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  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Obama Explains Medical Marijuana Crackdown -- Sort Of

    Mystery accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California's state-legal medical marijuana industry since Oct. 7, when prosecutors formally declared their war on weed. Who was behind the feds deciding it was time to shut down hundreds of California dispensaries -- rogue prosecutors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Marijuana-Like Compounds Stop Spread of AIDS, Study Says

    ​In many ways, without AIDS, there would be no medical marijuana. But there could be a twist, according to new research: With medical marijuana (or synthetic marijuana-like compounds), there could be less AIDS.Researchers believe there's a link between cannabis use -- or at least drugs that share ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Cindy Chang, Sunday School Teacher, Released After Three-Week Detention at Arizona Immigration Checkpoint

    ​Cindy Chang was driving from San Jose to Phoenix for a friend's wedding early this month when she was stopped at an immigration checkpoint in Eloy, Ariz. These structures are common this close to the border. Chang, a 26-year old Sunday school teacher who has lived in the Bay Area since her f ... More >>

  • News

    February 29, 2012

    They Were Kings: The Feds Attack the Internet Poker Industry

    ​Cindy Chang was driving from San Jose to Phoenix for a friend's wedding early this month when she was stopped at an immigration checkpoint in Eloy, Ariz. These structures are common this close to the border. Chang, a 26-year old Sunday school teacher who has lived in the Bay Area since her f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Medical Marijuana Week: Protest President Obama, Mail Nancy Pelosi a Heart.

    Pot smokers getting no love from Obama this Valentine's Day ​The week doesn't often begin on Friday. But then again, it's not often Medical Marijuana Week -- is it?Indeed not. And that Medical Marijuana Week coincides with Valentine's Day is no mistake: It was the Compassionate Use Act that got us ... 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 19, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Patients Opposing Federal Approval of ... Medical Marijuana

    umpp.orgStanding Up Against... Medical Marijuana​Medical marijuana can be good for the brain. No less an authority than the federal government's Department of Health and Human Services says so: HHS awarded to a group of doctors in 2003 a patent titled "Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Marin Alliance For Medical Marijuana Dodges Federal Threat -- for Now

    Praise Legalists​Second SF Dispensary Closes Under Federal PressureAn eviction notice was never so welcome.Last Wednesday, California's oldest storefront medical marijuana collective, Fairfax-based Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, received an eviction notice from its landlord -- which means t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Obama Dodges S.F. Protesters, Leaves Through Side Door

    Flickr/Steve RhodesAaaaand, scene!​President Has Yet to Publicly Address Medical Marijuana CrackdownPresidential visits are a big deal, even in big cities like San Francisco: As president, George W. Bush never visited us. But after President Barack Obama's reception Tuesday -- where some prominent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Obama's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: Two S.F. Pot Clubs to Close

    And Divinity Tree, and Green Door Sacramento, and maybe Medithrive​Lombard Street is in the city's oft-posh Marina District, but that stretch of US-101 that leads from the Golden Gate Bridge down through Van Ness Avenue includes seedy motels as well as high-end boutiques. It might have also contai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Is Nancy Pelosi Too Powerful for Pot?

    Right Behind You​Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi -- who, despite no longer being House Speaker, is arguably still the most powerful resident of San Francisco -- is a very busy politician. Just this week, the highest-ranking woman in American political history had her fingers in everything from the Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Feds Now Fight War on Medical Marijuana with Passive Aggressive Strategies

    ​Hard to believe it's been only two years since Attorney General Eric Holder shocked -- and relieved -- California's medical marijuana users when he said the federal government had no interest in prosecuting state-legal cannabis activities. The Bush Era was over -- no more doors kicked in by Kevla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Feds Renege on Plea Deal for State-Legal Medical Marijuana Providers

    SF WeeklyScott Feil​Scott Feil wants to go to prison. And the United States wants to put him there. That, however, is where the common ground between Feil -- one of the state-legal medical marijuana providers the federal government is prosecuting -- and the Department of Justice ends.Three of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Oscar Grant Supporters Petition Department of Justice to Investigate BART

    The fight continues​More than 500 people have signed a petition urging the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to speed up its investigation of Oscar Grant's death at the Fruitvale BART station in 2009. Last year, before ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Federal Backruptcy Court Declares DOMA Unconstitutional

    Gay couples go broke, too. ​The latest assault on the federal law that only recognizes straight spouses comes from an institution that's not exactly known for making rousing statements about civil rights: the federal bankruptcy court.According to news reports., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Kamala Harris Files Brief Supporting Federal Health Care Reform

    This won't hurt a bit...​California Attorney General Kamala Harris has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit seeking to aid the defense of President Barack Obama's landmark health care legislation.The so-called Affordable Care Act, perhaps Obama's most significant legisla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Obama's Stance On DOMA Could Benefit Binational Gay Couples

    ​Political calculations are aflutter in response to the Obama administration's claim that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, the law that limits marriage between a man and a woman. Here's one more: What does this mean for gay immigrants who are married?As we explored in a 2010 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Airlines Accused of Price-Fixing in Class-Action Lawsuit

    ​A hangar-ful of airlines is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in San Francisco that alleges an "international conspiracy" to fix prices and bilk travelers.The suit was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court by San Francisco resident Caroline Joy, who is represented by the law firm Moscone Embli ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

    Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Is Philadelphia More Immigrant-Friendly Than San Francisco?

    Does Philly's Michael Nutter have more spine than Gavin Newsom?​Philadelphia's deputy mayor said yesterday that his city will likely cease cooperating with federal immigration officials by sharing records of local arrests, a policy change that would put it in the vanguard of so-called "sanctuary c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Feds' Case Against Bonds Evaporating

    Feds Losing Their Heads​The quest to incarcerate home run champion Barry Lamar Bonds took a perhaps fatal twist on Friday, when a judge ruled that prosecutors cannot use key evidence in their case to prove the 45-year old slugger lied about using steroids.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Suriya Thai Owner Indicted on Tax Fraud

    danmachold/FlickrLast summer, the restaurant moved to SOMA from its longtime location on Valencia (shown here).​The owner of SOMA's Suriya Thai was charged with tax fraud earlier this month ― the U.S. Department of Justice reported that Suriya Srithong was indicted on two counts two counts o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    The Week in Gay: The Ricky Martin's Bon-Bon Edition

    Ah, fond memories of prom...​Don't Ask Don't Tell doesn't apply to Ricky Martin -- but we'll get to that in good time. No, "DADT" is the law that supposedly keeps the gays out of the military -- continued to take up headspace this week. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice, acting on behalf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

    Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi will be even happier if his colleagues agree to denounce PG&E this week​Do you fear the encroachments of the technological Leviathan known as Google? Are you wary of the carcinogenic effects of your cell phone? Relax. That buzzing you feel in your head probably isn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    NYT Mag on Torture-Memo Author John Yoo: Aw, Ain't He Cute?

    Uttered in any location with a view of San Francisco Bay, the name of John Yoo tends to reduce people to convulsive hand-wringing. Yoo, a professor at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, has been a frequent target of liberal protesters and activists -- many of them students -- because of his ass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    The Guardian's Illustrated, Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy -- Did You Know Spain Was Involved?

    We're not exactly unaccustomed to paranoid political thinking in the pages of our rival weekly here in San Francisco. But the journos at the Bay Guardian have taken their conspiracy theories to new levels -- and depicted them in bolder-than-ever graphics -- in this week's issue.Appearing alongside a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    The torture memos and Berkeley's law-school schedule

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    LiveNation/Ticketmaster Merger Raises Congressional Concerns

    Pissed Off: Bruce Springsteen​ The proposed merger between concert venue conglomerate Live Nation and ticket hub mecca Ticketmaster (announced last February) has already resulted in catcalls from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, who wrote an open letter to his fans after Ticket Master upsold tickets ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2009

    Service with a Snarl

    In San Francisco, lizards, rodents, and vicious Chihuahuas have all been declared service animals.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Chronic City: Dispensary Operator Charlie Lynch Gets 366 Days In Federal Prison

    Reason.tvCharles Lynch In a courtroom crowded with spectators and supporters, Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles Lynch was sentenced today in federal court to one year and one day in prison.Lynch, 47, appeared this morning in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of U.S. District Judge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    No Dickensian Christmas in SF as Harlots, Peaceniks, Go to Washington

    Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    This Week in Government Corruption

    Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 6, 2007

    Burnt Chefs

    Former admissions representatives at CCA say they preyed on students’ dreams of becoming celebrity chefs and glossed over the painful economic realities of the industry

  • News

    March 28, 2007

    Invisible Man

    Unlike the other U.S. attorneys fired by the Bushies, Kevin Ryan.

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 18, 2006

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    Should journalist Josh Wolf be afraid?

    The Assistant U.S. Attorney, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the SFPD want to get their hands on a video shot by a San Francisco blogger

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Little Fish, Big Fish

    Memo to Ashcroft: Why aren't you pursuing Barry Bonds the way you did Martha Stewart?

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    Terminal Condition

    With the Examiner near death, an insider says the Fangs had 10 million reasons to run it on the cheap

  • News

    August 21, 2002

    Business as Usual

    The problem today isn't shoddy corporate ethics -- capitalism was built on corruption. The problem is America's bias against government regulation.

  • Music

    July 3, 2002

    The War on Raves

    Forget terrorists; let's fight the dancers

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    A Vote of Competence

    This is no time for softheaded governing. In this election, Prop. F and Dennis Herrera pass the confidence test; MUD fails completely.

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    Yellow-Bellied Journalism

    Hearst executives' behavior in the Examiner sale was nothing less than cowardly

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    Mecklin

    Cleaning Out the Swamp

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Online Pirates of the Caribbean

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Dog Bites

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • 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.

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    Payback

    Liberals mount a comeback in the juvenile justice system

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Liberals mount a comeback in the juvenile justice system

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