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The America's Cup meltdown
The America's Cup Event Authority -- the operation that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison set up to run the business side of his personal yacht race -- is melting down, laying off half its staff and scrambling...
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Nite Trax: The fabulous creatures of Gaultier's opening gala
Hyperproductive fashion designer and revered fantasy engineer Jean Paul Gaultier was in town last week for the opening of a (very cool) retrospective of his work at the de Young. His nightlife stops...
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Heads Up: 6 must-see concerts this week
A fragmented Radiation City. Lots of leading ladies in the music mix this week. These shows boast a punk legend/folk songstress, a female vocalist who inhabits the soul of animals, a girl-fronted '60s...
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Parra's world gets a wall at SFMOMA, spun at Mighty
D M Parra and girlfriend Nicole Pedder at work on their SFMOMA mural. M B GUARDIAN PHOTO BY CAITLIN DONOHUE How about this: for your first museum piece you can take the entryway wall of the second...
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The Magnetic Fields play '69 Love Songs' and then some at the Fox
Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt, totally not at Fox Theater. PHOTO BY ALTERNA2/CREATIVE COMMONS While the Magnetic Fields' newest album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea, recaptured the group’s love for...
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Gay-la time: LGBT Center's annual 'Soiree' gets Frenched
Photos by Bowerbird Photography. There couldn't have been a better way to escape the dramatic, wet downpour the night of Sat/24 than to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the SF LGBT Community Center...
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Pop-Up Magazine is back with issue six
It's indeed live. There are so many creative concepts and winning events every week in San Francisco, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. Let me make this easy for your muddled brain waves: you should...
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6 Easter treats for adults
Recchuiti's Easter treats look benign, but they're filled with booze. Suddenly that egg hunt is a lot more enticing... PHOTO COURTESY RECHIUTTI CHOCOLATES Trust us, this holiday can be fun -- and not...
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Mirkarimi files court petition challenging his suspension
Mayor Ed Lee abused his discretion in suspending Ross Mirkarimi without pay, a new legal brief contends. Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal Suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and his new attorney, David...
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Localized Appreesh: Bang Data
The men of Bang Data, in close-up. PHOTO BY LEO DOCUYANAN Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. The duo...
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The FBI spies on mosques
Logo from the ACLU's FBI project The FBI has been sending agents to mosques in California and filing intelligence reports without any suspicion of criminal activity, records obtained by the ACLU, the...
View ArticleGuardian op ed: Domestic violence: A Latina feminist perspective
By Myrna Melgar Myrna Melgar is a Latina survivor of childhood domestic violence, a feminist, and a mother of three girls. Eliana Lopez is my friend. I have asked for her permission to put into words,...
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Appetite: The very latest in LA cocktails
After years of hunting, the day finally came when I could find proper cocktails in LA, even if the scene itselfwas years behind NYC or SF. I’ve covered LA cocktail bars in recent years as the quality...
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Bay Area media merger approved, pending okay from AG
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and the Bay Citizen today approved a merger that would consolidate the media organizations into a single newsroom, eliminating its breaking news coverage...
View ArticleAnother perspective on the Mirkarimi case
We have an interesting opinon piece in this week's paper by a close friend of Eliana Lopez, the wife of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi. It gives a very different perspective on the situation than we've seen...
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Four hours in Mendell Plaza
Dewayne Isaacs serving food Everyone stops what they were doing and ducks behind the plastic tables set up on the sidewalk. Flyers and packaging rustle in the wind. There's no yelling or chaos, but...
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Live Shots: Howler and the Static Jacks at Hemlock
Minneapolis’s Howler paused midway between playing songs from its debut album, America Give Up, to take requests from the audience at the Hemlock Tavern Saturday night. There were a few out of nowhere...
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Five weeks till "The Avengers"! What to watch while you're counting down
Pretty Woman vs. Snow White: Julia Roberts and Lily Collins in "Mirror Mirror," out Fri/30. MIRROR MIRROR PHOTO BY JAN THIJS The truth is, The Hunger Games will still be raking in mad dough this...
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District attorney distances self from anti-cannabis memo, 'unequivocally...
The "mega-myth" detailed in recent brief from the D.A.'s office was a mega-myth. Don't believe everything you read, especially when it comes out of the District Attorney's office. D.A. George Gascon's...
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Of Monsters, Men, and Me
Soledad Prison, aka the Monster Factory. CDCR Editor's Note: California is transferring many prison inmates to jails in their counties of origin, a process known as Realignment that will impact the...
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