Taxi drivers protest rideshares as government mulls new regulations
Cabs line up along the CPUC in protest of "rideshare" industry. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezCar horns honked and tempers flared as around 30 taxi cabs circled around the California Public...
View ArticleGiving thanks: On growing up with Nirvana
For all of the world-wide media attention surrounding the induction of Nirvana into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight and the 20th anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain this week, there is one...
View ArticleDefense attorneys say Shrimp Boy is innocent; slam feds
Who is Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow? In the 137-page federal complaint detailing charges that led to the high-profile arrest of Sen. Leland Yee, Chow, and 24 others two weeks ago, Chow is described as the...
View ArticleAliens, haunted mirrors, photographic mysteries, and isolated islands: new...
Scarlett Johansson plays a predatory alien in Under the Skin.It's Friday, which means only one thing: new movies R herrre! Though Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier will probably keep body-slamming...
View ArticleAnother Google bus blockade, this time targeting a Google employee
Claudia Triado (right) with her son on the steps of 812 Guerrero, where tenants are facing eviction.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEThis morning (Fri/11) kicked off with yet another Google bus blockade...
View ArticleCoachella for agoraphobics: How to do the festival without leaving your house
Fun fact: I'm bad at festivals. It's not that I don't enjoy them, per se: there's live music, the outdoors, fried food, great people-watching.It's just that -- well, okay, I lied, I usually don't enjoy...
View ArticleSuper Smash Bros. on the big screen, Sunday 4/13!
The Super Smash Bros. Melee fighter lineup. Photo courtesy of Nintendo, inc.The Nintendo game Super Smash Bros. Melee was supposed to be a party game, “fun for the whole family,” as the kids say. Mario...
View ArticlePunk-rock veteran Cheetah Chrome is still full of surprises
Cheetah Chrome plays Thee Parkside tomorrow, Sat/12.As the guitarist for Rocket From The Tombs and The Dead Boys, Cheetah Chrome helped write the sonic blueprint for punk rock — and after four decades...
View ArticleCoachella pics!: Friday
The Knife performed Fri/11 at Coachella. Guardian photos by Eric Lynch.
View ArticleCoachella pics! Saturday
Saturday brought a huge sandstorm to the festival grounds but didn't diminish the excitement in the crowd, according to our guys in the field. "Head scarves turned into face masks." Slideshow above,...
View ArticleKaepernick incident report details bong hits, blackout, and alleged assault
Kaepernick in better times. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP FILE PHOTOSan Francisco 49ers star quarterback Colin Kaepernick, player Quinton Patton and Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette are being investigated...
View ArticleListen: Dylan Shearer's "Mold in the Fold"
Dylan ShearerSan Francisco songwriter Dylan Shearer has been kicking around the Bay Area since 2005, but something in his voice sounds like he just arrived here in a time machine from London in 1965....
View ArticleCrowdfunding real-estate: A tool to combat displacement or another nail in...
Marcus Books used crowdfunding to try and preserve San Francisco history, but Tycoon Real Estate is using it to flip propertiesPHOTO COURTESY SUPPORT MARCUS BOOKSA key provision in the JOBS Act, a...
View ArticleTaxi drivers protest rideshares as government mulls new regulations
Cabs line up along the CPUC in protest of "rideshare" industry. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezCar horns honked and tempers flared as around 30 taxi cabs circled around the California Public...
View ArticleGiving thanks: On growing up with Nirvana
For all of the world-wide media attention surrounding the induction of Nirvana into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tonight and the 20th anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain this week, there is one...
View ArticleDefense attorneys say Shrimp Boy is innocent; slam feds
Who is Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow? In the 137-page federal complaint detailing charges that led to the high-profile arrest of Sen. Leland Yee, Chow, and 24 others two weeks ago, Chow is described as the...
View ArticleAliens, haunted mirrors, photographic mysteries, and isolated islands: new...
Scarlett Johansson plays a predatory alien in Under the Skin.It's Friday, which means only one thing: new movies R herrre! Though Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier will probably keep body-slamming...
View ArticleAnother Google bus blockade, this time targeting a Google employee
Claudia Triado (right) with her son on the steps of 812 Guerrero, where tenants are facing eviction.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEThis morning (Fri/11) kicked off with yet another Google bus blockade...
View ArticleCoachella for agoraphobics: How to do the festival without leaving your house
Fun fact: I'm bad at festivals. It's not that I don't enjoy them, per se: there's live music, the outdoors, fried food, great people-watching.It's just that -- well, okay, I lied, I usually don't enjoy...
View ArticleSuper Smash Bros. on the big screen, Sunday 4/13!
The Super Smash Bros. Melee fighter lineup. Photo courtesy of Nintendo, inc.The Nintendo game Super Smash Bros. Melee was supposed to be a party game, “fun for the whole family,” as the kids say. Mario...
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