Veterans' Affairs

Minimalism to the Max

Minimalism to the Max

Tides Theatre Maximizes the Minimalist Waiting for Godot

"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most important plays of the 20th century. But if the set description seems minimal, Tides Theatre's interpretation of them is anything but. "It's almost like you can see the tr ... More >>

Veterans Benefits Group, Inc. Sues Mother Jones Magazine for Defamation

​The Veterans Benefits Group, Inc. and its president are suing Mother Jones magazine over a July/August 2011edition, accusing the San Francisco-based magazine of defamation. The group claims the article falsely accuses the organization of elder financial abuse and other "shady" practices. The art ... More >>

Veteran Con Man Back to Swindling Elderly Veterans

​The Veterans Benefits Group, Inc. and its president are suing Mother Jones magazine over a July/August 2011edition, accusing the San Francisco-based magazine of defamation. The group claims the article falsely accuses the organization of elder financial abuse and other "shady" practices. The art ... More >>

Deconstructing a Family Tragedy

​The Veterans Benefits Group, Inc. and its president are suing Mother Jones magazine over a July/August 2011edition, accusing the San Francisco-based magazine of defamation. The group claims the article falsely accuses the organization of elder financial abuse and other "shady" practices. The art ... More >>

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 >>

Iraq Soldiers Who Killed People Suffer More than Peers, Study Finds

​In November, U.C. San Francisco psychiatry professor Shira Maguen published a paper claiming that Vietnam veterans who killed enemies have, on average, lived far more troubled lives than soldiers who did not. Well, the times are not a-changing -- according to a recently completed Maguen study, Ir ... More >>

Study: Vietnam Vets Who Took Lives Suffer More Later in Life

​A recent survey of 1,200 Vietnam veterans headed up by researchers from U.C. San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center reports that soldiers who killed people during that combat have, on average, lived far more troubled lives in the ensuing decades than soldiers who did not. Even when ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​A recent survey of 1,200 Vietnam veterans headed up by researchers from U.C. San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center reports that soldiers who killed people during that combat have, on average, lived far more troubled lives in the ensuing decades than soldiers who did not. Even when ... More >>

SF Military Vets Go to War With Each Other

​A recent survey of 1,200 Vietnam veterans headed up by researchers from U.C. San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center reports that soldiers who killed people during that combat have, on average, lived far more troubled lives in the ensuing decades than soldiers who did not. Even when ... More >>

Battle Lines

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

Tapped Out

There're not enough buglers and honor guards to keep pace with dying vets

School of Scandal

U.S. alleges $3 million fraud at Oakland's Laney College; 400 "students" involved

Dog Bites

U.S. alleges $3 million fraud at Oakland's Laney College; 400 "students" involved