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WTF, Chuck: Repeal the bottle bill?
Now, I thought we were all going to have to pay money to read the wisdom of C.W. Nevius, but here it is, for free, right on sfgate: Nevius is calling on California to repeal the "bottle bill," the...
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Local filmmaker's '50 Children' doc debuts on HBO
San Franciscan Steven Pressman makes his filmmaking debut with 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, an informative documentary about Philadelphia residents Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus —...
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Live Shots: Keystone XL pipeline protest
Photos by Bowerbird PhotographySFBG's Rebecca Bowe reported on the anti-pipeline protesters who greeted President Obama yesterday in the cold and fog. SFBG photographers from Bowerbird Photography were...
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The Performant: The sacred and the profane
Putting the "good" back into Good Fridayat “Sing-Along Jesus Christ Superstar”and Zombie Christ Haunted HouseThey might seem merely irreverent, or downright blasphemous, to conservative churchgoers,...
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Mayor Lee's trip to China raises questions of ethics and influence
Being the man behind the mayor has its privileges.Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal[UPDATED(x3)] Mayor Ed Lee barely had time to unpack from his recent political junket to Paris before he was off on his...
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Delicious beginnings: Chocolate 101 at Dandelion
Photos by Bowerbird Photography"Hi. My name is ______, and I'm a chocoholic."The rest of us took turns, going around the room, introducing ourselves and proclaiming our unabashed love for chocolate. We...
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Oakland's first outdoor sculpture park opens tonight!
Randy Colosky installs his sculpture 'The Pressure to Hold Together That Which Held Things Back Part 2.'Photo by Laura KerryLast Tuesday, in the parcel of land off of Telegraph Avenue between 19th and...
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All killer, no filler: new movies!
Pen-ek Ratanaruang's 'Last Life in the Universe' screens April 11 at YBCA.courtesy of palm picturesDeadites, dino-junkies, indie supporters, doc watchers, foreign-film fans, "Hey Girl" lovers ......
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Live Shots: Burgerama II outtakes
Ed. note: Andre Torrez's feature story on Burger Records, tape culture, and Burgerama II will be in next week's issue of the Guardian. Here's photographer Dallis Willard's images and impressions of the...
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Rhye keeps it smooth, sexy at Bimbo's
Rhye: no cameras, please!With the audience seated at tables under warm lighting, the mood was set at Bimbo’s on Wednesday night for a very intimate evening with the mysterious Rhye. Canadian...
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Is NFL's gay day on the way?
Brendon Ayanbadejo (w/o helmet) knows things and talks to people, and we like what he's hearing.PHOTO BY KEITH ALLISON VIA WIKIPEDIAWell this would be really exciting. Buried in a kinda-bummer,...
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CycleSF event canceled, but RecPark gets paid anyway
Maybe people didn't understand why they needed to pay for the "simple pleasure of a bike ride."Nich BaressiBicycling around San Francisco has become increasingly popular with both residents and...
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The Willits tree-sit fallout
Sen. Noreen Evans isn't happy with CaltransI just spoke with state Sen. Noreen Evans, who represents the Willits area, about the forcible eviction of five tree-sitters -- and by forcible, I mean firing...
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Norman Solomon: Nominate Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace prize!
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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Live at the Rrazz is closing for good
That old Rrazz room.PHOTO FROM RRAZZ ROOM FACEBOOK PAGESadly, another music institution in the city is shuttering. Live at the Rrazz (otherwise known as the Rrazz Room), which went through a series of...
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Heads Up: 8 must-see concerts this week
TOKiMONSTA is back.PHOTO BY NIKKO LAMERESorry, readers. Modest Mouse at the Fox Theater and Foals and Alt-J at the Fillmore are all sold out shows, plus Lou Reed canceled his Warfield appearance (it...
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Hunky Jesus resurrected! Contest moves inside to DNA
Thanks dad!PHOTO VIA SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCEA cloud of gloom settled over San Francisco's cloisters when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's annual Hunky Jesus contest was rained out on...
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Kink.com beloved in Pope land! Local porn site among top downloaded in...
Lezdom bondage: Almost as popular as 'Love Actually' in Vatican CityA local anti-BDSM porn activist emailed me tidings of Flash magazine's Guatanamo-themed Coachella party this morning as proof that...
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Class divisions in SF (sorta)
Richard Florida, who got famous creating the "creative class," has a new series of maps out charting class structure in American cities -- not on the basis of income or wealth but on the type of work...
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Blue Angels grounding is a victory for sanity, safety, and peace
Good riddance!Getty Images photo by Justin SullivanFinally, peace in our time. The Blue Angels' annual Fleet Week assault on San Francisco has finally, blessedly, mercifully been canceled for 2013, the...
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