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Week of December 30th: Green Weddings For more tips on how to have an environmentally-friendly wedding, go to www.VibrantEvents.net.
Week of December 23rd: Storm Spotters For more information on being a volunteer storm spotter for the National Weather Service, go to www.weather.gov/sanfrancisco
Week of December 9th: Oakland's Fox Theatre We were given a tour of Oakland's Fox Theater recently as it prepares to reopen in 2008 as a concert venue. What a cool place. More photos at: www.FoxOakland.org
Week of December 2nd: Smoking Fred Flintstone hawks Winston cigarettes and a Philip Morris spokesman tells us the tobacco giant is trying to be a better corporate citizen.
Week of November 18th: William Good Joe Boxer founder Nick Graham has joined with Goodwill Industries of San Francisco to create "William Good." It's a line of recycled clothing. Find out more at: www.shopwilliamgood.com.
Week of November 18th: Newsroom Diversity While many "Family Guy" fans love the "Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa" bit, Janice Gin with the Radio-Television News Directors Association takes newsroom diversity very seriously.
Week of November 11th: Radio, Radio The California Historical Radio Society has set up shop in the old KRE building Berkeley. It's well worth a visit for radio buffs. Here's a link: www.CaliforniaHistoricalRadio.com.
Week of November 5th: Sewage Treatment Hey everybody, let's go tour the sewage treatment plants! By the way, San Francisco residents, the Public Utility Commission wants to hear your ideas on improving the city's sewage treatment plant. Find out more at: www.sfsewers.org.
Week of October 29th: Big Wave Surfer Dear Big Wave Surfer: Dr. Lenny Wiersma at Cal State Fullerton wants to find out what makes you tick. Interested? You can reach him at: lwiersma@fullerton.edu.
Week of October 20th: Darfur Friday Find out what local activists are doing to try and stop the genocide in Darfur. More info at: www.darfursf.org.
Week of October 8th: Neighborhood Empowerment Mayor Newsom's office is encouraging San Franciscans to get involved with their neighborhoods. Find out more at: www.empowersf.org.
Week of October 8th: Zombie Love Why we love zombies, and tips on how you can be one this week on the Fogfiles.
Week of October 1st: Loren Schaller Hear the story of a 15 year old girl, and the men who saved her life.
Week of September 24th: Special Olympics of Northern California Nine Special Olympics athletes from Northern California are off to China for the World Games. With the Bridge to Bridge Run once again benefiting Special Olympics, we thought we'd take another look at this very worthwhile organization.
Week of September 17th: Aging with HIV Meet a 48 year old San Francisco man who has been HIV positive for 24 years, and find out about work on the subject being done by Dr. Malcolm John (pictured) and his staff at 360: The Positive Care Center at UCSF.
Week of September 10th: Public Schools Part 2 This time around we look at arts in the schools. Click here to see San Francisco Unified School District's Arts Master Plan.
Week of September 3rd: Public Schools Part 1 Parents with the San Francisco Chapter of Parents for Public Schools make their case. For more on the group go to: www.ppssf.org
Week of August 20th: Lindy in the Park A San Francisco based website gives online Folks who gather in Golden Gate Park every Sunday to do the Lindy Hop are celebrating their eleventh anniversary. Visit www.lindyinthepark.com Photo by Dave Wong.
Week of August 13th: yelp* A San Francisco based website gives online surfers a place to weigh in about local businesses.
Week of July 30th: Google Earth Outreach Find out what Google is doing to help environmental and humanitarian groups. For more on Google Earth Outreach, go to www.earth.google.com/outreach.
Week of July 23rd: Barry Bonds Dave Zirin, author of "What's My Name, Fool?" offers up an interesting perspective on the Giants slugger. For more Dave Zirin, go to www.edgeofsports.com.
Week of July 16th: Kwik-E-Mart Simpsons fans have been flocking to the South Bay 7-11 that has been turned into a Kwik-E-Mart, ala The Simpsons. If you want to check it out for yourself, it's located at 1380 Pear Avenue, off Shoreline Boulevard.
Week of July 9th: Reno You're going to want to hop on Interstate 80 and shoot up to Reno after hearing this interview with Willy Vlautin, author of "The Motel Life." For more on Willy, go to www.willyvlautin.com.
Week of July 2nd: Where's your car? Finally, a map for San Franciscans who can never remember where they parked their car or what day street sweeping is done. For more, go to www.wherethehellsmycar.com.
Week of June 25th: Susan Polk There's an interesting new book out on Susan Polk, the Orinda woman who murdered her psychotherapist husband. This week we talk with the author of "Seduced by Madness," Carol Pogash. For details on upcoming book signings and readings by Carol, go to www.pogash.com.
Week of June 11th: Web Politics It's happening as we speak. The internet is changing the very fabric of political campaigning. For more information go to www.newpolitics.net.
Week of May 28th: Bring on the Fans San Francisco gets ready to host Baseball's AllStar game.
Week of May 21st: Green Band Shortly before Guster took the stage at the KFOG KaBoom, we had a chance to talk to guitarist Adam Gardner about the group's efforts to help bands and their fans go green.
Week of May 14th: Dog Day on the Bay We go for a cruise with 200 dogs in a benefit for the San Francisco SPCA.	Our intrepid reporter with his loud mouthed dog.
Week of May 7th: Roller Derby Attending my first roller derby game in person recently. What a blast. Check out the interesting people I met. For more on the Bay Bombers go to: www.baycitybombers.com.
Week of April 30th: Male Binge Eating Forty percent of folks with a binge eating disorder are men. Meet Berkeley's Ron Saxen, author of "The Good Eater: the true story of one man's struggle with binge eating disorder. You can also visit Ron's website at www.ronsaxen.com.
Week of April 23rd: KIPP Bayview Academy All the students at KIPP Bayview Academy are expected to go to college. Check out this very special charter middle school, and visit its website at www.kippbayview.org.
Week of April 16th: Bayview Hope Truck Driving Academy Some residents of San Francisco's Bayview district are improving their lives by becoming truck drivers, with the help of a local church and Goodwill. For more information on the Bayview Hope Truck Driving Academy, contact Goodwill Industries in San Francisco.
Week of April 9th: Gaelic Football Women of San Francisco, Gaelic football wants YOU! For more information: www.clannagaelsf.com.
Week of April 2nd: Cheese Love For some, the stinkier the better. Here's a link for the Cheese School of San Francisco: www.cheeseschoolsf.com.
Week of March 26th: Workplace A-Holes Author Bob Sutton wants to hear about jerks you work with. Here's his link: http://www.thenoassholerule.com/ If you want to find out if you're a workplace jerk, take the "arse test" at this link: http://electricpulp.com/guykawasaki/arse/
Weeks of March 19th: Gumby As local public t-v gets ready to air a documentary on Gumby and it's creator (www.GumbyDharma.com), meet the producers of the doc and "Gumby's brother."
Week of March 12th: Track Doctor Meet Dr. David Setzler. Three local jockeys literally owe their lives to him. This guy really cares.
Week of March 5th: Emergency Preparedness Drill Giants fans pretended to be caught in a disaster recently at AT&T Park. We went along for the ride.
Week of February 26th: Pedestrian Safety San Francisco is once again cracking down on motorists who fail to stop for pedestrians. Find out what happened when I posed as a pedestrian on Geary Boulevard.
Week of February 19th: Death Row Friend Find out why a nice couple from Napa pay a monthly visit to San Quentin's death row.
Week of February 12th: So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star Forget Simon Cowell, music industry veteran Monroe Grisman (David's kid) offers up constructive advice and is way nicer than the guy from American Idol.
Week of February 5th: Fearless Driver We take to the streets with a San Francisco driving instructor who works with phobic adults.
Week of January 29th: San Francisco Hate Crime Folks in San Francisco's Duboce Triangle/Castro area have rallied around a neighbor whose garage door was tagged with some disturbing words.
Week of January 22nd: Record Stores Close Their Doors First Tower, now a couple local shops, including Mill Valley's legendary Village Music are closing their doors. You can check out Village Music at www.villagemusic.com. For more on Open Mind Music in San Francisco, go to: www.sfstation.com/open-mind-music-b990
Week of January 15th: Struggling Sea Lions We pay a visit to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito this week and find some sea lions suffering from demoic acid poisoning. You can check out the center's website at www.tmmc.org. By the way, after a year off, the Run for the Seals will be returning to the Marin headlands early this April.
Week of January 8th: When Spirits Come Calling I was going through the Fogfiles archives the other day when I came across this oldie but goodie.