Hyatt bikini pictures and hotel workers rights
Matha and Lorena Reyes PHOTO COPYRIGHT DAVID BACON “When I got to work that day, I heard a lot of laughter and jokes, including a manager that was around. When I got up close to look at what they were...
View ArticleParty Radar: Princess Pandora's Pink Pajamas, Felix da Housecat, Ron Trent,...
Princess Pandora, vicious in pink First, I made a wee boo-boo in this week's Super Ego clubs column in the paper (where you'll find a bunch more fun parties to attend). The awesomely footworky XXXY...
View ArticlePaperwork snafu delays big condo project
Whoops, no new condos yet The developers of the 8 Washington project, who have already spent a sizable sum of money on legal, lobbying and prep work, have run into another setback: The March 8 hearing...
View ArticleJerry Brown says everyone on death row is guilty
I'm glad the governor is so confident that there are no innocent people on death row. On one level, I don't care -- I'm against the death penalty period, and I don't care how horribly guilty the folks...
View ArticleD5 candidates and constituents scrutinize Olague
London Breed is trying to unseat Sup. Christina Olague, who was appointed to serve the final year of Ross Mirkarimi's term. Mirkarimi'sFlickrFeed San Francisco’s political lines are in the process of...
View ArticleThe truth hopes: A preview of the Magic Johnson ESPN doc
Magic Johnson at the Lakers' stadium in 1991, telling the world he had HIV. The votes are in: Magic Johnson is one of the most amazing human beings to walk the earth. The basketball player's...
View Article5 bathrooms we'd consider renting
Browse the wonders on the salesfloor at antique store Viracocha -- just don't forget to check out its john as well. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY MIA WALLACE In a city with so many artistically adept individuals,...
View ArticleAmerican Idol: Whitney and Stevie edition
Jessica steals the show The elimination round begins with the boys singing Stevie Wonder and the girls singing Whitney Houston. I think the boys got the worse end of it -- Whitney's a tough act to...
View ArticleSF allows bikes indoors, but its cycling goal is elusive
When the Board of Supervisors this week voted 9-2 to require commercial building owners to allow employees to bring their bicycles indoors while they work, ordinance sponsor Sup. John Avalos hailed...
View ArticleThe struggle for housing money at City Hall
It’s barely March, and the next election isn’t until June and that’s just primaries and the Democratic County Central Committee, but we just started getting political mail anyway. It’s a piece from...
View ArticleStop the presses: Lefty O'Douls Irish Newsboys jump start St. Patrick's day...
The Irish Newsboys get a jump on St. Patrick's Day with a lively evening of Irish ballads featuring top right to left (Mike Sugarman of the KPIX's Eyewitness Blues band, the Chronicle's Jay Johnson...
View ArticleThe Performant: In the Flash
Bodies and words collide in 'this.placed' It’s easy to overlook them, two dancers, still as mannequins, positioned near the entrance to the performance space, a silent video of a wet fleshy mouth,...
View ArticleStreet Threads: Look of the Day
Today's look: Aris, Mission and Third Street Tell us about your look: "Be yourself."
View ArticleSOS: Vote to save the Small Business Administration!
Scott Hauge, the indefatigable founder and president of Small Business California, put out an email SOS today asking people to vote in a Wall Street Journal poll asking if the Small Business...
View ArticleLarge, in charge: "Elephant Seals" at the SF Ocean Film Festival
Hear me roar! A male elephant seal in "Into the Deep With Elephant Seals." Photo by Amy Miller/QUEST Featuring an incredible variety of fascinating films about the ocean and its importance in nature,...
View ArticleHot sexy events: March 9-14
Saint Sandra, protectress of women who keep their cool in the face of haters. I have been trying my very hardest to ignore the various fascist blowhards currently preening themselves through the...
View ArticleThe case for a study of the economic impact of market rate housing
"SF's rush toward the ultimate highrise" read the headline on the Guardian front page of Sept. 27, 1971. The headline and the graphics by Art Director Louis Dunn illustrated the central point of our...
View ArticleFamilies leaving SF: It's housing costs, stupid
City officials continue to wring their hands over why families are leaving the city, and I'm sure there are a number of factors, but I can tell you that from the people I know -- families who live in...
View ArticleSFPD-FBI spying restrictions could face mayoral veto
If the San Francisco Police Department isn't working with the FBI to secretly spy on law-abiding local residents – as a secret document released last year indicated they had the authority to do – then...
View ArticleSisters unite: Hyatt workers picket on International Women's Day
Martha Reyes, center, holds a banner surrounded by supporters, including Sup. John Avalos GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF About 80 protesters from a coalition of women workers yesterday staged a...
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