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Rec & Park cancels meeting on controversial renaming of Golden Gate Park...
The Guardian has learned that today's [May 1] meeting of the Operations Committee of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission has been cancelled. Commissioners were going to discuss a single...
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Happy May Day, San Francisco
Happy May Day, comrades, and what a fine May day it is even if the urgent mayday spirit on this International Workers Day doesn’t seem as strong as some recent years past in the Bay Area.While Russia...
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Lawsuit filed to halt "Google bus" shuttle pilot program
Protesters dressed in clown costumes blockade a tech shuttle April 1, 2014. Guardian photo by Rebecca BoweThe road to regulating Google Buses has a new pothole: a lawsuit. A lawsuit filed in San...
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Air district unveils new wind-powered ferry
Brian McMahonSan Francisco, the city with the highest concentration of hybrid cars, may soon be the first city to boast a hybrid ferry as well. Officials today at Pier 1 ½ unveiled a vessel that runs...
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By Dick MeisterMay Day. A day to herald the coming of Spring with song and dance, a day forchildren with flowers in their hair to skip around beribboned maypoles, atime to crown May Day queens.But it...
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Live review: Mastodon at the Fox Theater
Album art for Mastodon's new album, out June 24. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!Courtesy mastodonrocks.comThey still exist: big metal bands that go on old-fashioned tours, rather than exclusively playing...
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Spider-Man and other men (some more amazing than others...) in new movies!
You again? Andrew Garfield suits up for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA PICTURES/SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKSIt won't be summer according to the calendar for another month or so, but...
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Listen to the Guardian's endorsement interviews
Assembly candidate and Supervisor David Campos speaks with the Guardian in our endorsement interview. Photo by Mike KoozminOur endorsements for the June election hit the streets in this week's Bay...
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Happy Hour: The week in music
Thank you, Stern Grove, for being an affordable thing that still exists in San Francisco.-- The 2014 Music Video Race, the competition that pairs local bands with filmmakers for the 48-hour...
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Illegal anti-Campos flyers the subject of an ethics complaint
Several San Francisco neighborhoods over the last week have been targeted with illegal campaign flyers against Assembly candidate David Campos -- breaking both state election laws requiring the group...
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SFIFF 57: Strange love, Varda, Swedish grrrls, and more!
The One I LoveCOURTESY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETYThe 57th San Francisco International Film Festival runs through May 8; all the details are here. Guardian correspondent and confirmed film fest...
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Swing away -- Urban Putt opens today!
Possibly the only former mortuary turned mini-golf course in existence.Photo by Laura B. ChildsAfter a sneak peek and a couple of delays, Urban Putt finally opens at 4pm today. The high concept...
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Uber files defense in New Year's Eve death of six-year-old girl
Sofia Liu was struck and killed in a car collision on New Year's Eve. Image courtesy of Sofia Liu funeral web page.The wrongful death lawsuit against Uber for the New Year's Eve death of six-year-old...
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Vulnerable San Francisco ignores growing tech bubble talk
SF-based Twitter's tanking stock is one of a growing number of indicators that the tech industry is a bubble that may burst.While business and political leaders within San Francisco continue to express...
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A tUnE-yArDs phone date from the road
Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, will be home for Fillmore shows June 6 (which is sold out) and June 7. Get on it.PHOTO BY HOLLY ANDRESBeing weird in a good way seems like a more difficult status for...
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The fight for a higher minimum wage: SF vs. Seattle
On May Day, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray proposed raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.As a point of comparison, this proposal would put Seattle minimum-wage earners in the position of only having...
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Ownership in Guardian's parent company may shift
Todd Vogt may give up his ownership interest in San Francisco Print Media Co. by the end of the month.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.Greetings, Guardianistas. Almost a year ago, when we went through a...
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Injured protester Scott Olsen demands Oakland Police reform weapon use
Scott Olsen after an officer fired a bean bag at his head, causing brain injury, at an Occupy Oakland protest in 2011. AP file photo by Jay FinneburghInjured veteran Scott Olsen is calling on Mayor...
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Toyota work methods applied at General Hospital
S.F. General Hospital and Trauma Center rebuild projectPHOTO BY MIKE KOOZMIN / S.F. EXAMINER FILE PHOTOSan Francisco’s Department of Public Health has a $1.3 million contract with Seattle-based Rona...
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Pow! Zap! Free comic book day with Ace of Geeks
James Sime showcases Isotope Comics'"featured comic," Onion Bros, on Free Comic Book Day. Screenshot from Ace of Geeks videoSaturday's Free Comic Book Day was like Christmas morning for comic lovers,...
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