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    February 11, 2009

    San Francisco Finally Shitty Enough to Make Social Progress

    Coming to a San Francisco park near you? It took a plummeting economy and disastrous wars in the Middle East to make America awful enough to rise up above centuries of racial strife with the election of Barack Obama, The Onion reported Nov. 5. In San Francisco, it has taken a half-billion-doll ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 27, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    Coming to a San Francisco park near you? It took a plummeting economy and disastrous wars in the Middle East to make America awful enough to rise up above centuries of racial strife with the election of Barack Obama, The Onion reported Nov. 5. In San Francisco, it has taken a half-billion-doll ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2007

    Battle Lines

    Richmond residents take aim at plans to expand a medical center they say is already overbuilt

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Ghost of Politics Past

    The varied life and celebrated death of Eric Allen Bass, the man who was Joefire.com

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Hunting in the Shadows

    A unique Oakland program coaxes homeless from the streets

  • Calendar

    January 8, 1997

    Slap Shots

    A unique Oakland program coaxes homeless from the streets

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Filipino WWII Vets, in S.F., File Suit Seeking Recognition, Compensation

    Taylor FriedmanRomeo de Fernandez, 91, survived the Bataan death march. But now, he says, his own government is shortchanging him.​Philippines-born Romeo R. de Fernandez, 91, served in the United States military and defended Manila during World War II. In 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army took him ... More >>

  • News

    June 29, 2011

    Veteran Con Man Back to Swindling Elderly Veterans

    Taylor FriedmanRomeo de Fernandez, 91, survived the Bataan death march. But now, he says, his own government is shortchanging him.​Philippines-born Romeo R. de Fernandez, 91, served in the United States military and defended Manila during World War II. In 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army took him ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Con Man Paul Noe's Scheme to Make Money Off Elderly Veterans

    Our federal tax dollars are going where?​This week's Matt Smith column describes how con man Paul Noe II is back to his old practice of persuading seniors to enter into financial transactions they don't fully understand, ones that stretch what the law allows, and which stand to benefit Noe and his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Today Is Billy Sipple Day: Honoring Gay Ex-Marine Who Saved Gerald Ford's Life

    Sipple in action​Today is Oliver W. Sipple Day in San Francisco, which honors the man who in 1975 lunged to grab the arm of Sarah Jane Moore when he saw her aiming a 38-caliber pistol at Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.No, S.F. is not gaga over the half-term president. I ... More >>

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