Free Sunday meters challenge rejected, SFMTA board's independence questioned
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Chairman Tom Nolan, pictured here, is under question of being unduly influenced by the mayor. Image courtesy of the SFMTAThe San...
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On a high note: Erich Bergen, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, and Michael Lomenda croon in Jersey Boys.Courtesy of Warner Bros. picturesThe backstage musical that turned the story of Frankie Valli...
View ArticleSpeakeasy Ales & Lagers is Turning 17!
Win a pair of VIP tickets to the official party Saturday, June 28 and celebrate seventeen years of brewing great beer in San Francisco. There will be unlimited beer tasting including flagship brews as...
View ArticleSnap Sounds: Lone
LONEREALITY TESTING(R&S RECORDS)Matt "Lone" Cutler's heart belongs to hip hop. It's easy to forget this given how the British producer only started to attract critical notice after switching from...
View ArticleCity agencies defend their slow response to Airbnb's illegal rentals
Tourists can choose from nearly 5,000 San Francisco homes on Airbnb.More information has been coming out about how Airbnb is used to convert San Francisco apartments into tourist rentals — including an...
View ArticleParty Radar: Hardkiss Brothers celebrate 1991, "Flowers Blooming"
Scott and Robbie, takin' us backIt's a tribute to the resiliency of SF's classic Hardkiss Brothers -- and the soul of the SF house music scene -- that, after the devastating loss of musical brother...
View ArticleAs Ellis Act reform bill faced death, where was Ron Conway?
Where was Mayor Ed Lee's partner in the tech industry, Ron Conway, when the Ellis Act reform needed him?One week and one day -- that's how long Sen. Mark Leno has to push his Ellis Act reform bill...
View ArticleEnter if you dare! Spirited local actors highlight Jefferson Street's...
A scene from the dark depths of the San Francisco Dungeon.Photo by David KurlanderA new attraction is coming to Fisherman’s Wharf June 26, and it’s pretty surreal. The San Francisco Dungeon, the eighth...
View ArticleBoom asks "What's the matter with San Francisco?" and offers insightful answers
“What’s the matter with San Francisco?” asks the Summer 2014 issue of the Boom: A Journal of California, a quarterly magazine produced by the University of California Press, tapping an amazing array of...
View ArticleFrameline is underway! Plus: crooners, ping-pong champs, and more, in new movies
What happens in Vegas: Kevin Hart and Romany Malco in star in comedy sequel Think Like a Man Too.Photo by Matt KennedyFrameline 38, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicked off last...
View ArticleAmour Vert brings its eco-friendly designs to Hayes Valley
"Paris Chic, Cali Cool.” That’s the tagline behind the eco-friendly clothing brand Amour Vert. Usually, the people who refer to California as “Cali" are non-natives. The term implies a certain...
View ArticleIs the SF District Attorney’s Office biased against cyclists?
Cyclists visit the intersection where cyclist Amelie Le Moullac (pictured on in a memorial on the post) was killed last yearSteven T. JonesThere’s been much discussion over the last year about whether...
View ArticleFree Sunday meters challenge rejected, SFMTA board's independence questioned
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Chairman Tom Nolan, pictured here, is under question of being unduly influenced by the mayor. Image courtesy of the SFMTAThe San...
View ArticleDoo-wop (that thing): talking with the cast of 'Jersey Boys'
On a high note: Erich Bergen, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, and Michael Lomenda croon in Jersey Boys.Courtesy of Warner Bros. picturesThe backstage musical that turned the story of Frankie Valli...
View ArticleSpeakeasy Ales & Lagers is Turning 17!
Win a pair of VIP tickets to the official party Saturday, June 28 and celebrate seventeen years of brewing great beer in San Francisco. There will be unlimited beer tasting including flagship brews as...
View ArticleSnap Sounds: Lone
LONEREALITY TESTING(R&S RECORDS)Matt "Lone" Cutler's heart belongs to hip hop. It's easy to forget this given how the British producer only started to attract critical notice after switching from...
View ArticleCity agencies defend their slow response to Airbnb's illegal rentals
Tourists can choose from nearly 5,000 San Francisco homes on Airbnb.More information has been coming out about how Airbnb is used to convert San Francisco apartments into tourist rentals — including an...
View ArticleParty Radar: Hardkiss Brothers celebrate 1991, "Flowers Blooming"
Scott and Robbie, takin' us backIt's a tribute to the resiliency of SF's classic Hardkiss Brothers -- and the soul of the SF house music scene -- that, after the devastating loss of musical brother...
View ArticleAs Ellis Act reform bill faced death, where was Ron Conway?
Where was Mayor Ed Lee's partner in the tech industry, Ron Conway, when the Ellis Act reform needed him?One week and one day -- that's how long Sen. Mark Leno has to push his Ellis Act reform bill...
View ArticleEnter if you dare! Spirited local actors highlight Jefferson Street's...
A scene from the dark depths of the San Francisco Dungeon.Photo by David KurlanderA new attraction is coming to Fisherman’s Wharf June 26, and it’s pretty surreal. The San Francisco Dungeon, the eighth...
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