We're doing away with our weekly roundups in which we read the weeklies for you because, well, reading is hard! No, but seriously, it's usually the cover pieces that are of worthy note in either the Weekly or the Guardian, and these cover pieces are going to be judged by the average Dick and Janet on Market Street by the quality of the cover art each of their respective art departments chose. Without further ado, our new feature in which we pit the rival papers against one another and judge them by their covers. more ›

We're doing away with our weekly roundups in which we read the weeklies for you because, well, reading is hard! No, but seriously, it's usually the cover pieces that are of worthy note in either the Weekly or the Guardian, and these cover pieces are going to be judged by the average Dick and Janet on Market Street by the quality of the cover art each of their respective art departments chose. So this week we launch a new feature in which we pit the rival papers against one another and judge them by their covers. more ›

As the days grow shorter and the nights grow colder and the local transient population (or Occupy camp) snatches up the paper weeklies for warmth and/or shelter, we continue to bring you the good bits, the bad bits and the funny bits from the paper rags. Presented in digital form so you can read them in your cozy apartment or office cubicle. more ›

Free alternative weekly newspapers are the voice of the people, right? Nothing says, "I am the 99%" quite like proudly reading a free newspaper on public transit. So, with that in mind, we ought to treat them with the deep respect they deserve on an important day like today. Plus, if things get really rowdy, you could always use the paper to set fire to a local branch of your least favorite megabank. (Not that we'd encourage that.) March forth, to the stories: more ›

Dispensing with the usual pleasantries, here are the Worthy Reads, the Funny Reads and the Don't Bothers from this week's Alt-weekly papers. more ›

We like reading the alt weeklies for you. Really we do. Because on a lovely day like today, why should you be carrying extra reading material? So please take our word for which highlights are worth it, etc. more ›

It's days like today when we are reminded that free weekly papers can still serve a purpose when we find ourselves stranded in a sudden downpour and without an umbrella. If you manage to find a dry spot to wait out the storm, here are the bits of your makeshift headcovering that are worth reading, funny or not worth your time, no matter what the weather: more ›

We know the glare on your iPad will make it tough to read our quick summary of the alt-weeklies' hits and misses this week while lounging on Hipster Hill, but please, try your best. more ›

It's Wednesday. Time again for stacks of free Weekly papers to appear on street corners around town. With the fog finally gone and the sun shining too bright to read a computer screen outdoors, you finally have some justification for picking up dead tree products. Unless you own a Kindle. In which case you should peruse the following highlights and lowlights on your Kindle, you nerd: more ›

Jeez. This September weather ain't all it's cracked up to be. Good thing we can stay in the warmth of the indoors and read the weeklies from the comfort of our laptops, rather than trying to locate a newsbox out there across the frozen tundra. more ›

It's Wednesday: time to check the sidewalk boxes for more low cost giftwrap. Should you choose to actually read the weeklies, here's our breakdown of what's worth reading, what's funny and what just isn't worth risking a papercut for: more ›

Worth Reading: If you can stand it, and if your concerns for the San Francisco city budget drive you to consume long articles about pension reform (both of these are big ifs), you should take a look at this cover piece about the growing pension crisis and newly announced mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi. Adachi is gambling, as you may know, on a ballot measure that would require city workers to pay a lot more into pension plans, and that will probably lead to a court decision that would affect cities statewide. more ›

With some pleasant solar activity happening this week, it's going to be impossible to read your various iScreens out in the open. Luckily for those frustrated with all that squinting, it's Wednesday and the sidewalk boxes are re-stocked with another stack of reading material. So let's cut through the extraneous stuff and get right to the funny stuff, the worthy reads and the Don't Bothers in this week's papers: more ›

What's that? You've never heard the term 'alt-weekly' because you're of the new generation that gets all their news hourly, and online, free of ink-stains? You are likely not alone. But sometimes our city's weekly papers have fun/informative things in them. Allow us to summarize. more ›

Judging by the covers alone, this week is not a very strong showing for San Francisco's alt-rags. On the Weekly, we've got an imported story from a sister publication in Seattle and the Guardian went with quite possibly the most tired pun in the history of the English language. Still, momma told us not to judge an alternative weekly paper by it's mediocre cover story, so we dive in to find what's worth reading, what's funny and what gets a pass: more ›

Gather round kids. Grandpa's got a story about three Bay Area alt-weeklies and what they decided to report on this week, at the height of this long, misty, fog-gray summer. Don't worry, it won't take long. more ›

July is harsh in San Francisco and the midday sun will soon give way to another night of cold, misty fog. Should you need a disposable blanket and/or bit of kindling, you'll find an abundance of such things just waiting at every street corner, liquor store and coffeehouse in the city. And if you're bored, you could also read them. So, in our ongoing efforts to help you survive, here's our brief roundup of which pages are worth reading, which pages you can burn without regret and which pages might warm your heart with a chuckle or two: more ›

It's so sunny out. Why would you want newsprint all over your fingers when you have sunblock to apply? Please accept, as a token of our love for you, this roundup of links to the web versions of this week's alt-weekly stories worth reading. more ›

The word "Wednesday" is derived from the Middle English Wednesdei, which translates roughly to "the day the alt-weekly papers are released." Look it up. While you do that, we'll be here rounding up this week's batch of Must Reads, Funny Reads and Don't Bothers from the Bay Area's stalwart weekly papers. more ›

It's once again time for us, your trusty SFist editors, to sum up the Must Reads, the Funny Reads, and the Don't Bothers from the alt weeklies, because who really has the time to figure this out themselves except those commuting to and from Pleasanton who aren't afraid of inky fingers? more ›

A brief format change here for We Read the Weeklies, by which we mean We Read the Weeklies will be going for brevity. So without further ado: the Must Reads, the Funny Reads and the Don't Bothers from the weekly papers. more ›

Well, here we are again with the (virtual) weeklies. [Insert crack about ink-stained old media here.] And we're off. more ›

We apologize for not getting around to this week's print papers earlier. We were so excited by that we rolled up all our copies of the Weekly to use as Nat Ford swatters. (The Guardian's paper stock is also ideal for making spitballs to shoot during press conferences.) With the warm weather, it seems the transients have surrendered their printed-upon blankets and we managed to dig up a couple copies... more ›

OK. On the surface, this week's cover story did not sound like much: Used clothing donation bins around the Bay Area are actually connected to some shady international organization that's not really a non-profit. Well, we have to hand it to Matt Smith at the Weekly, this story about Campus California and their ties to a creepy Danish cult called the Teachers Group... more ›

Did your hardcopies of the weekly papers get soggy on your way to work this morning? Go ahead and toss those in the blue bin, because here's our Wednesday roundup of what's up in free news: more ›

What's that? You haven't picked up an actual newspaper since the early aughts? Neither have we. But luckily most everything in the free weeklies is online, and therefore no trees need be killed. Also, our summaries could help you skip the process altogether, but occasionally they report on something actually riveting, so... [Note: There's actually something screwy with a few of the links on the Weekly's homepage, so you couldn't even read the stories yesterday if you tried! But all should be as-is today.] more ›

It's that time of year again. Time for SFWeekly's Best of the Bay Issue. It would take us all week to fully express our multitude of opinions on all the winners in each category, so we'll just take this moment to humbly thank you, dear SFWeekly-SFist crossover readers, for voting SFist as the city's Best Blog for 2011. We're right up there with Best Local Rapper/MC Richie Cunning! Now on to the articles: more ›

The New York Times may be charging to read their web content now, but the Weeklies are still free, in print or online, because who'd actually pay money for that shiz? And even better than either is our weekly online summary, which contains neither ink nor a terribly long litany of words. Enjoy. more ›

We often use this introductory space to suggest alternative uses for the weekly papers you've collected from the box out in front of the liquor store every Wednesday: Maybe you're moving and you need something to wrap the dishes in. Or perhaps you're training a rescue pit bull and need some extra material to lay down. With so many useful things to be done with these things, it's a wonder anyone bothers to read them at all, but we did anyway. Here's what we managed to make out from the pages before the pit bull shredded them all: more ›

Have all the nearby homeless come by your local newsbox and swiped all the copies of the free weeklies in order to make pillow-stuffing? No matter. Everything's online these days, and we've scanned through it all to bring you the salient, and less sleep-inducing bits. more ›