Police pledge new pedestrian safety reforms, and to revisit collision cold case
Jikaiah Stevens after the collision that cost her over $100,000 in medical bills, as well as traumatic brain injury. Photos courtesy of Jikaiah StevensOne might call it the police’s act of contrition....
View ArticleRIP Gary Arlington, underground comix hero
"Gary Arlington and Beloved Comics"Just got word from Last Gasp Press founder Ron Turner that comics legend Gary Edson Arlington has passed away at age 75. In 1968, he opened what is considered the...
View ArticleState of the City speech filled with unsupported promises
Mayor Lee's speech was long pledges, promises, and platitudes, but short of support.It was maddening to watch Mayor Ed Lee deliver his annual State of the City address this morning. This was pure...
View ArticleNew, final Presidio museum proposals are in
The new Lucas plan...looks like the old Lucas plan. Courtesy of the Presidio.gov websiteThe final round of project proposals for the Crissy Field Presidio site are in, and boy do they sure look......
View ArticleMusic Listings: Jan. 15-21, 2014
WEDNESDAY 15ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. Connan Mockasin, Disappearing People, Faux Canada, 9 p.m., $10-$12.El Rio: 3158 Mission, San Francisco. Nobunny, King Lollipop, Pookie...
View ArticlePsycic Dream: Jan. 15-21, 2014
ARIESMarch 21-April 19When people act or react with anger it’s often just to cover up deeper insecurities or worries. This week you may find your mind running a mile a minute, Aries, and the track it’s...
View ArticleLee panders to motorists and undermines SFMTA with Sunday metering repeal
First Mayor Ed Lee ignores the rising cost of living in San Francisco (fueled partly by his own corporate welfare for the tech industry and commercial landlords), and now he’s using his sudden concern...
View ArticleStudy: 30 percent of tech shuttle riders would move from SF if there were no...
We weren’t able to attend the San Francisco Commission on the Environment’s policy committee meeting on Mon/13, but there were clues (okay, a live Twitter feed) that the debate around the city’s tech...
View ArticleSFUSD backs supervisors’ sugary beverage tax, with concerns
Supervisors Mar and Wiener listen to advocate Roberto Vargas defend their sugary beverages tax to the Board of Education Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezA San Francisco ballot initiative to levy a tax...
View ArticlePromo: The Edwardian Ball is happening this weekend
The Edwardian Ball is an elegant, whimsical celebration of art, music, theatre, fashion, technology, circus, and famed author Edward Gorey, set in an imagined “Edwardian” era. Now in its fourteenth...
View ArticleOf course Beyoncé is a feminist: On gender equality and women in entertainment
Hi, I'm here for Women's Studies?A specific corner of the Internet was abuzz this week with the news that Beyoncé, fresh off inciting think-piece warfare about whether or not her new visual album...
View ArticleWelcome to San Francisco, "Welcome to Night Vale"
Hello, listeners. Brilliant breakout podcast "Welcome to Night Vale" has gained a rabid (yet adorably introspective) fanbase since it launched in June 2012. The twice-monthly, 20-minute-long show,...
View ArticlePolice pledge new pedestrian safety reforms, and to revisit collision cold case
Jikaiah Stevens after the collision that cost her over $100,000 in medical bills, as well as traumatic brain injury. Photos courtesy of Jikaiah StevensOne might call it the police’s act of contrition....
View ArticleRIP Gary Arlington, underground comix hero
"Gary Arlington and Beloved Comics"Just got word from Last Gasp Press founder Ron Turner that comics legend Gary Edson Arlington has passed away at age 75. In 1968, he opened what is considered the...
View ArticleState of the City speech filled with unsupported promises
Mayor Lee's speech was long pledges, promises, and platitudes, but short of support.It was maddening to watch Mayor Ed Lee deliver his annual State of the City address this morning. This was pure...
View ArticleNew, final Presidio museum proposals are in
The new Lucas plan...looks like the old Lucas plan. Courtesy of the Presidio.gov websiteThe final round of project proposals for the Crissy Field Presidio site are in, and boy do they sure look......
View ArticleDouble standard for the role of voters in SF waterfront development?
Sup. David Campos signs Campaign Manager Jon Golinger's waterfront initiative petition.Tim DawAs our article on San Francisco waterfront development was hitting the presses last week, California State...
View ArticleTalking points for Google busers
TechCrunch is reporting that a Google employee leaked an internal memo the Silicon Valley tech firm circulated to its employees, urging them to provide public comment on the controversial proposal to...
View ArticleDebunking SF Mag’s Ellis Act apologist article, point by point
San Francisco Magazine's "The Power Issue" features Ed Lee front and center.Well, everyone’s got an opinion. And when it comes to San Francisco’s housing crisis, that’s doubly true.San Francisco...
View ArticleEvents: January 22 - 28, 2014
Listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Submit items for the listings at listings@sfbg.com. For further information on how to submit items for the listings, see Selector.WEDNESDAY 22Read more »
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