The Onion comes to San Francisco

by Scott Beale on May 11, 2005 · 4 comments

The Onion

The wait is over. Area men and women rejoice. At long last the print version of “America’s Finest News Source”, The Onion, hits the streets of San Francisco today.

To celebrate this wonderful occasion, craigslist and INFORUM are throwing a free party at 12 Galaxies in San Francisco on Friday, May 13th.

If you really want get a peek under The Onion’s skin, Carol Kolb the Editor-in-Chief and several Onion writers will be doing a panel hosted by Patton Oswalt this Thursday, May 12th at the Herbst Theatre in San Franicsco.

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{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Olivia May 11, 2005 at 4:46 pm

Tomorrow? I found one on Valencia and 17th today.

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2 Michael May 11, 2005 at 4:54 pm

Where do you pick up a copy on “the streets” ??

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3 Scott Beale May 11, 2005 at 5:28 pm

Some sources were reporting the launch as May 12th, but it sounds like they are already out.

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4 bert May 13, 2005 at 1:28 pm

the dead hensons are playin’, yay!!!

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