Invest in some Binaca, San Francisco.
Fat Activists, outraged at a recent blog article on the Marie Claire website titled "Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV)?" have called for a "Big, Fat Kiss-In" at Fifth and Market at 6 p.m.
Marie Claire is a Hearst publication -- and this will be conveniently located just spitting distance from the Hearst Building at 5 Third Street. A plus-sized smoochfest is already under way at New York's Hearst Tower.
The 2008 slaying of an Excelsior District man and his two sons in San Francisco, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, roiled ill will towards the city's sanctuary city status.
But now the murders are being held against a candidate for the Board of Supervisors -- in Sonoma County.
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi anticipates that criminal convictions spanning more than a decade will be affected by the district attorney's identification of dozens of officers who have criminal or disciplinary backgrounds that could have hampered their investigations and testimony.
In an interview with SF Weekly this week, Adachi said his office is busy reviewing cases that could be affected by the disclosure of 76 San Francisco Police Department employees who have problem backgrounds. The disclosures were made under D.A. Kamala Harris' new policy of complying with Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court case that requires exculpatory evidence -- including details of arresting or testifying police officers' past misbehavior -- to be handed over the to the defense.
In recent weeks, we've pointed out that people are largely free to fornicate on the streets of San Francisco -- but dogs cannot. Prosecutors struggle to convict vandals -- as juries state that graffiti is not vandalism, but "art."
So, along those lines, only in San Francisco could a gay, rabbinical school dropout be deemed not progressive enough -- and subjected to political attack as a closet conservative.
There are legions of gay, rabbinical school dropouts. But the only one representing San Francisco in the state senate is Mark Leno. Entertainingly, Leno wasn't even studying to be a Conservative rabbi. He dropped out of the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College in the 1970s and headed to San Francisco.
Managers and their friends on staff "would spend several hours eachnight in the supervisor's room eating, playing on the Internet, or
chatting with their buddies," the complaint said. "This left the
dispatch area understaffed and stressed."
Everything that could be said about the World Series has pretty much been said. The Giants have done no wrong, they're in a commanding spot, but things can change quickly.
So we feel entitled to bring up that, yes, Vlad Guerrero is a dead ringer for Coolio these days. It had to be done.
Here's the World Series look-alikes edition:
We were hoping on holding off on a story about orange-clad Giants fans brawling in the Mickey D's until we had some questions answered -- but the internet age moves too fast!
SF Weekly's attempts, thus far, to speak to the man who filmed this Game 1 World Series burger brawl have been unsuccessful. Our messages to the San Francisco Police Department have, thus far, gone unreturned. But if you're interested in watching a lot of people sully their Giants gear in a fast-food brawl, read on:
First, it was a stinky marsh. Then it was a railroad. Now, Treat Street faces a new lease on life with a vision to transform it from a dilapidated, weirdly diagonal alleyway into a sparkling green bike corridor.
It would be a pretty amazing accomplishment: a smooth path that curves up from the Inner Mission, then skirts Showplace Square just south of SOMA and glides to Mission Bay. You could be forgiven for thinking of it as a sort of "Hipster Superhighway," though it would likely carry bicyclists from all walks of life.
The Week In Gay
Have you noticed that the midterm election is around the goddamned corner? If your home is like mine you shovel 10 pounds of crap out of the mailbox and into the recycling bin every day; you have stopped answering the phone altogether; and the word "baloney" is officially banned from use.
Another clue: Candidates -- especially Republicans -- can't stop talking about the gays!
Not only are they talking about gays, but they are talking about gay marriage -- the one topic that isn't really on any political agenda this election, but it sure is a great way to sound like a hardass or religious zealot. Of course, Republicans aren't alone in playing the gay card, but they do set the standard in doublespeak.
Remember back in 2004 -- right before the election -- when George Bush pretended to support civil unions during a chat on Good Morning America? Well, Barack Obama remembers.
Let's be honest. We all know what the No. 1 cash crop is in the Sunset. The specter of valuable marijuana plants being stolen by well-armed entrepreneurs -- or defended by equally well-armed businessmen -- is just one of the factors that makes living next door to a growhouse less than ideal.
Bernal Heights is not seen as prime territory for large-scale pot-growing operations. Yet residents there have complained to the police of another kind of plant-related criminality. Yes, it's the dreaded wave of -- succulent thefts!
