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Golden Gate unions to strike this week, stall commutes
IMAGE COURTESY GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE LABOR COALITIONThe Golden Gate Bridge Labor coalition announced it will strike this week, impacting commutes via bridge or ferries, and perhaps both.Thirteen unions in...
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Ron Conway’s attack on Campos fails to persuade actual feminists
Mailer quoted Mauryne Lees: "My daughter was killed by a domestic abuser...I am shocked that David Campos supported [Mirkarimi]"Remember when deep-pocketed tech investor Ron Conway poured hefty cash...
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Live shots: Beck christens the new Masonic
Beck at the new Masonic, Fri/19.ALL PHOTOS BY ERIN CONGERIt's not often that you get to see a new venue on opening night — so yeah, even if Beck hadn't been part of the deal, we would've been stoked to...
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Mezcal: Mexico In a Bottle fest sets high bar for mezcal lovers
When it comes to tasting mezcal, the experts have some generally accepted rules. Chief among them is that "you should never taste more than four together," cautioned Oaxaca's Graciela Carreño of Mezcal...
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SEIU Local 1021 backs motorist measure and a Republican. WTF?!?!
From the Yes on L website.Service Employees International Union Local 1021 — which has long played an important role in San Francisco’s progressive movement, providing the money and member turnout to...
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TIFF 2014: American standouts
This is 45: Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in Noah Baumbach's While We're YoungPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous...
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Extended review: British prison drama 'Starred Up'
Come at me bro: Jack O'Connell plays a quick-tempered young prisoner in Starred Up.By Haley BrucatoScottish filmmaker David Mackenzie’s prison drama Starred Up is a brutally raw indie film starring...
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Tough decisions ahead: The Bay Area Record Fair, the Oakland Music Festival,...
SZA plays the Oakland Music Festival Sat/27.Ever get so overwhelmed by all the awesome events in the Bay Area on a given weekend that you give up on trying to decide between any of them and find...
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Anti-war groups take to the streets of SF to protest US bombing campaign
Image from The World Can't Wait.With the US military now bombing targets in both Syria and Iraq, and the Islamic State that we’re targeting threatening to retaliate against US citizens, the Bay Area’s...
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New protections for abortion seekers proposed, but may face rival efforts
GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUEAfter a years-long saga of trying to regulate the loudest and rudest protesters outside clinics that offer abortions, a new law may finally protect patients and...
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Sound sneak preview: Ai WeiWei Alcatraz exhibition
From Blossom, an installation in several hospital ward cells on Alcatraz, part of the @Large exhibition.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEHere’s a taste from @Large, the exhibition by internationally...
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TIFF 2014: Three more notables, plus a lucky top 13
Heaven Knows WhatPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!Three films at this year's Toronto Film Film...
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Where are all the vanilla sexuality events?
I moved to the Bay Area this year with the intention of diving head first into kinky chaos. As far as repressed small town chicks go, I guess you could say I’m a daredevil. When I expressed my desire...
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Arca underwhelms at Gray Area
By Ryland Walker KnightGray Area Arts & Technology is a newish venue, admittedly a work in progress, with construction and renovation continuing when the doors are closed, but they are already...
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Moderate politicians push "affordable housing" definition up to higher income...
Do three-quarters of city residents really need housing subsidies, or just those most in need, at-risk, and diverse?San Francisco, its General Plan Housing Element, and various city codes have always...
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The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle on his first novel, unreliable narrators,...
John Darnielle will appear at Green Apple Books on the Park Mon/29.Photo by Lalitree DarnielleJohn Darnielle’s brain seems like it runs at just a slightly higher RPM than other people’s.One could get...
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The back story of the celebrated Boys' Night Out at John's Grill
U By Bruce B. Brugmann (Scroll down for photo id and to see Marine Pete McCloskey storm Martin's Beach) Boys' Night Out, a creation of press agent Lee Houskeeper, was held recently at John's Grill,...
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Ammiano "angry" as Brown vetoes prosecutor misconduct bill
Our Sept. 3, 2003 cover story on JJ Tennison is one of many Guardian stories of prosecutorial misconduct.Assemblymember Tom Ammiano strongly criticized Gov. Jerry Brown today [Mon/29] for yesterday...
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Investigation shows outsider ownership of SF's luxury condos
Map showing where the owners of Infinity Tower live.48hillsonline.orgFormer Bay Guardian editor and publisher Tim Redmond has a great new investigation on his 48Hills site showing how many new luxury...
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Now that Willie Brown is a lobbyist, will the SF Chronicle finally cut him...
Da Mayor, Da QuestionsSF ChronicleYears ago, the San Francisco Chronicle handed Willie Brown a megaphone, but now that he's officially recognized as a paid lobbyist, isn't it time to yank it back?Read...
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