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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

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

(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

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?
SF Weekly  |  A.C. Thompson  |  01-04-2007  |  Politics

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

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

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

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

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.
SF Weekly  |  A.C. Thompson  |  06-26-2006  |  Art

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