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Summer Guide: Make State Park Reservations While You Can

Construction Site of New Condos Catches Fire

A construction site went up in flames early Saturday morning in the city's Hunters Point neighborhood in what appears to be a very suspicious fire.Press reports say the blaze started at 4 a.m. at West Point and Middle Point roads, and firefighters had the fire under control by 5:30 a.m. According to ... More >>

Pit Bull Shot Dead in Hunters Point

Well, this isn't your typical Bayview-Hunters Point slaying. Police are looking for the animal-hater who shot and killed a 1-year-old pit bull for no apparent reason on Friday evening. According to CBS News, the cops were called to the 200 block of West Point Road at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday on rep ... More >>

Kevin Epps on His Life-Changing Straight Outta Hunters Point Documentaries

The impact of Kevin Epps' 2003 documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point runs so deep in the neighborhood where it was filmed, kids who have never met the director have the title of his film tattooed on their arms and backs. Its long-anticipated sequel, which debuted at last year's San Francisco Blac ... More >>

Off the Syllabus: "The Best American Non-Required Reading" is a Pleasure

Dan Choi Proposes to Harry Reid: The Week in Gay

Romance blooms in the desert -- betwen Dan Choi and Harry Reid. Uh-huh. ​The Netroots Nation annual conference took place last week in Las Vegas. What is the Netroots Nation annual conference? It is a gathering of progressive bloggers who seek to learn from each other about strategies to influence ... More >>

The Education Trap

In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.

Lacey Edwards, Shot Dead in Bayview, Is City's 23rd Homcide

​ The victim of an early morning Saturday homicide was city resident Lacey Edwards. Police arrived at the scene of West Point and Middle Point roads to find the 29-year-old on the street with a single gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

JROTC under fire in S.F. schools

Filling the Ranks: Immigrants in the U.S. Military

An Army of Uno

Struggling to find homegrown recruits, the military is persuading immigrants to enlist by dangling promises of U.S. citizenship

Flip That Housing Authority

Local officials are resisting a federal takeover of the Housing Authority. They should stop.

Walking the Line

The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer. There’s just one problem: They can’t prove anything.

All Gave Some

Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine

Asymmetric Warfare: The Game

Advances in ultrarealistic simulation let soldiers experience the war in Iraq -- before they go

Best Cheap Overnight Getaway

West Point Inn

Anxious Times

The latest incarnation of "Bay Area Now" displays a restless discontent with the status quo

The President's Dilemma

Duck!

Sculptor Brian Goggin throws art out the window

Rooms With a View

Hunters View residents stand up to the Housing Authority in the name of self-governance

The Family Jewels

In life, Paul Kalmanovitz controlled every business decision related to his $500million brewery/real estate dynasty.He even made detailed plans forthe governance of his estateafter he died. So why is the Kalmanovitz fortune the center of two vituperative