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South Carolina

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2012

    How Marvin Medina's Perjury Charge Helped ID Wilfredo Reyes' Whereabouts

    As described in this week's feature, "Hiding in Plain Sight," Bay Area MS-13 member Elgado Medrano's 2009 arrest for a car theft in South Carolina first hinted that Wilfredo Reyes had hidden away in that state.If Medrano, along with a couple of other guys, hadn't stolen a car, it's possibl ... More >>

  • Film

    September 26, 2012

    "Stars in Shorts": Judi Dench Shines, Neil LaBute Stinks

    As described in this week's feature, "Hiding in Plain Sight," Bay Area MS-13 member Elgado Medrano's 2009 arrest for a car theft in South Carolina first hinted that Wilfredo Reyes had hidden away in that state.If Medrano, along with a couple of other guys, hadn't stolen a car, it's possibl ... More >>

  • News

    September 26, 2012

    Hiding in Plain Sight: A Homicide Suspect Spent Four Years on the Lam

    As described in this week's feature, "Hiding in Plain Sight," Bay Area MS-13 member Elgado Medrano's 2009 arrest for a car theft in South Carolina first hinted that Wilfredo Reyes had hidden away in that state.If Medrano, along with a couple of other guys, hadn't stolen a car, it's possibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2012

    "Hiding in Plain Sight": S.C. Officer's 2009 Photos of Wilfredo Reyes

    This week's feature story, "Hiding in Plain Sight," explores how Wilfredo "Flaco" Reyes, the second suspect in the June 2008 murder of Anthony Bologna and two of his sons, was able to evade the San Francisco Police Department for four years.Reyes fled town soon after the crime. While Edwin Ramos sto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    Cocktail Preview: S.F. Street Food Fest and Night Market

    Barely recovered from the food coma of SF Chefs and Outside Lands? Buck up, it's time to grub and drink to your carts content at La Cocina's fourth annual San Francisco Street Food Festival, a celebration and fundraiser chock-full of street food and food trucks. The cocktail bars are being organize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    3 Places to Get Your Waffle On

    We might be a culture based on convenience, but if there's one area of take-out that Europeans roundly beat us in, it's the waffle. Over there they call it a gaufre, and across Europe, especially in Belgium and some parts of France, you can find stands that package waffles exclusively to go. We didn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2012

    Why Didn't SFPD Pursue Material Witness Warrant for Wilfredo Reyes, Suspect in Triple Homicide?

    Since June 2008, Edwin Ramos has claimed that Wilfredo Reyes was the shooter who killed Tony Bologna and his two sons. So when Reyes was arrested earlier this week, District Attorney George Gascón had to explain why it took so long to get him into custody.As the Chronicle reported:Gascón said inve ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 11, 2012

    Snarks and Rec

    Since June 2008, Edwin Ramos has claimed that Wilfredo Reyes was the shooter who killed Tony Bologna and his two sons. So when Reyes was arrested earlier this week, District Attorney George Gascón had to explain why it took so long to get him into custody.As the Chronicle reported:Gascón said inve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    S.F. Not the Welfare State of Conservative Nightmares, New York Times Finds

    ​San Francisco is a favorite punching bag of right-wing provocateurs who decry it as a West Coast bastion of European-style socialism. (Whatever that might be.) Sadly, even some of our city's local journalists buy into the pat image of San Francisco as a cautionary tale of the excesses of expansiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Ron Paul Won't Legalize Marijuana -- Because He Can't

    ​As if the promise to dismantle most of the Washington-based government wasn't enough, Texas Congressman Ron Paul has also made waves in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination with his maverick stance on drug policy.During his 30 years in the House of Representatives, Paul has authored ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Foodzie Founder Emily Olson's 2011 Finds: Heidi Swanson and Local Polenta

    ​SFoodie is calling up food types around the city to ask them about their favorite discovery of the past year, whether it's new or ancient, an ingredient or a person. We'll be running their responses through the end of the year. When SFoodie originally asked Emily Olson, cofounder of online indie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2011

    No Subtitles Needed

    ​SFoodie is calling up food types around the city to ask them about their favorite discovery of the past year, whether it's new or ancient, an ingredient or a person. We'll be running their responses through the end of the year. When SFoodie originally asked Emily Olson, cofounder of online indie ... More >>

  • Music

    July 6, 2011

    After "Portlandia", Washed Out Trades Sampling for Songwriting

    ​SFoodie is calling up food types around the city to ask them about their favorite discovery of the past year, whether it's new or ancient, an ingredient or a person. We'll be running their responses through the end of the year. When SFoodie originally asked Emily Olson, cofounder of online indie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    In Print: Washed Out Trades Sampling for Songwriting, and More

    Washed Out's Ernest Greene​After Portlandia, Washed Out trades sampling for songwriting: Washed Out might be the most perfect band name ever conceived: It captures the gist of Ernest Greene's music in two simple words. Bright, explosive hues could have easily ruled his synth-driven pop, but he ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2010

    Toro Y Moi: Show Preview

    Washed Out's Ernest Greene​After Portlandia, Washed Out trades sampling for songwriting: Washed Out might be the most perfect band name ever conceived: It captures the gist of Ernest Greene's music in two simple words. Bright, explosive hues could have easily ruled his synth-driven pop, but he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Hear Shlohmo Remix Toro Y Moi Before Toro Y Moi's Friday Show

    "Shlohmo makes me sleepy"​And thus does S.F./L.A. beatmaker Shlohmo take on the spacey chillwave sensibilities of Toro Y Moi. Here he remixes "Fax Shadow" into a brooding, dribbling, echoey soundscape. It's for your ears, after the jump.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    'The Anthropology of Bono,' and Other Music Courses We'd Like To See

    ​Recently a few colleges, including the Universities of Virginia and South Carolina, announced plans to offer an undergraduate course on the music, celebrity and all-around mindfuck of Lady Gaga. UVA's is called "GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity."We've all heard about legendary and hard-to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Director Judd Apatow Talks Filmmaking, Pee Wee Herman, and S.F. (VIDEO)

    ​Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow-- the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    The Week In Event Names: The Good, The Bad, The WTF

    South Carolina death metallurgists Lecherous Nocturne play Wednesday at the DNA Lounge​This post-Fleet Week week should be a good one for concerts around here. Below, for your consideration, are some upcoming shows whose names (or participants' names) tickle the imagination, the gag reflex, or the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Bros Icing Bros: Our Food Critic Taste-Tests Smirnoff Ice Flavors

    ​Bro-on-bro icing is the meme du jour. What started out as a fratboy prank in South Carolina has been picked up by Wall Street traders, A-list bloggers, San Francisco hiptards, and Fortune magazine, all within the space of two weeks. Apparently, the appeal of forcing your friends to down a 24-ounc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Got Stress? List of Most and Least 'Stressed' Counties Updated -- S.F. Makes Neither.

    Dorothea LangeYes, San Francisco's economic 'stress levels' have been worse...​If you needed a statistical analysis to back up your gut feeling, here it is: San Francisco ain't such a bad place to be. At least that's what the Associated Press' Economic Stress Index reported on Monday. The index -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Police Chief Now Says First-Time Johns Won't Be Publicly Shamed

    Umberto MarinIs this Plan B?​The problem with San Francisco is that people come here to do stuff they think they can't get away with at home. Prostitutes from South Carolina, for instance. This was police chief George Gascon's take,  expressed at a community press conference this afternoon re ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2009

    Cross-country cyclist gets a rude welcome from S.F. bike thieves

    Umberto MarinIs this Plan B?​The problem with San Francisco is that people come here to do stuff they think they can't get away with at home. Prostitutes from South Carolina, for instance. This was police chief George Gascon's take,  expressed at a community press conference this afternoon re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Hut, Hut, Suit: Yet Another Little-Known College Football Player Sues EA Sports for Allegedly Stealing His Image

    Computer NERDS appear to have won in the end, Ogre​ Every couple of months, it seems to happen. No, we're not talking about Oakland Raiders victories (though we bet that'll be an accurate assessment). Yet another obscure former college football player has graduated from football to the full court ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    The Way It Is

    Computer NERDS appear to have won in the end, Ogre​ Every couple of months, it seems to happen. No, we're not talking about Oakland Raiders victories (though we bet that'll be an accurate assessment). Yet another obscure former college football player has graduated from football to the full court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Last Night: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at War Memorial Opera House

    Cory WeaverEric Owens (Porgy) and Laquita Mitchell (Bess)Better than: Being trampled -- in your own seat -- by half the people in your section as they make for the Irish coffee at intermission. More on that later.On the BART ride home after San Francisco Opera's Sunday evening performance of George ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    What the Confederacy and San Francisco Bay Guardian Have in Common

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 31, 2008

    The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 31, 2008

    Add these titles to your reading list

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    Fleet Foxes: the new buzz on Seattle's softer side

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Super Tuesday: Your Guide to the Maddness

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Music

    November 21, 2007

    Band of Horses Fend Off a Critical Backlash

    Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Pretty Ponies

    Band of Horses makes a run for college rock

  • Culture

    September 14, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 7, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 24, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 17, 2005

    Encore

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 10, 2005

    Crowns

    Serious hattitude, courtesy of this charming musical play about headwear

  • Film

    June 1, 2005

    One for the Girls

    Traveling Pants is an ill fit for the screen, but teens and tweens will love it

  • Culture

    April 6, 2005

    Blue

    The saga of the Clarks, a prosperous, African-American, funeral home-owning South Carolina family

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Homeland Sinecurity

    A chat with the man who does nothing, all day long, for the Department of Homeland Security

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Barbecue

    Memphis Minnie's Bar-B-Que Joint & Smoke House

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Crossing Over

    East Bay ballet

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2003

    Blue Year's Eve

    Reaves-Phillips breaks it down

  • Film

    August 21, 2002

    Swimming With Sharks

    A shy woman comes of age in a socially competitive resort town

  • Dining

    November 15, 2000

    Tuscan Treasures

    Caffé Centro

  • Dining

    October 22, 1997

    Off the Map

    Caffé Centro

  • Music

    June 12, 1996

    Recordings

    Caffé Centro

  • News

    May 15, 1996

    Dead Heat

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

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