San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan

The Waiting Wifenew

Jane Rice talks about life as a wife of a solider in Iraq.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 05-10-2007 | War

Why Was Josh Wolf Freed, Anyway?new

Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf has been free for more than a week, but the debate over why the federal government released him after 226 days in jail is only getting murkier.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 04-11-2007 | Media

Tags: media

Josh Wolf Freednew

The jailed journalist is set free after posting unedited video and getting assurance that he won't have to testify against anarchist group.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 04-04-2007 | Media

Tags: media

Dust Still Settling on Lennar Corp.new

A lawsuit accusing the company of racism and retaliation against whistle-blowers also reveals effort to deceive the community.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 03-28-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

The Corporation that Ate San Francisconew

Lennar Corp.'s failures at Hunters Point Shipyard highlight the risk of putting the Bay Area's prime real estate into the hands of profit-driven developers.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 03-14-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Sink or Swimnew

For two decades, local climate change experts have been warning what rising sea levels would mean for the Bay Area -- so why doesn't San Francisco even have a flood map?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 02-21-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

The Wi-Fi Elephantnew

Instead of launching his reelection campaign, Newsom's wireless Internet proposal gets slammed for its shortcomings and lack of well-considered alternatives.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 01-24-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

A Reporter Stands Up to the Armynew

Sarah Olson refuses to testify against an antiwar soldier -- and faces felony charges.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 01-10-2007 | Media

Tags: Iraq, WAR, in

Mayor Chickennew

Mayor Gavin Newsom is terrified to face real political debate -- that's bad for the entire city.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones and Sarah Phelan | 01-10-2007 | Politics

Wi-Fi Warsnew

Rival Google and EarthLink plans for free wi-fi in San Francisco head toward a showdown.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 12-27-2006 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

The Destroy California Initiativenew

Proposition 90 is being marketed as a way to stop Big Brother from taking your home -- it might actually destroy everything that makes California livable.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sarah Phelan | 11-01-2006 | Politics