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    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

    August 23, 2010

    Kaushal Niroula, Purported New College Grifter, May Have Ravaged Bank

    What's next?​Los Padres Bank -- the Solvang lender hit by a Rincon Hill real estate scam created by alleged con man Kaushal Niroula -- has been taken over and sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to a Friday press release.The FDIC estimated the cost to the deposit insurance fund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Why Can't S.F. Ban 'Formula Restaurants'?

    David D./YelpSubway franchise on Main at Howard in SOMA.​Our favorite morsels from the Web. Thanks to SFoodie's blog sib Noah Galuten of LA Weekly's Squid Ink for directing our browser to USA TODAY, which today records a backlash against efforts by a craggy, scenic town in Utah to keep chain ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Is Winston Lum a criminal mastermind or a patsy?

    David D./YelpSubway franchise on Main at Howard in SOMA.​Our favorite morsels from the Web. Thanks to SFoodie's blog sib Noah Galuten of LA Weekly's Squid Ink for directing our browser to USA TODAY, which today records a backlash against efforts by a craggy, scenic town in Utah to keep chain ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 24, 2009

    Familiarity with Monty Python's movies doesn't breed fondness for Spamalot

    David D./YelpSubway franchise on Main at Howard in SOMA.​Our favorite morsels from the Web. Thanks to SFoodie's blog sib Noah Galuten of LA Weekly's Squid Ink for directing our browser to USA TODAY, which today records a backlash against efforts by a craggy, scenic town in Utah to keep chain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Chronic City: Dispensary Ban -- Hey, Goleta, Nice Job Helping Patients!

    The Goleta City Council has unanimously passed a "temporary" ban on medical marijuana dispensaries -- while still claiming the city is "voicing support" for medical marijuana patients.The Santa Barbara Independent reports that the council voted 5-0 in support of an ordinance banning dispensaries wit ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2007

    Shake-down Tour

    Is this what you get when a rapacious American capitalist takes U.S. bike racing for a spin?

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    SLUGging It Out

    Under the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, community gardeners get down and dirty

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