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Internet Slowdown marks fight on net neutrality
Don’t be surprised if you go online tomorrow [Wed/10] and see a “loading” symbol – aka the proverbial “spinning wheel of death” – staring you in the face. No, that isn’t actually a technical problem –...
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Mayor Lee: Welcome Fleet Week, prepare for disaster
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s daily announcement of public events today included a strange pairing for tomorrow [Wed/10]: the Blue Angels will return to perform dangerous maneuvers over this densely...
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Gov. Brown. Veto SB 1300.This bill would establish a stealth template for how to gut the California Public Records Act one economic and political sector at a time. By Bruce B. Brugmann (with a First...
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Deal reached in Transbay Tower tax district showdown
The deal almost sounds too good to be true. After threats of lawsuits, frantic backdoor dealmaking and a very harried week for the Board of Supervisors, a deal was finally reached yesterday on a...
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Lee and UC Berkeley institute take on income inequality
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and U.C. Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society are teaming up today [Wed/10] in Washington DC to release and discuss the institute’s first policy...
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The funkmaestro of Vulfpeck on gaming Spotify, German pronunciation mishaps,...
Vulfpeck bring their sweet funk to Brick & Mortar for free this Mon/15.By Jonathan KirchnerMembers of the band Vulfpeck describe themselves as a "half-Jewish German-American rhythm section."...
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Legal aid funding for undocumented youth clears board committee
Sup. David Campos with Tony, an 11-year-old from El Salvador who just received asylum.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEBrian, who is 12, came to the United States from Guatemala with his younger brother,...
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Go do this thing tonight: Tell Supes Chiu and Campos how to make SF nightlife...
Are you sick of San Francisco being a town that shuts down at 2am (and more realistically about an hour earlier)?Are you annoyed that people keep moving next door to music venues and then complaining...
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Bombshell BART report slams hiring of union-busting negotiator Tom Hock
A new report analyzes the mistakes that led to two BART strike and two fatalities last year.Rebecca BoweIndependent investigators analyzing BART's recent turmultuous, rollercoaster-ride labor...
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New SFBG columnist dives into SF sex culture head first
[Editor’s Note: The Bay Guardian welcomes and presents our new sex columnist, Krissy Eliot, whose columns you can find here every Thursday and in our print edition on an occasional basis, including in...
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Rising tenant buyouts in SF targeted by new legislation and map
A new interactive map published today by the Anti Eviction Mapping Project shows the spike in tenancy buyouts over the last year in San Francisco, just in time to raise awareness for Sup. David Campos’...
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Disrupting Disrupt
The highly disruptive crowd at the biggest startup conference of the yearGUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEA friend and I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to hit the final TechCrunch Disrupt after-party...
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Viracocha is legit! Here are five things from the past five years that we...
Ezza Rose performs at Viracocha in less-legal times.PHOTO BY PETE LEEAs you may have heard by now, Viracocha— everyone's favorite Never-Never Land of a music venue/spoken word performance...
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Silicon-centric proposal to split California fails to make ballot
Our May 27, 2009 cover story.While we at the Bay Guardian have long been intrigued by the possibilities of splitting California up into several states — the Bay Area could be an economic powerhouse...
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UPDATED Drag queens plan to protest Facebook over name-change policy
UPDATE: Sister Roma just posted this to her Facebook page: "BREAKING: FACEBOOK AGREES TO FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. DEMONSTRATION CANCELED (for now)Just got off the phone with Supervisor David Campos and...
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It's sexy time on this week's Alternative Ink
We talked sex and summertime during last night’s installment of Alternative Ink, the Bay Guardian’s biweekly radio show on BFF.fm, along with money in politics, the tech perspective, what’s being done...
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Tenants face absurd lawsuits as “low-fault” evictions increase
An annual report issued by the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) highlights some of the outrageous reasons landlords use to evict tenants. Since 2009, EDC reported, there’s been a 62 percent...
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Party Radar: Whip it good at Folsom Week parties
You look great.Folsom Street Fair is coming hard upon us -- don't be left hanging upside down without a solid party plan. The following picks will help you whip your way through the lame into the hard,...
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Golden Gate Bridge strikes won't effect commuters...yet
IMAGE COURTESY GOLDEN GATE DISTRICTGolden Gate Bridge iron workers are on strike today [Tues/16], protesting retiree healthcare issues their union says were not addressed in 2012. Commuters will not be...
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Toronto International Film Festival report: in defense of the long, long movie
Lav Diaz's From What Is BeforeThe unstoppable Jesse Hawthorne Ficks keeps his eyes open 24/7 through another Toronto International Film Festival, and lives to tell the tale (but shares no spoilers!)...
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