Naming of a park facility sparks political fight
Rec & Park has proposed naming a building after conservationist Jake Sigg. Some are turned off by his views on immigration.We at the Bay Guardian were alerted today that San Francisco Recreation...
View ArticleBig batch of SF archival films new on YouTube, featuring 'Hello Girls' of...
Image courtesy of British PatheMedia company British Pathé uploaded thousands of archival films to its Youtube channel, and in the batch are hundreds of vintage newsreels showcasing San Francisco...
View ArticleRec & Park cancels meeting on controversial renaming of Golden Gate Park...
The Guardian has learned that today's [May 1] meeting of the Operations Committee of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission has been cancelled. Commissioners were going to discuss a single...
View ArticleHappy May Day, San Francisco
Happy May Day, comrades, and what a fine May day it is even if the urgent mayday spirit on this International Workers Day doesn’t seem as strong as some recent years past in the Bay Area.While Russia...
View ArticleLawsuit filed to halt "Google bus" shuttle pilot program
Protesters dressed in clown costumes blockade a tech shuttle April 1, 2014. Guardian photo by Rebecca BoweThe road to regulating Google Buses has a new pothole: a lawsuit. A lawsuit filed in San...
View ArticleAir district unveils new wind-powered ferry
Brian McMahonSan Francisco, the city with the highest concentration of hybrid cars, may soon be the first city to boast a hybrid ferry as well. Officials today at Pier 1 ½ unveiled a vessel that runs...
View ArticleDick Meister: The real May Day
By Dick MeisterMay Day. A day to herald the coming of Spring with song and dance, a day forchildren with flowers in their hair to skip around beribboned maypoles, atime to crown May Day queens.But it...
View ArticleLive review: Mastodon at the Fox Theater
Album art for Mastodon's new album, out June 24. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!Courtesy mastodonrocks.comThey still exist: big metal bands that go on old-fashioned tours, rather than exclusively playing...
View Article2014 Small Business Awards: Readers Choice
Our 2013 Reader's Choice winner, Shameless PhotographyIn honor of Small Business Week, the Bay Guardian presents its yearly honors for locally-owned enterprise. Businesses that give back, female and...
View ArticleKitten Grenade on why you shouldn't underestimate the ukulele
Kitten Grenade plays the DNA Lounge Fri/2.By Rebecca HuvalKitten Grenade takes the ukulele seriously. Katelyn Sullivan picked up the instrument when she was lonely and unhappy in Los Angeles, jonesing...
View ArticleKink.com to hold Campos political fundraiser with exotic dancers
Courtesy of Kink.comLooks like the heat in the Assembly race is about to turn up a notch, but not in the way you’d expect.State Assembly candidate and San Francisco Supervisor David Campos’ newest...
View ArticleNaming of a park facility sparks political fight
Rec & Park has proposed naming a building after conservationist Jake Sigg. Some are turned off by his views on immigration.We at the Bay Guardian were alerted today that San Francisco Recreation...
View ArticleBig batch of SF archival films new on YouTube, featuring 'Hello Girls' of...
Image courtesy of British PatheMedia company British Pathé uploaded thousands of archival films to its Youtube channel, and in the batch are hundreds of vintage newsreels showcasing San Francisco...
View ArticleRec & Park cancels meeting on controversial renaming of Golden Gate Park...
The Guardian has learned that today's [May 1] meeting of the Operations Committee of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission has been cancelled. Commissioners were going to discuss a single...
View ArticleHappy May Day, San Francisco
Happy May Day, comrades, and what a fine May day it is even if the urgent mayday spirit on this International Workers Day doesn’t seem as strong as some recent years past in the Bay Area.While Russia...
View ArticleLawsuit filed to halt "Google bus" shuttle pilot program
Protesters dressed in clown costumes blockade a tech shuttle April 1, 2014. Guardian photo by Rebecca BoweThe road to regulating Google Buses has a new pothole: a lawsuit. A lawsuit filed in San...
View ArticleAir district unveils new wind-powered ferry
Brian McMahonSan Francisco, the city with the highest concentration of hybrid cars, may soon be the first city to boast a hybrid ferry as well. Officials today at Pier 1 ½ unveiled a vessel that runs...
View ArticleDick Meister: The real May Day
By Dick MeisterMay Day. A day to herald the coming of Spring with song and dance, a day forchildren with flowers in their hair to skip around beribboned maypoles, atime to crown May Day queens.But it...
View ArticleLive review: Mastodon at the Fox Theater
Album art for Mastodon's new album, out June 24. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!Courtesy mastodonrocks.comThey still exist: big metal bands that go on old-fashioned tours, rather than exclusively playing...
View ArticleSpider-Man and other men (some more amazing than others...) in new movies!
You again? Andrew Garfield suits up for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA PICTURES/SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKSIt won't be summer according to the calendar for another month or so, but...
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