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Dicks on the cover
So SFist likes our cover this week. I haven't heard any complaints yet, but we'll get some. And they'll be utterly predictable: Why are there penises on the front page, right out there (as my mother...
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Governor signs high-speed rail funding bill at Transbay Terminal
Gov. Jerry Brown signs SB 1029 at Transbay Terminal. Mike Koozmin The mood was jubilant at the Transbay Terminal construction site in downtown San Francisco this afternoon as political leaders...
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Lopez steals the show as the city's case against Mirkarimi falters
Mirkarimi's wife, Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez, continues last night's testimony this afternoon. Mike Koozmin This afternoon's must-watch television is on the city's SFGTV starting at 5pm when...
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The future of St. Luke's Hospital
The vision of a new CPMC-owned St. Luke's that may never happen The CPMC hospital-rebuild deal is on life support -- and some say, to use the harsh medical code, it's CTD. Stands for Circling the...
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The Performant: Storming the Bastille
How fortunate for lovers of patriotic display, that just as the last of the illegal Fourth of July fireworks have been shot off, the 14th should roll around, giving us all another excuse to celebrate...
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Oh, please
A "lewd act?" Isn't that what you're supposed to do in porn theaters? Why else would you go? And why are the LA police conducting routine inspections of wank-houses and arresting people who wank? Your...
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Batman and beyond: new movies
Where does he get those wonderful toys? Photo by Ron Phillips Yep. It's here. But THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN THE LATEST BATMAN MOVIE, PEOPLE! (Especially when this entry ain't even the best in the...
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Full-flavored beer talk with Russian River Brewing Co.
Belgian-inspired beers via Russian River Brewing Company. Over the past 30 years, California microbrew has conquered niche markets and infiltrated the mainstream in its evolution from āsocial...
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Snap Sounds: Guantanamo Baywatch
Guantanamo BaywatchChest Crawl(Dirtnap Records) Thick, wet reverb lays the sexy underwater groundwork for most Guantanamo Baywatch songs. Those surfy chords echo forever then build to dissolving fizzy...
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Guardian Voices: There's something happening here
There are distinct signs of the rebirth of a grassrootsĀ balanced-growthĀ movement in San Francisco, and some small indication that itās even beginning to shift, ever so slightly,Ā the politics of the...
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Charo talks flamenco guitar, San Francisco, and bulls
The passion of Charo. Unfortunately, Charo had to cancel all of her Yoshi's shows this weekend due to illness. We enjoyed the conversation so thoroughly, we're publishing it anyways. Get well soon...
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8 Washington's going on the ballot
San Franciscans are going to get a chance to vote on the most expensive condos in the city's history and the future of development on the waterfront as soon as this November. Opponents of the 8...
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To be a poster artist during Occupy: Chuck Sperry on psychedelic art, social...
"No one directed us to make these posters. No one asked. We just did it. And passed them out." With Occupy's first anniversary sneaking up on us, has enough time past since its inception to reflect on...
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Getting into a pickle: Canning beans and beets at La Cocina
I'm a sucker for pickled things, probably because I grew up in a house where my dad always had a pot of kimchee fermenting on the counter or a bottle of homemade pineapple vinegar, getting perfectly...
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You know I have to talk about guns now
My son is 13. He and a friend went to the movies the other afternoon, at the San Francisco Metreon. I was at work; I wasn't a bit worried. They're good kids, city kids, they travel around on Muni and...
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Werk It Out! dances under the disco ball
Add a disco ball to any situation and you will not decrease its likelihood of becoming a party. When I stopped by ODC Theater earlier this week to snap some photos of the Alyce Finwall Dance Theater's...
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Killing of suspect with box cutter may have been legal. But was it necessary?
The weapon used by Pralith Pralourng, on display at an SFPD town hall meeting today GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFFSFPD Police officers have dangerous jobs, and when confronted with subjects who may...
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Eliana Lopez is a victim, but of whom?
Lopez expresses an understandable, if inadvertent, sentiment on the witness stand. Mike Koozmin It's been an eventful visit to San Francisco this week for Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez, who spent...
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A 2nd Amendment Infographic
With apologies to the Awl, where they draw better than I do.
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By Dick MeisterĀ Guardian columnist Dick Meister is former labor editor of the SF Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom. He has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through...
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