Clik here to view.
Oakland families protest Oakland School Police killings and school closures
Raheim Brown's family and friends, including his young son, at the rally outside Oakland School Police headquarters GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF The Oakland School Police Department was the target...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are these the 10 best albums of the year so far?
Laurel Halo's new record fills a void. What vibrant musical times we’re living in! The year is halfway done, and we’re already up to our neck in more great albums than we know what to do with....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gascon comments on Lee perjury allegations
Photo by Luke Thomas/Fog City Journal Luke Thomas from Fog City Journal showed up at a press conference District Attorney George Gascon was holding on another topic, and threw in a question about the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
Primadonna: Marina & the Diamonds PHOTO BY CASPER BALSLEV Slowcore, witch house, sugar-pop. The throwaway signifiers tend to make anyone remotely involved bristle. But when you’ve got an amorphous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ejaculation conversation: An interview with Billy Castro
"I think queer porn needs to become more marketable to straight people." Billy Castro's down for some outreach. “I watch some straight fisting and some gay male fisting. I guess all types of fisting”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will Mayor Lee finally get tough with CPMC?
CPMC wants to build a lucrative luxury hospital without guaranteeing a hospital relied on by the poor will remain open. It's gut check time for Mayor Ed Lee, and time for him to show whether he works...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Missing the point on Hetch Hetchy
So now we have to have a vote on tearing down Hetch Hetchy. That's fine, let's have the discussion. But let's be honest about it: This isn't just, or even primarily, a water issue. It's really about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 ways to say oui to Bastille Day
Storm Rickshaw Stop's gates for '60s French jams and dreamy Serge Gainsbourg on Fri/13. Unless the tech kings and queens need to start watching their backs, there's no accounting for the voracity San...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snap Sounds: Sébastien Tellier
By Irwin Swirnoff Sébastien TellierMy God Is Blue(Record Makers) His last record was called Sexuality, and tapped into the most up front and direct body moving songs of his career, but Sébastien...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Performant: Why a duck?
Pianofight takes on Tchaikovsky -- and the death of theatre -- and Boxcar's Hedwig has us humming in the shower. Zombies are so over. The next monster movie massacre sensations are totally going to be...
View ArticleHearing could work out flaws in Lee's housing trust fund proposal
Mayor Ed Lee’s proposed Housing Trust Fund charter amendment -- which he proposed during his inaugural address in January -- will be up for review before the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Summer Sounds: Exclusive bass-heavy tropical Surya Dub mix (and more)
Kush Arora and Maneesh the Twister of Surya Dub take you deep. Ahoy, sunshine! In this week's Super Ego nightlife column, I get all hot an bothered about the upcoming re-appearance of the Surya Dub...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 ways to resuscitate your brain from sunburn this week
Joe Meno reads from his tale of love found temping and bus-riding ghost costumes on Thu/12 at Cafe Tosca. Dead set on frying your brain in this sunshine? Fine. Just hit up one of your city's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guardian Voices: A harsh city for queer youth
By Mia Tumutch I moved to San Francisco at 19, having recently escaped small-town Texas because of ignorance and hatred associated with the fact that I am transsexual. I arrived on a Greyhound with a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Healing the Hood
Herbalist and nutritionist Tanya Henderson and Estrella give a presentation on native herbal medicines at Healing the Hood GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF Fifty people were sitting in a circle July 8,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Caught in the FBI's net: the extended interview
"One of the officers was very adamant about telling me that he would never pay me that much for my services." From June 20 through June 23, the FBI and local police departments and district attorney's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We can stop 8 Washington
There's a week left to stop the sale of San Francisco's waterfront to the 1 percent. The Board of Supervisors approved the 8 Washington project, and a coalition that (for various reasons) opposes this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guardian Voices: My San Francisco
I’ve spent the last 12 years learning to love and sometimes hate San Francisco, and I’ve made it my home. A few months after my 31st birthday, I drove out here from the midwest to contribute to social...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oakland councilperson responds to Harborside Health Center targeting by feds
Discovery Channel's 'Weed Wars' profiled the recently federally-threatened Harborside Health Center. COURTESY DISCOVERY CHANNEL Have you heard the news about our most Hollywood dispensary getting put...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Localized Appreesh: Sun Hop Fat
Group photo time with Sun Hop Fat. Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. Sun Hop Fat is a local 12-piece...
View Article