FarmVillains

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The Exotic Erotic Ball ditched the Cow Palace over ticket fraud

Juarez's children: Drugs, death, and fear

Google Instant Search -- What Will You Do With The Five Seconds You Save?

Mayoral Candidate Harold Miller Wants to Teach Asians to 'Look Blacks in the Eye'

Manholes Explode in San Francisco -- Rough Day for PG&E

'Green Groupon' Launched By San Francisco Yoga Instructors

Supreme Court Rules State Not Required to Appeal Prop. 8 Decision

San Francisco's Only Gun Shop Could Lose Permit Today

California Faces Interstate Lawsuit -- If Voters Don't Pass Prop. 23

Women's Baseball-Throwing, Nail File-Stabbing Brawl Broken Up By Police

Barbara Boxer Aide Marcus Stanley Busted for Pot

Supes Pass Alcohol Fee -- By Non-Veto-Proof 7-3 Vote

Don't Ask Don't Tell Told Off

No Muni 'Sickout' -- Yet

San Francisco Top College City, Study Claims

PG&E Ripped for Slow Response in Fatal 2008 Natural Gas Explosion

Judge Smacks Down Challenge to San Francisco's Ranked-Choice Voting

Declaring San Bruno Fire 'Crime Scene' Kept Media Out

AC Transit, Facing Deep Service Cuts, Is 'Antiquated'

Alleged Shoplifter's Strange Haul

LovEvolution Closed -- Library Open

San Bruno Fire: Body Count, Assessment Under Way

Zynga Offers Customers Who Waste Their Lives Playing Its Games Up to $24,000 Today

Fiona Ma Strikes Again -- on Twitter

Matt Barnes, Former Warrior, Booked for Domestic Violence

East Bay Murder Spree Just Got More Complicated: Body Discovered

Dozens of San Francisco City Employees Live in Southern California. Huh?

Daughters Stab Mom After Argument About Staying Out Too Late

Chronicle Scribes' Secret Weapon in Union Negotiations: Essays

Edmund King and Leroy Gutierrez, Accused Muni Transfer Thieves, In Court Today

'Marijuana Legalization Measure' Won't Legalize Marijuana

The Joy of Google Instant Search (Pics)

Will PG&E Bill You For San Bruno Fire?

Sierra Club Sues EPA For Not Enforcing Clean Air Act

San Bruno Fire's Death Toll Mounts

San Francisco Cops, Firefighters Earn Far More than Peers, Study Claims

Violent Video Game Law Court Found Unconstitutional Has 72 Percent Approval

Gay Blood Not Welcome in San Bruno Relief Effort

Visitor, Dinged With $50 S.F. Parking Ticket, Writes Angriest City Hall Letter Ever

Thea Miller, S.F. Realtor, Claims Match.Com Predator John Egan Scammed Her For $250K

Padres Fans' Tortured Memories

Muni 'Sickout' Flier's Bold Threats

School of the Epiphany's Gas Leak Scare Just Barbecue Leftovers

Sprint 4G's San Francisco Future To Be Decided By Board of Supervisors

Cops Announce Meth Bust -- Via Twitter

Rainbow Grocery Will Cease 20 Percent Discount Days in October

'Skyscraperman' Dan Goodwin May Climb Over Trespassing Charges, Too

BART Delays for City-Bound Riders

Chris Daly, Bartender: Our Top-10 Predictions

City Wants $150M Water Recycling Plant in Golden Gate Park -- But Shut One There in 1981

Menomena finally grows up

The Scissor Sisters make scandalous disco-rock

Sleep plays stoner metal for an angsty generation

Shonen Knife: Show Preview

Nemeth: Show Preview

Mark Kozelek: Show Preview

DatA: Show Preview

Trey Songz: Show Preview

Bouncer: Tender hospitality at Jonell’s Cocktail Lounge

Shonen Knife Elicits Lubricated Fervor at Bottom of the Hill

Download 'Batman,' the First Single From Lazer Sword's Upcoming Debut

Ninja Tune Announces Free 20th Anniversary Show with Amon Tobin, Kid Koala, Eskmo, and More

Fecal Face, 'Amélie,' Power to the Peaceful, Pineapple Princess, Fillmore Art Walk, and More

Bridge School 2010: Last Grizzly Bear Show for 'Quite Some Time'

Monday's Pick: 'Law and Order San Francisco Unit! The Musical (Sort of)!'

Bridge School Benefit 2010: Buffalo Springfield, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Modest Mouse, More

Bay Area's DJ Qbert Named America's Best DJ

Things We'd Like To See Google Do for Music: NextBuzz, the NextMuni for Buzz Bands

Today Only: Download Two New DJ Shadow Tracks for Free

Tonight's Pick: Mark Kozelek

Grab the First Single From Weekend's Debut Album, 'Coma Summer'

Paradise Lounge Evicted, New Owner Eyeing Space

Weekend Party Preview: House, Hip-Hop, and Hometown Heroes

Download the Latest from Trackademicks: 'Fool on the Hill' Featuring Phonte

Win Tickets to Forrest Day's Headlining Show at Slim's on Thursday

How to Ban Dumb Facebook Comments From Your Life

In Print: Menomena, Scissor Sisters, and the Reunion of Bay Area Metalheads Sleep

J-Pop Festival Will Bring Cults, Kink, and Japanese Rap to S.F.

Wednesday's Pick: Joel Streeter, Brad Brooks, Megan Slankard Band

Titus Andronicus Gets the Audience Participating at the Independent

S.F. Shows No Love to Civic Center Dance Music Party

Google Instant: Tastes Just as Good as Regular Google (PIC)

Apocalyptica, Dir en grey, and Evaline at Regency Ballroom

Thursday's Pick: Little Wings

Scissor Sisters Draw the Entire Castro to Downtown Oakland

That's My Jam!: The Sight Below's Blurry Soundscapes

The Week In Event Names: Michael Bay Summer Thriller Edition

Tuesday's Pick: 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector'

In Burglary, Machine Head Frontman Loses Guitar Given to Him by Dimebag Darrell

Mission Chinese Food offers a Matrix mind-twister of a meal

Fresh Eats: The State of S.F.’s Street Food

Alexander's Steakhouse Invades SOMA, Carnelian by the Bay Docks at Ferry Plaza

Coco Délice Chocolate Classes Divulge All. Sort Of

Who's Behind This Soup?

Eat Real Revises Attendance Up, Hints at L.A. Expansion

El Norteño's Goat and Tongue Tacos, the Upside of Getting Arrested

Alexander's, Addie's Pizza Pie Open; Big Nate Gets a New 'Do

Gourmet Carousel's Deluxe Won Ton Soup

Oaxacan Chipotle Truffle Cookies from Belle's Bakery

Rainbow Grocery Votes to Kill Midweek Discounts

Rejewvenator Beer Adds Fruity Poignancy to Rosh Hashanah

Paladar vs. Chan Chan: The Cuban-on-Cuban Cubano

Shut Up About Changing the Food System. Unless You're Actually Going to Do Something

Jennie Lorenzo: Yellowtail Sashimi for Friday's Off the Grid Pop-Up

Off the Grid Launches in Civic Center

Jonathan Kauffman Burns for Mission Chinese Food's Danny Bowien

Bar Crudo Happy Hour: Impeccable Oysters and the Odd Artisanal Brew

Food Carts Roll Out for 'Green' Grand Opening of Presidio's Public Health Service

Should Bartenders Trademark Their Drinks? Josh Harris Weighs In

HRD Coffee Shop's Kimchi Burrito

Social Kitchen and Brewery Installs New Chef Huy Nguyen

Where Can I Take a Vegan Friend and a Meat-Crazy Husband?

Plow Set to Sprout on Potrero Hill

Mark's Bar Taking Over the Old Lush (Lounge), Prospect Gets Eggy With It

Another Surprise Sundance Closure, Chef Changes at Eos and Long Bar

More Food Trucks, More Korean-Mexican Fusion, and Other SFoodie Highlights From This Week

The Best Oktoberfest Beer? Our Panel Decides

Watermelon Margarita, a Mall Rat Cocktail at Straits

Food Trucks Rolling Up to Bloodhound for Monday Night Snackdowns

Slash Loves Food Trucks ― That Make Salads

Ten Awesomely Named Food Trucks

Tofu Banh Mi from Ebbett's Good To Go

We Confess: Grapes On a Plate Seduced Us

Tomorrow: Hukilau's Ninth Annual Poke Festival

Slow Jams Arrives at Bi-Rite Today

S.F. Rising: Sweet Potato Bread from Baker and Banker Bakery

Lower Haight Lukewarm to Ike's Place?

Agua Libre: Alameda's St. George Spirits Makes First U.S. Agricole Rum

Saul's Picks Up on Urban Beekeeping Buzz for Rosh Hashanah Talk

What Every Girl Wants for Her Birthday: Blue Balls (PIC)

Supes Pass Alcohol Fee; Newsom Veto Almost Certain

Michael Mina Ends, Prospect Returns, ICHI Finds Another Home

Anthony Myint Goes 'I-Thai-lian' at Pal's Tomorrow

Dolores Park's Mysterious Water Wagon

Local Mission Eatery's Harvest Dinners Feature Stuff the Chef Grew in Lodi

Is Emeryville Poised to Kill Its Street-Food Scene?

Lady Gaga Dons Meat Dress for The Gays

Bites from Sunday's SF Food Wars' Great Salsa ChampionChip

Chile Lindo Organizes Rally to Protest Lawyer in ADA Lawsuits

Kung Fu Tacos Serves Free Food to San Bruno Fire Victims

What, No Bacon? Dontaye Ball Builds Dinner Around the Tomato

What the Hell Is Danny Bowien Thinking? A Snapshot

Fish and Chips at Citizen's Band

San Francisco's Best Cuban Sandwiches

Save the Date: Fall Apple and Cheese Tasting in Healdsburg

Ike's Place Closes at Midnight Tonight

Lamb Belly Is the Meat of the Moment

"I'm Still Here": Joaquin Phoenix implodes — we think

"The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" lives up to its title

Tough Love Revisited

Los Animals

The Future Is Coming

Dear Claaa-aude ...

So Funny It’s Criminal

Outsider Sopranos

This Is the Situation

A Real Doll

Discover Worlds of Wonder

Ballet, Class

BFE

Fly Girls

Out Shining

Wall of Sound, Bars of Steel

Rocked Them All

Sounds Dangerous

The Last Picture Shows

Been a Long Time, Been a Long Time

Not Fade Away

Dynamic Duo

"Don't Ask" takes a long, leering look at gays in the military