By Chris Roberts

The western neighborhoods can feel a world apart from the rest of San Francisco, particularly when fog muzzles the street lights and paints the empty avenues a desolate yellow. As… More >>

By Benjamin Wachs

Burning Man's first-ever ticket lottery has had far more requests for tickets than the 40,000 made available. What does this mean? • Princess GlitterSparkle is bummed • No one will ever get… More >>

Prisoner Becomes Choir Boy Image does not line up with story: Somehow, Ellen Weinstein's illustration on the cover just doesn't look accurate or plausible ["Prison Break," feature, Lauren Smiley, 2/1]. John… More >>

By Lauren Smiley

Illustration by Ellen Weinstein. Until a massive change in California's prisons three months ago, these were the odds that Nate Bracy would be locked up again within three years: For having being… More >>

By Beth Winegarner

Not that we think you would, but with a visit to Radio Shack you could hack into that Clipper card in your wallet, allowing you to load it with free… More >>

By Pete Kotz

Indianapolis is bracing for war. It's Super Bowl week, after all. Time for the Annual Invasion of the Hookers, which promises to be as harrowing as the Ottoman Empire's advance… More >>

By Alan Scherstuhl

Ranters: Truck-owning guy; a possibly homeless man Location: Bay Street, between Kearny and Stockton Time: 3 p.m. on a Tuesday [Truck-owning guy and a red-headed woman walking west on Bay Street start to… More >>

Dining Space vs. Food Blank space detracts from the food: "I've eaten at the corner of 18th and Guerrero at least a half-dozen times under a half-dozen restaurant names, and never… More >>

By Gus Garcia-Roberts

Photo by Giulio Sciorio. Victoria Jackson hurtles through intersections and down side streets while using her left hand to hold a Flip cam to her face. The inside of her car… More >>

By Lauren Smiley

In 2007, city officials celebrated a victory over the Asian massage parlors sometimes suspected of being fronts for brothels and human trafficking. The Massage Parlor Task Force closed down 17… More >>