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Activists score big victory as Jack Spade gives up on the Mission
Jack Spade was trying to open in the spot that housed the beloved Adobe Book Store until earlier this year.Score one for people power. Anti-gentrification activists in the Mission scored a major...
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Red herring or not, park closure vote delayed while supes seek police input
Sups. Scott Wiener (left) and Eric Mar talk as the board considers the park closure bill.Reed NelsonThere is only one police chief in this town, and no law regarding the usage of public parks shall...
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Undocumented and unafraid
A new wave of young and diverse Immigrant protesters risk serious consequences to call for change. Guardian photo by Brittany M. Powellrebecca@sfbg.comBusiness as usual means buses depart from the...
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SF General will lose much of its federal subsidy under Obamacare
As President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is phased in over the next couple years, San Francisco General Hospital will lose at least 25 percent of the $123 million it receives from the federal...
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City and teachers seek injunction against City College closure
City College of San Francisco has been fighting for its life this year.Photo by Mike Koozmin/SF Examiner, Illustration by SFBGThe plan to save City College of San Francisco took a proactive turn...
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Holiday shopping, anti-gentrification style
Anti-gentrification isn't just a hot-button issue in San Francisco. It's core-of-the-sun hot.And that's why Prensa POBRE/POOR Magazine, a magazine dedicated to giving marginalized populations a voice,...
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Laboring for better health care
Day laborer Gonzalo Moran says he was charged $300 for Tylenol.Guardian photo by Reed NelsonGardening, plumbing, construction, janitorial work and washing dishes: the jobs day laborers perform for San...
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Proposal seeks to improve prospects for the formerly incarcerated
Sup. Jane Kim's proposal seeks to eliminate bias against people who've served time behind bars.Questions concerning an individual's criminal history have been banned from city agency employment...
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National Park Service asks Presidio Trust to hit the breaks on museum proposals
PDX museum rendering courtesy of Presidio.govThe battle over the cultural fate of the otherwise outdoors-oriented Presidio could hit the pause button once again after a high-level letter sent to the...
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Gap in the hot seat over horrifying animal rights video
An investigation conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has revealed flat-out cruelty in the practice of harvesting angora fur. Now PETA is targeting Gap, a San Francisco-based...
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Hairy dilemma
Dogs in restaurants are more common than ever, despite being illegal for mere pets, a trend that service dog owners don't likenews@sfbg.comIt used to be rare to see dogs in restaurants — which many...
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Year of Evictions
As tech heated up the market in 2013, affordable housing became the dominant political issuePhotos: Mike Koozmin, Keeny + Law, Anti-Eviction Mapping ProjectThis New Year's Eve we take a look back at a...
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New FCC boss coming to Oakland
On Thu/9, Voices for Internet Freedom, Free Press and the Center for Media Justice are hosting Tom Wheeler, the recently installed Federal Communications Commission chairman, for a town hall-style...
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Build a bot
CAREERS AND ED: Robotics for Fun helps you make cute things come aliveJutiki Gunter, amid creationsGUARDIAN PHOTO BY REED NELSONculture@sfbg.comCAREERS AND ED For most of the working world, cardboard...
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"Poll" showing 73 percent approval for Mayor Lee was bogus
Mayor Ed Lee appears larger than life in the USF "poll."Tim DawThere was a poll conducted in late November by the University of San Francisco, the results of which were released in conjunction with the...
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When is a public opinion poll a valid representation of how people feel? That turns out to be a tricky and ever-evolving question, particularly in San Francisco — thanks to its prevalence of tenants...
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'The Bachelor' (episode 4, what better time to start?) recap: APOLOGY PLZ
Forgive the late (mid-season) arrival, some copy got lost in translation. And if you buy that, Juan Pablo's public image has a shot.So last week, amid all the real news (Chris Christie things, GOP...
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Yee had a reputation for political corruption even before the federal indictment
KPIX got this shot of Sen. Leland Yee shortly after he was taken into police custody this morning.KPIXLong before Sen. Leland Yee’s surprise arrest and arraignment on federal corruption charges today,...
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LIVE June election coverage UPDATED
Follow the San Francisco Bay Guardian tonight [Tue/3] as we cover the 2014 Primary Election live! A war on the waterfront is brewing, with Proposition B set to decide if voter approval should be...
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