AltWeeklies Wire
Special Patrol Unit Is No SFPDnew
Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
06-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Richard Thalheimer's Run With Sharper Image is Overnew
Dumped as head of the San Francisco-based retailer last September, and banished from its board at year's end, Thalheimer's remaining connection to the company he founded 30 years ago was severed in May.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
10-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Pulpit Nonfictionnew
Alleged victim of sex abuse by San Francisco clergy is writing a book.
Tags: religion
Wheelchairs of Fortunenew
Attorney Tom Frankovich and his disabled clients sue small businesses to make them accessible -- and make millions.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
07-25-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taking Aim at VA Medical Center Expansionnew
Angered by what it calls a stealth attempt by the VA to greatly expand medical research amid spectacular parkland of the Golden Gate headlands, residents have filed a lawsuit to block those plans.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
04-05-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Down the Drainnew
Kitchen Sink magazine is the latest victim from the demise of the Independent Press Association.
Tags: media
Fall Galnew
A money-laundering scandal may have helped bring down former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, indicted political maven Julie Lee stands to pay the ultimate price.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
11-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Last Voyage of the Relentlessnew
Friends and family of fishing captain Rowdy Pennisi are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
10-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Troubled Ordernew
Faced with lingering sex abuse complaints, the Salesians of St. John Bosco take their lumps in court.
Tags: religion
'Clamor' Shotsnew
What happens when an edgy, lefty quarterly magazine of culture and politics takes aim at one of America's hottest, hippest, most socially conscious purveyors of casual clothing?
Tags: media
Toxic Acresnew
The fill below San Francisco's Treasure Island is filled with dangerous toxins left by the Navy.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
05-26-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Moonstrucknew
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon has opened an unexpected front in his struggle to win a broader audience for his messianic pretensions: African-American churches and their preachers.
Tags: religion
Is Anybody Watching?new
In its struggle for cable eyeballs, Al Gore's Current TV is off to a rocky start.
Tags: media
Levada's Secretnew
As he prepares to be deposed next week, former San Francisco Archbishop William Levada may have to come clean about a priestly child molester he protected in Portland.
House of the Accusednew
When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.
Tags: Catholic Church, church sex abuse
