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Newsweek Calls Us Loony

It's kind of a fun article too in that it's not often you see Bevan, the Bay Guardian, and Tommi Avicolli Mecca quoted in a national newsmagazine. But why, once again, are we

Make Love and Not War

According to the organizers, one just has to think of peace while having an orgasm at some point of the day-- it doesn't matter when. It also doesn't matter with who as there's

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ChronicleWatch Watch: By The Numbers

Total number of problems fixed: 139. Breakdown by region: San Francisco -- 70 (29 street repairs, 23 park fixes, 7 public transportation fixes, 11 signs). East Bay -- 44 (21 street, 14 park,

It's Sunday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is?

Let's start in Santa Clara where Matier & Ross remind us that there's been three attempts to move a team that way-- the Giants, the A's, and MLS's San Jose Earthquakes (hey, did

Nancy's Rough Start

The rise to Speaker didn't go without a hitch, however, as Pelosi's choice to replace her as House Majority Leader didn't go so well. Pelosi backed John Murtha, the big bear of a

It's Thursday-- Do You Know Where Your Baseball Team Is?

The thing most outsiders don’t understand about Oakland is that sentimentality is not one of its remarkable traits-- the Raiders beat that out of us in 1981. We are use to teams

Gary Delagnes In The News

Man, the San Francisco Police Officers' Association president Gary Delagnes is all over the news these days! We're setting up a Google News Alert for Delagnes even as we speak! --On Heather Fong's

Name That Bridge!

Okay, before we all start screaming and shouting, it's more for the Golden Gate District than it is for the bridge as the district is about $87 million in debt. And even they

You're My Blue Sky, You're My Sunny Day

See, according to Global Change Research Act of 1990, the Government is supposed to produce a report on Global Warming every four years. The last one was due in November 2004 meaning that

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Taking the News Out of Local News

The main problem, other than being tacky, cheesy, and a complete discrediting of the news, is that the stations never let people know that they were video releases. KGO got caught for running

It's Thursday-- Do You Know What Your Football Team is Wearing?

Okay, now let's get to the bad stuff. The city is doing more to press the Niners other than saying they can't use the name San Francisco. Basically, they're talking about playing a

The Warriors: Making a (home) stand

If hoops is a game of streaks, right now the Warriors are Frank the Tank. They're flying so high, they're looking down on the Democrats. They're looking so good, Gavin Newsom is jealous.

It's Wednesday-- Do You Know Where Your Baseball Team Is?

Well, it's official, or at least as official as official gets-- the A's are moving to 'the Burbs. Tuesday they held a press conference with all the official types and even unveiled a

Today In the Board of Supervisors: the Results Are In

Pot decriminalization: Passed the bill and pass the roach. Styrofoam in restaurants: Buh-bye Foot patrols: Better luck next time, Gavin. Phew. Big winners? Dope Smokers! Big losers: Gavin, the SFPD, the POA and

And It's a Hard Rain's a-Fallin'

So why is it? Well, it's a matter of sewage. San Francisco just doesn't have enough of it. And what we do have is single-pipelines, which obviously can't hold as much rainfall as

It's Tuesday-- Do You Know Where Your Team Is?

Okay, here's today’s team on a move recap: As for things in Oaktown, the repercussions of the A's possible move to Fremont has mainly been a shrug and a cry of "so

Today in the Board of Supervisors

And to help fend off the Board, Police Commissioner Heather Fong, with the POA and Precinct Captains along for the ride, issued a plan to supersede the Board-- put even more cops on

American Football Spectacular: Oh Man, It's The Morning After, "Shut The Door"

At Ford Field, the two teams brawled like a couple of clumsy middle school gym wrestlers, with neither able to decisively put the other away amid all the clambering. The game was still

Arrivederci Olympics

The twist here is that one of the reasons for the Olympic bid was so Gavin could piggy-back a new football stadium onto the bid. Money would come from the USOC to help

Not a Good Way to Start the Day

The editorial, predominately displayed on the Examiner's getting-better-but still crappy web site basically says that Gavin hasn't even begun to make this city safe enough and probably never will due to problems he's

It's Monday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is Called?

But there's also some techy news to this story too as Cisco, the company which owns the property the proposed stadium will be built, plans to go all Cypberpunk on the stadium, turning

American Football Spectacular: Modern Ruins

Our capable and attractive SFist Editor Jon has been all over this story like Sara Lee on cherry pie. Bless him. Here at American Football Spectacular, we've been watching this story build with

District 4 RCV Breakdown

Congratulations, Ed Jew! He wasn't even considered a factor when the Chron covered the race, and now he's the first person in SF RCV history to come from behind (2nd place) to win

"The Genius" Has Leukemia

It was announced today that 49ers coach Bill Walsh, the architect of the Niners glory years (remember them?) has been battling leukemia for the past three weeks. Walsh said that a fungus was

The Warriors: The season's first significant win

Ahhh man that felt good last night. Playing like the playoff contender that we all want them to be, the Warriors notched their first significant victory of the season last night, polishing off