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SF votes to ban plastic water bottles on city property
San Francisco continues to lead the way in the nation’s environmental policy, with the Board of Supervisors today [Tues/4] voting unanimously to bar the city from buying plastic water bottles and to...
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Bleached brings the sunshine at the Rickshaw Stop
Bleached at the Rickshaw Stop, Fri/28.PHOTOS BY ERIN DAGEIt's no question that Bleached has come into success within the past year with the release of its debut album, Ride Your Heart, on record label...
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Hacker pranks San Francisco FBI using Google Maps exploit
A hacker utilized a Google Maps exploit to reroute calls to the San Francisco FBI office and the Secret Service, allowing him to record the calls. Image via ValleywagAn ex-Marine turned hacker used his...
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Message to techies: Identify with your community, not just your industry
Yelp "Community Managers" from around the world are gathered in the company's San Francisco headquarters.Steven T. JonesI appreciated the opportunity to address a couple hundred Yelp community managers...
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Listen: New M. Lockwood Porter single "Chris Bell" pays tribute to the...
M. Lockwood Porter opens for Mirah tomorrow night [Thu/6] at Brick & Mortar Music Hall.This happens very rarely, but every now and then, I'm actually in step with some kind of larger musical...
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More than 86,000 say they’d risk arrest over oil pipeline
On Mon/3, nine environmental activists were arrested in San Francisco for marching through the financial district and entering One Spear Tower, the building that houses local offices of the State...
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"Are Alt Weeklies Over?" Hell no! We're needed now more than ever.
The New York TimesThe New York Times yesterday ran an insightful and widely circulated op-ed from a fellow alt-weekly editor, Baynard Woods of Baltimore City Paper, that emphasized the important role...
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Is Airbnb's day of reckoning in SF on its way?
Airbnb facilitates short-term stays all over San Francisco, most of which violate local laws.The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is finally preparing to take action against the illegal short-term...
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Three upcoming events on housing in San Francisco
There are a few upcoming opportunities to have your say in the ongoing dialogue about the San Francisco tenants’ struggle as long-term renters grapple with rising rents and the threat of...
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ABC7's pedestrian safety coverage courts controversy
ABC 7 screencapABC7 News Investigative Team’s new “investigative report” on pedestrian safety stirred controversy this week as street safety advocates called out the video for its insensitivity towards...
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California High-Speed Rail backers optimistic despite challenges
The California High Speed rail project has been facing resistance that threatens to derail the project. Not only has public support for the $68 billion project wavered in recent years, now the project...
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Listen: Warm Soda's new LP 'Young Reckless Hearts'
Warm SodaGUARDIAN PHOTO BY MATTHEW REAMEROakland's Warm Soda, aka one of our 2013 bands on the rise, is almost too easy to love: That lo-fi fuzz, those jangly, sugar-sweet hooks, that sudden urge to be...
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Uber didn’t have the decency to offer personal condolences to Sofia Liu’s family
Sofia Liu image courtesy of fundraiser website for her funeralIn the wake of a young girl’s death in a traffic collision New Year’s Eve, allegations of improper insurance coverage and safety practices...
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All of the fucks that we should be giving: An evening with Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco at The Fillmore, Fri/7.PHOTOS BY KELLY MCFARLINGBy Kelly McFarlingWhen I was 13, I was a late-blooming tomboy, watching, confused, as everyone around me grew up and started acting...
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State may require rideshare companies to own fleet of wheelchair accessible cars
Jonathan Lyens, who is blind, said a rideshare driver drove away when he saw Lyens' guide dog at a hearing on the rideshare industry last week. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezAs cabbies flee the taxi...
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East Bay grace
Diablo Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversaryWhat's next: Diablo Ballet's April 11 performance, "Emotions Into Movement," includes Ben Stevenson's End of Time.PHOTO BY TIFFANY BERTOLAMI-FONG AND...
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All disquiet
Rhubarb and Radiator: Writer Marc Weidenbaum takes on Aphex Twin's seminal ambient works.PHOTO BY JORGE COLOMBOmarke@sfbg.comSUPER EGO"There is no previous book to this book. There is no Selected...
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Woman with a movie camera
Cheers to CAAMFest's crop of female directorsDetroit's finest: The formidable subject of "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs"arts@sfbg.comCAAMFEST A beautiful butch moviemaker...
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Telling tales
Diverse stories take to the screen in CAAMFest's documentary competitionAmerican Arabcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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The art of martial arts
CAAMFest remembers legendary producer Sir Run Run Shawcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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