I should add that we also have a Spanish-language independent called La Noticia.
We import that all the way to Columbia at the library because we can’t keep a Spanish paper alive.
The Santa Barbara Independent which isn’t all the alternative but it comes out on Thursdays and it’s free so it’s the closest thing we have.
We’ve got the Washington City Paper, http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/. In addition to the standard indie fare, it does excellent coverage of local politics, with particularly good work on lackluster child services in the District.
I like this paper. 
Thanks, people!
Would anyone happen to know the ones in NYC, Denver, and San Francisco?
This is what we have in SF:
Neither is all that great, IMHO. There are tons of other, very small papers as well.
Joe
In Vermont we have Seven Days. It’s free and comes out every Wednesday.
One of my favorite articles is Hackie, where a cab driver writes about interesting fares from the past week, and how it makes him reflect on XYZ topic.
When I lived in upstate NY, there was MetroLand.
I’m a little late to the party, but since it was specifically requested, Denver has The Westword.
http://www.syracusenewtimes.com I’ve been reading it every week since I was a teenager, if only to hoot at the personal ads (which are now online). I guess we’re all getting older. The rag is still left-ish, but there are more articles on designer beers and those elusive ‘excellent-little-hole-in-the-wall restaurants’ than anything else. And of course that full of crap Free Will Astrology page.
We have the San Diego Reader. It’s pretty fucking lame, and the paper version is so full of ads and coupons that you struggle to find the actual content. I only bother picking it up if the cover story looks especially interesting.
It’s far inferior to the Baltimore City Paper, which i used to read all the time when i lived in Baltimore, and still read online quite often.
There’s also the Examiner, which is a crappier(and conservative) version of the Express, which is just the “Washington Post lite.”
OCWeekly, in the belly of the beast. Famous for, among other things, being the first commie rag to point out that “America’s Sheriff” was a crook.
Carried The Straight Dope for a time, but apparently not now.
My adopted hometown, Athens GA, has Flagpole Magazine: Colorbearer of Athens, GA Eschewing Negativity.
My actual hometown, Atlanta GA, has Creative Loafing (along with several others cities, I see).
The Pitch, in Kansas City:
In Detroit, it’s the Metro Times, which is very cool.
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I remember the Worcester Phoenix. I didn’t realize it was gone. That’s too bad. My friends and I used to read it while sitting on the George Frisbie Hoar monument, smoking, and waiting for the bus. Last time I drove past City Hall, there was a fence around the monument. No more Phoenix. No more monument sitting. 
Quit smoking too. I used to have that plaque memorized.
Springfield has the Illinois Times.
Portland, Oregon, has http://www.wweek.com/ and http://www.portlandmercury.com/
Looking online I find, to my surprise, that Rochester, N.Y.'s City newspaper is still in business.