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Protest against "Prison of Love" Armory party leads to arrests
At least six people were arrested and taken into custody shortly before midnight on Saturday at the 16th Street Mission BART Plaza following a raucous protest of Kink.com’s pre-Pride party, according...
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Civil Grand Jury report highlights gifts made on mayor's behalf
A ballot argument in favor of Prop. J, which was approved by San Francisco voters in 2000.A major real-estate firm contributed $1 million to the America’s Cup Organizing Committee at the behest of...
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Robyn + Röyskopp + Pride = lots and lots of glitter
Robyn at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Sat/28.PHOTOS BY TIFFANY RAPPBy Tiffany RappWhen two major figures in the Scandinavian electronic music scene collaborate for a mini-album and tour, it's bound...
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Guardian on the move: Into the mall, under new management
The Guardian now occupies a former SFSU extension classroom in Westfield Mall.Steven T. JonesThere were a couple of big changes for the Bay Guardian this week. We and our sister newspapers within San...
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Future, the Auto-Tune rapper du jour, had a very lazy night at the Regency
Mr. Ciara-to-be has had his moments, but Monday night wasn't one of them.Future, America's Auto-Tune rapper du jour, is in a cushy position. His recent album Honest is one of the year's most critically...
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Protect light industrial businesses from Big Tech sprawl
[Editor’s Note: With the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee scheduled on Monday, July 7, to act on a proposal to allow the new owner of the San Francisco Design Center to evict...
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Workers’ new website demands: Hey, Tech, do better
Can Silicon Valley tech companies “do better?” With the launch of a new website, the tech industry's security guards are coming forward with tales of inequality in Silicon Valley, and asking Google and...
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Grimm but not grim: SF Playhouse's winning fairy tale 'Into the Woods'
Baker (Keith Pinto) and his wife (El Beh) renew their love in the woods.Photo by Jessica PalopoliGiven all traditional parameters of critical experience, SF Playhouse’s production of Into the Woods...
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Reinstate the 42: SF protest in solidarity with Brazilian transit workers
Footage from protests in Brazil last month, before they were quashed by the government.PortaldoPSTUHey there, lovers and haters of the World Cup, if you missed out on the protest of Google and FIFA at...
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Inspiring doc 'Keeper of the Beat: A Woman's Journey into the Heart of...
“I would get the comment ‘Gosh, you play really good for a girl,’” Barbara Borden admits in the introduction of Keeper of the Beat, which chronicles her lifelong passion for drumming. The documentary,...
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A farewell to Death Grips: The Sacramento hip-hop group's most memorable moments
They came, they caused controversy, they quit -- at their peak."We are now at our best and so Death Grips is over," announced a napkin posted to Death Grips' Facebook page yesterday afternoon. The...
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Jury rejects civil claim of Oscar Grant III's imprisoned father
Oscar Grant IIIWhen a jury in San Francisco this week rejected the civil lawsuit claims of Oscar Grant Jr., the imprisoned father of Oscar Grant III — who was shot to death by then-BART Police Officer...
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Push the Feeling party organizers launch Push the Feeling, the record label
Silver Hands perform Sat/5 at Underground SF.If you've ever walked out of a dance party wishing you could take the party home with you, Push The Feeling has a solution to your problem. For the last two...
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Frameline leftovers: Audience Award-winning Barney Frank doc 'Compared to What'
Frankly speaking: the politician (with a pal) takes a call.Pride's Pink Saturday offered a dynamic final morning of the massive 38th annual Frameline, the world’s largest film festival devoted to LGBT...
View ArticleThe Fourth of July: Remembering the good old days in Rock Rapids, Iowa
By Bruce B. Brugmann(Note: In July of 1972, when the Bay Guardian was short a Fourth of July story, I sat down and cranked out this one for the front page on my trusty Royal Typewriter. I now reprint...
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Hearing called for on sudden closure of elder care facility
University Mound Ladies Home is slated to close after 130 years of providing care to elders of modest means.It’s been several weeks since we reported on the pending closure of San Francisco’s...
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Supervisors reject Pinterest proposal, protect PDR businesses from eviction
A spirited hearing before the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday [Mon/7] on the San Francisco Design Center’s application for landmark status kept social...
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Live Shots: Burger Boogaloo 2014, Take #1
Ronnie Spector doin' her thing at Burger Boogaloo July 6.ALL PHOTOS BY AMANDA RHOADESAbout 30 minutes into this year's Burger Boogaloo, I noticed a guy walking around in a Tool shirt. Ten minutes...
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Motorists fight back in "transit-first" San Francisco
San Francisco is one of the most traffic-congested US cities, but a new coalition says we need more parking and fewer bike lanesSF Media Co.Believing that they’re somehow discriminated against on the...
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Facebook messes with our emotions
Adam D.I. Kramer designed the emotional contagion experiment for Facebook's core data science team.The Facebook data scientist who served as lead author in a controversial study that set out to...
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