AltWeeklies Wire
Arthur: Rest in Peacenew
The beloved counterculture rag stagnates somewhere between dead and indefinite hiatus.
Tags: media
Free Trade (in Doctors)new
If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors.
Tags: Health & Science
What Makes Canines Go Crazy?new
The Canine Behavioral Genetics Project thinks the answer is in their genes.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
03-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Must Work for Freenew
By not paying their interns, some Bay Area publications may be violating the state labor code.
Tags: media
Blood Moneynew
URS Corp. has soaked up at least $3 billion in government contracts to help rebuild Iraq, thereby making CEO Martin Koffel an even richer man.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
02-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Harboring a Land Bonanzanew
Do union members know their boss stands to benefit
from turning their pension fund investment into a gambling casino?
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
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
That Is Highnew
Medical marijuana smokers face a 1,000-percent increase in cost of a California ID card.
Tags: Health & Science
Pay to Playnew
The son of a world-renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry -- the feds say he wanted to get rich quick.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
02-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Bounty Huntednew
A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent.
SF Weekly |
Eliza Strickland |
02-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Free at Lastnew
Gabe Meyers, a featured player in Josh Wolf's now infamous protest video, can finally exhale -- his own legal ordeal quietly ended earlier this month.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
01-30-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A Twisted Talenew
A well-known erotic performer is now an international fugitive -- we look into who's getting caught up in the identity theft crackdown.
SF Weekly |
Mary Spicuzza |
01-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Down the Drainnew
Kitchen Sink magazine is the latest victim from the demise of the Independent Press Association.
Tags: media
(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
