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Craigslist Beer Man: Hey, That's Mine!

You're Gorge-ous: Impress Your Date By Accepting a Food Challenge at a Restaurant

Santa Clara Ice Cream Man Accused Of Sexually Inappropriate Comments

Chron Reports on Deadly Roads For Cycling, Bike Coalition Responds

The Weekend Hitlist: Carnaval, BayCon, Margot & the Nuclear So So's

The Tip of the Iceberg: Bennigan’s, We Hardly Knew Thee

Puma to Throw Free Party at GAMH on December 9

Puma shoe company is coming up on its 60th birthday in December, so to celebrate it's hosting a series of free shows across the country. The San Francisco gig is on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Great American Music Hall, with entertainment by club diva Lady GaGa and Dim Mak Records honcho/Benihana wealth ... More >>

Newsom's Cajoling on South Bay's 49ers Stadium Plan Comes Off As Desperate Hail Mary

Hut, hut, hikeThese days are just packed for Mayor Gavin Newsom. He just introduced a city financial plan that's a dead cert to induce enough fevered statements about "balancing the budget on the backs of the poor" to make outsiders think the city's indigent population is working on a circus novelty ... More >>

The City of Industry 49ers? Don't Laugh -- The Team has Done Stranger Things (See: Smith, Alex)

Both of these teams have been bandied about as potential L.A. franchisesMost San Franciscans know City of Industry as the oddly named Los Angeles suburb where we send the monthly checks for our Capital One cards. But, in the near future, we may be sending them something else -- the 49ers. If anyone ... More >>

Get a Job: White House Report Details Employment Boosts in Each Congressional District. Check Out Yours Here.

Every morning about this time/ she get me out of my bed/ a-crying get a job. After breakfast, everyday, she throws the want ads right my way/ And never fails to say, Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na -- The Silhouettes, "Get a Job." It may not do the mind well to note that the members o ... More >>

Long Shot

San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

Sports Flight

The 49ers and the A's are on the move. Is their flight to the 'burbs a seismic shift in the Bay Area sports scene?

Beginner's Mind

Tuttle's magical minimalism

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 8, 2004

The Dog Bites Interview: Barista Champion

Latte art: cappuccino that a barista draws a milk design in

Letters to the Editor

Week of December 24, 2003

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Week of December 24, 2003

Extreme Makeover

Eight years after a storm's devastation, the Conservatory of Flowers reopens

Alien Culture

Terrestrial tragedy has an entirely different context at the UFO Expo

Letters to the Editor

Pulling the Plug on Electric Cars; Hypocrisy, Pro and Con; God, More Letters

Charity Begins @ Home

A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

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A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

Night+Day

A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

Night+Day

A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

Night Crawler

A young software engineer has a plan to teach Silicon Valley to change its tightfisted ways

Supes Fan Flames of Labor Blaze With Survey Stating S.F. Firefighters Work Least, Earn Most Per Hour Among Bay Area Cities

The ongoing pissing contest between the firefighters union and the progressive wing of the Board of Supervisors escalated to the point that they could put out a fire on their own today. The supes released a survey of Bay Area fire departments stating that San Francisco's firefighters work the fewest ... More >>

SFuture Shock: Bold predictions for the coming year

The ongoing pissing contest between the firefighters union and the progressive wing of the Board of Supervisors escalated to the point that they could put out a fire on their own today. The supes released a survey of Bay Area fire departments stating that San Francisco's firefighters work the fewest ... More >>

'Rally' Today -- in Bar -- To Keep 49ers in S.F.

How much would it be worth to San Francisco to keep plays like this within city limits? ​If ever there's a man to liken shepherding a development to completion in San Francisco to pulling teeth, Mike Antonini is him. He's been a planning commissioner for eight years -- and he's a dentist. So Anton ... More >>

Anthony Mata Dead, Five Others Critical From Possible Tainted Drugs at Cow Palace Rave

'The Dream' turned into a nightmare for some rave attendees this weekened​The San Mateo County coroner confirmed to SF Weekly that 23-year-old Anthony Mata of Santa Clara is dead following a very bad trip at the weekend's Pop 2010 music festival at the Cow Palace. Along with Mata's death, a handfu ... More >>

City's Plan to Keep 49ers: Wait and Hope Team, Santa Clara Are Broke

We'll spare you the football jargon, but suffice to say the San Francisco 49ers took a huge step towards saying goodbye to Candlestick Park on Tuesday night. Voters in Santa Clara approved at the ballot a land lease deal for a proposed $937 million stadium by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Of that $937 mil ... More >>

49ers' Exit Would Save SF Money

Chris Roberts/SF Appeal.comWhatever​Added to the burgeoning pile of "pros" in a San-Francisco-49ers-departing-San-Francisco pro-con list is this snippet, courtesy of The Examiner: should the football team play its home games in Santa Clara (the city in which the team already spends 340 days a year ... More >>

Spare the Air Today -- No Wood Fires!

Spare what's left of the air...​The year's first "Spare the Air Day" warning has been issued for Monday. Sorry, you won't get a free ride on public transit -- unless you're unethical. But you are encouraged to avoid driving if possible (on this very short warning), not dawdle needlessly out of doo ... More >>

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 >>

Lightning Strikes High School Students in Santa Clara. But Not Santa Clara You're Thinking Of.

​A story coming over the wire about lightning striking a pair of high school students in Santa Clara is accurate. But the town in question isn't the South Bay city of 110,000 but a small Utah burg of not quite 4,700. The Utah town -- which bills itself as "a beautiful place to live" on its website ... More >>

Tracking Device Found On Santa Clara College Student's Car -- FBI Wants it Back

Hey! The college kid's getting some pizza!​Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old college student from Santa Clara, was surprised to discover a GPS tracking device on his car a week ago during an oil change. We can bet he was even more surprised when, after a friend posted photos of the device on Reddit.com, ... More >>

Michael Mina and Schweet Box Open This Week. Make of That What You Will

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.If you hadn't heard, the new MICHAEL MINA opened last night. In more entertaining news, UrbanDaddy finds that Schweet Boks (2142 Irving, 992-2119, Facebook page) is FINALLY about to open ... More >>

Vietnamese Year of the Cat Slinks into the Tenderloin for Tet

Say it with us: Chuc mung nam moi!​The Tenderloin's Little Saigon will be transformed this weekend for Sunday's 15th Annual Vietnamese New Year Tet Festival ("Hoi Cho Tet Tan Mao" in Vietnamese), organized by the Vietnamese Community Center of San Francisco. Tet (lunar New Year) is the most im ... More >>

Zion I and The Grouch Reunite for Sophomore LP Heroes in the Healing of the Nation

​ In 2006, Zion I and The Grouch, two of the bigger names in Bay Area hip-hop, teamed up to deliver Heroes in the City of Dope. The album turned out to be a refreshing collaboration, full of exquisite wordplay and rubbery, hyphy-inspired production. It also served as a return to form for two acts ... More >>

California Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody

​ In 2006, Zion I and The Grouch, two of the bigger names in Bay Area hip-hop, teamed up to deliver Heroes in the City of Dope. The album turned out to be a refreshing collaboration, full of exquisite wordplay and rubbery, hyphy-inspired production. It also served as a return to form for two acts ... More >>

Snapdragon Baking Co.'s Black Sesame Toffee

Jonathan KauffmanSnapdragon's black sesame toffee, $5 for 4 ounces. ​ Hway-ling Hsu wasn't trained as a pastry chef, so when she started making brittle last fall, she researched it the way most of us do: She downloaded a bunch of recipes off the Internet, then watched YouTube demos to learn the me ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

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 >>

Feliciano Valencia-Santiago Accused of Murdering Maria Esther Orozco, Woman Found in Garbage Bag

Feliciano Valencia-Santiago ​SF Weekly told readers about the disturbing and gruesome discovery a Sunnyvale man made in his front yard last Sunday: A garbage bag filled with bloody body parts. Police quickly identified the victim as Maria Esther Orozco, and now they've identified the suspected kil ... More >>

Great America Sued Over Gay Slur Doctored Into Photograph

Great America takes the amusement out of amusement park​When on a ride at an amusement park that takes photos of the riders to sell as keepsakes, few people ever expect to see that photo ever again.Which is why Craig Person and Edmund Yang, who took a ride on Great America's Psycho Mouse roller co ... More >>

SF's Melted Toys on Its South Bay Background, Befriending Girls (the Band), and Accidentally Sounding Like Felt

Melted Toys in a haze.​ Brian Wakefield, Daniel Rosado, and Steven Harkins make up the San Francisco trio Melted Toys. With only an EP to their name -- Washed & Dried, on Underground Peoples -- they've already scored a fair amount of coverage on various blogs. On screen and on record, they co ... More >>

The Old Guard

Melted Toys in a haze.​ Brian Wakefield, Daniel Rosado, and Steven Harkins make up the San Francisco trio Melted Toys. With only an EP to their name -- Washed & Dried, on Underground Peoples -- they've already scored a fair amount of coverage on various blogs. On screen and on record, they co ... More >>

49ers Season Tickets Will Require $30K Fee

Back in those days, $30,000 could probably buy a ticket for you and about 10,000 friends​The NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more ... More >>

The Old Guard

Back in those days, $30,000 could probably buy a ticket for you and about 10,000 friends​The NFL is a hell of a business. Niners fans, paying an exorbitant amount for season tickets, will now be required to plink down tens of thousands of dollars in order to have the privilege of paying even more ... More >>

Have a Food Business? A Design Group Wants to Brand You For Free!

​If you win their contest, that is. The Rooster Design Group is pitting San Francisco against New York City and hoping the best city wins. If you win, you'll get help with identity, logo application, package design, a website holding page, plus retail opportunities at swanky digs like Bi-Rite, Who ... More >>

Adieu, 49ers: San Francisco, Team to File for Divorce

For those with Kezar Stadium memories, losing the 49ers hurts. So does knowing the city can no longer afford the team.​Following that rarest of things -- a Super Bowl that came down to the final snap -- New England Patriots fans will be endlessly playing over the events in their minds. If only tha ... More >>