The census may be, on any given day, the best way to compare huge swaths of society – say, blacks to whites, Oakland’s population to…
Despite the many innovations of San Francisco 2010, a lot of public data is still hard to access, siloed within individual city departments and time-consuming…
When Jonathan Weber took the job of editor-in-chief of the Bay Area News Project a few weeks ago, 200 resumes lay waiting for him. I’m…
Year after year after year, I’ve watched as people replace the three magic words with various saccharine substitutes: “Support the troops. Bring them home”, “dissent…
As reported by the JTA, the atmosphere at Thursday’s SFJFF screening of controversial documentary “Rachel” was an emotionally charged affair. The story of Rachel Corrie,…
Seventeen Chinese American families who won a pitched battle in June with their landlord, San Francisco City College, to remain in their apartment building was…
In some counties, citizens who can’t pay off the debts they owe their city end up in county jail. San Francisco’s Superior Court, however, has…
San Francisco’s aging bison herd is threatened with extinction. Only five remain after one of the pack was euthanized in April due to disease and…
“WE’RE DOOMED” reads the user pic for Live Journaler mrneutrongodeon. And in an attitude befitting his avatar, he skewered this year’s Maker Faire for having…
San Francisco’s lust for design innovation stops with its surfers. That’s unfortunate since Thomas Meyerhoffer, a San Francisco-area surfer and inventor, has designed a surfboard…
Correction: Due to incorrect information provided to the reporter, SF Appeal misreported the location of the Crime Wave Show. The show was held at 450…
We’ve all heard the story of the golden fire hydrant in the Mission, the one credited with saving much of of the city from fires…
Discussions of the dichotomous nature of the Mission approach tedium, with shootings in front of valet stands, or the whole “delicate flower” thingcreating enough dramatic…
Organizing Cesar Chavez Day festivities has never been harder than it was April 4, 2009. After California established the labor and civil rights leader’s March…
At Critical Mass last Friday, no one got beat up, a relief to the hundreds of riders who rode from the Embarcadero to North Beach…
