SF News Why Can't Oakland PD Lower The Crime Rate? Because They Can't Catch Criminals What sounds like a bad joke about Oakland's struggling police force is actually the headline to an investigative report by the East Bay Express this week. In the Express' cover story, reporter Ali
SF News Oakland Atheists Mount Anti-Rapture Billboard, Host Rapture Day Party The East Bay Express this week pointed us to the "coffee klatsch" of local atheists behind this billboard, near the foot of the Bay Bridge, which cost $27,000 to produce. The organization
SF News We Read the Weeklies: January 26, 2011 In SF Weekly's cover story this week, Peter Jamison takes a look at the bonuses that city workers can get just for doing their jobs. It starts off with a sentence about poop
SF News We Read the Weeklies: December 22, 2010 Weekly newspapers aren't just free gift wrap, they also contain articles and sexy back page ads. Here's what you'll find on streetcorners around town this week: SFWeekly The Weekly's big story takes a
SF News East Bay Express Loses Longtime Editor SFWeekly has the inside media baseball news from the East Bay, where the East Bay Express has lost Stephen Buel, their editor of over 10 years. Buel, who was also a minority owner
Arts & Entertainment We Read the Weeklies: December 8, 2010 It's Wednesday and thank god the weekly papers are out, because how else would you stay dry in this terrible downpour? (Seriously though - grab one of each, it's really raining out there.
SF News Just How Big Is the Tea Party in the East Bay? On April 15th, the various Tea Party factions of the East Bay organized an event at the Alameda County Fairgrounds that allegedly drew 10,000 people. Skeptical of what this meant, East Bay
SF News East Bay Express Fuels Prop 8 Harassment Myth Ever since Prop 8 donor names were revealed, those who donated to allow discrimination in the California state constitution have feared retaliation from angry citizens. Problem is, we have yet hear one example
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the Bay Guardian. Tim Redmond says the Navy is the gayest armed services branch. Well, sure. Cars are worse than homeless people, says a letter writer. Halloween will suuuuuck. A
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors?
misc We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the San Jose Metro. Alas! They haven't updated their site for this week yet, and we didn't manage to snag a hard copy of the paper, so they'll have to
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: You know we love Tim Redmond, but we had kind of a hard time following his non-market-based argument about the SF housing market. Can't we get the Freakonomics
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, a completely not soaked with alcohol East Bay Express: Hey, we just picked our issue up with the classifieds side up and you can go to LA on a Price Is
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies And next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond and the Guardian editorial board go in with both fists swinging about Newsom's latest two begging-from-the-rich schemes. Yeah! We love it!! Guess that banner about
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next, the SF Weekly. [For some reason, they haven't updated the website at the time we're writing this. We'll try and add the links in when they update their site. Does this have
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the SF Weekly: Matt Smith mocking the frivolity of San Francisco political concerns. The nudist mayoral candidate (sorry, Spotswood, not Gavin). Cover article: something's not quite right about the City Attorney's
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian: Tim Redmond asks why's everything got to be a public/private thing around here. Also, they hate the new Don Fisher museum. A poignant letter about the failures
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: What? MORE letters about Rainbow? Matt Smith threatens to derail Newsom's gubernatorial campaign if he doesn't do something about parking. Rape awareness campaigns in the Castro. Cover
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the East Bay Express: Letters about the bloggers fighting in small claims court. A Berkeley activist opposed to B-Town Dollar Stores, moves, says it's reverse racism. A fun-loving amputees' group called
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's Not Easy, Being Vegan But, some days, maybe we want a nice plate of veggies, prepared by people who only eat veggies and therefore understand that more options exist than just steamed. People who might even try
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the Bay Guardian. You know why? Because we were voted readers' favorite local blog!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you! We're pleased to be in such good company as
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next, oh.... the SF Weekly. Matt Smith finds out that Don Fisher got arrested for getting 15 year old girls drunk (when he was 19). The power of investigative journalism, folks! ....and HA!
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, let's say the San Jose Metro. Hillary Clinton is not doing very well fundraising in Silicon Valley. Eco-trendiness is getting kind of old. What exactly does it mean to be a
SF News Day Around The Bay --Who owns the new East Bay Express? [the EBX's 92510] --Oh, Newsom's all for foot patrols. [KCBS.] --The Bike Coalition and Ross Mirkarimi want lights at Fell and Masonic. [Examiner.] --Wanna pay someone
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up? Oh, let's say the SF Weekly. Everyone loves Eliza Strickland! Matt Smith is enjoying blogging, we think. Ticketing bikes who run stop signs. Cover article: Summer movies (including Frameline and Sicko)