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Read don't tweet: 83rd California Book Awards nominees announced
Reza Aslan's 'Zealot' has been nominatedThe Commonwealth Club announced the nominees in six categories for its definitive Califonia Book Awards today -- and as usual it's full of stuff I'm dying to...
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Airbnb finally agrees to pay its taxes in SF
Airbnb finally comes clean with the city where it was founded and is still headquartered.Airbnb has apparently finally agreed to pay its taxes in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting...
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April Fools Day in San Francisco: Acrobats block Google bus
Acrobats and a fake Google executive turned out at 24th and Valencia streets this morning for a Google bus blockadeGUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWE“Everyone say, GMuni!”Activist “Judith Hart,” clad in...
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Billionaire helps poke holes in oil industry's argument for drilling Monterey...
Tom Steyer is a billionaire and also“We’ve been told that there’s a great oil boom on the immediate horizon,” billionaire investor and Pac Heights resident Tom Steyer noted at the start of a March 27...
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Will Airbnb pay its accumulated tax debt to SF?
Send us the Benjamins, Airbnb.So now that Airbnb has agreed to start collecting and paying the transient occupany tax in San Francisco sometime this summer — finally acknowledging that’s the only...
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SF supervisors reject challenge of Google bus pilot program
The google bus pilot program project director speaks to Sup. David Campos at the hearing. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezAn appeal of the Google bus pilot program's exemption from environmental...
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Protester barfs on windshield of Yahoo bus — Viva La Vomit!
Sick all over Yahoo. Photo used with permission, courtesy of Twitter user @revscriptYesterday at City Hall there was a seven hour long hearing on the validity of the tech buses, known colloquially as...
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Go do this thing tomorrow: The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne at Aquarius Records
This is an actual thing that Wayne Coyne wants you to have. Don't let Wayne Coyne down.Remember when we told you about Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne's East Coast-only "Record Store tour," during...
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Federal criminal indictment of PG&E doesn't go far enough
How can PG&E executives pocket money intended to prevent the deadly gas explosion in San Bruno and not face punishment? AmazingExaminer file photo A federal grand jury in San Francisco yesterday...
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Is Kink breaking up with SF?
The armory. SF Examiner photo by Mike KoozminTales of local porn-purveyor Kink.com’s demise were reported early yesterday by Uptown Almanac, whose story, “Freak Flag May Not Fly Forever Over Kink’s...
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Locals Only: Teenager
Bevan Herbekian is Teenager.If the music industry gave out awards for patience or persistence, Bevan Herbekian would have a healthy handful of trophies to his name. The multi-instrumentalist has lent...
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True House: Where to celebrate Frankie Knuckles' legacy this weekend
Frankie Knuckles with his spiritual godchild David Harness, who'll be paying tribute at Taboo and BlessedPHOTO BY JIM WILLIAMSI have so much to say about how much influence house originator Frankie...
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Covered San Francisco plan would bridge gaps between Healthy San Francisco...
The whole point of Healthy San Francisco, the city’s universal healthcare program, is to help people who can’t afford health insurance get medical care when they need it. Despite the intentions of...
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This is 911, please hold
The contentious tax breaks given to tech companies in San Francisco are under fire once again, as emergency dispatchers protested crippling budget shortages yesterday (Wed/2) in front of the Department...
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Q&A: Punk veteran Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham
Jonny "Two Bags" Wickersham plays Slim's and GAMH Thu/3 and Fri/4.After more than 20 years of playing an important role in the formation and evolution of a variety of bands including the Cadillac...
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Yee and others indicted by federal grand jury, reinforcing criminal complaint
Leland Yee leaving last's week's arraignment on criminal charges.Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezA federal grand jury has indicted Sen. Leland Yee and 28 others on charges similar to those issued in the...
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A Canola oil fire, maybe?
Dear every single white, middle-class, 20-something alt-folk musician in SF:Did you happen to catch Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on Portlandia last night? No? Read more »
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Immigration reform protest snarls downtown SF, 23 arrested
SFPD escort protester Mayra Lopez away, shortly before placing her in a police wagon. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezToday [Fri/4] at 11am, the SF Bay Coalition for Immigrant Justice held a protest...
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tUnE-yArDs Tuesday
Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDsOh, Merrill Garbus. Remember the days when the endearingly weird, weirdly endearing, predictably unpredictable tUnE-yArDs felt like an open Oakland secret, an East Bay...
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Kanye and the Heartbreakers? The Outside Lands lineup is here
Okay!Well that's...an interesting bunch. Another Planet Entertainment just announced the lineup for Outside Lands, set for Aug. 8 through 10 this year in Golden Gate Park (as per usual). Read more »
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