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    Fallout
    How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.
    Published: May 02, 2001
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    Fallout
    Newly released documents indicate the Navy dumped far more nuclear waste than it's ever acknowledged in a major commercial fishery just 30 miles west of San Francisco. Why won't the government even study the Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Site?
    Published: May 09, 2007
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The Adventures of a Videogame Rebel: Tim Schafer at Double Fine The Adventures of a Videogame Rebel: Tim Schafer at Double Fine
By Beth Winegarner

Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen with photo by Joseph Schell. Perhaps choicest of the trophies on display inside the SOMA office of videogame designer Tim Schafer is the row of landmark… More >>

Muni Money: Caltrain Connection Could Fund Central Subway Muni Money: Caltrain Connection Could Fund Central Subway
By Laura Rena Murray

A disconnect over the meaning of the term "connectivity" is at the heart of the latest debate over Muni's Central Subway project. But it's more than semantics at stake. If… More >>

But, the Children: Save California Denounces Harvey Milk Day
By Alan Scherstuhl and Erin Sherbert

There's a chance that yesterday morning's commute was a touch easier than usual. Turns out that Tuesday, May 22 — also known as Harvey Milk Day, in honor of the… More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Best Of S.F. Respond Thankful for a business' due recognition: I'm not trying to say there aren't other good medical marijuana clubs in San Francisco, because there are, but SPARC sets… More >>

Progressively Modest: Eric Mar Stays out of the Headlines Progressively Modest: Eric Mar Stays out of the Headlines
By Chris Roberts

Supervisor Eric Mar won't make national news shutting down late-night fast-food restaurants or getting a strippermobile towed from an Outer Richmond street. Maybe that's the idea. The former head of the… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium
By Joe Eskenazi

In 2005, San Francisco 49ers fans Daniel and Kathleen Sheehan objected to the team forcing patrons into a game of two-hand touch. Claiming mandatory pat-downs of their person to be… More >>

High Hopes: Undefeated Mayfield Puts His Title on the Line
By Joe Eskenazi

For a boxer who is undefeated in 16 pro bouts, San Francisco's own Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield has grown remarkably adept at searching out silver linings. For example, his next… More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Sons (and Daughters) of Anarchy Article provides much-needed insight into Occupy Oakland: This is a superb article, far and away the best piece of post-May Day Occupy Oakland coverage I've read… More >>

Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns
By Kate Conger

Photo illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen. Just before noon, the explosive echo of a deployed tear gas canister rings through Frank Ogawa Plaza. Moments before, demonstrators — some wearing black… More >>

Wife vs. Sheriff: 1914 Scandal Was Worse Than 2012 Version Wife vs. Sheriff: 1914 Scandal Was Worse Than 2012 Version
By Joe Eskenazi

You know that deposed San Francisco sheriff whose life and career were immolated following a sordid accusation from his wife? You sure? Because this isn't a story about Ross Mirkarimi.… More >>

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