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  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Brazilian Blowout Hair-Products Company Hit with $600,000 Settlement by AG's Office

    ​The office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced today that a popular manufacturer of hair products, Brazilian Blowout, has agreed to pay $600,000 in fees, penalties, and costs because some of its merchandise allegedly emits formaldehyde gas.The website for Brazilian Blowout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Immigration Judge Delays Deportation for Alex Benshimol, S.F. Gay Man Married to American

    Alex Benshimol, left, can stay in the country with his husband Alex Gentry.​In another victory for same-sex couples, a San Francisco immigration judge ignored the Defense of Marriage Act today when she delayed the deportation proceedings against a gay Venezuelan man who is married to an American c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    San Francisco Hacker Charged with Stealing E-mail Addresses from iPad Owners

    iHack​San Francisco is home to some of the smartest and most tech-savvy inventors -- and hackers. Federal authorities arrested Daniel Spitler, a San Francisco resident, on suspicion of stealing and distributing the e-mail addresses of more than 120,000 iPad owners. Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernhei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    'Marijuana Legalization Measure' Won't Legalize Marijuana

    Say what? ​Should it be approved by voters in November, the Tax, Regulate and Control Cannabis Act of 2010 - also known as Proposition 19 - would do many things. It would allow adults 21 and over to possess small amounts of cannabis, it would allow law enforcement to pursue new penalties again ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 5, 2010

    A Report from Juarez, the Bleeding Front Line of the War on Drugs

    Say what? ​Should it be approved by voters in November, the Tax, Regulate and Control Cannabis Act of 2010 - also known as Proposition 19 - would do many things. It would allow adults 21 and over to possess small amounts of cannabis, it would allow law enforcement to pursue new penalties again ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Amongst Us

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Jerry Brown Spokesman Resigns Over Interview-Taping Flap

    Scott Gerber, director of communications for California Attorney General Jerry Brown, has resigned after admitting last week that he had secretly recorded conversations with journalists, including a recent telephone conference call with a San Francisco Chronicle reporter.​Brown's office has releas ... More >>

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    All-in or Nothing

    Rene Medina’s Colma casino brought life to a city of cemeteries. It also brought federal agents looking for corruption.

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, August 3, 2005

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Onward, Christian Lawyers

    Why lawsuits filed by anti-abortion activists may be a blessing in disguise for the California stem cell institute

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    Son of Super Swindler

    The unsettling link between a group of firms that sell financial planning services to elderly Californians and one of the most notorious con men in U.S. history

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    Unintended Consequences

    Right-wingers cooked up the Gray Davis recall only to see it hijacked by a political moderate named Arnold

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Flight Capital

    How SFO officials used city employees and money -- in apparent violation of state and federal law -- in a very odd attempt to privatize the airports of Honduras

  • News

    March 14, 2001

    Q: What's the Opposite of a Miracle?

    A: What the state does to the families of people who die while poor

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    Smoke and Smearers

    Potheads distort the record -- and endanger the justice system -- as they try to recall the Marin DA

  • News

    May 31, 2000

    Postscript

    From Russia With Sleaze

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Ca$h for Genes

    After billionaire pedophile Larry Hillblom died, illegitimate children began stepping forward to demand part of his estate. It took cutting-edge genetic sleuths to prove that they were, indeed, to the mogul born.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Inside the Big Floop

    Threatening Mount Zion means curtains for the clowns who have mismanaged the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger

  • Calendar

    June 16, 1999

    Cothran

    Threatening Mount Zion means curtains for the clowns who have mismanaged the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Eat This Logo, Sucker

    ValueStar wants businesses to pay for the privilege of sporting its seal of approval. Is it a public service, or a shakedown?

  • News

    February 3, 1999

    Dead Man Not Praying

    The state wants to deny religious counsel immediately before executions. But why?

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    Is This Any Way to Run A Railroad?

    Union Pacific's tenacious fight to gut safety laws passed when a derailment sterilized 40 miles of the upper Sacramento River

  • News

    August 5, 1998

    The Fairfield Wives

    Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    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

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Sutter's Giant Sucking Sound

    Sutter Health, which owns one of California's largest hospital empires, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity. Critics wonder why Sutter dispenses so little charity, and vacuums so much profit, from the hospitals it acquires.

  • News

    November 26, 1997

    inadequate.doc

    Dr. Howard Thornton bragged that his state-of-the-art computer system let him take on 1,000 patients a month, scattered across Northern California. But do his patients get anything like quality medical help?

  • News

    February 26, 1997

    Mulch

    Dr. Howard Thornton bragged that his state-of-the-art computer system let him take on 1,000 patients a month, scattered across Northern California. But do his patients get anything like quality medical help?

  • News

    January 29, 1997

    Pinstriped Medicine

    How the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger foreshadows the new -- and sometimes frightening -- world of health care

  • News

    January 22, 1997

    Would You Buy a Used Car From This Rabbi?

    Ben Tzion Pil has alienated colleagues, intrigued prosecutors, and sold one heck of a lot of cars

  • Calendar

    December 4, 1996

    The Grid

    Ben Tzion Pil has alienated colleagues, intrigued prosecutors, and sold one heck of a lot of cars

  • Calendar

    August 14, 1996

    Blowing Smoke

    Ben Tzion Pil has alienated colleagues, intrigued prosecutors, and sold one heck of a lot of cars

  • 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

    April 3, 1996

    Dog Bites

    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

    March 27, 1996

    Randy Shaw's Power Plays

    Sixteen years ago, Randy Shaw started a housing clinic with $50 and a good idea: educating tenants. Now he's got more than $900,000 a year to spend -- and clout to match.

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Candy From Babies

    The hard- and soft-peddling of Youth in Action

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