Editorial: Free Muni tickets for kids makes sense
San Francisco is a transit-first city that has spent millions of dollars over the years trying to convince people to ride Muni. And yet, one of the best and most effective ways to get people out of...
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Localized Appreesh: Grandma's Boyfriend
Hide your grandma. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. Not only does San Francisco punk act Grandma's...
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Happy Tax Day, suckers
It's Tax Day, the deadline for filing income tax returns, which seems like an appropriate time for Senate Republicans to kill President Barack Obama's proposed Buffett Rule, which would have required...
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Attention: Tiny book in your newspaper (Feast is here!)
Our bi-yearly Feast food and drink magazine hit newsstands today, so strap up your sneaks and step out because you have a lot of dining around to do.<!--break--> Marke B. went on a tapas tour of...
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10 dishes that'll bowl you over
When it's done wrong it's shameful, but done right, it's amazing: French onion soup at Chez Maman. PHOTO BY YELP USER FANCYPANTS X Check out this week's Feast food and drink supplement for the best in...
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The Performant: Tropical nights and Pacific days
Stepping out with Brownout and Sunday Streets It was quite a diverse crowd bobbing and weaving out on the dance floor of the Elbo Room as local Afrolicious stalwart DJ Señor Oz spun a red-hot...
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For your consideration: Short takes from SFIFF, week one
Ver-sighs: 'Farewell, My Queen' The gargantuan San Francisco Film Festival opens this week after a particularly fraught year in which the San Francisco Film Society tragically lost two well-respected...
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Coachella Day 3: The Weeknd of Hives and Justice
All photos by Eric Lynch. Bears, bloggers and bands, oh my. Sunday indeed brought sun, by mid afternoon all the good shadows were occupied -- the lengths of tree shadows, behind garbage cans, and...
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This week's first-runs (to supplement your SFIFF frenzy!)
Classic Connery: schmoking hot. Via www.castrotheatre.com Between the San Francisco International Film Festival (kicks off Thu/19! Our coverage starts here) and the Castro Theatre's weekend schedule...
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Laksa and lemongrass: a tasty Malaysian cooking class
Azalina was all smiles. Originally from Malaysia, this spunky chef is now part of the incubator cooking program at La Cocina. He taught a Malaysian street food cooking class this week, which Sam Love...
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Where would Jesus park?
The Examiner's big front-page head, "Pay to Pray," reflects the opposition of some religious folk, including the Rev. Amos Brown, who was one of the worst supervisors in San Francisco history, to...
View ArticleCalvin Trillin: End of the line for Newt?
End of the line for Newt? Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas billionaire who has been the biggest backer to a group supporting Newt Gingrich, said this week that Mr. Gingrich had reached 'the end of the...
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Get your hands up: Wild Flag at Fillmore
Wild Flag, totally not at Fillmore. PHOTO BY HEN OF THE WOOD/CREATIVE COMMONS San Franciscans faced a sort of litmus test Wednesday night: which popular band would they see live when given copious...
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Live Shots: Refused and the Hives at the Warfield
Photographer Charles Russo shot Refused and the Hives at the Warfield. It took 14 years to happen, but the sweaty, sold-out, packed-to-the-rafters crowd at the Refused concert Wednesday night would...
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Party Radar: Donuts farewell, Neon Spring, more. Plus: Les mimes!
SHUT UP. FROM LER PIERROTS DE LA NUIT Two big nightlife things this week are true: one sad (but hopeful!) and one speechless. The speechless one involves mimes. Yes, as the Chronicle keeps reporting,...
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"This was such a wipeout psychologically": Mirkarimi tells the story Lee...
Ross Mirkarimi and family at his Jan. 9 inauguration, days after the scandal broke and four days before charges were filed Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal As Ross Mirkarimi and his legal team prepare for...
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SEIU rally draws 1,000 to city hall
City workers rally againt pay cuts PHOTO BY ANNA BAKALIS More than 1,000 city employees gathered at City Hall April 18 for a protest that ended in 23 arrests. The protest comes as the SEIU Local 1021...
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On how the Internet tricked us with a racist cake
Artist Makode Linde speaks about his "racist cake." You might not recognize him without the red lips and edible belly. If you freaked out about that photo of the Swedish minister of culture cutting a...
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The crowd goes ballistic for Gotye's hit song
More than a one-trick pony, Gotye. GUARDIAN PHOTO BY SOOJIN CHANG. There is nothing quite like hearing the song that’s been stuck in your head — persistently playing on repeat — finally materialize in...
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Appetite: Exploring 3 wineries in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Call it dessert wine if you will, icewine (eiswein in German) is definitely sweet. But winemakers prefer to call it “rich and concentrated,” an apt icewine description, which, when produced well,...
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