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Question time's a waste of time
I strongly supported the measure that mandates that the mayor of San Francisco appear before the supervisors once a month to take questions. But the rules adopted by the board -- with waaay too much...
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Your Black Muslim Bakery leader had Chauncey Bailey killed, bakery follower...
Exterior of Your Black Muslim Bakery Nov. 30, 2005. Bob Larson/Contra Costa Times Report from The Chauncey Bailey Project, of which the Guardian is a member: By Thomas Peele/Bay Area News Group...
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SFBG Radio: Deborah Iyall
Today, Johnny has a special guest, Deborah Iyall, formerly of Romeo Void, who talks about how she was forced out of SF by the dot-com boom, her new band and how the hell they made the drums and bass...
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Art walk used to protest Chase Bank
This week's Thursday evening Divisadero Art Walk is going to combine local culture with a clear political message. Local activists have dubbed the night the “No Chase Block Party" to protest a banking...
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Pope J.P. a saint? Jesus.
So they're moving on the fast track to make ol' JP a saint. I have no authority, celestial or canonical, to weigh in on such matters, but as a secular observer who went to Catholic schools (and thus...
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Hot sexy events: April 13-19
Eddie Dane will be well mourned by the Burly Q set on Thurs/14 Where better to talk dirty than on the techno-verse? Nowhere, that's where. Our fave SF sex blogger – c'mon, besides ourselves -- Fleur...
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Supes vote on Botanical Garden fees
The Board of Supervisors voted on April 12 to keep in place nonresident fees at the San Francisco Botanical Garden for at least another two years, rejecting a proposal by Sup. John Avalos to do away...
View ArticleMayor derails hearing on nightclub crackdown
Will entering a large nightclub in San Francisco be akin to a TSA pat down? We won’t know for a while, as the proposal for heightened security measures by San Francisco Police has caught the interest...
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Anti nuclear movement gears up
The ongoing battle to stop Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from renewing its license to operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant continued April 14th as part of a nationwide antinuclear campaign. In the...
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Playing in a Domina's toy box: Mistress Minax shares her favorites
In Mistress Minax's house, brown paper packages aren't the only things getting tied up ALL PHOTOS BY AMBER SCHADEWALD Cat whiskers and raindrops are horribly dull items to top a list of favorite...
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Lemi Ponifasio’s Tempest: Without a Body has a soul
Lemi Ponifasio and MAU Watching Lemi Panafasio/MAU’s Tempest: Without a Body on Thurs/7 amplified the grave feeling I often possess when I read the newspaper. The sense of deep empathy and sadness in...
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Welcome to the neighborhood, museum mural
Ellen and Lance Anderson are visiting their son in the Sunset, all the way from upstate New York. They'd read about the mural they're now standing in front of in the newspaper that morning, and...
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Live Shots: Fact/SF at The Garage, 4/14/11
I remember when I was a little girl, I used to live down at my Grandma Kay's house in Belmont. She had a big living room, with floor to ceiling windows that looked out over the bay. I used to dance...
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Live Shots: PJ Harvey at the Warfield, 4/14/11
PJ Harvey has taken the Warfield stage at numerous points and in many forms during her career over the past two decades – never predictable, always engaging. Her performance on Thursday night, a...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin, Deadline Poet
Donald Trump Demands That Obama Show His Birth Certificate By Calvin Trillin All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite,...
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American Idol: Bye, Paul
Nice guitar, but the singing was weak I finally got one right, and so did America. Well, I almost got it right -- I predicted that Paul, Stefano and Lauren would be in the bottom three, and it turned...
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Talking to Twitter
This little birdie won't tell you anything. A great irony of Twitter, Inc. struck me today as I tried unsuccessfully to reach the company for comment on a story. While millions of people can talk to...
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Unions didn't cause the financial crisis
It's been said before and will be said again, but still worth noting: The bipartisan U.S. Senate report on the financial meltdown concludes that, as Calitics notes: Our financial crisis and resulting...
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SFBG Radio: Why is Donald Trump leading the polls?
what does it mean when Donald Trump leads all of the Republican candidates in the newest polls? Johnny and Tim discuss after the jump.<!--break--> Trump by endorsements2010
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New development planned for site of demolished historic cottage
The Russian Hill cottage was demolished in 2009. About two years ago, the Guardian reported on the demolition of one of San Francisco's oldest buildings -- the Little House, a cottage on Russian Hill...
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