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Coal export facility considered for Port of Oakland
UPDATE: The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners voted to reject the proposals.A company that operates a coal mine in Colorado is looking to ship its fossil fuel products to Asia via the Port of...
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I watched Rebelution next to Dusty Baker
Rebelution at the Independent, Tue/25.PHOTOS BY LAURA B. CHILDS“Put in this story that you watched Rebelution next to Dusty Baker,” said Dusty Baker. As I stood against the railing on the upper level...
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RIP Josh Ezelle, SF house pioneer
Horrible news this morning -- pioneering house DJ Josh Ezelle died last night in a motorcycle crash in Thailand. He was 42.Read more »
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Movers/Shakers: Two rare visits by European contemporary dance-makers this...
My Own BodiesHere are two very special opportunities to see (and, in at least one case, join in on) the work of some leading European contemporary dance/performance makers passing through town this...
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Twitter tax break beneficiary Zendesk launches app to help the homeless
Mayor Ed Lee looks on as Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane addresses reporters.Mayor Ed Lee, Sup. Jane Kim, and representatives from tech firm Zendesk gathered at St. Anthony’s in the Tenderloin this morning to...
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Matthew Dear presents Audion, in a shipping container of LED triangles
Matthew Dear at Mighty, Wed/26.PHOTOS BY RYAN PRENDIVILLEAt this point I have no idea when this show is going to start, but it’s 9:22 and there’s another loner type rubbing the wood grain pillar in the...
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Lord Huron bring their complex mythology to The Fillmore
Lord Huron at the Fillmore, Wed/26.PHOTOS BY STEPHEN SPARKSBy Stephen SparksIn a recent profile in the New York Times, Ben Schneider, who was Lord Huron until he gathered childhood friends to form a...
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Live Shots: The Limousines lead a nonstop dance party at DNA Lounge
The Limousines at DNA Lounge, Thurs/27.PHOTOS BY JONATHAN ROISMANBy Jonathan Roisman It was more than three years ago when I first saw the Limousines on stage. I hadn’t heard a song of theirs and the...
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Mikal Cronin takes the spotlight, has excellent hair at The Chapel
Mikal Cronin at The Chapel, Sat/1.PHOTOS BY KASIA PAWLOWSKAMikal Cronin walks onto the stage this past Saturday night [March 1] for the third time this week, settling into the right corner; a spot he’s...
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Real Estate indulges the fans — in a good way — at the Independent
Real Estate at the Indepedent, Sat/1.PHOTOS BY ERIN DAGESo this New Jersey-based band called Real Estate came to San Francisco this weekend to play two sold-out shows for Noise Pop at the Independent....
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International law is suddenly very popular in Washington. President Obama responded to Russian military intervention in the Crimea by accusing Russia of a “breach of international law.” Secretary of...
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Jason "Shake" Anderson is Oakland's 'Candidate X'
Candidate X Illustration by Sean MorganIn our Jan. 1 issue, the Bay Guardian spun the tale of Candidate X, a fictional progressive mayoral candidate aiming to save San Francisco’s wonderfully weird...
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Google Glass Explorer opens up on bar fight, privacy
Last week, I interviewed a Google Glass “Explorer” for an article about Glass and privacy. It wasn’t Sarah Slocum.“Explorer” is a Google term for people enrolled in a program to beta-test Glass, a...
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SF votes to ban plastic water bottles on city property
San Francisco continues to lead the way in the nation’s environmental policy, with the Board of Supervisors today [Tues/4] voting unanimously to bar the city from buying plastic water bottles and to...
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Bleached brings the sunshine at the Rickshaw Stop
Bleached at the Rickshaw Stop, Fri/28.PHOTOS BY ERIN DAGEIt's no question that Bleached has come into success within the past year with the release of its debut album, Ride Your Heart, on record label...
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Hacker pranks San Francisco FBI using Google Maps exploit
A hacker utilized a Google Maps exploit to reroute calls to the San Francisco FBI office and the Secret Service, allowing him to record the calls. Image via ValleywagAn ex-Marine turned hacker used his...
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Message to techies: Identify with your community, not just your industry
Yelp "Community Managers" from around the world are gathered in the company's San Francisco headquarters.Steven T. JonesI appreciated the opportunity to address a couple hundred Yelp community managers...
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Listen: New M. Lockwood Porter single "Chris Bell" pays tribute to the...
M. Lockwood Porter opens for Mirah tomorrow night [Thu/6] at Brick & Mortar Music Hall.This happens very rarely, but every now and then, I'm actually in step with some kind of larger musical...
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More than 86,000 say they’d risk arrest over oil pipeline
On Mon/3, nine environmental activists were arrested in San Francisco for marching through the financial district and entering One Spear Tower, the building that houses local offices of the State...
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"Are Alt Weeklies Over?" Hell no! We're needed now more than ever.
The New York TimesThe New York Times yesterday ran an insightful and widely circulated op-ed from a fellow alt-weekly editor, Baynard Woods of Baltimore City Paper, that emphasized the important role...
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