The BART cover-up crumbles
Zusha Elinson at the Bay Citizen continues to do great work on the BART Police shooting, and today he's got a scoop: The audio of the incident gave him the names of the officers involved. OF course,...
View ArticleA skate day for creative community
Just coastin': Last weekend's Hood Games brought out boarders of all ages ALL PHOTOS BY SEAN HURD At last, a weekend with weather resembling an actual summer vacation. With Saturday's moderate...
View ArticleKim removes homeless shelter reform measure from ballot
Under pressure from the Mayor's Office, Sup. Jane Kim today removed her sponsorship of the Fair Shelters Initiatives, effectively killing the measure that was set to appear on the November ballot,...
View ArticleFrustrations rise with skyrocketing prices for scalped Burning Man tickets
Burning Man tickets that cost $210-$360 have been selling for several times that amount. In the wake of yesterday's announcement that Burning Man tickets have sold out for the first time, scalpers...
View ArticleWhat's next for San Francisco's small theaters? The Roxie has an idea...
Courtesy the Roxie's Facebook page. The Red Vic closed this week, and a recent SFgate.com article reported that Balboa Theater owner Gary Meyer will be leaving the Richmond District landmark at the...
View ArticleEnviro justice groups spar with SFPUC on power program
A coalition of environmental groups is advocating for CleanPower SF as a tool for green job creation. A Pew Research Center analysis based on the latest U.S. Census data has found that Latino and...
View ArticleGuardian forum July 28: Immigration, education and youth
The next Guardian Forum on issues in the mayor's race will take place Thursday, July, when we'll be talking about immigration, education and youth issues. We've got a great panel lined up: Sherilyn...
View ArticleTango at the symphony? Take a whirl
Tango Revolution comes to the symphony. PHOTO BY EVELYN LU Feeling some half-priced symphony and live tango dancing? It's a mash-up of culture this Thursday, July 28 at Davies Symphony Hall. The San...
View ArticleHot sexy events: July 27-August 3
Silk, spaghetti strap, skate: fight cancer with sexy exuberance on Fri/29 Ugh. There is nothing sexy about breast cancer (unless you're Annie Sprinkle). But honestly, when life gives you tumors, you...
View ArticleThose crazy San Franciscans
Joe Eskenazi has an SF Weekly piece that pretty much repeats what he's been saying for years: That San Francisco has too much government. This time he goes after all the boards, task forces and...
View ArticleMany Burning Man DJs get stuck without tickets
Infected Mushroom, shown here at Opulent Temple in 2009, is among the acts booked for Burning Man but stuck without tickets. MVgals.net The mad scramble for sold-out tickets to Burning Man and the...
View ArticleCivil Grand Jury: Parkmerced tenant protections 'just talk'
The Board of Supervisor's Government Audit & Oversight Committee heard from members of the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury this morning about a report it issued on the Parkmerced redevelopment....
View ArticleAppetite: Plans of attack for SF Chefs
SF Chefs year three starts this Monday, an event that has become San Francisco's biggest food and drink showcase – our "food and wine classic", if you will -- utilizing much of the Bay Area's best...
View ArticlePolice say they've recovered gun used by Harding
The San Francisco Police Department issued a statement this afternoon announcing that the gun that fired the fatal shot at Kenneth Wade Harding Jr. has been found. "After a weeklong community effort,...
View ArticleThe Performant: Serf's Up!
The Weill Project and Will Kaufman’s Woody Guthrie sing out. “A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over.” –Joe Hill As...
View ArticleThe Crash Pad Series celebrates episode 100 with a list of San Francisco...
The stars of episode 100 enjoying the milestone... Photo courtesy of Crash Pad Series Fierce femmes, bashful bois, fisting, wrestling, squirting, and squealing, The Crash Pad is one fictional...
View ArticleFeeling dirty, being clean at Dr. Bronner's All One Ark
It was a hot, dusty High Sierra Music Festival that introduced us to the foamy delights of Dr. Bronner's All One Ark. The trailer-sized bathtub that houses the communal foam shower is heading to...
View ArticleEthics Commission to discuss Progress for All
San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Cote's scoop highlighting how Recology executives were working behind the scenes under pressure from Chinatown power broker Rose Pak to encourage Mayor Ed Lee to...
View ArticleEditorial: Step up to save CCA and take on PG&E
Two things became abundantly clear at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission meeting July 26th: The Community Choice Aggregation program is off track -- and General Manager Ed Harrington has no...
View ArticleStreet Threads: Look of the day
Today's Look: Coco, 23rd St. and Valencia <!--break-->Describe your look: "California meets Berlin."
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