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Hello Sailor
Ahoy! Hoist your freak flag at the PUMA Yard, 'Cubic Lust,' Dick Slap, Skratchpad, Metro Area, Danny Krivit, more parties this week Seattle's DJ Nark will Dick Slap us.SUPER EGO A "yacht" sounds like...
View ArticleMusic Listings: August 7-13, 2013
WEDNESDAY 7ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. Nothington, Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo, 9 p.m., $10-$12.DNA Lounge: 375 11th St., San Francisco. White Wizzard, Hysteria,...
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Season's greetings
Three standout works, one 'Summer Sampler'Triangulating EuclidPHOTO BY RJ MUNAODC/Dance's 2013 "Summer Sampler" was a smash. The theater was completely packed, and it looked like the entire staff was...
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Bomb the Music Industry!’s Jeff Rosenstock: Poster boy for manic depression...
Get in the pit.PHOTO BY DAN HALLIGAN.To get a feel for why Jeff Rosenstock plays the way he does, you have to go back almost a decade to the sweaty, now-defunct scene in New Jersey and Long Island that...
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Tenant defenders, hate-free billboards and budget hackers
Tech sector startups aren’t the only folks “disrupting” things in the Bay Area as of late. Social justice activists are mounting their own creative, grassroots responses to unjust practices – and while...
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Community-based journalists also raising Airbnb's issues in SF
Mainstream media outlets in San Francisco may be slow to pick up on how Airbnb and other online home rental companies are violating local laws and dodging local taxes — the subject of our cover story...
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Jack Spade tries to sneak into a beloved Mission spot, triggering a community...
Jack Spade's Chicago store, a sharp contrast to the raggedy, lovable old Adobe Bookstore.The Stop Jack Spade Coalition is throwing an impromptu fundraiser tonight (Wed/7) at the Make-Out Room to help...
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Last tango: Investigators sort through BART's labor impasse
Investigators questioned BART workers, managers, and negotiators throughout the day in Oakland.Joe FitzgeraldMuch of BART's dirty laundry was aired at the first hearing on the negotiations in Oakland...
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Agency official under fire for development project endorsement
BCDC Vice Chair Anne Halsted, shown in this screen shot of Open Up the Waterfront's campaign ad.Did a high-ranking official of a regional conservation authority improperly use her influence to secure...
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Richmond gets radical, seizing foreclosed homes from banks
The banks have neglected their foreclosed homes in Richmond far more than the city and its residents would.Creative Commons/CoCoACCEAs a rule of thumb, we at the Guardian tend to believe that if the...
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Final Burning Man ticket sale brings total to 61,000 sold for $23 mil
With the final official Burning Man ticket sale going off without a hitch yesterday, Bay Area burners are now in mad preparation mode, with DPW setup crews arriving on the playa this week, early art...
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Lawsuit over injury from airborne fire hydrant tests Uber’s insurance practices
Gushing for UberImage courtesy of Leslie Straw, via Twitter @lastrawA hydrant hit by a private taxi operating in partnership with Uber was sent flying, leaving this geyser pouring at over Divisadero...
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Taxis reinvent themselves to be more like Lyft
As this image from Lyft's Facebook page demonstrates, some drivers are true believers.For all the (justified) grumbling about the business models of ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber, the...
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Breathe Owl Breathe's van and gear stolen in Berkeley
Here's the Breathe Owl Breathe van.Below is a note from the touring musicians of indie folk group Breathe Owl Breathe -- their van was stolen last night in Berkeley, and they need your help in tracking...
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Bay Area Walmart employees say they were fired in retaliation for striking
Dominic Ware participated in an OURWalmart strike this past May.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEAfter working for nearly two years at Walmart in San Leandro, Dominic Ware said he’d witnessed too many...
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Hello Sailor
Ahoy! Hoist your freak flag at the PUMA Yard, 'Cubic Lust,' Dick Slap, Skratchpad, Metro Area, Danny Krivit, more parties this week Seattle's DJ Nark will Dick Slap us.SUPER EGO A "yacht" sounds like...
View ArticleMusic Listings: August 7-13, 2013
WEDNESDAY 7ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. Nothington, Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo, 9 p.m., $10-$12.DNA Lounge: 375 11th St., San Francisco. White Wizzard, Hysteria,...
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Season's greetings
Three standout works, one 'Summer Sampler'Triangulating EuclidPHOTO BY RJ MUNAODC/Dance's 2013 "Summer Sampler" was a smash. The theater was completely packed, and it looked like the entire staff was...
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Bomb the Music Industry!’s Jeff Rosenstock: Poster boy for manic depression...
Get in the pit.PHOTO BY DAN HALLIGAN.To get a feel for why Jeff Rosenstock plays the way he does, you have to go back almost a decade to the sweaty, now-defunct scene in New Jersey and Long Island that...
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Tenant defenders, hate-free billboards and budget hackers
Tech sector startups aren’t the only folks “disrupting” things in the Bay Area as of late. Social justice activists are mounting their own creative, grassroots responses to unjust practices – and while...
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