AltWeeklies Wire
An Epidemic of Violence Against SF Day Laborersnew
While criminals are bludgeoning and shooting workers who line up to hail building contractors who might give them work, neither the police nor any other government agency or nonprofit seems motivated to see the crimes reported, and the assailants tracked down and jailed.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-23-2008 |
Immigration
My Body, My Selfnew
Food issues and a bad self-image led me to undergo weight-loss surgery. I'm still a mess, but a better-looking one.
Tags: Health & Science
The Newspaper Guild vs. Dean Singletonnew
Newspaper unions across the country are closely watching how the Bay Area campaign plays out, because its success or failure could signal a critical turning point for organized labor in a newspaper industry wracked by dwindling readership, declining revenues, and decimated newsrooms.
Tags: media
Unhealthy Unionnew
Could there be a secret deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on health care that will inflate union rolls?
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Is the Examiner Stealing Web Content?new
Most of the "Around San Francisco" columns disappeared from the paper's site after I asked the author by phone about what appeared to be work from other news sources, pasted verbatim and without attribution, into her column.
Tags: media
Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deathsnew
In an unusual come-on directed toward elderly people in California, Idaho, and perhaps other U.S. states, seniors are offered $1,000 if they'll sign notarized contracts in which they commit to handing over detailed personal medical and financial information.
Tags: Health & Science
Fighting Global Warming With High-Risesnew
Mayor Gavin Newsom could become an environmental star by raising, and broadening, San Francisco's skyline more aggressively than anything we've seen before.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
11-08-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Friendly Competition?new
Chauncey Bailey Project unites Bay Area media -- except the Chronicle and the Express.
Tags: media
Richard Thalheimer's Run With Sharper Image is Overnew
Dumped as head of the San Francisco-based retailer last September, and banished from its board at year's end, Thalheimer's remaining connection to the company he founded 30 years ago was severed in May.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
10-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Why Won't The New Republic Run Ward Schumacker's Illustration?new
"They're just chicken, I think," the illustrator says. "What you're saying in the article is that you should be able to [curse], but they're saying we can't?"
Tags: media
San Francisco's Vice Hotelnew
One of the largest city-funded Care Not Cash hotels was allegedly run as a home for extortion, drug dealing, and other vices.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-10-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
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
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
