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Our 40th annual Best of the Bay issue is coming Oct. 15! This year's theme is Dia de los Muertos, in celebration of true Bay Area spirit.Read more »
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TABLEHOPPING Doc Ricketts, Bistro L'Aviateur, Le Marais Bistro and Bakery, and more whip up some juicy new food destibations Fruits de mer at Le MaraisPHOTO BY DANA EASTLANDculture@sfbg.comRead more »
View ArticleOn the fringe
SF Fringe Festival 2014 leads off with a couple of jokersPHOTOS COURTESY OF SF FRINGE FESTIVALarts@sfbg.comTHEATER The first show of the first night of this year's San Francisco Fringe Festival was a...
View ArticleRealtors give $600,000 to defeat anti-speculation tax
flipproperties.orgTwo Realtor groups have dumped nearly $600,000 into the campaign against Prop. G, the tax on flipping properties to discourage real estate speculation and evictions in San Francisco,...
View ArticleInternet Slowdown marks fight on net neutrality
Don’t be surprised if you go online tomorrow [Wed/10] and see a “loading” symbol – aka the proverbial “spinning wheel of death” – staring you in the face. No, that isn’t actually a technical problem –...
View ArticleMayor Lee: Welcome Fleet Week, prepare for disaster UPDATED
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s daily announcement of public events today included a strange pairing for tomorrow [Wed/10]: the Blue Angels will return to perform dangerous maneuvers over this densely...
View ArticleSOS: A bill to protect oil refineries also threatens public access rights
Gov. Brown. Veto SB 1300This bill would establish a stealth template for how to gut the California Public Records Act one economic and political sector at a time. By Bruce B. Brugmann (with a First...
View ArticleDeal reached in Transbay Tower tax district showdown
The deal almost sounds too good to be true. After threats of lawsuits, frantic backdoor dealmaking and a very harried week for the Board of Supervisors, a deal was finally reached yesterday on a...
View ArticleLee and UC Berkeley institute take on income inequality
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and U.C. Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society are teaming up today [Wed/10] in Washington DC to release and discuss the institute’s first policy...
View ArticleThe funkmaestro of Vulfpeck on gaming Spotify, German pronunciation mishaps,...
Vulfpeck bring their sweet funk to Brick & Mortar for free this Mon/15.By Jonathan KirchnerMembers of the band Vulfpeck describe themselves as a "half-Jewish German-American rhythm section."...
View ArticleLegal aid funding for undocumented youth clears board committee
Sup. David Campos with Tony, an 11-year-old from El Salvador who just received asylum.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEBrian, who is 12, came to the United States from Guatemala with his younger brother,...
View ArticleGo do this thing tonight: Tell Supes Chiu and Campos how to make SF nightlife...
Are you sick of San Francisco being a town that shuts down at 2am (and more realistically about an hour earlier)?Are you annoyed that people keep moving next door to music venues and then complaining...
View ArticleBombshell BART report slams hiring of union-busting negotiator Tom Hock
A new report analyzes the mistakes that led to two BART strikes and two fatalities last year.Rebecca BoweIndependent investigators analyzing BART's recent turmultuous, rollercoaster-ride labor...
View ArticleTravel Back to a Time of Merriment and Mirth at the Northern California...
Travel back to a time of knights, feasts, and festivities during the Northern California Renaissance Faire, happening every weekend starting September 13th through October 12th at Casa de Fruta in...
View ArticleNew SFBG columnist dives into SF sex culture head first
[Editor’s Note: The Bay Guardian welcomes and presents our new sex columnist, Krissy Eliot, whose columns you can find here every Thursday and in our print edition on an occasional basis, including in...
View ArticleVOTE NOW! BEST OF THE BAY 2014 READERS POLL IS HERE
Our 40th annual Best of the Bay issue is coming Oct. 15! This year's theme is Dia de los Muertos, in celebration of true Bay Area spirit.Read more »
View ArticleDeal reached in Transbay Tower tax district showdown
The deal almost sounds too good to be true. After threats of lawsuits, frantic backdoor dealmaking and a very harried week for the Board of Supervisors, a deal was finally reached yesterday on a...
View ArticleLee and UC Berkeley institute take on income inequality
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and U.C. Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society are teaming up today [Wed/10] in Washington DC to release and discuss the institute’s first policy...
View ArticleThe funkmaestro of Vulfpeck on gaming Spotify, German pronunciation mishaps,...
Vulfpeck bring their sweet funk to Brick & Mortar for free this Mon/15.By Jonathan KirchnerMembers of the band Vulfpeck describe themselves as a "half-Jewish German-American rhythm section."...
View ArticleLegal aid funding for undocumented youth clears board committee
Sup. David Campos with Tony, an 11-year-old from El Salvador who just received asylum.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEBrian, who is 12, came to the United States from Guatemala with his younger brother,...
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