Clik here to view.
Community college students convene to unite against cuts, state legislation
Community college students meet at CCSF's Mission campus GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF Students and staff from community colleges throughout California gathered at the City College of San Francisco...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Open Walls Baltimore: What the murals said, how the streets responded
Most of you will know the neighborhood I was walking that early evening in from The Wire. In fact, the school where season four was shot was a few blocks away. That TV show is an eternal point of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Shots: Avital tours Mission District food hotspots
Photos by: Bowerbird Photography It was 11:30am on a Saturday morning, and we were tipping back salty oysters and chasing them down with sweet pink rhubarb cocktail, and then, just because pig meat...
View ArticleDick Meister: Union rights are civil rights
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Shots: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Lumerians, Gramatik at 1015 Folsom
Fans of intentionally reclusive rock group Black Moth Super Rainbow had the opportunity to catch the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based band at 1015 Folsom on Friday. The code-named members initially struggled in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
How is this Carletta Sue Kay's debut full-length? This week, musicians come from far and wide, from broad plains on the other side of the spinning globe, plucked from different coasts of varying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why the May 15 vote on 8 Washington matters
Brad Benson, the special projects director at the Port of San Francisco, took me on a tour of the 8 Washington project and gave me his pitch for why the city ought to allow a developer to put the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Shots: The Drums and Craft Spells at Great American Music Hall
“Let’s just have a good time tonight,” said Jonny Pierce, the singer of the Drums, one song into a sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall on Saturday. He paused briefly to let the applause...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The really bad news about the state budget
There's no way to put a good spin on the new budget figures released by the Guv. No matter what happens in November, people who need help are going to get screwed in this state. Public schools will...
View ArticleEditorial: The business tax debacle
Labor and much of the progressive community worked with downtown and the Mayor's Office last year to craft a pension-reform bill that took away benefits from city employees. The unions came to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In bed with the cuddle expert
Just another day in the office for cuddle therapist Travis Sigley. “I’ve been enveloped and swimming in love the last few years” It’s early Saturday morning, and I’m quickly putting fresh sheets on my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appetite: 2 new Bay cheap eats spots
In the spirit of my recent "new SF cheap eats" article, here are two noteworthy new cheap eats joints East and South: Berkeley and Palo Alto.ASIAN BOX Asian Box is a newer take-out shop (with one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who's running against Chris Daly?
Sorry, Michael -- Daly's not in the race. Photo by Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal I didn't know former Sup. Chris Daly was running for state Assembly in the 19th District. Odd -- I've been told he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Shots: 'Uncertain Weather' at ODC
The ODC Youth and Teen Program staged its first full performance in a fantastic collection of dances inspired by the seasons on Fri/11. Dancers twirled through the “rain” with colorful umbrellas, an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tour de F*ck You: Sons of Science speak!
John Benson and Ward Evans of Sons of Science. Not pictured: Hector Pérez, a.k.a. Horn Solo In our recent Bike Issue, we profiled several of our favorite Bike People -- freewheelin' movers on the 2012...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fresh Cuts: Sunshine-y jams take spotlight as summer approaches
Craft Spells: steeped in deep love With dream-pop favorites and a randy R. Kelly, this week is both guilt-free and not-so-innocent. Fresh Cuts has selected the finest new records to blast at your next...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Housing for the super rich approved, 8-3
Construction workers line up to promote 8 Washington. Guardian photo by Steven T. Jones The progressive movement and the battle for housing balance and economic justice in San Francisco got walloped...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Localized Appreesh: Wild Hunt
In the darkness, there is Wild Hunt. PHOTO BY JAMES BURKHART Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Reclaiming Jewish Activism': easier said than done
A panel in which three local activists will talk about how their Jewish ancestors inform their present-day work seemed harmless enough. But in the Bay Area’s friction-prone Jewish community, its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lindsey Buckingham's live show comes down to one
Lindsey Buckingham stands alone at the Fillmore. PHOTO BY ALAN SNODGRASS With an arsenal of a dozen guitars and several amplifiers lined up behind him, Lindsey Buckingham wasted no time delving into...
View Article