AltWeeklies Wire
How Bike Riders and Car Drivers Can More Safely Coexistnew
Educating police, motorists, and cyclists about traffic safety might be an important part of the route toward U.S. economic security, environmental sustainability, and a possible end to oil wars.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
05-08-2008 |
Transportation
'Medicine for Melancholy' Faces the Changing San Francisconew
Jenkins' film is important because it spotlights the most overlooked aspect of the city's changing face: black people, and the lack thereof.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
D. Scot Miller |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
Bohemia en Fruitvalenew
Hector Rangel recreates the frenetic energy of the Mexican punk scene on International Boulevard.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-23-2008 |
Music
We Score an Exclusive Interview with the Olympic Torchnew
While thousands of San Franciscans were disappointed to miss the Olympic torch relay last week, we managed to catch up with the torch -- or Flame, as the aspiring rapper is known to his friends -- at SFO before getting on the plane for Buenos Aires and listening to Jay-Z on his iPod.
Why is it So Hard to Get Solar Power in San Francisco?new
Across California, citizens are jumping at the chance to decrease their carbon output. Yet in San Francisco, where environmental sentiment and high energy costs ought to be driving a major solar boom, there's very little action.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell and Sarah Phelan |
04-16-2008 |
Environment
The Death of San Francisco's Polk Streetnew
Gentrification is destroying the home of a vibrant, if marginalized, queer community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
08-29-2007 |
LGBT
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.
Eject d'Artnew
Just when Huck Gee is gaining international recognition for his edgy dolls, this country wants to kick him out.
A Silver-Lined Screen?new
What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater?
Pacifists for Warnew
The fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back.
Welcome to Talkalotnew
Mayor Gavin Newsom sees San Francisco as an aristocratic kingdom existing only in the realm of fantasy. He espouses employment in modern high-tech industries while allowing a return to the industrial age.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-08-2005 |
Commentary
Say 'Adios' to Those Creative Jobs, Amigonew
A consideration of the economics of Spanish-language newspapers provides a glimpse into the global future of creative work.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
11-07-2005 |
Media
Riding BART at 4 a.m.new
One recent weekend of all-night trains gave revelers a taste of something that may never be permanent.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-31-2005 |
Travel
San Francisco Political Battles Worthy of Science Fictionnew
Like Godzilla vs. Mothra, marijuana clubs are fighting their neighbors, a left-wing politician is battling wealthy members of the San Francisco Tennis Club, and Green Party activists face off against local parents.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-18-2005 |
Commentary
The Little Animation Company That COULDnew
After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success.
SF Weekly |
Ryan Blitstein |
10-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
