Transportation funding faces key test after Mayor Lee flips on VLF increase
Then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger slashed the VLF, and now Mayor Ed Lee won't let San Franciscans raise it this year.Facing a deadline of tomorrow’s [Tues/10] San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting...
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Join the San Francisco Bay Guardian as we explore the current swirl of challenges and initiatives that will determine how people get around San Francisco. We'll discuss transportation funding measures...
View ArticleStage Listings: June 11-17, 2014
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at...
View ArticleFilm Listings: June 11-17, 2014
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock.DOCFESTThe 13th San Francisco...
View ArticleCristina Lopez, East Bay Recycler
Recycling workers, in their own wordsCristina Lopez and her two sons.David BaconRelated: Invisible no moreLuis Valladares, East Bay recycler "I first applied for a job at the Select agency in 2000. A...
View ArticleEvent Listings: June 11-17, 2014
WEDNESDAY 11Robert Dawson Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library, 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfpl.org. 6-8pm, free. The photographer discusses The Public Library: A Photographic Essay.Emma Straub Booksmith, 1644...
View ArticleDrought legislation would undermine endangered species protection
By Mike LynesOPINION California's ongoing drought has brought hardship to nearly every corner of the state, but the Central Valley has been ground zero. Communities are struggling just to fill their...
View ArticleThe dual
Creativity rules at Circus Automatic and 'Shared Space'Aiming for greatness: 'In the Tree of Smoke'arts@sfbg.comDANCE Circus Automatic's In the Tree of Smoke is a fun and greatly entertaining show that...
View ArticleDark/light
Day turns to nightlife with Adult., Disco Daddy, Sunset Island, Daytime Realness, more partiesThe shining: Adult. flash a razor's edge Fri/13marke@sfbg.comSUPER EGO Vampires beware, or at least grab a...
View ArticleTropical impressions
A few picks from YBCA's New Filipino Cinema 2014cheryl@sfbg.comFILM We're neck-deep in local film festival season right now — which, yeah, is kind of 12 months out of the year around here, but the SF...
View ArticleAnxious art
Striking 'Masterpieces of Polish Cinema' at the PFAI>Ashes and Diamonds arts@sfbg.comFILM Poland had not been a major hub of film production in the early decades of the medium, and its industry...
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Music-manager doc 'Supermensch' doth gush too muchShep Gordon with Anne Murray in an archival photo from Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.arts@sfbg.comFILM Sometimes a movie can only be called a...
View ArticleShapeshifter
Oakland Afro-soul veteran steps out her own. Plus: Adios Amigo fights cynicism with Erasable Truth, and other local releasesZakiya Harris releases her EP at Awaken Cafe this Sat/14.PHOTO BY BETHANIE...
View ArticleLet's do lunch
TABLEHOPPING You'll want to add Aveline to your dining to-do list — and check out all these new options for lunch!Eat your vegetables (at Aveline).PHOTO BY ERIC WOLFINGERculture@sfbg.comRead more »
View ArticleHousing crisis requires creative thinking
Waterfront luxury condos aren't the path to affordable housing.EDITORIAL Does the construction of brand new high-end towers represent the only possible opportunity for new affordable housing in San...
View ArticleStreetcar standoff
Muni sickout echoes earlier labor clashes and economic inequitiesHarry Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU), addresses a mass meeting in San Francisco, 1965....
View ArticleBay Guardian Community Forum! Bikes, buses, and budgets: How to create the...
Join the San Francisco Bay Guardian as we explore the current swirl of challenges and initiatives that will determine how people get around San Francisco. We'll discuss transportation funding measures...
View ArticleEvent Listings: June 11-17, 2014
WEDNESDAY 11Robert Dawson Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library, 100 Larkin, SF; www.sfpl.org. 6-8pm, free. The photographer discusses The Public Library: A Photographic Essay.Emma Straub Booksmith, 1644...
View ArticleDrought legislation would undermine endangered species protection
By Mike LynesOPINION California's ongoing drought has brought hardship to nearly every corner of the state, but the Central Valley has been ground zero. Communities are struggling just to fill their...
View ArticleThe dual
Creativity rules at Circus Automatic and 'Shared Space'Aiming for greatness: 'In the Tree of Smoke'arts@sfbg.comDANCE Circus Automatic's In the Tree of Smoke is a fun and greatly entertaining show that...
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