Dick Meister: We all need a higher minimum wage
By Dick MeisterBay Guardian columnist Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED/TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his...
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Voters affirm progressive leadership at City College
After a tough loss in the D8 race two years ago, progressive favorite Rafael Mandelman joins the City College board.San Francisco voters this week reinforced their support for progressive leadership at...
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Scoop: There is no place like Nebraska!
And so my grandson, Nicholas Perez, a mechanical engineering freshman at the Umiversity of Nebraska at Lincoln, sent me an email pumping the importance of the Nebraska vs. Penn State game today...
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The Performant: Paris is learning
Adventures in pataphysicsWell, pschitt! Although Alfred Jarry -- schoolboy playwright, raconteur, and progenitor of 'pataphysics, “the science of imaginary solutions” -- died 105 years ago of decidedly...
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Ladies and gentleman, hip-hop 2012: Kitty Pryde, Main Attrakionz, Hottub
Kitty Pryde and Main Attrakionz *at the same time*. Just like your Tumblr!GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUEConcurrent downlow Rusty Lazer set across the bridge at Ruby Room notwithstanding, Y3K at DNA...
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Get ready for a garbage rate hike
Recology, the San Francisco garbage monopoly, usually comes to the city to ask for a rate increase once every five years or so. It's been almost seven since the last one -- and it's not as if the...
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Out of the last closet
It got pretty well buried in the last-minute election madness, but Sups. David Campos and Christina Olague did a very cool thing Oct. 31 -- they helped create some press, and some possible national...
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outLOUD Radio snags stories from an evolving queer world
Phuong Tsing holds the mic for an LGBT elder talking style for outLOUD RadioGUARDIAN PHOTOS BY CAITLIN DONOHUEIt's Saturday afternoon and, two weeks before the gala that will mark its 10th year of...
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Critics urge caution on fast-moving Warriors arena deal
Artist rendering of the arena the Golden State Warriors wants to build on San Francisco's waterfront.The proposal to let the Golden State Warriors build a new sports arena complex at Piers 30-32 is...
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That special Christopher Owens show at the Lodge
Christopher Owens, looking snazzy.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY RYAN PRENDIVILLE.The show was being filmed for a music video, and the crew told people in the front row that they might get photographed for reaction...
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Nudists to sue over Wiener law
Photo by Mike Koozmin/SF Newspaper Co.Sup. Scott Wiener's ban on public nudity hasn't even come to a vote at the full board, but the nudists who oppose it are already planning to sue. A group of five...
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Live Shots: La Sera at the Chapel
It was nice to see that “Kickball” Katy Goodman hasn’t grown up too much since leaving the Vivian Girls. Her big smile, bubbling stage banter, and virginal attire—a lacy white dress to match her white...
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Party Radar: Booty Call Wednesdays celebrates 5 years (of booty calls)
Hey boo-ty: Joshua J, Juanita More, and photographer Isaac whoop it up.I remember it as if it were yesterday's Instagram. Five years ago tonight, drag goddess Juanita More and club promoter Joshua J....
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Gascon skips valuable reform panel
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and criminal justice expert David Onek discuss realignmentDistrict Attorney George Gascon didn't show up for the town hall meeting that Sen. Mark Leno held on criminal justice...
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By Dick MeisterDick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED/TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half century. Contact him through his website,...
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Localized Appreesh: Brand New Trash
Brand New, but not entirely.Localized Appreesh is our thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com.Brand New Trash is a new “trash pop” (more on...
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Hot sexy events: Queer calendars, hot bikes, and Dita
Dita Von Teese drops jaws at La Maison Cointreau.PHOTO COURTESY GETTY IMAGESOrientalism to-do aside (who does she think she is, Gwen Stefani?), making eye contact with Dita Von Teese for an extended...
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Taking flight with Juan Atkins, co-originator of Detroit techno
Man or machine?Juan Atkins will perform songs from the Cybotron and Model 500 catalogues with a four-piece electronic group, including “Mad” Mike Banks of Underground Resistance, Mark Taylor, and...
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Diablo Canyon: What else do we need to know?
So PG&E wants to frighten, deafen, and kill a whole lot of marine mammals and fish by blasting sound waves at the Ocean floor -- to discover exactly what? That there are, indeed, a lot of...
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Oh well, Pelosi's going to stick around
For a while there some of us thought that Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who failed to win back a house majority for the Democrats, might decide her time was up and step down as minority leader (which would...
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