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Why Mission Bay isn't a train wreck
Now that the city planning director is comparing neighborhood activists to war mongers and meanies, it's worth a moment to look back at how the city wound up with what the Chron is now calling a...
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Our freak of a governor
We all know this, but I have to say it again: Jerry Brown is one strange agent.His State of the State address was blessedly short: Jer doesn't waste a lot of time. In fact, a few minutes in, the crowd...
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Do brew: Coffee class with the author of 'Left Coast Roast'
Hanna Neuschwander loves coffee. She adores it so much, that she's written a whole book about coffee roasters called Left Coast Roast. On a chilly evening this week, she had a small crowd of equally...
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Bratton controversy divides Oakland community as council approves contract 7-1
Adam Blueford, whose teenage son Alan Blueford was fatally shot by Oakland police, spoke at Tuesday's meeting.Screen shot from video by Daniel ArauzFollowing a highly attended and closely watched...
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Sandra Fluke's in town! As are the pro-life crazies! Your week in sexy events
Sorry, not sexy. But coming to Market Street on Sunday, we're just trying to keep you informed.PHOTO VIA PRO LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY40 years ago, a historic ruling gave us control over our own reproductive...
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Norman Solomon: Dear progressives
A Letter I Wish Progressive Groups Would Send to Their MembersBy Norman SolomonNorman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. He co-chairs...
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Fairy tales, Noir City, insane drummers, and more! Yep, it's movie time
Kristen Bell and Justin Long star in ensemble comedy 'Movie 43.'PHOTO BY JESSICA MIGLIOAn odd week of new releases, this: three disposible genre flicks (ensemble comedy Movie 43; Jason Statham...
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Poet laureate inauguration, Feb. 27
San Francisco's new poet laureate, who also happens to be a Guardian columnist, gets officially inaugurated Jan. 27 -- and while I have no idea what he's going to say, I expect it will be lively....
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Gavin Newsom, author
Photo: SF Newspaper Co.Oh My Freakin God, the Gavster has a book and it's called "Citizenville." And it's all about how government isn't a vending machine and we should look to the private sector to...
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Ed Lee's State of the City: What evictions? What displacement?
Mayor Ed Lee punctuated his State of the City speech with a nice little quip: "Every San Franciscan deserves a clean, safe place to call home." I agree.So why, in a speech lasting more than an hour,...
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Live Shots: Jessie Ware at the Rickshaw Stop
It’s only a matter of time before British R&B-pop sensation Jessie Ware outgrows the small, cozy Rickshaw Stops of the music world. Last Thursday, at her first-ever SF show, Ware’s commanding,...
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Can Obama really unravel Reagan?
Gone? Well, not yetI like Robert Reich; he's one of the smartest economic thinkers in the country and can explain everything that's wrong with the economy in two minutes. And I really want to believe...
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Herrera steps up his crackdown on surcharge fraud by restaurants
City Attorney Dennis Herrera.City Attorney Dennis Herrera has stepped up his efforts to ensure San Francisco restaurants aren't committing consumer fraud with their healthcare surcharges – by pocketing...
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Condo conversion legislation on hold for now
Tenants rallied outside City Hall in a show of opposition to proposed condo-conversion legislationGuardian Photo by Rebecca BoweFollowing a contentious five-hour hearing, a committee of the Board of...
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Life after the death penalty
Tell me: Does any sane person really believe that the world would be a better and safer place if Rick Stevens had been executed by the state of California?The guy was all fucked up on drugs when he...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Adam Green and Binki Shapiro team up.This week holds big, anticipated-return shows like Local Natives at the Fox and Cody ChesnuTT at the Independent, new pairings like Adam Green and Binki Shapiro at...
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LGBT icon evicted, leaving town, blasting Wiener
The man who made this movie is gone from San FranciscoDocumentary filmmaker and longtime queer community activist and leader David Weissman is leaving San Francisco -- because he and three other...
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Boning and binding spines (the old-fashioned way) at SF Center for the Book
When was the last time you sat down and made a book? You know what I'm talking about -- those beautiful bound things that are filled with words and pictures.They're pretty awesome, in my opinion, and...
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Nudity ban upheld, found to be stupid
The City Attorney's Office just announced that a federal court has upheld San Francisco's ban on public nudity. From the press release:The court found that the nudism advocates’ challenge to the...
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Norman Solomon: Verbal tics and political routines
By Norman SolomonNorman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning...
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