San Francisco

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Life, death and spring
April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
The Olympic torch ducks out of sight in San Francisco, leaving the streets to thousands of politicians.
My San Francisco buzz
Feeling old and in the way, I revived my spirits among the beautiful young wired generation out West.
Hillary Clinton's Web 2.0 presidency
In a San Francisco appearance, Bill Clinton talks about the need for blogs at all levels of government.
Oiled migration
Last week 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the San Francisco Bay. It could not have come at a worse time for the million birds stopping to rest on their journey south.
Congress to New York (and Chicago and L.A.): Drop dead
Popular proposals to choke off federal support to immigrant-friendly "sanctuary cities" would also dry up anti-terror funding for the cities most at risk.
His beautiful game
Bill Walsh transformed football into a work of art, and gave San Francisco a boost when the city needed it most.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
"The Bronx Is Burning": Eight-part soaper/cop show about the '77 Yankees and the Son of Sam is a big step forward for ESPN.
My daily bread
Raised to worship the New York Times on Sundays, I found myself going to church and praying instead. I thought a lot about God and flesh and blood -- and didn't tell my friends I was becoming a religious freak.
Celebrate Valentine's Day with a "Certificate of Inequality"!
On Feb. 14, same-sex couples make their love official -- just not with a marriage license.
The Gavin Newsom sex scandal: Why did his lover tell?
Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
Gavin Newsom, before the flood
San Francisco Mayor's testy exchange with a reporter regarding "the drinking."
My day at the Porn Palace
S/M media giant Kink.com stirred up controversy by announcing plans to move its headquarters into San Francisco's Mission District. But for Kink's performers, sex is all in a day's work.
Who's to blame for James Kim's death?
It's not the federal government or law enforcement or the people who tried to rescue him from the Oregon wilderness.
North Beach forever
"It was the end of the continent; they didn't give a damn," Jack Kerouac said of San Francisco. But what happens when you and your city grow up?
What else we're reading
"Girls Gone Wild" faces rape allegations -- plus controversial chemicals in baby bottles, women waking up on the wrong side of the bed and more.
Bike vs. anti-bike
San Francisco's cycling activists meet their match
San Franciscophobia
We're stuck with a terrible war and a worse president, and all the GOP can do is scream, "Pelosi and her Nancy boys are coming"? This is pathetic.
"If u hve sex, u can get an STD + not know it ... get chcked FREE"
San Francisco teens can now get sexual health info via text message.
A resolute attitude toward peak oil
San Francisco tries to save civilization from itself.
Walking away
For 22 years, John Francis walked everywhere he went to protest environmental destruction. For 17 of those years, he was silent. Today he rides in cars and speaks -- but he's still fighting.
Gavin Newsom's mean streets
San Francisco's mayor hit the national stage when he allowed 4,000 gay couples to wed. But he wishes the world would pay more attention to his new crusade: Reducing crime and despair in the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Hair scare
Kids in my neighborhood have been shot for wearing the wrong jacket. Could changing my hairstyle get me killed?
Bush's backfire
Twelve years ago, the far right's culture war helped defeat a President Bush -- and it's about to happen again.
Winter of love
Cautious Democrats worry that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's historic affirmation of gay marriage will help Bush win reelection. But as the right squabbles over the issue, his party may well thank him in November.
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