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The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Orion Shepherd expresses his love for books through painting

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

There's more of the same in Mario Kart Wii, and that just might be plenty.

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Body of War

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

SF Weekly Letters

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Vallejo Rapper Soldier Hard Brings Home Iraq's Harsh Realities

The most vituperative battle ever fought over the Presidio pits a handful of activists (and a certain weekly newspaper) against a local coalition of environmentalists, business, and the majority of elected officials. Is the congressional compromise to es

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Hard to Be Really Green

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Political Puppets

Napkins, chopsticks, and teapots bring a Japanese internment camp to life

Reps Etc.

Napkins, chopsticks, and teapots bring a Japanese internment camp to life

How to Secede From Jesusland, Without Really Fighting

A plan to split California from the United States. And it's serious. Maybe.

Paper Machine

Another weapon of war: propaganda

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Under the Gun

Why the Army thinks a 30-year-old college-educated California bull rider will help it recruit soldiers during wartime

Save Bitchen Science!

Forget about cures for HIV and leukemia. Give us robo-warriors and high-tech Jesus boots.

Technolust

Gallery goes game-crazy

Behind the Music Videos

There are some pretty cool videos out there, but you won't see them on MTV

Uncle Sam Needs You to Be a Suspected Terrorist

Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.

Reps Etc.

Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.

Remembrance of a War Past

An unfond look back at Freedom Toast, TV jingoes, and a pro-war bully called Tony Hall

Fair Ball

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

alt.war

Traditional media mislead the public about the war in Iraq as a media revolution makes traditional media increasingly irrelevant

Calling All Yahoos

Worried about what John Poindexter's up to as federal information czar? Call his home number and ask.

Letters to the Editor

Unanswered Questions; Let Your Comics Be Your Guide; The Homeless Problem;

The Adventures of Capt. GayMan

The Bush administration has released the first- ever Army training manual on homosexual policy -- as a comic book

The 'I' Is for Irony

After more than 20 years, a new International Hotel is set to rise on the site where riot police evicted elderly tenants during one of the city's most famous protests

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

House Of Tudor

Hank Williams Karaoke, "The War Room," "Electromechanik," New England Clambake, "Planet Tiki," Kiss-Offs, Waco, and "Burlesque Brigade."

Night & Day

Hank Williams Karaoke, "The War Room," "Electromechanik," New England Clambake, "Planet Tiki," Kiss-Offs, Waco, and "Burlesque Brigade."

Be-Siege'd

Hank Williams Karaoke, "The War Room," "Electromechanik," New England Clambake, "Planet Tiki," Kiss-Offs, Waco, and "Burlesque Brigade."

Tales of the Country

How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

Bomb

How Tokyo Rose, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Amelia Earhart are endangered by money-saving moves at the National Archives in San Bruno

Cops Watching Cops

Police watchdog agency the Office of Citizen Complaints braces for its fifth lame director

Three Courthouse Guards Allege Sex, Drugs, and Weapon-related Violations Inside San Francisco's Northern District Court

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

As unconventional as the warfare it depicts, The Hurt Locker is a ticking time bomb of a movie

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

The Hurt Locker

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

Got Your Goat: Clooney's latest lacks humor

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

The Hurt Locker

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

The I Rock War

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for February 10-16, 2010

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

April Literary Events

Three guards employed by Akal Security, a prominent New Mexico-based corporation that contracts with federal courthouses around the country, are making some pretty shocking claims about their employer and workplace -- the Northern District Court in San Francisco. Their complaint, filed rec ... More >>

The Tonga Room -- Historical or Hysterical?

You and I are passing through history. But the Tonga Room? It is history.​The term "only in San Francisco" is overused. That's a given. But, honestly, in how many cities would one open the paper to read about a brewing preservation battle between developers and tiki bar enthusiasts -- with the cit ... More >>

Film is a battlefield

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

"Don't Ask" takes a long, leering look at gays in the military

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

Purple Haze Deconstructed

Journalist-filmakers go to war in "Restrepo."

Does Berkeley Hate America?

​It pains us, Dear Reader, to ask the question. We like Berkeley. It has nice fruit trees and bright college students. But ask we must, because the Berkeley City Council has given us no choice.I mean, come on. When you schedule votes on two resolutions -- one supporting alleged Wikileaker Bradley ... More >>

Pelosi's Waning Power Felt with Republican $15 Million Cut for The Presidio

Thanks, Republicans.​House Republicans delivered a gut-punch to their nemesis Nancy Pelosi Thursday with a proposed $15 million cut in funding for the Presidio, a national park that's long been Pelosi's pet project.In order to wean itself off federal funding, the former U.S. Army base has become a ... More >>

"Super 8": Big Explosions, Big Fun in J.J. Abrams' Newest

Thanks, Republicans.​House Republicans delivered a gut-punch to their nemesis Nancy Pelosi Thursday with a proposed $15 million cut in funding for the Presidio, a national park that's long been Pelosi's pet project.In order to wean itself off federal funding, the former U.S. Army base has become a ... More >>