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Suhr apologizes for sparse spying report, pledges more info
Two undercover SFPD officers work under FBI command on domestic surveillance operations.Police Chief Greg Suhr has issued an apology for the sparse report on joint SFPD-FBI surveillance activities that...
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Salute new Hi Fructose boxed set at free YBCA party tomorrow
You could practically hear the sharpening of claws in the Guardian office when the Last Gasp-published Hi Fructose Collected 3 boxed set arrived on our proverbial doorstep. For fans of quirky, dark...
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Supes call for stronger SRO safety measures
Photo by "Bludgeoner86" via FlickrIt’s no secret that tenants living in single room occupancy hotels (SROs) often grapple with health and safety issues, from bedbug infestations to plumbing problems.At...
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The mayor and condo conversions
Who is the real Ed Lee? Condo vote could tell usWe all know how Mayor Ed Lee got his start as a tenant advocate, and we all know that every tenant group in the city is fighting bitterly to stop Sup....
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City considers making building owners do seismic upgrades
The Public Press developed this map showing areas in red where buildings are highly susceptible to earthquake damage.City Hall sources have confirmed the basic details of a San Francisco Public Press...
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Kier-La Janisse on "House of Psychotic Women" and IndieFest
I first heard of Kier-La Janisse when a film she'd compiled, Metal Storm: The Scandinavian Black Metal Wars, screened at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2005.That would be a rad enough reason to...
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Avalos to call on SF retirement system to divest from fossil fuels
Photo by Cherrylynx via FlickrSan Francisco’s city pension fund may have as much as $1 billion tied up in companies that control fossil fuel reserves, such as Exxon, BP, Shell and Chevron. At the Board...
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Sundance 2013: Viva Silva!
Michael Cera in 'Magic Magic.'Festival veteran Jesse Hawthorne Ficks files his first report from the 2013 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. This year's Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals were...
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Adam Green and Binki Shapiro pair up at the Chapel
Adam Green and Binki Shapiro sing of heartbreak.Adam Green and Binki Shapiro make an odd couple. Green is a Manhattanite and acoustic singer-songwriter whose extensive lyrical topics center around...
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Exploratorium Explainers educate while the city waits for new Pier 15 location
The Exploratorium is in the middle of an epic move to its new home at Pier 15 -- its new location is set to open April 17th at 330,000 square feet, five times the size of its former digs at the Palace...
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Feds continue war on California's medical marijuana industry
San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries may be bouncing back from last year’s crackdown by the federal government, but the industry statewide continues to be besieged by the federal authorities,...
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Is City College's main critic out of control?
The oversight board that's demanding big, often unpopular changes at City College carries the name of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools...
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Super Bowl losers, fan fashion winners
Wandering around Polk Street before the Super Bowl on Sunday, I was seeing red -- but not from stray elbows or overserved sports boors. Team-inspired fashion is usually a pretty simple affair: a hat, a...
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On the Om Front: In the name of love
Srutih Asher Colbert turns her heart toward changePhoto by Jennifer GrahamIt’s February—feeling a little love in your heart? Srutih Asher Colbert’s been feeling the love all year long. She’s a Bay Area...
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The happiest city -- for some
Not to go all gloomy on a day when it's finally not cold and the sun is out and San Francisco was just named the happiest city in America, (based on things like the number of shopping centers and...
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Love to love you: The week in sexy events
This weekend's erotic art exhibition features 20 artists, kinky couture shows, and free Sunday admission.IMAGE BY HAL BRANDESQuit using Bang With Friends (hold up -- is that really what poking means,...
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The Cal GOP thinks the ACLU is "communist."
It's not a surprise that the California Republican Party is, ahem, a bit out of step with the mainstream of the state (you see a lot of Repubs holding statewide office right now? I don't.) And of...
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Is your cat the Devil? Learn its historical precedence at demonic kitty lecture
Are you in? Detail from poster for Fri/8's demon cat lecture.Has your cat spit fire recently? Exhibited fluency in multiple languages simultaneously? Levitated? Flown? If so, your furry feline may be...
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Lean into it, Gavin!
SF Examiner file photoThe Gavster, the Lite Guv, our former mayor, has a new book out, and while I eagerly await my review copy of "Citizenville," I got to hear some of its themes on Forum. Here's what...
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Pot hearing cancelled -- but why?
The state Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee was slated to hold a hearing Feb. 11 on Assemblymember Tom Ammiano's efforts to create a regulatory framework for medical...
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