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San Francisco's Killer Frogsnew
A tiny pond near the mouth of Golden Gate Park is host to as many as 10,000 invasive African clawed frogs so voracious they're a threat to the entire state.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
07-23-2010 |
Environment
The Many Faces of Dr. Syednew
A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.
Tags: Timothy Syed Andersson
An Unpublished Study Shows the Lethal Effects of the Cosco Busan Oil Spillnew
Federal and state scientists hid from the public the groundbreaking results of a government report on the extreme danger posed to fish by the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill. Even as they shared them with the companies that control the Cosco Busan.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
02-24-2010 |
Environment
Undocumented Immigrants Barred from Visiting Loved Ones in Prisonnew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently floated the idea of building prisons in Mexico to house the 18,000 California inmates who are in the country illegally. We have to wonder: Could a jailbird's mom visit him in Tijuana? Because if she's undocumented, she can't do that here.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
02-17-2010 |
Immigration
San Francisco's Employment Rate is Relatively Good, but Leaders Can Create More Jobsnew
Last month, Mayor Gavin Newsom held a press conference at the upscale hot-dog restaurant Show Dogs, packed it with press and midlevel bureaucrats, showed up late, and then led an endless platitude-fest about his plans to promote jobs in San Francisco.
Don Cameron Trains Cops in How to Use Force, Then Defends Themnew
Long ago, Don Cameron set upon a path that would make him a Rosetta Stone for understanding what happens when someone gets his ass kicked by a cop. For most of us, that's a brutish prospect. But to hear Cameron tell it, done correctly, it's justified.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
02-17-2010 |
Crime & Justice
How Are Schools Handling Truancy? Ask the Kids Smoking Pot Near Campusnew
In the late morning of the first day of the new semester at John O'Connell High School of Technology, two boys stage their finely choreographed escape. While the security guard's back is turned, they scamper out the front door onto the sidewalk.
Surfers Think City's Exposed Sewage Tunnel Warning is a Bunch of Crapnew
Though less famous than its San Diego–area namesake, San Francisco's Ocean Beach is anything but unknown to surfers: Its three miles of coastline provide "a world-class surf spot," says surfer Josh Berry. However, the recent spate of storms means surfing there could soon get shitty.
SF Weekly |
Chris Roberts |
02-03-2010 |
Environment
City Hounds the Homeless For Dog Licensesnew
According to Chief George Gascón, the Police Department has flooded upper Haight Street with cops assigned to write tickets for so-called "quality of life" violations, such as off-leash or tagless dogs, jaywalking, and other minor offenses.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-27-2010 |
Housing & Development
Will the Parole Board See Past Lonnie Morris' Crime?new
At 59, having spent more than three decades in prison, Lonnie Morris could be the model of a rehabilitated inmate. Bespectacled, freckle-faced, and gap-toothed, he looked about as dangerous as a retired history professor.
SF Weekly |
Ashley Harrell |
01-27-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jeanne Woodford, Lonnie Morris
While Mayor Vows to Reduce Homeless Population, City Eyes Cutting Shelter Bedsnew
Gavin Newsom has earned a reputation as someone willing to make passionate statements about plans to fix up public housing, reform the civil service system, upgrade parks, or reduce homelessness, and then quickly turn away as if he'd never said anything at all.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-20-2010 |
Policy Issues
Unleashed: A Brutal Attack has Revived a Battle Over Canine Controlnew
In November, two police officers found 74-year-old Marion Cope sitting on the ground in Huntington Park, clutching her bleeding right leg. The officers had responded to a call about a dog attack at the small patch of public land, which sits in the shadows of three luxury hotels atop exclusive Nob Hill.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
01-20-2010 |
Animal Issues
Weed Takes Root: Marijuana's Steady Creep Toward Legalization Nationwidenew
Oaksterdam takes its name from a bastardization of Oakland, where the university began, and pot-friendly Amsterdam. Here, new growers and dispensary operators are being trained like whole legions of Johnny Appleseeds, soon to spread pot's blessings from one coastline to the other.
For Paroled Sex Offenders in San Francisco, Only One Choice: Life on the Streetsnew
In 2006, voters passed Jessica's Law, a ballot measure promising to better track people who'd committed sex crimes. Such people would be banned from living 2,000 feet from a park or school. In densely populated San Francisco, that basically means they can't live anywhere at all.
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
12-30-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Coverup Worse Than Crime? San Francisco Outspends Other Cities Fighting Graffitinew
The scenery at Warm Water Cove isn't what it used to be. The aging buildings that front the bay along this bleak patch of shoreline once teemed with bulging, bright graffiti letters. Now their only distinction is large rectangles of cream-colored paint — evidence of where the city has obliterated the work of artist-vandals.
SF Weekly |
Peter Jamison |
12-09-2009 |
Crime & Justice
