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Does Mayor Lee support Airbnb dodging its $1.8 million tax debt to SF?
Is Mayor Ed Lee more loyal to the city or his campaign contributors?Tim DawMy story in this week's Guardian about how Airbnb appears to be refusing to pay the hotel taxes it owes to the city has gotten...
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Mr. Marina steals our hearts
"Ish represents the Marina because... he wears purple pants!!"ALL GUARDIAN PHOTOS BY CAITLIN DONOHUEI couldn't get a goddamn one of my friends to go with me to the triumphant return of the Mr. Marina...
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Chron workers protest health-care hikes
About half of the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial staff were packed into their third floor conference room last Wednesday night. And according to people present, it wasn't a news meeting or a press...
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Internet Cat Video Festival pussyfoots its way to Oakland
The druggish trip of a heavy Youtube session: you start out looking for that innovative new TED Talk and find yourself, hours later, fixated on a video of sloths in a bucket. How you got there you...
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Heads Up: 8 must-see concerts this week
Acid Baby Jesus says hello.Sometimes, “world music” takes on an entirely different meaning. This week, the bands and musicians and producers will come from all over the (European) map: there's Grecian...
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Oddballs: The best in style from SXSW
I arrived in Austin smack dab in the middle of the Interactive portion of SXSW, so I got to watch the music folks trickle in first-hand. Every day I'd put on a wig or glitter or some neon and head out,...
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Rally and vigils for marriage equality in S.F. this week
A CA Supreme Court ruling in 2009 presented a setback for marriage equality and drew thousands into the streets in SF.GUARDIAN FILE PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEThe U.S. Supreme Court will hold back-to-back...
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Willie Brown and Ammiano's pot bill
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano’s new medical marijuana bill seems pretty straightforward. Almost everyone in the medpot biz thinks there ought to be some sort of statewide regulations for a growing...
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Nite Trax: Scott Hardkiss, RIP
Sad news came down the pipe yesterday that truly essential Bay Area psychedelic house pioneer Scott Hardkiss of the Hardkiss Brothers passed away at age 43. The cause hasn't been announced, but he had...
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Behind the Chron's paywall
I wish the Chronicle luck at its experiment with a “paywall.” Once upon a time, we used to call that a “subscription” -- that is, you pay money and someone delivers to you something worthwhile to read....
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Live Shots: LGBT Community Center celebrates 11 colorful years
Photos by Bowerbird PhotographyLast Saturday,the disco ball sparkled from above, while below on the dance floor, party-goers glittered in gold. There was much to celebrate, with the SF LGBT Community...
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"It just gets different": Ali Liebegott on her third book 'Cha-Ching!'
Doughnuts: Not as good as Sizzler.PHOTO BY AMOS MACWhen you've spent long, smelly months in a bus traveling the world sharing words with pockets of alternative community, the issue of place takes the...
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Mike Shine's "Flotsam's Harvest" at White Walls
Step right up: opening night of "Flotsam's Harvest" at White WallsPhoto by Mackenzie GrimmerBy Molly ChamplainA promise that all our ailments will disappear and our wildest dreams will come true ......
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The Performant: Life is but a dream...
Eric Davis, a.k.a. the Red BastardGUARDIAN PHOTO BY NICOLE GLUCKSTERNBouffonery and W. Kamau Bell's stand-up at StagewerxTheater history is full of stories of legendary shows that caused riots at their...
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Campaign to ban bottled water sales in national parks targets GGNRA
The Warming Hut at Crissy Field and other GGNRA spots have many faucets to fill water bottles.Courtesy of Corporate Accoutability Intl.A national campaign to ban the sale of disposal plastic water and...
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Kim Jong-un, Dictator of North Koreaand BFF of Dennis Rodman, Threatens to UseNuclear Weapons against the United StatesNow Kim, who's the strangest of big bomb possessors,Says he'd use his nukes...
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Kim Jong-un, dictator of NorthKorea and BFF of Dennis Rodman,threatens to use nuclear weaponsagainst the United StatesNow Kim, who's the strangest of big bomb possessors,Says he'd use his nukes against...
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LGBT youth law, ignored
Mia Tu Mutch: "I need 12N because youth shouldn't have to educate adults."PHOTO BY GABRIELA HASBUNThirteen years ago, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors enacted an ordinance designed to make city...
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Reality rap: Q&A with Saafir, the Saucee Nomad
Saafir, today.PHOTO BY GARRETT CAPLESEd. note – this week's music feature is all about emcee-producer Saafir, the Saucee Nomad. The wheelchair-bound associate of Hobo Junction and Digital Underground...
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No golden years for LGBT seniors
Jeremy Mykaels is a senior facing eviction in the CastroAccording to studies, queer seniors are poorer than their straight counterparts. They’re half as likely to have health insurance, and two-thirds...
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