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Ranks of opposition to 16th and Mission development grow as Plaza 16 pushes...
Photo courtesy of Plaza 16In the sea of nonprofit leaders, career organizers, and rabblerousers, one old man put the Mission's struggle into context, last night [Thu/28]. It was a majority Latino...
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Chuck Prophet to Scott Wiener: Shut the fuck up about Duboce Triangle
Chuck Prophet: Not that into condos.Musician and historically outspoken SF resident Chuck Prophet, who'll be gracing us with his brand of ramblin' rock and roll at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...
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From tanks to scooters: The top five most and least intimidating SFPD vehicles
Photo courtesy of SFPD via http://www.policecarwebsite.net/Our news feature story this week covered the militarization of police departments across the country, including the SFPD, and how the easy...
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SF-style cycletracks may spread throughout California under approved legislation
Cycletracks, like those on Market Street, could soon start appearing in more California cities.Mike Koozmin/SF Print Media Co.San Francisco-style cycletracks — bike lanes physically separated from...
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Taking a cue from SF, California Legislature bans plastic bags and offers...
California has become the second state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags.California lawmakers took two big steps forward last week, passing a statewide plastic bag ban and a measure...
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Norquist, tech titans, and whether Burning Man is positively affecting society
As went the Animal Farm, so goes Burning Man.Ralph SteadmanIs Burning Man really making Bay Area technology titans, right-wing ideologues, and other uber-capitalists more community-minded? Do they...
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Voters still in the dark on campaign funding
A legislative attempt to shed light on major funders of political campaign ads died in Sacramento last week, and the politics surrounding its demise reflect a split between groups who are normally...
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Local love: Fresh fall jams from Cathedrals, Terry Malts, The Seshen, and more
The Seshen's long-awaited EP drops Oct. 6.You know that feeling where, if you see one more headline about how all the artists and musicians have fled San Francisco and the city's dead and we should all...
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Activists form human barricade to protest crude-by-rail facility
PHOTO BY MATTHEW GERRINGThis morning [Thu/4], at 7am in Richmond, Calif., four environmental activists used U-locks to fasten themselves by the neck to the fence of an oil shipping facility operated by...
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Joel Daniel Phillips illustrates the overlooked in 'I Am Another Yourself'
Joel Daniel Phillips draws people. He draws them with charcoal and pencil and is known for his life-sized renderings of eccentric, seemingly homeless men and women he meets on the corner of Sixth and...
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How Big Oil is using front groups to attack global warming regulations
Steve GreenbergWith California’s landmark measure addressing climate change, Assembly Bill 32, scheduled to begin covering automobile fleets and other transportation sources at the end of this year,...
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Kids pushed through immigration court at lightning speed while supes debate...
Children apprehended after crossing the U.S. border are sent to stay with family members during immigration court proceedings.AP PHOTO BY RICK LOOMISSan Francisco’s efforts to provide legal services...
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A firsthand account of the 5-alarm blaze in the Mission
Editor’s note: We received this firsthand account from Ben Rosenfeld, who lives in close proximity to the site of yesterday’s [Thu/4] 5-alarm fire. Read more about the blaze in the San Francisco...
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VOTE NOW! BEST OF THE BAY 2014 READERS POLL IS HERE
Our 40th annual Best of the Bay issue is coming Oct. 15! This year's theme is Dia de los Muertos, in celebration of true Bay Area spirit.Read more »
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Owen Pallett on integrity, having his boyfriend as a manager, and the baroque...
Owen Pallett hits the Great American Music Hall Fri/12.PHOTO BY PETER JUHLYou probably wouldn’t assume that someone who’s been putting out solo material for nearly 10 years would be best known for...
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Developers lobby hard to slash payments promised to Transbay Terminal and...
Transbay Tower, aka Salesforce Tower.Will the San Francisco Board of Supervisors let developers of the biggest office towers proposed for San Francisco renege on promises to help pay for the Transbay...
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Catching up with burlesque star and fashion icon Dita Von Teese
The uber-glam Dita Von Teese in her natural habitat.Photo by Penny LaneWith a seductive and sexy nod to the past, modern pin-up and burlesque queen Dita Von Teese has been at the forefront of reviving...
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Tenderloin upstart Book & Job aims to level the art-gallery playing field
Pedal power: Find Rangers Camera Club double-exposure photo by Jake RickerCarson Lancaster is tired of the bullshit. He’s tired of watching the same handful of mainstream galleries hang the same...
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WATERS sign to Vagrant, drop new single "I Feel Everything"
WATERSVan Pierszalowski, the songwriter and primary ringleader of SF's WATERS, has always seemed like a guy on the brink of wide(r)spread stardom. The band's music is an ear-pleasing mix of...
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Realtors give $600,000 to defeat anti-speculation tax
flipproperties.orgTwo Realtor groups have dumped nearly $600,000 into the campaign against Prop. G, the tax on flipping properties to discourage real estate speculation and evictions in San Francisco,...
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