U.S. Navy

Jury Chosen in Anti-Weekly Suit

Great Moments in the Bay Area Feel Good/Feel Better History

Treasure Island museum in witness protection program

Arrrrgh! Exclusive E-mail Revealing Overlooked Details of Somali Pirate Drama Falls into Our Hands

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

"Sediments, Sentiments (Figures of Speech)"

U.S. NavyCapt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge, shortly after his rescue Treasure! Our sister paper the Village Voice dug up an insider's e-mail detailing the onboard battle between Somali pirates and the crew of the  M/V Ma ... More >>

Blue Angels, Broken Eardrums

Another Fleet Week has come and gone in San Francisco. Was it an intrusive distraction or a welcome reminder of our country's military might?

Rocky Waters

Annapolis salutes all the classic boxing clichés

Cinema Paradiso

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Night&Day

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Reps Etc.

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Hey, Sailor!

Salty young dogs party on

Mob Rule

Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

Hot Story

Navy admits burning 600,000 gallons of radioactive fuel at S.F. shipyard

Best Kite Store

Chinatown Kite Shop

Hot News

"The first [Historical Radiation Assessment] was rushed .... We should have ... done a better, more thorough job."

Fallout: The Past Is Present

The Nuclear Witnesses

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 6, 2002

Massing Gas

San Francisco asks the Navy to investigate potentially dangerous methane concentrations at Hunters Point Shipyard

Wings of Desire

There is more than one way to fulfill the primal dream of flying

Fallout

Newly released documents indicate the Navy dumped far more nuclear waste than it's ever acknowledged in a major commercial fishery just 30 miles west of San Francisco. Why won't the government even study the Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Site?

Fallout

How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.

South to the Future

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Night Crawler

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

And Now, On With the Show: SFIFF Week 2

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Dog Bites

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Waste Case History

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Slap Shots

Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

Hey, Sailor!

The untold story of the selling of the USS Missouri

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

It's the law...​Cops! Compost! Conspiracies! Killers! The Board of Supervisors has voted, 8-2, that we should have a quiz right now (Michela Alioto-Pier abstained -- but we won't hold it against her). 1. The San Francisco Police Department announced that DNA evidence could tie an unsolved 1984 mur ... More >>

Lactating Women -- Haiti Needs Your Breast Milk

Helping Haiti doesn't have to only pump your pocketbook. Use your breasts.  In a Valencia Street store window: Hope For Haiti ​A slew of human breast milk associations (yes, there are many) are imploring women with a generous heart and lactating bosoms to donate their milk to the closest milk ... More >>

Military Dolphins, Sea Lions Save San Francisco From Terror

Brien Aho/U.S. NavySmile! You're on Dolphin Camera.​Trained journalists cover trained beasts The opportunity to watch Gavin Newsom watch Navy sea lions and dolphins in a terror-fighting exercise was just too good. Scores of creatures, meticulously trained via rote exercises, were on display in Mis ... More >>

Where Should I Take Five Sailors on Leave?

U.S. NavyDressed in their whites ... and hungry.​Yesterday, SFoodie received, via Twitter, the best restaurant-recommendation request we've ever fielded. From EB:My cousin in the navy just docked here. I need to find a place for dinner for me and 5 sailors. Any suggestions? #notjoescrabshackThe mi ... More >>

U.S.S. Iowa's Final Battle Pits Vallejo vs. L.A.

If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

New View for the Bayview

If only someone would tow this thing to Des Moines​By Jan. 18, Vallejo must submit a plan for slithering out of bankruptcy. Former banker Merylin Wong, the head of a maritime enthusiast's group there, has a plan for keeping the city on firm financial footing henceforth: Pay millions of dollars yea ... More >>

Oakland Goes Off with a Blast Tomorrow

Oakland's bringing down the house ​A boom and a blast? Sounds like a regular afternoon in parts of Oakland. Expect to cover your ears if you are in Oakland tomorrow morning, when the city will roll in 800 pounds of dynamite and implode the former Oak Knoll U.S. Naval Medical Center in the Oakland ... More >>

Obscured by Fame

Oakland's bringing down the house ​A boom and a blast? Sounds like a regular afternoon in parts of Oakland. Expect to cover your ears if you are in Oakland tomorrow morning, when the city will roll in 800 pounds of dynamite and implode the former Oak Knoll U.S. Naval Medical Center in the Oakland ... More >>