AltWeeklies Wire
Maimed Brothers Flee San Francisco Violencenew
A family tale of brain trauma and gang drama.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
10-03-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Beirut's Zach Condon Loves Brassnew
He recently had tattoos of French horns stamped onto his wrists, an action typical of his tendency to do things full bore.
SF Weekly |
Ben Westoff |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beirut, The Flying Club Cup
Sex & Murdernew
Joe Konopka was an anti-drug crusader ... Terry Frazier was a bondage escort with a drug habit -- two months ago, their lives collided.
SF Weekly |
Mary Spicuzza |
09-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Wal-Mart 'R' Usnew
Does "sustainability" mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Noise Pop Founders Gamble on New Indie Music Festivalnew
San Francisco lacks a large-capacity destination event for indie music and Kevin Arnold and Jordan Kurland hope to change that with Treasure Island Music Festival, a large two-day concert without a corporate sponsor.
The End of San Fran's Progressnew
Art Agnos, one of the city's last remaining progressive hopes to confront incumbent Gavin Newsom in November's mayoral election, has determined San Francisco's become so twee a place that it's not worth his time and energy.
Barry Bonds* Hires Yet Another Lawyernew
New lawyer John Burris has a well-known rivalry with Mike Rains, Barry's* longtime criminal attorney.
Are Green Graves Really Green?new
Can a burial business still be eco-friendly if its new biodegradable caskets are brought in on cargo ships from China?
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
08-22-2007 |
Environment
San Francisco's War on Gangsnew
With murders on the rise, city attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
08-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Incredibly Strange Wrestling, Indeednew
Flying tortillas and choking chickens: Incredibly Strange Wrestling is San Francisco's craziest punk cabaret.
Pulpit Nonfictionnew
Alleged victim of sex abuse by San Francisco clergy is writing a book.
Tags: religion
New College of Weirdnessnew
The stories coming out of the school point to a common San Francisco malady -- leaders expect everyone to drink the Kool-Aid.
Tags: Education
Citizen Bronsteinnew
Why does the San Francisco Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?
Tags: media
Arthur Magazine is Back from the Ashesnew
But, still far from a business success, it continues to look for a lifeline.
Tags: media
Governor Newsom?new
Aside from polls saying Gavin Newsom enjoys about two thirds voter approval and faces no viable opponent, the mayor's re-election campaign is unfolding disastrously -- that's because it is merely a preamble to his likely bid for the 2010 race for governor.
