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Guardian poll: Top issues in the mayor's race
What's the most important issue in the mayor's race? I mean, there are so many, and it's hard to rank them or to choose one, but just for fun (and some insight into how Guardian readers see the city's...
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Great news! More BART Police tasers!
I cannot contain my joy and excitement: BART is buying 130 new Tasers so every cop can have one! Imagine -- more ways for the not-ready-for-prime-time police force to hurt people! I'm dubious about...
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Bliss Dance grooves on Treasure Island
Created for Burning Man, Bliss Dance is now on display on Treasure Island, where she was born. Steven T. Jones Dancing against the San Francisco skyline, perhaps looking even more vibrant and...
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When I was growing up in my hometown of Rock Rapids, Iowa, a farming community of 2,800 in the northwest corner of the state, Memorial Day was the official start of summer. We headed off to YMCA...
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James Durbin, California Idol
Okay, here's a really important political issue for the long weekend. Now that American Idol is over, and the wrong people made it to the final, and our own James Durbin, the Santa Cruz kid who was by...
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SFBG Radio: Is college worthless?
Is college worthless? Too expensive? One of the founders of PayPal thinks so, and he's paying kids to drop out. Johnny thinks -- well, maybe. Tim thinks that's completely ridiculous. Plus: a rant on...
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VOTE FOR BEST OF THE BAY 2011!
In 1974 we blazed a trail by being the first paper to present “best of” awards. Every year since then we’ve given Best of the Bay recognition to the people, places, and things that make the Bay Area...
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Sacramento deadline: Some key bills
A bunch of key bills come up in the state Legislature this week -- and some of them are going to be very close. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano is pushing hard to get AB 1017, which would eliminate...
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HANC gets a new eviction notice
The HANC center also has a native plant nursery adorned with random items discarded by patrons over the years. Photo by Rebecca Bowe The City and County of San Francisco voluntarily dismissed an...
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Ad agencies proclaim inequality
It's always fun to hear what the corporate elite talk about when they talk to each other -- and there's a great example in the latest study produced by Ad Age, the journal of the advertising industry....
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Gov. Cuomo suspends S-Comm in New York State
More bad news for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s troubled Secure Communities program, which continues to draw fire for deporting thousands of folks with no criminal records since it was...
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Through the lens of hip-hop
B+ of Mochilla: from 'Timeless' to the Summit Photographer/filmmaker Brian Cross charts a musical map of the African diaspora in the Americas -- and opens new Summit Peek Gallery show tonight (6/2),...
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Roccopura is back and wild as ever
Roccopura writer Boenobo (rear) clowns with the show's protagonist Sancho Panza, played by Eric Reid I've been covering San Francisco's indie circus scene for years, first for a Guardian cover story...
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A different Mayor's Office
Lee in his office. Photo by Rebecca Bowe A group of Guardian reporters and editors met with Mayor Ed Lee June 2, and while the mayor and I don't agree on everything, I have to say: It was refreshing....
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A rather odd endorsement
I got a press release today from the Dennis Herrera for Mayor campaign proudly announcing the endorsement of ... Frank Jordan. Jordan was mayor of San Francisco once. Back in the 1990s. His term ran...
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The Performant: Bar Crawl
Burroughs and Shakespeare served neat, no chaser. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A man walks into a bar. Ouch! Just kidding. A man walked into a bar. He idly scoped out a handsome youth...
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Appetite: Time for tea
William Werner's dessert delights make a fine accompaniment to Naivetea's blends at Kettle Whistle ALL PHOTOS BY VIRGINIA MILLER Ever a fan of a civilized (and delicious) respite for afternoon tea,...
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Hunger strike highlights horrible prison conditions
Pelican Bay State Prison is a supermax facility near Crescent City. In a state that's still floundering for ways to comply with court orders to drastically reduce the number of inmates in a prison...
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Hot sexy events June 29-July 5
Madison Young invites you to own your MILFdom Fri/1 Love the mommy bloggers. Such a feel good moment when a harried parent gets to sit down and share (even electronically, even through a screen) just...
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Ritual Coffee puts a bird on it
Pop quiz: which one makes you thirsty? PHOTOS BY VARESE LAYZER AND JULIAN CASH San Francisco blogosphere has found a fun new obsession: the removal of an artist's work from Ritual Roasters because it...
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