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"Dr. Syed," Fake Dermatologist, Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

The many faces of Dr. Syed ​The San Francisco doctor best known to his patients as "Dr. Syed" was reportedly sentenced this week to six years behind bars for posing as a dermatologist and treating patients in the basement of his home. For years, Timothy Syed Andersson, 68, practiced dermatology ou ... More >>

Medical Marijuana: Dad Says It Saved Two-Year-Old Son with Cancer

Cash Hyde​There are many ways to look at the story of two-year-old brain-tumor survivor Cash Michael Hyde, whose father, Michael, secretly slipped him medical marijuana oil in his feeding tube during chemotherapy last fall. You could assume that the plant is an effective drug. Chemotherapy left ... More >>

KUSF DJs Briefly Return to the Airwaves Today at Noon

Chris StevensThe crowd at a gathering to protest the sale of KUSF in January.​For three hours today, thanks to Amoeba Music in S.F. and and college radio stations around the country, KUSF DJs will be rocking the airwaves like Jan. 18 never happened.Starting at noon, well-known KUSF DJs like Irwin, ... More >>

Sam Spade in a Chariot

Chris StevensThe crowd at a gathering to protest the sale of KUSF in January.​For three hours today, thanks to Amoeba Music in S.F. and and college radio stations around the country, KUSF DJs will be rocking the airwaves like Jan. 18 never happened.Starting at noon, well-known KUSF DJs like Irwin, ... More >>

Cooking with Italian Grandmothers Potluck

​Slow Food Potluck with Jessica Theroux Where: JAX Vineyards SF Loft, 334 Brannan (at Stanford) When: Sun., Jan. 16, 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 plus a dish to share; includes olive oil tasting and one glass of wine with dinner The rundown: Cook like the nonna you always wanted to have for this pot ... More >>

Art Review: Alexis Manheim: "Oh, Golly: New Work"

​Slow Food Potluck with Jessica Theroux Where: JAX Vineyards SF Loft, 334 Brannan (at Stanford) When: Sun., Jan. 16, 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 plus a dish to share; includes olive oil tasting and one glass of wine with dinner The rundown: Cook like the nonna you always wanted to have for this pot ... More >>

Chotto Brings Izakaya Fare to the Marina; Chez Papa Resto Names New Chef (and Some Random Ike's News)

​ ​The past 48 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.According to Paolo L. of Inside Scoop, an izakaya to be named Chotto (3317 Steiner) is taking the place of Three Seasons, the Vietnamese restaurant that closed last week. It hopes to open mid ... More >>

Download: Bay Pop Upstart K.Flay's '2 Weak,' See Her This Weekend

K.Flay​We really hope Grizzly Bear got some love from Stanford grad and Bay Area pop whippersnapper K.Flay for the obvious lifting of the Brooklyn band's bits for this rather cleverly named free download, "2 Weak." But then, "Two Weeks" makes such a crisp pop background, maybe the band should be g ... More >>

Report Touting Prop. 23 'Simply Nonsense' -- Stanford Prof

Matt SmithHere's what we'll do, y'see: We'll put out crazy-assed think-tank reports, and see if people believe 'em.​The Pacific Research Institute bills itself as a think tank that champions freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility by advancing free-market policy solutions. But judging fr ... More >>

Good, Bad, and Ugly of Sporting Weekend

Smile and the world smiles with you, Tim​With college and professional football kicking off and baseball's pennant races rounding third, 'tis the season for sports junkies to never leave the couch. By the way, here are a few phone numbers for local divorce attorneys -- if, you know, this is a prob ... More >>

Keith Bechtol Wins San Francisco Marathon -- First He's Ever Run

College of William and MaryKeith Bechtol, marathoner and astrophysicist ​While stranded Muni riders grumbled, Keith Bechtol cruised to victory on yesterday's San Francisco Marathon -- the very first marathon he's ever run. But don't chalk up the 25-year-old Stanford astrophysicist's unofficial cou ... More >>

July Literary Events

College of William and MaryKeith Bechtol, marathoner and astrophysicist ​While stranded Muni riders grumbled, Keith Bechtol cruised to victory on yesterday's San Francisco Marathon -- the very first marathon he's ever run. But don't chalk up the 25-year-old Stanford astrophysicist's unofficial cou ... More >>

"Sex and the City 2" struggles against nature to stay forever young

College of William and MaryKeith Bechtol, marathoner and astrophysicist ​While stranded Muni riders grumbled, Keith Bechtol cruised to victory on yesterday's San Francisco Marathon -- the very first marathon he's ever run. But don't chalk up the 25-year-old Stanford astrophysicist's unofficial cou ... More >>

Elite College Hoaxer Showdown: Stanford Vs. Harvard

​News this week of Adam Wheeler, the 23-year-old who lied his way into Harvard and almost into Yale, brought back fond memories of Azia Kim, the dorm-squatter who was discovered posing as a Stanford student two years ago. We have to ask: Who's the better college hoaxer? TV movie-ready back st ... More >>

The Many Faces of Dr. Syed

A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.

March Literary Events

A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.

Sadly, Decision to Drop San Francisco From World Cup Consideration Was On the Mark

Yes, the soccer bigwigs definitely gave San Francisco the business...​San Francisco chauvinists and city soccer fans aren't a natural team. The chauvinists would like to tell you how the fact you can walk to really great restaurants here counterbalances an utterly dysfunctional municipal governmen ... More >>

You Want Fresh Faces? Our Suggestions for the 2010 GOP Slate.

On Wednesday, the latest in a batch of Republican political neophytes expressed his desire for high-ranking political office in California. Damon Dunn, the former Stanford and NFL receiver and current Orange County real-estate mogul, said he plans to run for Secretary of State.But as the San Francis ... More >>

Trainiquette

A commuter's demands from Caltrain.

Coach Is Who We Think He Is! San Francisco Squad in New Pro Football League Taps Dennis Green as Coach. Is Michael Vick Next?

Dennis Green, who built up a stellar career as a San Francisco 49ers assistant coach, then the head man at Stanford and with the Minnesota Vikings -- only to have much of his reputation obscured when he delivered the most unintentionally hilarious postgame football rant in modern times (above) -- ... More >>

All Polled: We're Totally Contented and, Like, Totally Depressed

A recently released Gallup Poll attempts to rate the vague notion of "well-being," breaking down the rankings state by state and congressional district by Congressional district. California ranked on the happier end of the well-being index, and our neighbors in Congressional District 14 -- encompass ... More >>

Will S.F. Scientists' 'Seminal' Work Lead to Terms Such as 'Ball-Sack-Like'?

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

More Cupcakery?!?

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Droll Chabrol

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/14

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Art Pulse

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

UCSF Is First Hospital in California with a Musician in Residence

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Smart People Depicts Dumbass Brainiacs

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

The USF Dons Have Gone from National Champs to National Chumps

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Lessig Won't Run for Congress

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Numerologist Skot Jonz Picks the Next President

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

San Francisco Ballet's Filling Station Pumped with Acting

"Not unlike a ball sack, no..."This month, San Francisco medical scientists cured a rash of British prudery by demonstrating that the term "seminal" -- a word meaning both "semen-like", and "highly original and influencing the development of future events" -- does not constitute sexist language.In S ... More >>

Oxbow's Eugene Robinson chokes rowdy concertgoers

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

Condi Rice was Boring, Judith Miller was the NYT's "WMD" — Brinkley Reports

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

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

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

Galleries

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

Running Around San Francisco for an Education

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Might Makes Reich

In Das Experiment, ordinary volunteers quickly turn totalitarian

Reps Etc.

Film Events at Smaller Venues

Projective Verse

The poetry of Robert Creeley

Dirty Laundry

Literally and figuratively, the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger gets fouler every day

Military Might

Stanford activists in fight against laws forcing campuses to accept recruiters

Snatching Saroyan

How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

Temperature Rising

The UCSF-Stanford merger goes under a (symbolic) gun

Slap Shots

The UCSF-Stanford merger goes under a (symbolic) gun

Letters

The UCSF-Stanford merger goes under a (symbolic) gun

Slap Shots

The UCSF-Stanford merger goes under a (symbolic) gun