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Tiny city makes $250 mil from public power
Dam! There's a lot of money in public power I wasn't paying much attention to the move by state Assembly Speaker John Perez to abolish the tiny town of Vernon, California -- until I read the column in...
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EcoTuesday goes Free Range
If you’re one of the 12 million people whose enviro-mind was blown by the online video “The Story of Stuff,” you may have the opportunity to ask the film’s executive producer, Erica Priggen, for more...
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US EPA, SF Health Department and Lennar accused of asbestos collusion
Assessing the risk US EPACommunity members worry about exposure to naturally occurring asbestos which runs in veins through serpentinite rocks on Parcel A The SLAM Coalition of Bayview Hunters Point...
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5 Things: March 22, 2011
Get Olmec: This piece is literally called "Big Head" >>1. MIGHTY BIG HEAD Definitely check out the Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico exhibit at the de Young -- the museum's Oceania...
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The Performant: Life is a BOA
Bay One Acts festival turns 10 “Life is like a Boa,” the random stranger at the bus station (Nicole Hammersla) announces to the sweetly bemused young man (Ray Hobbs) she has marked as her test...
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An obvious problem with the Twitter tax break
It should come as no surprise to anyone that businesses all over the city, including high-tech startups like Zynga, now think they ought to get a tax break, too. That's the problem with doing favors...
View ArticleEditorial: Shut down PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
The six-unit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was designed to withstand the strongest earthquake that geologists said could reasonably be predicted for the region near northern Japan. It was...
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But he's got talent: Withered Hand overcomes visa problems to reach SF
On Sunday, March 20, Dan Willson, mastermind behind the Scottish outfit Withered Hand, took the stage with his acoustic guitar at SF’s Hemlock Tavern. Only weeks prior, however, the show was teetering...
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5 Things: March 22, 2011
No kickflips allowed! >>SUPERMOON SUPERSOUND Miss the GIANT SUPERMOON this weekend? Hell, we all did – it was storming cats and dogs (interestingly enough, polish techno soul DJ duo Catz 'n...
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Does tax-break promoter have a conflict of interest?
Randy Shaw testifying in favor of the tax exclusion zone on March 16. Luke Thomas In last week's Guardian, my investigation of the Twitter/Mid-Market tax exclusion zone showed that Tenderloin Housing...
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Live Shots: Fujiya and Miyagi with Fol Chen, the Independent, 3/21/2011
Techno spaz dance-off. That's how the evening started. <!--break-->Fol Chen was on stage and one of their guitarists was doing some spaztastic moves, while his doppelganger in the front row...
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Hot sexy events: March 23-29
Platonic lovin' (implied, not literal) spurts off at the SF Jacks meetup Mon/28 Though the SF Jacks, the gay jerk-off club now well into its third decade of existence in San Francisco, was started in...
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Who really owns Parkmerced?
The folks who own Parkmerced don't live there. A major redevelopment proposal at the Parkmerced housing complex is scheduled to go before the Board of Supervisors on March 29. Under the plan,...
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Sister Liz : A loving look back at "Liz: Unhinged"
This review originally appeared (as "Liztrionics: Taylor blows hinges off YBCA!") in the Dec. 5-11, 2001 issue of the Bay Guardian:"Elizabeth Taylor is my sister. You might as well know it." So begins...
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Live Shots: Whole Beast Supper Club Rabbit Tasting Dinner, 3/18/2011
Growing up, my best friend Suzy Q (then and now) used to raise bunny rabbits in her backyard in Pacifica. In the spring, there would sometimes be two or three new litters at the same time, and we...
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SFBG Radio: Right-wing talk runs America
Why does a member of Congress from Virginia get away with something as stupid as a bill to put the words "In God We Trust" on every public school? It's all about right-wing radio. Listen to Johnny...
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Hundreds pack City Hall to save the raves
A huge, enthusiastic crowd that showed up for the hearing include one guy touting the old rave motto: Peace Love Unity Respect Steven T. Jones Hundreds of young ravers and other supporters of...
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Coverage of Chauncey Bailey murder trial
Chauncey Bailey was gunned down on his way to work at the Oakland Post. Following the murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey in 2007, allegedly to prevent him from exposing the financial...
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5 Things: March 23, 2011
Major pillow WANT: "The Ascension of Augustus" 76" x 56," cotton tapestry, edition of 12, from DQtrs >>PILLOW TALK "Luxury-tech” home furnishings line DQtrs is releasing a really clever...
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Tax-break sponsor denies review of Twitter's promises
Twitter's big tax break is zipping toward approval before the company has agreed to a community benefits package, The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Subcommittee today sent the controversial...
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