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Hot weather didn't melt much snow
There's a whole lotta snow in the Sierras just waiting to make its way downstream. The recent California heat wave has not brought with it a flood of icy water from the snow packed Sierra's, and...
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Tom Ammiano and Brad Pitt
That's just the headline to get your attention. Actually, Tom made a great, impassioned speech on the floor of the state Assembly about Sen. Mark Leno's SB 48, which would mandate that school...
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Is Ed Reiskin the new MTA chief?
It sure looks like it. And he could be the new Muni boss by the end of the week. Which is not necessarily a bad thing -- Reiskin's well liked around City Hall, the bicyclists and alternative transport...
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Art spotlight: D Young V's post-Babylon transmutations
MIXED MEDIA BY D YOUNG V What's the story behind a work of art? You could make like that bammer guy at the gallery opening and schmooze the into a corner artist, force them to tell you the story...
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SFBG Radio: Is Rupert Murdoch done?
In today's episode, we talk about the future of media kingpin Rupert Murdoch, who just agreed to shut down his flagship British paper over charges of phone hacking. Is the News of the World really...
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OneTaste opens orgasm pop-up shop
Need some technical advice? OneTaste will explain things nice and slow. Photo by Amber Schadewald Yes, you read that correctly. And no, they're not providing customers with afternoon delights....
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The city's godawful computer problem
Mission Local has a stunning report on a Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee meeting, at which the supes tried to sort out the mess that is the city's 14-year project to combine all public...
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SFBG Poll: Abolishing the death penalty
State Sen. Loni Hancock is moving to abolish the death penalty. It's something others, including Sen. Mark Leno, have pushed in the past, but it's a tough political scrap -- the move would require a...
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During America's Cup, clean-air program takes a step backward
A $5 million clean-air program along the San Francisco waterfront will be temporarily halted to accommodate the America's Cup, prompting criticism from environmental advocates. In October of 2010,...
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CPMC's hospital dilemma
CPMC's dream: the fancy new hospital After summarily rejecting the city's proposals for a community benefits agreement, Sutter Health, which owns the California Pacific Medical Center, is threatening...
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SoCal secede? Why is this bad?
An LA Times map shows what the new state would look like I've been talking for years now about how Californians would be better off if we split up the state. Why should those of us who want to live in...
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Guns and necessity
The Public Defender's Office is getting a lot of press for its trial victory in the case of Johnny Stone. And as a big fan of the Public Defender's Office (although not always of Jeff Adachi's outside...
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The taxi strike
It's notoriously hard to organize cab drivers to do anything. They're all independent sorts, and they're split among 34 different companies. Some are permit holders, which makes them the landed gentry...
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One month to read a 1,600-page DEIR on the America's Cup: Ready, set, go!
The America's Cup environmental approval process is moving faster than 30 knots Members of the public will have a chance to offer feedback on the massive draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for...
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Live Shots: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Warfield, 7/7/11
Call it soul music for soulless times: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings dazzled a devoted crowd on Thursday July 7 with a beautiful bluegrass showcase carried out with hefty Nashville flair. With...
View ArticleEditorial: End the BART coverup
Ten days have passed since a BART police officer shot and killed a man at the Civic Center station — and the public still knows almost nothing about what happened. BART will only say that an officer...
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The Fillmore’s clip, cut, and snip: Reggie Pettus of New Chicago Barbershop...
Reggie Pettus has seen a lot of change from behind that barber's chair PHOTO BY SEAN HURD 35 years ago, if you were to step through the doors of New Chicago Barbershop No. 3 you’d probably find...
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BART service disruptions as protesters call for transit police to be...
A protest organizer holds a photograph of Charles Hill, who was killed July 3 by BART police. Photo by Luke Thomas, fogcityjournal.com Rush hour on the BART system in downtown San Francisco was...
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Will Amazon be the next PG&E?
The giant retailer is pulling a Prop. 16, seeking to get the voters to overturn a measure forcing online retailers to collect sales tax. Of course, the law simply levels the playing field for smaller...
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Government services but no government?
There's a fascinating study summarized on boingboing that shows that nearly half the people who are collecting social security say they have "not used a government program." And 43 percent of people...
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