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Binh Thai Luc Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges of Murdering Ingleside Family

Binh Thai Luc, the suspect accused of killing five people at an Ingleside home on March 23 appeared in court today where he pleaded not guilty to all charges. Decked out in an orange sweatshirt and orange pants with a chain belt cuffing his hands at his waist, Luc, 35, slowly shook his head as Judg ... More >>

Ron Paul Counts Bay Area Tech Companies Among Top Donors

This week Republican presidential cult favorite Ron Paul will campaign through California, with stops at well-known party school Chico State, as well as UCLA, and Berkeley. While the venues reflect Paul's solid and passionate base among college kids, a closer look at Paul's donor list shows that the ... 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 >>

San Francisco Among California's Top Three Job-Creating Cities

​"Pandering to the conventional wisdom," former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller once observed, is "the mortal sin of journalism." There are plenty of journalistic sinners out there, particularly when it comes to the conventional wisdom on San Francisco.Self-consciously middle-of-the-ro ... More >>

Scientology Policy Keeps Lori Hodgson, San Jose Mom, from Visiting Son in Hospital

Lori Hodgson, ex-Scientologist, with her kids before they "disconnected" from her.​Our sister paper, the Village Voice, posted a disturbing piece today from the frontline of a Scientology scandal. Lori Hodgson, a South Bay mother who recently defected from the Church of Scientology, has been livin ... More >>

Judge Halts Weird Online Movie Service Zediva

​In March, Zediva, a really weird online movie-rental service, told Wired that "it doesn't expect legal trouble over its service," which allows users to watch actual DVDs, played on actual DVD players, via the Internet. A couple of weeks later, the Motion Picture Association of America sued Zediv ... More >>

Homeless Veterans' Housing Grant Isn't Enough

What would a voucher get you in San Francisco?​There are more than 136,000 homeless veterans in the U.S., and California has more than a quarter of them. So while the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is patting itself on the back for handing over more than $4 million in grant money to the Bay A ... More >>

San Franciscans Are Too Negative

Debbie Downer. Born and raised in San Francisco ​How quickly we take for granted our City by the Bay. Nevermind the fact that we live within the beautiful backdrop of iconic places like the Golden Gate Bridge. Forget that we won the World Series last year or that we enjoy sex more regularly than m ... More >>

Feliciano Valencia-Santiago Confesses to Murdering Woman Found in Garbage Bag

Confesses​Feliciano Valencia-Santiago, the man accused of murdering a San Jose woman and dumping her body in a garbage bag, has reportedly confessed to the heinous crime. According to media outlets, police say that during an interrogation, Valencia-Santiago admitted that he killed Maria Esther Oro ... More >>

Yep, Apple Is Watching You

What do they know about you?​Is Apple stalking you? The answer is yes. Yes, it is. And that's supercreepy.But hey, this is America: We should be used to Big Brother watching us by now. A new report claims that anyone who owns a iPhone and iPad is being recorded by Apple. Writers Alisdair Allan and ... More >>

Ammiano Bill to Change State's Involvement In ICE Fingerprinting Program

Barter: Fingerprint for a one-way flight to Tijuana​Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has introduced a glut of controversial and liberal legislation in the last week, including lowering the penalty for growing pot. And now San Francisco's comedian-turned-politician has stepped into the mired debate around a ... More >>

Brady Campaign's New Push to Ban Open Carry in California Restaurants

formatted_dad/FlickrThe CA Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is planning a protest Jan. 20 in Manhattan Beach.​The Jan. 8 shooting massacre at a Tucson mall is giving new impetus to a drive to make California eateries gun-free zones. State chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Vio ... More >>

San Francisco Is Still Smoking

​County-by-county smoking data released Monday by the state Department of Public Health reveal ashtray-makers are still doing pretty good business here in San Francisco. According to the California Adult Smoking Prevalence 2008 survey, 13.5 percent of San Franciscans are lighting up. To put that n ... More >>

Dennis Herrera, Running for Mayor, to Farm Out City Attorney Cases

Dennis Herrera doesn't want to hear your legalistic questions about the mayoral race...​City Attorney Dennis "He's Running For Mayor!" Herrera last week announced that, yes, he's running for mayor. Less publicized was a memorandum Herrera sent around the city announcing he plans on recusing both h ... More >>

Man Sues For Right to Carry Gun Near Cole Valley's Grattan School

Matt SmithDon't mind me, kiddies...​After San Francisco school officials refused to allow local programmer Kevin Hall to carry a sidearm near Grattan School in Cole Valley, he sued in federal court Thursday demanding respect for what he calls his Second Amendment rights."I want to open carry in Sa ... 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 >>

Transit Experts: Caltrain's Future Grim

Going, going, gone?​On April Fools' Day, the CEO of Caltrain made an announcement we wish was just a joke: The agency is beyond broke, and will move to cut half its service. And that's only if it's lucky enough to survive at all. That was the bad news. Here's the worse news: According to transit e ... More >>

City: Nurses Will Be Paid More Here Even With Slashed Salaries

City nursing assistants will soon be paid far less to deal with the R.P. McMurphys of the world​The city of San Francisco's response to hundreds of nurses who stand to lose perhaps $14,000 a year in compensation: You don't know how good you've got it. The Department of Human Resources is circulati ... More >>

Are You Ready For Some Football? The Team Is Named 'The California Redwoods.' Still Ready?

Joe EskenaziUFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue smiles while California Redwoods owner Paul Pelosi shows off what is either a large Jolly Rancher candy or his team's road uniform​A superstitious person would have picked up bad, teal and lime green vibes at the just-concluded AT&T Park press confe ... 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 >>

Ron Paul supporters mistakenly 'hijack' unsanctioned Republican event

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 >>

$50K on Anti-Drinking Ads: Yeah, That'll Make a Dent

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 >>

How to get spanked by men in pinstripes

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 >>

End of an Era

As The Apologist takes a bow and asks its final questions, it's time to turn the spotlight on ourselves

A Very Good Year

We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

Galleries and Museums

We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

Repertory Film Listings

We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

Not Don Yet

Under new basketball coach Jessie Evans, USF quickly exits the NIT. But it looks like there's more -- and better -- to come.

A Portrait of Hope

On the eve of the A's big loss, we learn why the Oakland team is to baseball as indie rock is to mainstream music

Big Dam Mess

The Environmental Defense Fund embarks on a national campaign to shame San Francisco into restoring the other great Yosemite valley, Hetch Hetchy. But is shame really a good political strategy?

Moving Units

The story of Dealership's third album is as action-packed as the band's music

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Sex and the Single Psychologist

Should Dr. Al Cooper's fuzzy data and controversial subject stop him from becoming a media darling -- or getting a date?

Good Times

Reliving the decade we never had

Rolling in War Bucks

How the state public employees' retirement system and the politically connected Carlyle Group profit from defense

The Church of Trillin

Our critic, an early convert, attends a revival meeting and genuflects at the altar of Shalimar

Damn, That Hurts!

It's the dirty little secret of male distance runners: bloody nipples

Fair Ball

Love of the national pastime, on display at a downtown art gallery

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 24, 2002

Intended Consequences

Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better.

The Mix

Pacific Brim

Dog Bites

You know, there's an election -- hey! -- we said there's a local election coming up

Night Crawler

Past Perfect

Side Dish

Skye's the Limit, Spinnin' Wheel, Bonjour!, Harry's Helpful Hints (Numbers 510, 650, and 925)

The Doctor, the Transsexual, the Bed-Shooting and the Lawsuit

The stormy relationship between a transitioning transsexual and a well-known sex counselor raises questions about the growing field of sexology

Dog Bites

The stormy relationship between a transitioning transsexual and a well-known sex counselor raises questions about the growing field of sexology

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

The Dating Blame

The Bay Area's Together Dating Services franchise regroups in the face of lawsuits and investigations