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Guardian feminism panel calls for change, gang activity
In the interest of behaving badly, let us first say that we won't apologize for the "roving feminist gangs" comment, nor the laughter that ensued at our July 11 "Bay Area Feminism Today" panel. In the...
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Live Shots: Phono Del Sol
Hosting an all-day outdoor festival in the middle of a chilly SF summer was a crapshoot, but the Bay Bridged bet well. The sun sizzled so strongly over Phono Del Sol attendees and bands last Saturday...
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Celebrate a book about DJs at a bar that is in said book
A rather strange-looking book alit upon my desk the other day. It told me it would teach me how to fold underwear. It lied. Luckily, the book did contain a rather amusing little cat-and-mouse story...
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Alex Cockburn, funny man
Photo from Counterpunch So Alex Cockburn is dead. What a piece of work he was. Yeah, he was vitriolic and could be savage when going after his enemies. Yeah, he was an old-fashioned leftist who was...
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The NY Times and class struggle
The NY Times isn't exactly a revolutionary left-wing publication -- and while columnist Paul Krugman routinely talks about the income and wealth divide, it's not typically a staple of how the Times...
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Heads Up: 8 must-see concerts this week
The Ettes stick together. Total Trash's bodacious two-day barbecue bonanza in Oakland tops the list of must-see live shows this week (Sha Na Na!), but there's plenty more to see, including synth heavy...
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Medical marijuana patients demand an end to federal raids as President Obama...
GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF As President Obama arrives in Oakland for a fundraiser today, medical marijuana activists have already made a point with a rally on the steps of Oakland City Hall this...
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Trash Lit.: Endless summer reading edition
So much summer trash lit. So little of note. I've been reading as fast as I can, catching up on all of the beach books I can find, looking for the Great Work of Summer, 2012. I still haven't found it....
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President or no president, medical marijuana shows up in Oakland
So the President was late. Around the time the "Fire Melinda Haag" press conference (as it had been called in emails I'd received from the various cannabis advocacy groups) at downtown Oakland's...
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Burning Man challenged as La Contessa arson trial begins
Mike Stewart set fire to La Contessa in Dec. 2006 and will now face a civil trial seeking damages. Burners aren't too worried about an appeal that's been filed challenging federal permits that will...
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Free Shamu! 'Death at SeaWorld' event tomorrow
Just a reminder that Wed/25 is the date for author David Kirby's local event to promote his new book, Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity. Check out my interview...
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Environmental groups call for fracking moratorium in California
Gasland and its depictions of flammable drinking water stirred public concern over fracking. Gasland California's biggest environmental organizations are gathering in Sacramento tomorrow (Wed/25) to...
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'Pale kid' Watsky raps fast -- and returns to the Bay
Watsky in New York PHOTO BY GABY ESENSTEN In 2007, then 20-year-old George Watsky and his band at the time, Invisible Inc., rented out Slim’s nightclub in San Francisco and put themselves on stage as...
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Hardly Strictly hints
Stage in the trees. PHOTO BY MOLLY SVH/CREATIVE COMMONS Hardly Strictly Bluegrass released its first of four teaser medleys today, take a listen and start tallying the acts. Everyone loves a guessing...
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The Peripheral Canal emerges from the dead like Dracula
The Chron has pretty much signed off on the inevitability of a giant set of tunnels moving water from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River, screwing up even futher the ecosystem of the San...
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8 cultural happenings this week in the big, best, beautiful Bay
The San Francisco International Poetry Festival kicks off Thu/26. It is inevitable after reading today's Best of the Bay 2012 issue that your heart will be swole with pride for our beautiful Bay Area...
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Localized Appreesh: Rin Tin Tiger
Rin Tin Tiger, up in the clouds. PHOTO BY JACLYN SNOOK Localized Appreesh is our weekly thank-you column to the musicians that make the Bay. To be considered, contact emilysavage@sfbg.com. San...
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Chow withdraws from D11 race after residency questioned
Labor organizer Leon Chow, who took part in a June 20 rally against medical marijuana, pulled out of the D11 race. Steven T. Jones Sup. John Avalos appears to be cruising to an uncontested reelection...
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Two calls to investigate SF restaurant surcharges as consumer fraud
Are you being scammed by the SF restaurants that tack on an "employee health care" surcharge? The surcharges that many San Francisco restaurants charge their customers – ostensibly to help cover their...
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Activists rally for alleged victim of illegal foreclosure
Security guards let workers in through the side door of 575 Market as supporters of Yin Wong, right, blocked the entrance GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF A few dozen rallied in front of the building...
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