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6 locally-made treats to snag at Bluxome's Meet Market
Pop Nations' vegan popiscles will tingle your tasting buds -- lemon-lavendar cake? Peanut butter and Fluff? Why does a new farmers market make us salivate so here in the city? Something something...
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Cell phone radiation documentary screens tomorrow
"My cellphone is doing WHAT to my blood-brain barrier?" The pre-screening wine bar won't erase the sinister implications of tomorrow's Artist's Television Access showing of Reconnect. On Sat/28,...
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Queens, aliens, isles of wonder, and more: what to watch this week
Jackie Siegel is the surprisingly sympathetic subject of doc 'The Queen of Versailles.' PHOTO BY LAUREN GREENFIELD My pick for movie of the week is The Queen of Versailles, a likely (I'm callin' it in...
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Workers launch global Hyatt boycott, hundreds picket at Union Square
A picket line outside the Grand Hyatt yesterday drew more than 300 people GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF As shoppers scurried around Union Square yesterday, a picket that drew more than 300 people...
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Shearwater descends on Bottom of the Hill
Shearwater, totally not at Bottom of the Hill. PHOTO BY GREG SZETO Back in 2008, someone at a Shearwater show in Chicago posted a shaky video to YouTube, in which the Austin-based ensemble covered...
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There goes the SF Democratic Party
We all knew that the progressives didn't win a majority on the Democratic County Central Committee, but for a while there it looked as if there might still be a chance to elect someone who isn't one...
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The worst archibishop ever
As they say ... Jesus! The new archbishop of San Francisco isn't just a conservative. All the bishops appointed by this pope are conservatives. The new guy overseeing the Catholic Church in one of the...
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Why should a Republican dentist decide what get built in San Francisco?
Michael Antonini The Board of Supervisors is almost evenly divided on confirming Mayor Ed Lee's appointment of Republican dentist Michael Antonini to his fourth four-year term on the city's powerful...
View ArticleThe British press: "Nowhere Man" and "Mitt the Twit"
I like one liners that make the point. As Maureen Dowd put it in her Sunday (7/29/2012) column in the New York Times on "Mitt's Olympic Meddle," "The alarming thing about Romney is that he has been...
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Tobacco-free cigarettes and Aika: Reggae on the River, through a lens
Last week I decided it would be fun to check out Reggae on the River for the first time. I called up my brother DJ Guacamole to see if he'd like to come along, only to discover that he was DJing the...
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Guardian Voices: Hassle-Free Housing
I'm talking to the amazing organizers at Causa Justa:: Just Cause (CJJC) about their work to protect homeowners from foreclosure by the big banks, about their long history of tenants’ rights work, and...
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Meet the finalists in Oakland's youth poet laureate competition
Bay Area, our young people are wrapping words of wisdom around subjects like survival, poverty, oppression, community, life, and death. It's time to listen up. “Just like a picture is worth a thousand...
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Heads Up: 8 must-see concerts this week
Bleached, in a haze of its own making. This is a week of ebullient greetings and sorrowful goodbyes. So long Snoop Dogg, welcome Snoop Lion's Reincarnated. Back down on earth – and more pertinent to...
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Janitors continue pressure as negotiations' close draws near
GUARDIAN PHOTO BY YAEL CHANOFF As contract negotiations with several employers come to an end August 1, the SEUI Local 87 janitors union has been coming out in force. More than 1,000 rallied in Union...
View ArticleDick Meister: Good news--and bad--about jobs
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,...
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Bay Area activists join in anger over Anaheim police shootings
Police keep watch on Anaheim protesters from a rooftop Sunday PHOTO BY @PFAILBLOG Last weekend in Anaheim, police shot and killed two young men. Every day since, protesters have taken to the streets....
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Hot mess: Total Trash BBQ Weekend revisited
Punks, rockers — whatever you want to call it, the scene in Oakland definitely got more than messy this weekend as the Total Trash BBQ lived up to its name and then some. Between night one’s melee...
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Underworld's dynamic opening ceremony soundtrack
The ceremony featured music by the electronic duo. PHOTO BY GETTTY IMAGES Much has been made of London’s opening ceremony, and director Danny Boyle’s cheeky rejection of Beijing’s rigidly coordinated,...
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Don't say mommy blogger, but mommies should be blogging
"I really dislike the term 'mommy blogger,' just as I dislike the term 'momoir.'" There is good and bad about the rise of the "mommy blog," says mother and author Kate Hopper. Good: women should...
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The Performant: Viva la woman
Three playful performances by women offered vastly different perspectives. Where’re the ladies at? Same place they’ve always been, really. Dancing backward in high heels. Getting on with the business...
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