AltWeeklies Wire
Walking the Linenew
The SFPD says Daniel Dennard is a gangster, thief, and killer, but there's just one problem: They can't prove anything.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
03-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Baby You Can Drive My TAXInew

Taxi Commission officials say hundreds of medallion holders aren't driving cabs in San Francisco, and that's against the law.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
02-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
(Don't) Bite Menew
Tenants at a Skid Row residential hotel owned by the nonprofit charity Mercy Housing California recently filed suit, claiming the place was beset by an "infestation of vermin, rodents, roaches, and insects."
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
01-12-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Image Problemnew
Why have SFPD Chief Heather Fong and Mayor Gavin Newsom pursued an overblown pseudo-scandal when there's so much else on the department's plate?
Bad Bloodnew
Too many shootings in San Francisco have this in common: escalating anger over an old grudge soon leads to murder. But did a 2-year-old boy have to die?
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
12-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rent to Evictnew
For years, many low-income renters called the building their home -- until a developer, who told the government it would be affordable, raised the rents.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
11-09-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Cops Who Spynew
Phone records indicate San Francisco police detectives scrutinized phone calls made to and from the press room in order to get to the bottom of a leak.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
10-02-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Cell Phoneynew
Making phone calls from jail, Harley Mike allegedly helped three prisoners escape and conned parole agents, sheriff's deputies, and judges.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
08-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Get Out of Jail Freenew
In the process of taking down San Francisco's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
07-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Portrait of the Artist as an Old Mannew
After a lifetime in the arts, Christopher Lane is wrestling with poverty, mental illness, and a massive debt.
Tags: visual arts