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DJ Nihar Shares An All-Vinyl Exclusive Mix and His View on Underground Parties

As co-founder and record selector of parties Haceteria and Warm Leatherette, DJ Nihar is known for throwing underground events which explore the history of techno, house, and rave music. Launching his DJ career as an avid record collector asked to play hip-hop at house parties, he soon felt compelle ... More >>

S.F's Chinese New Year Parade Has Become a Hotbed of Controversy

Will New Online Impersonation Law Kill Faux Twitter Accounts?

Illegally funny?​Since the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, it has been a misdemeanor in this state to malevolently impersonate someone on the internet. The "Malicious E-Personization Bill" authored by Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) outlaws the impersonation of another person on the web for the p ... More >>

Mexican Macroeconomics

U.C. Regents Boot Documentary Filmmaker Ric Chavez From Meeting

No cameras, pal!​University of California police and U.C. officials barred an independent filmmaker from a Regents meeting in Mission Bay today after police said he was filming "security arrangements" of the campus cops. To turn the molehill into even more of a mountain, state Sen. Leland Yee, who ... More >>

Jennifer Azzi Named USF Coach. Maybe Now She Won't Get Booted From Press Room.

Jennifer Azzi's sterling basketball credentials won her the top job at USF. But they didn't impress everyone...​The University of San Francisco today announced it has named Jennifer Azzi as the new coach of its flagging women's basketball program. Bay Area residents may recall Azzi as the very bes ... More >>

On Poetry

Dead Sea

An unpublished study shows the surprisingly lethal effects of the Cosco Busan oil spill. Why are government scientists helping the ship's owner keep it a secret?

U.C. Employees' Picket Line Blocks Out Gavin Newsom

Will HarperIf ever you were looking to keep Gavin Newsom away, scare up a picket line Employees of the University of California vociferously protesting proposed fee hikes and furlough days had an unforeseen consequence on the plans of one Mayor Gavin Newsom -- who may or may not have a Santa Clara U ... More >>

Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell

As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>

Change Hasn't Come to S.F.

Blacks should look to Washington and not to City Hall for hope.

Saturday: S.F. Bierfest at The EndUp

Supes Spread Manure

Their anti-Newsom campaigning is preventing more affordable housing

Freight and Salvage Begins Year-Long Multi-Million Upgrade

Hospital's Hindsight: 20/20

Hospital removes man's cancerous prostate. Two months later, doctors say he didn't have cancer after all

Mother Nature or Nurture?

The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change

Extra Credit

Is outgoing school Superintendent Arlene Ackerman worth a huge severance package and $45,000 in credit card charges? Find out where you stand!

Remote Controlled

Will a new generation of curbside sensors end our parking problems -- or help the government monitor our every move?

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Connerly's Con

Ward Connerly says his new anti-racism initiative won't have any real impact on California. Critics beg to differ.

News That Fits

Is shorter ever better? Yes, when it's on the front page of the Contra Costa Times.

Best City Run

Hint: It Ain't Along Marina Boulevard

Hearts and Minds

Why Michael Moore's Academy Awards rant shouldn't have surprised anyone

The Fix Is In

At least that's what Janet Campbell claimed about construction bids at UCSF, where she soon found herself out of a job

Palookaville

In S.F.'s political fight game, all the contestants are ignoring a national biotech debate that could put the local economy down for the count

The New Defenders

An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?

Burning Mad

Deciding they just wouldn't take it anymore, Bayview citizens stopped a Navy plan to incinerate toxic gas at Hunters Point Shipyard

Independence Day

The good news: A major studio turned his book into a movie. The bad news: Hardly anyone will ever see it.

No Parking Zone

UC's Hastings College of the Law proposes a huge Tenderloin garage; most everyone else gags

The Perfect Crime

As we're now finding out, Gov. Davis may be the only one who won't have to pay for his mishandling of the energy crisis

The Anthrax Detector No One Wants

In Berkeley, researchers have found a way to identify deadly spores, which could lead to simple, smoke detector-like devices. So why isn't anyone interested?

The Best Ambassador Money Can Buy?

Republican mega-donor Howard Leach is reportedly headed to France. At least we're not sending him to an important country.

Dim Bulbs

Greedy out-of-state profiteers make easy targets, but the real villains of California's energy debacle are the ones under the state capitol dome.

Night Crawler

Past Perfect

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.

Dirty Laundry

Literally and figuratively, the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger gets fouler every day

Reel World

Honky-Tonk Angles

Western swing musician Johnny Dilks plays scholar to California's country music past and suggests its future, if Charlie Louvin has anything to say about it

Trench Warfare

Do you know which streets will be torn up on any given day? Of course not. Neither does the city. SF Weekly's Lisa Davis maps out the mayhem.

Let's Make Appeal

UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

Daring Daylght Merger

Unspun

Captains of Medicine

Unspun

Mulch

Don't Tread on Meat

Hot dog store thrives in vegetarian vortex

In Sickness and in Wealth

It's merge or be merged out for teaching hospitals like Stanford's and UCSF's

Night+Day

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