More funding promised to Central American child refugees, Lee warns of new...
Immigrants who have been detained while crossing the border, thousands of which who are often unaccompanied. AP photo by Rick LoomisThousands of Central American children fleeing drug wars and poverty...
View ArticleSecurity officers target Apple over contractor's unfair labor practices
Next time you head to your neighborhood Apple store to get that smooth and harmonious feel that can only comes with the gentle touch of an iPad air, you might be greeted by an unhappy security officer...
View ArticlePurr-suit of happiness: SF SPCA aims to save more lives with its new adoption...
Last year, the SF SPCA assisted with 5,084 cat and dog adoptions. With its new adoption center near Bryant and 16th Streets, which opened June 13, it aims to increase capacity by 20 percent — saving...
View Article#TBT: That time we called for California's break-up
Our cover story, May 27, 2009DESIGN BY BEN HOPFERSo another scheme -- in a long and rich history of such schemes -- is attempting to break California into more digestible parts, and gaining national...
View ArticleSF bankers now exporting tenant-displacing TIC loans
Banker and mayoral appointee Stephen Adams is now exporting fractional TIC home loans to communities outside San Francisco.You Tube/AREAA-SFFractional mortgage loans used to convert apartments into...
View ArticleSan Franciscans could make death penalty ruling stick
The lethal injunction chamber at San Quentin Prison is rarely used, and it could be abolished forever.In the wake of yesterday’s [Wed/16] judicial ruling that California’s death penalty system is...
View ArticleAt 50, turning a critical eye on 'A Hard Day's Night'
More than any other Beatles album, A Hard Day's Night— which turns 50 this week — embodies the cliches surrounding the band. The cheesy harmonies, the "whoa"s and "yeah"s, the sappy love songs, the...
View Article“Let’s Elect Our Elected Officials” rejected at the Board of Supes
Mayor Ed Lee was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2011 after then-Mayor Gavin Newsom was elected to state office.At today’s (Tue/15) Board of Supervisors’ meeting, members of the board voted...
View ArticleSan Francisco to study dropping speed limit to 20 mph for pedestrian safety
Jikaiah Stevens was injured in a car collision and her driver received no punishment, she said. Will San Francisco dropping the speed limit to 20 mph prevent collisions? Photos courtesy of Jikaiah...
View ArticleEviction imminent for San Francisco Community Recycler's Center
A sleepy yet dedicated crowd turned out for an early-morning eviction defense for the recycling center.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEThis morning (Wed/16), outside the San Francisco Community...
View ArticleOn your mark, get set: The Music Video Race is off and running — and expanding
Behind the scenes at a very speedy Rin Tin Tiger video shoot. The band plays MVR's premiere party Sun/20 at The Independent.Everyone knows that true artists do their best work right before deadline....
View ArticleMore funding promised to Central American child refugees, Lee warns of new...
Immigrants who have been detained while crossing the border, thousands of which who are often unaccompanied. AP photo by Rick LoomisThousands of Central American children fleeing drug wars and poverty...
View ArticleSecurity officers target Apple over contractor's unfair labor practices
Next time you head to your neighborhood Apple store to get that smooth and harmonious feel that can only comes with the gentle touch of an iPad air, you might be greeted by an unhappy security officer...
View ArticlePurr-suit of happiness: SF SPCA aims to save more lives with its new adoption...
Last year, the SF SPCA assisted with 5,084 cat and dog adoptions. With its new adoption center near Bryant and 16th Streets, which opened June 13, it aims to increase capacity by 20 percent — saving...
View Article#TBT: That time we called for California's break-up
Our cover story, May 27, 2009DESIGN BY BEN HOPFERSo another scheme -- in a long and rich history of such schemes -- is attempting to break California into more digestible parts, and gaining national...
View ArticleSF bankers now exporting tenant-displacing TIC loans
Banker and mayoral appointee Stephen Adams is now exporting fractional TIC home loans to communities outside San Francisco.You Tube/AREAA-SFFractional mortgage loans used to convert apartments into...
View ArticleSan Franciscans could make death penalty ruling stick
The lethal injunction chamber at San Quentin Prison is rarely used, and it could be abolished forever.In the wake of yesterday’s [Wed/16] judicial ruling that California’s death penalty system is...
View ArticleHousing supply and demand theory on trial at City Hall
Advocates outside City Hall yesterday shout for fair wages and affordable housing, but will they get both? Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe November ballot is shaping into a housing supply theory...
View ArticleEverything is terrible, let's go hear some live music
The Hold Steady hit the Great American Music Hall Mon/21.PHOTO BY DANNY CLINCHDear readers! In case none of your coworkers has made any kind of Dilbert-ready joke by the water cooler yet today, let us...
View ArticleNew Zealand flow over Detroit beats: Ladi6 hits the Bay for the first time
Ladi6 plays Brick and Mortar tomorrow, Sat/19, and the New Parish Sun/20.By Rob GoszkowskiThere’s a commonality to a large segment of New Zealand music, much of it with a dubbed-out vibe that one would...
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