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Line blurred between Ed Lee campaign and "independent" expenditures
It's hard to tell Ed Lee's official campaign from the work of pro-Lee IEs (ie this book is the latter) From the public's perspective, it's hard to tell where the official Ed Lee for Mayor campaign –...
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Big Harp on writing lyrics, Saddle Creek, and touring with kids
Chris Senseney and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney share stories – and make babies. I listened to Big Harp's debut album, White Hat, without any preconceived notions, and fell in drippy, folky, love. I fell...
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Santa Clara wants you!
The new 49ers stadium in Santa Clara doesn't exactly have financing yet and it's not clear if the Niners will be sharing with the Oakland Raiders, but don't worry -- you can get on the waiting list to...
View ArticleEditorial: Mayor Lee is tough as hell on Occupy SF protestors, but keeps City...
And so Mayor Ed Lee once again shows his true colors: he is tough as hell on Occupy SF protestors and, unlike every other mayor in every other U.S. city, sends in the cops to roust them out in two...
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45 years of printing the news and raising hell
When the Bay Guardian produced its first issue in October, 1966, the paper described itself as "a fortnightly journal of news, analysis and opinion." Circulation was soon running at 20,000...
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Street Threads: Look of the Day
Today's Look: Kylie, outside the San Francisco Opera House<!--break-->"Tell us about your look: "I was born in the wrong decade."
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A broke ass in our ranks: SFBG Culture Editor Caitlin Donohue honored by...
She's like Batman, only blonde and real into pambazo de papas. PHOTO BY ERIK ANDERSON We here at the Guardian pride ourselves on being populist. That means documenting the latest in the people's...
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The Peformant: Neither bloody nor bowed
Bullfighting Cali-style If you want to go to a bullfight in California, you have to do a little preliminary sleuthing. Just why you would decide to go in the first place can’t be easily explained. But...
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Haunting the lens: Ralph Eugene Meatyard at the de Young
Untitled, ca. 1960–1962, gelatin silver print, museum purchase, John Pritzker Fund, 2011.4.1. © The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard Photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925-1972) is an anomaly....
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Street Threads: Look of the Day
Today's Look: Cindy, Hayes and Octavia <!--break-->Tell us about your look: "I love vintage and I own vintage stores in Hayes Valley."
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Theophilus London goes beyond fashion at the Rickshaw Stop
Through the haze: TL takes the stage. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY PAULA CONNELLY Let's talk about what Theophilus London was wearing last night at his concert at Rickshaw Stop and get it out of the...
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Gee, thanks Kamala
After ducking the issue for more than a week, Attorney General Kamala Harris has finally weighed in on the feds crackdown on medical marijuana. Just after Assemblymember Tom Ammiano and state Sen....
View ArticleDick Meister: Unions can help bridge the income gap
By Dick Meister Dick Meister, former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through his website,...
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Another bad guy executed without trial
Moammar Gadafi was a tyrant and something of a nut job. I'm all for deposing dictators. But once again, the U.S. has participated in a summary execution -- in this case, by an angry mob -- that seems...
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SFPD allows OccupySF to grow into a tent city
Photos by Steven T. Jones, who also contributed to this report. It seems the San Francisco Police Department is laying off the OccupySF encampment, at least for now. After top city officials sent...
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'Medical miracle' Ozzy Osborne at Booksmith
Dr. Ozzy will see you now. Trust the Prince of Darkness – when it comes to health-matters, Ozzy knows what he’s talking about, and I say that with only a slight hint of sarcasm. The man who once...
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Live Shots: Anika and Peanut Butter Wolf at the Independent
“Sound check,” some dude yelled after the first song on Wednesday night. His voice was particularly loud, because at the Independent, there wasn’t much of a crowd. As if to clarify to his friends that...
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Ed Lee's voter fraud problem
I realize that Mayor Ed Lee has denounced what appears to be clear voter fraud, but he has a problem and it's not going to go away. Lee has allowed himself to be surrounded by the same sort of sleaze...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: The far right contemplates the Republican front-runner
Calvin Trillin: Deadline Poet THE FAR RIGHT CONTEMPLATES THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER It seems that now we are stuck with Mitt. Reciting right-wing holy writ, He still sounds moderate, a bit....
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Economic and social equality: WTF?
Fascinating oped piece in the Oct 23 New York Times by Alexander Stille about economic and social equality. He starts right out with the issue: It's a puzzle: one dispossessed group after another —...
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