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  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    Ben From Ben & Jerry's Is Trying to Make American Politics Taste Better

    Generally, we only learn about Ben & Jerry's political positions whenever the delicious duo releases a new flavor. And just in time for this year's election, they released the SuperPack delight, a sweet confection that somehow is supposed to make you grossed out by how much money is funneled int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack, Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

    In case you were too busy last night mapping out your traffic route for the upcoming weekend of chaos in San Francisco, here's your recap of the presidential debates. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney squared off inside the University of Denver's Magness Arena last n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    Facebook Has Way Too Many Phonies

    Since going public earlier this summer, Facebook has become increasing not "liked," particularly by Wall Street investors. To make matters worse, the Bay Area-based company this week published filings that revealed the social networking site has some 83 million fake users.So yeah, you don't have as ... More >>

  • News

    August 1, 2012

    For-Profit Colleges: Predators in the Ivory Tower

    Since going public earlier this summer, Facebook has become increasing not "liked," particularly by Wall Street investors. To make matters worse, the Bay Area-based company this week published filings that revealed the social networking site has some 83 million fake users.So yeah, you don't have as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2012

    State Cuts Cal Grant Funding for Many For-Profit Schools

    It took a destructive recession and a budget deficit even MC Hammer finds ridiculous, but California has slowed down the flow of tax-payer money to for-profit colleges. Yesterday, the California Student Aid Commission announced a sharp decrease in the number of schools eligible for Cal Grants: fo ... More >>

  • News

    July 4, 2012

    America's Petro-Terrorists: How Speculators Drove Up Oil Prices

    It took a destructive recession and a budget deficit even MC Hammer finds ridiculous, but California has slowed down the flow of tax-payer money to for-profit colleges. Yesterday, the California Student Aid Commission announced a sharp decrease in the number of schools eligible for Cal Grants: fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2012

    Occupella Music Group to Entertain Bank of America With Sing Along

    If public transportation is part of your daily routine, chances are you've already heard a few ditties from Occupella, the group known for riffing off traditional American folk songs to make them 99 percent unique. But tomorrow, the ensemble will take a break from its cavernous stage at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Facebook's Swoon a Symptom of Wall Street's Sickness

    Facebook's newly issued shares lost 11 percent of their value on Monday, their first full day of public trading after Friday's snafu-filled IPO. That's a loss of $11.5 billion. Tuesday, the fall continued, taking the stock down another 3 percent. Too many shares were issued at too high a price by an ... More >>

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    "Burn Wall Street": Otto von Danger Politicizes His Art

    Facebook's newly issued shares lost 11 percent of their value on Monday, their first full day of public trading after Friday's snafu-filled IPO. That's a loss of $11.5 billion. Tuesday, the fall continued, taking the stock down another 3 percent. Too many shares were issued at too high a price by an ... More >>

  • News

    March 7, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    Facebook's newly issued shares lost 11 percent of their value on Monday, their first full day of public trading after Friday's snafu-filled IPO. That's a loss of $11.5 billion. Tuesday, the fall continued, taking the stock down another 3 percent. Too many shares were issued at too high a price by an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Anonymous Could Wipe Out U.S. Power, Feds Say

    ​One thing Anonymous is really good for is embarrassing public agencies (BART) -- and their employees (Linton Johnson). But the National Security Agency is worried that the shadowy online hacking group will soon have the power to shut off our power via cyberattack. The Wall Street Journal is repor ... More >>

  • Music

    December 21, 2011

    Bouncer Talks Occupy with The Man at Sutter Station

    ​One thing Anonymous is really good for is embarrassing public agencies (BART) -- and their employees (Linton Johnson). But the National Security Agency is worried that the shadowy online hacking group will soon have the power to shut off our power via cyberattack. The Wall Street Journal is repor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Occupy SF Refuses to Move to the Mission

    ​Occupy San Francisco is here to stay. Well, at least until the cops break it up.Occupy SF is refusing to relocate its very distinct camp site near the Financial District to a less conspicuous site in the Mission District, claiming that being close to the banks they are protesting helps keep their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    OccupySF: Politicians Crash the Party

    Hey, I support the movement, too! Solidarity!​Those grumbling about the caliber of people camping out at Justin Herman plaza can't be thrilled about the latest wave of demonstrators drawn to OccupySF: politicians. Last night a near-quorum of the Board of Supervisors squatted along with the squatte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    OccupySF: How To Get Laid by the 99 Percent

    The official Occupy condom. ​We learned a couple days ago that the Occupy protesters are a horny crew, advertising their plaints for love and sex on Craigslist. Well, perhaps those services can be rendered, thanks to Craigslist. A dude calling himself Barry McCockiner -- who is also seen spanking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Protesting Corporate Greed and Corruption? Set Your Sights on the Food Industry

    _PaulS_/Flickr​ Mother Jones magazine's great food correspondant, Tom Philpott, wrote a barnstormer of an article this past week titled "Foodies, Get Thee to Occupy Wall Street." Food is no side issue, Philpott argues, to the nationwide protests voicing outrage over the unchecked power o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Why Musicians Matter to the Occupy Movement

    ​It's been over two weeks since the protest in SF's financial district commenced -- prompted by the occupation of Wall Street that started almost a month ago -- and four days since Oakland joined this now apparently worldwide movement. As we all know, Occupy Wall Street was outright ignored by mai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street Protest Expands to San Francisco

    12 days, plus interest ​Today marks the 12th day of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City -- and unlike BART protests, there's no sign that this demonstration is dying down. In fact, it's spreading -- all the way to the West Coast, where California is suffering from a staggering 12 perc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Anonymous Discrimination? Wearing Masks at Protests Illegal in New York City

    Wear this to a protest in New York? Fugetaboutit.​Over the last month, masked Anonymous protesters have made a weekly date out of organizing demonstrations at BART stations in San Francisco. When the cops have moved to arrest some, it's usually been for refusing to obey an officers' orders, delayi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Taiwanese Food Blogger Gets Jail, Trader Joe's Should Stop Feeding Dumpster Divers

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Why I'm never becoming a restaurant critic in Taiwan. The Taipei Times reports that a local food blogger was just sentenced to 30 days in jail and almost $7,000 in fines for writ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    Street Cred

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Why I'm never becoming a restaurant critic in Taiwan. The Taipei Times reports that a local food blogger was just sentenced to 30 days in jail and almost $7,000 in fines for writ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    iPhone 5 to be Released Next Month

    Waiting for the next generation ​On Friday, we gave iPhone users some grim news -- customers were being overcharged by as much as 300 percent for data they never used. But now we are here to deliver some good -- if not curious -- news: The iPhone 5 will be out in June!At least that's the buzz amon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    The Loathsome Campaign Against Pension Reform

    An offer he can't refuse? ​When Jeff Adachi enraged every last vestigial limb of the San Francisco political body by pushing his "Smart Reform" pension measure onto the ballot, your humble narrator made a prediction. Labor, acting through beholden politicians and complicit partners in the media, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Play the Anti-Meg Whitman Video Game

    ​It isn't Final Fantasy XIII -- don't worry, it won't "brick" your computer. But a clever videogame from the California Labor Federation is alleging that Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman will indeed "brick" the state. Essentially it's just the ninja star-throwing segments of Shinobi -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Everyone Sing the Bay Area Media Songs!

    Joyce GoldschmidGet out your banjo, Warren, and sing the company song!​On May 26, financier Warren Hellman invited throngs of hangers-on to a Great American Music Hall bash to celebrate the launch of the Bay Citizen, the news nonprofit he tossed $5 million.The highlight, apparently, was an offici ... More >>

  • Film

    May 19, 2010

    A week into Cannes and our critic sends his best regards

    Joyce GoldschmidGet out your banjo, Warren, and sing the company song!​On May 26, financier Warren Hellman invited throngs of hangers-on to a Great American Music Hall bash to celebrate the launch of the Bay Citizen, the news nonprofit he tossed $5 million.The highlight, apparently, was an offici ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Doggy Bag: Supreme Court Ruling Will Work Its Way into Your Shopping Bag

    Jeff.L/FlickrNot even Berkeley Bowl can save you.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Oh noes!: What does yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision to jimmy open the sewer lid to corporate campaign contributions have to do with the food you eat? Pantloads, writes Food Politics blogger Marion Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    The Wall Street Journal Bay Area Section Debut Looks a Lot like the New York Times Bay Area Section

    Eh.​We'd like to award the Wall Street Journal's Bay Area section with an even slightly less enthusiastic response than we gave the New York Times. And here it is: "Eh." We have our reasons.  At first, the the addition of Bay Area sections to the nation's most prominent national ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy a Goat!

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    The Killer Tramp

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Yuletide Good Will Spells Ruin For SF Law Firms

    By Matt SmithAn apparent upwelling of holiday good cheer has destroyed two of San Francisco's oldest law firms, which had thrived during much of the past century by exploiting greed, jealousy, fear, malice and other non-holiday sentiments. Thelen LLP, begun in 1924 and until recently one of America' ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    Short Leash

    The local economy is going to the dogs.

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Shaky bond insurers cost taxpayers money

    The local economy is going to the dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    WSJ Journo Remembers Sexism in 70s SF Newsrooms, Blames Women for Today's Problems

    The local economy is going to the dogs.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' true worth? Survey says! ... $10

    The local economy is going to the dogs.

  • Home Entertainment

    September 19, 2007

    Feeling Feverish?

    The local economy is going to the dogs.

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    Birds of a Feather

    Meric Long and Logan Kroeber break the singer/songwriter barrier

  • News

    August 21, 2002

    Business as Usual

    The problem today isn't shoddy corporate ethics -- capitalism was built on corruption. The problem is America's bias against government regulation.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Rebuilding Credit

    San Francisco's Providian Financial was once the most despised company in the credit card industry. Now, after a humbling fall, it just wants to be loved.

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2000

    Life is Art

    San Francisco's Providian Financial was once the most despised company in the credit card industry. Now, after a humbling fall, it just wants to be loved.

  • Film

    February 16, 2000

    From Schlubs to Sharks

    San Francisco's Providian Financial was once the most despised company in the credit card industry. Now, after a humbling fall, it just wants to be loved.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 1999

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    San Francisco's Providian Financial was once the most despised company in the credit card industry. Now, after a humbling fall, it just wants to be loved.

  • Calendar

    January 7, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    San Francisco's Providian Financial was once the most despised company in the credit card industry. Now, after a humbling fall, it just wants to be loved.

  • News

    May 14, 1997

    Unhealthy Debate

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • News

    December 25, 1996

    Letters

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • Calendar

    September 25, 1996

    Unspun

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    Dog Bites

    There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

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