -- but this time for an alleged drinking and driving incident. According to the Marin IJ, Milosky, a Mill Valley resident, was busted May 12, 2012 when a white 2011 Dodge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    San Francisco to Pasadena on Public Transit: SF Weekly Inspires Epic Bus Journey

    Think of it as a guidebook...​In June, your humble narrator traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles via public transportation. This journey, as explained in the ensuing cover story, was undertaken for the same reason George Mallory sought to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." Mallory's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    How Many San Francisco High Schoolers Have Gay Parents?

    San Francisco's public school kids have pride -- in their own family. ​Some social conservatives have bizarrely charged that making LGBT history a part of the state-mandated curriculum is just a veiled lesson on how to be gay.  But for a small percentage of San Francisco kids, that classroom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Sergio Romo, Giants Pitcher, Helps Kids Kick Whooping Cough

    Whoop Whoop!​Apparently the tried-and-true forms of medical bribery -- a lollipop or a Winnie the Pooh Band-Aid -- just aren't cutting it anymore.But you know kids, these days -- they have such high expectations. Which is why the city has recruited Giants pitcher Sergio Romo to rub elbows with fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Andrew Goldfarb, the Slow Poisoner, Discusses Arsenic, Laundromats, and Keeping S.F. Weird

    Andrew Goldfarb, aka the Slow Poisoner.​The Slow Poisoner is the one-man band of Andrew Goldfarb, a talented San Franciscan of considerable eccentricity. Describing his music as a "hoe-down on Mars," or a combination of Johnny Cash and David Bowie, Goldfarb has plied his tunes across the country f ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco

    Andrew Goldfarb, aka the Slow Poisoner.​The Slow Poisoner is the one-man band of Andrew Goldfarb, a talented San Franciscan of considerable eccentricity. Describing his music as a "hoe-down on Mars," or a combination of Johnny Cash and David Bowie, Goldfarb has plied his tunes across the country f ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2011

    Proximity of Sunset District Pot Club to School Sparks Outrage

    Andrew Goldfarb, aka the Slow Poisoner.​The Slow Poisoner is the one-man band of Andrew Goldfarb, a talented San Franciscan of considerable eccentricity. Describing his music as a "hoe-down on Mars," or a combination of Johnny Cash and David Bowie, Goldfarb has plied his tunes across the country f ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2010

    Wounded Pride

    Despite its reputation, gay-friendly San Francisco is still a tough place for teens to come out.

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    Why the police commission doesn't discipline bad cops

    Despite its reputation, gay-friendly San Francisco is still a tough place for teens to come out.

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    The ABCs of Ditching School

    Schools are trying to contain their truancy epidemic. How're they doing? Just ask the students smoking pot less than a block from campus.

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Signs of Progress

    San Francisco politics were dysfunctional in the 2000s,but recent changes suggest there's reason for hope.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: A Big Week For Nurses, Lawsuits, and Jokes About Fights on Muni

      Monday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. - Public Safety CommitteeIt's an exciting time to be on the Public Safety Committee. Swine flu is rampant, there's a new top cop in town, and SOMEBODY needs to decide if Hugues de La Plaza was: (a) the victim of a grisly murder, or; (b) a committed neat freak to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Union Official: Contractor Facing Scores of Fraud Charges in E. Bay 'Pulled Same Scam' in San Francisco -- and Then-Mayor Willie Brown Was Warned About This

    Don FeriaA woman is led away by police during a May raid on NBC General Contractors' Oakland offices​On Wednesday, we wrote about the beleaguered NBC General Contractors, a company facing 40 felony counts in Alameda County for allegedly ripping off its vulnerable, Chinese immigrant workers and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Were S.F. Public Works Jobs Part of Massive Fraud Scheme? Union Officials Say Yes.

    Don FeriaPolice escourt a woman from NBC General Contractors' Oakland offices during a May raid​If you're looking for the Lord Voldemort of local labor, Bay Area union officials have a nomination: Monica Ung. The owner of NBC General Contractors has been charged by Alameda County prosecutors with ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Gavin Newsom is no civil service reformer

    Don FeriaPolice escourt a woman from NBC General Contractors' Oakland offices during a May raid​If you're looking for the Lord Voldemort of local labor, Bay Area union officials have a nomination: Monica Ung. The owner of NBC General Contractors has been charged by Alameda County prosecutors with ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2009

    JROTC under fire in S.F. schools

    Don FeriaPolice escourt a woman from NBC General Contractors' Oakland offices during a May raid​If you're looking for the Lord Voldemort of local labor, Bay Area union officials have a nomination: Monica Ung. The owner of NBC General Contractors has been charged by Alameda County prosecutors with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Political Satire, Like Prostitution, is Being Ruined By Amateurs

    THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Supes to Investigate Crucial Wooden Decks, Celebrate Sea Otters, and Look like They're Reading Reports

    THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    The Principal Matter

    Teachers said Principal Gil Cho was dictatorial. Students said he manhandled them. The school district said he was doing a good job.

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Walking the Line

    The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer. There’s just one problem: They can’t prove anything.

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer. There’s just one problem: They can’t prove anything.

  • News

    June 21, 2006

    Filling the Civic Gap

    Meet Donald Fisher, the private billionaire with unprecedented sway over ordinary San Franciscans' lives

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Toxic Acres

    The fill below Treasure Island is filled with dangerous toxins left by the Navy

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    Extra Credit

    Is outgoing school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman worth a huge severance package and $45,000 in credit card charges? Find out where you stand!

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Suffer the Little Muslims

    A look at the appalling discrimination against Middle Eastern students countenanced by Bay Area public schools

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    Wars of the Tom

    Tom Cruise has been getting into all sorts of weird confrontations, all over the place. But he's still your Tom Cruise, right? Take quiz, find out.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    The Ackerman Election

    The school board races focus on a superintendent's future and progressive versus downtown political infighting. Kids aren't much mentioned.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Secret Rivera

    Four decades after it was rescued from a storage shed, Diego Rivera's magnificent City College mural remains a hidden treasure

  • News

    May 14, 2003

    Critical Masturbation

    The long-running pro-bike protest known as Critical Mass is a form of ritual self-abuse that hurts the cause of city cycling

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    The Fix Is In

    At least that's what Janet Campbell claimed about construction bids at UCSF, where she soon found herself out of a job

  • News

    January 16, 2002

    Balkans by the Bay

    Aquatic Park, long mismanaged by a jumble of self-interested entities, needs public-spirited refurbishment

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    The Software That Wouldn't Die

    Despite promises and deadlines, the S.F. school district still hasn't driven a stake through the heart of its disastrous PeopleSoft financial program

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Details, Details; Problem Is, It's Hard to Read in the Dark; PG&E Strikes Back

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    The 10-Minute Masterpiece

    Short-film maker Jay Rosenblatt has devoted 20 years to making remarkable movies that almost no one will ever see

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Hot Lead at 50 Paces; Have Merc-y

  • Music

    June 21, 2000

    Riff Raff

    Left Of(f) the Dial; Following up

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Published May 3, 2000

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Unexcused Absence

    School leaders snub supervisors, refuse to show at parleys

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Spy vs Spite

    The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Breaking Ranks

    Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Payday for Charlie Walker

    Why did the school district give $12,000 to the mayor's buddy?

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Panic or Attack?

    Did this aspiring cover boy, who says he killed in a panic fit brought on by unwanted gay advances, get away with murder?

  • Calendar

    November 4, 1998

    Cothran

    Did this aspiring cover boy, who says he killed in a panic fit brought on by unwanted gay advances, get away with murder?

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Chalk Fight

    Teachers' union grand dame Joan Marie Shelley is forced into the campaign of her career by a formerly loyal lieutenant

  • News

    December 11, 1996

    School Work Needing Supervision

    Superintendent Rojas says he was just trying to avoid red tape; a lawsuit claims he willfully ignored city law

  • News

    July 31, 1996

    Cleaning Slates

    Superintendent Bill Rojas is pushing a simple solution for troubled schools: Get rid of everybody.

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    City of Night

    Homeless gay youths in San Francisco run an extraordinary risk of HIV infection, according to city statistics. On the street, safety is a matter of economics -- and hope.

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Candy From Babies

    The hard- and soft-peddling of Youth in Action

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