Volume 47 Number 11

Major SF players share their favorites

Japanese retail whips SF into a frenzy -- but are they that much different than the chain stores we already have?

Nightlife in 2012: Did I leave my bra in the booth?

Newsom and Herrera had little support, even from fellow Democrats, when they started the same-sex marriage fight

Jail death ruled a "homicide," his family gets a $350,000 payout, but the deputies remain on the job despite the persistent efforts of a witness

Hype Williams and the Internet wild

Marriage equality advocates hope the US Supreme Court definitively ends the long quest for justice

The majors, streaming sites, and independent artists dance to the tune of economic decline

E-40 and Too Short's historic collaboration caps another strange year for Bay Area rap

Supergroup Uzi Rash plots its own demise for the end of 2012

After another prolific year, San Francisco's beloved garage rock star waves goodbye to the Bay

Appetite: 2012's top new restaurants brought surprise tastes, culinary depth

'The Central Park Five' examines a shocking crime — and its troubling outcome

Shotgun Players mount Tom Waits' 'Woyzeck' for the holidays