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  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    San Leandro Doctor Busted for Writing Illegal Vicodin Prescriptions to Undercover Agents

    ​A San Leandro doctor has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his decision to write illicit Vicodin prescriptions to undercover Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents posing as patients addicted to the painkiller.Alameda County prosecutors say that Dr. Naim Katiby, 62, a San Ramon resident with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Inmate Escapes Jail in Alameda County

    ​Police are scouring the East Bay, looking for an inmate who reportedly escaped from the Santa Rita Jail this afternoon. Media outlets are reporting that at about 2 p.m., someone called the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, saying they saw an inmate walk out of the jail. We contacted the Sheriff's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Roma Bhatia's Body Found on Side of Highway, Police Puzzled by Mysterious Death

    What happened to Roma?​Police are trying to figure out what happened to a Bay Area mother whose body was found over the weekend on the side of Interstate 680 near San Ramon.  Authorities say 47-year-old Roma Bhatia's body went unnoticed on the busy freeway, where she was possibly hit by a car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Another Earthquake Rocks the East Bay

    That's kinda what it felt like ​It's been a tough week to try and get some sleep in Oakland -- amid the downtown protests, tear gas, helicopters circling, and earthquakes.A 3.6 quake rattle the East Bay at about 5:36 a.m., causing buildings to sway and bringing public transit to a screeching halt. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Taqueria El Balazo Owners Face Prison Time After Immigration Guilty Plea

    menuism.comCan we see your papers, please?​The owners of Taqueria El Balazo pleaded guilty last week in federal court to immigration and tax violations, and face up to 20 years in prison. Marino Sandoval, 58, and his wife Nicole Sandoval, 50, were charged last year with harboring and employin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Allison 'Alliy' Bayliss Update: Cops Say Missing Teen's Case Is "Not Criminal"

    Allison Bayliss is still missing​Early this morning, police expanded the search in San Francisco for missing Danville teen Allison Bayliss, whose bike was located at Crissy Field Tuesday morning -- a day after the 15-year-old was reported missing. However, Danville Police Chief Steve Simpkins is n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

    ​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Chevron Sues To Guard Secrets on How to Prevent Oil Blowouts

    Why should preventing catastrophes be a secret?​After the BP oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, you would expect that a prominent oil company like Chevron would want consumers to trust its ability to prevent such blowouts. Yet the San Ramon oil company, is suing Scribd, a San Francisco docum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Not So Silent Night: Which One Of These Local Bands Should Share a Stage with the Smashing Pumpkins?

    Caleb KuhlThey are IAMEMPIRE.​Live 105 recently announced a shortlist of local bands vying to perform at Not So Silent Night, the radio station's annual holiday concert, alongside the Smashing Pumpkins, the Black Keys, Phoenix, and some other band no one cares about. Ever since the announcement, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Chevron Punked With 'Yes Men'-Produced Attack Ad

    You think that looks like a real Chevron ad? We agree. ​An apparent Chevron ad campaign decrying the oil giant's years of polluting Third World locales and pledging to change its ways was the spitting image of the real thing. But Scrooge-like changes of heart are only for the movies. The San Ramon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Chevron 'Dirty Tricks' Operative Diego Borja Targeted by Ecuador

    Diego Borja reportedly has the goods on Chevron. Will he give them up? ​ A fantastic case involving multinational oil corporations, myriad allegations of mass corruption, clandestine videos filmed with items purchased from the Sky Mall catalog, and, incongruously, the sleepy nearby suburb of San R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Cainan Schierholtz, Charged in Alleged DUI Rampage, 'Feels Terrible'

    ​Cainan Schierholtz is charged with speeding drunkenly through the sleepy streets of Danville at the usually sober hour of 10 a.m. on Sunday. He allegedly struck a bicyclist, a pedestrian, two other vehicles, and finally came to rest against a pole not far from his alma mater, San Ramon Valley Hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Nate Schierholtz' Brother Arrested in Alleged DUI Rampage

    ​While the San Francisco Giants are celebrating a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Nate Scheirholtz has bigger things to worry about. His 23-year-old brother, Cainan, was yesterday arrested after leaving a mile-long trail of carnage in hiws wake while allegedly driving drunk in a red p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    24 Hour Fitness Hit With Discrimination Suit -- Again

    ​Three black men, a Latino, an Asian, and a woman walk into work at 24 Hour Fitness, but this isn't any joke. The employees of the San Ramon-based mega gym chain have filed a class-action lawsuit in Alameda Superior Court, alleging they were passed over for promotions to managerial positions.

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    What's the Beef with Vegetarianism?

    Carnivores get mad about meatless Mondays.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Outraged Carnivores To Boycott San Francisco Over 'Meatless Mondays'

    When you take away food like this, the terrorists win​Colorado Bank VP: "I've attended my last meeting In San Francisco!" Illinois Financial Adviser: "I"m going to start conducting my business meetings in Napa Valley!"As official exhortations go, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell's recent non-binding Meat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chron Disses, Praises Outside Lands

    "Richmond then divulges that she herself has used Porta Potties at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass..."

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    SF Enviros Blast Obama's Swiss Cheese Lobbying Rules

    Barack Obama kicked off his presidency by limiting his administration's vulnerability to lobbyists. By May, however, it seemed clear that resourceful Democratic Party insiders would circumvent the limited ban. San Francisco's Amazon Watch has just denounced former Clinton Administration trade repres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Chevron's Prince of Darkness

    By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 22, 2008

    Sanctuary for Salvadoran Food

    Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    God Rides BART, Gets His PSP Stolen

    Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    Tramp Stamps, Sex Pistols and Rummy: SFTopNews Tuesday, September 18

    Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Art Boom In The Boonies

    Give me your tired, your poor, but most definitely your pupusas.

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of 5-9-2007

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Amazonian Quagmire

    Big Oil, the rainforest, and sticky legal issues are stuck in a San Francisco courtroom

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    B.A.D. Girls

    Iva Vendetta, Miss Moxxxie, Ghoulina, and the other Bay Area Derby Girls are into piercings, tattoos, partying, sexual innuendo, and whatever they decide roller derby is going to be

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    Absolutely Fabulous

    Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

  • Film

    November 6, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of January 30, 2002

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    The chaotic, unsuccessful, and utterly charming first year of the San Francisco Tsunami of the Women's American Football League

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Paying the Price

    Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

  • News

    August 18, 1999

    Welcome Home

    How shortsighted neighborhood activism fuels the city's housing crisis, and pushes the best of San Francisco deeper and deeper into the suburbs

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    His 15 Minutes

    Cleaning up on violent deaths

  • News

    October 22, 1997

    Immigration Hide 'n' Seek

    INS on offensive; Hispanic activists play defense

  • Calendar

    March 12, 1997

    Unspun

    INS on offensive; Hispanic activists play defense

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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