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Read the memo detailing Mayor Ed Lee's punishment of supervisors who...
A screenshot of a memo from Kate Howard, the mayor's office budget director, to city agencies.The story is snowballing.Mayor Ed Lee is furious at supervisors who voted for Sup. Scott Wiener's Muni...
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Eff you, gravity! Watch this skater fly over a fence at the new SoMa West...
A skater hops a fence at the SoMa West skatepark, but now we've got video. Photo by Tim DawThe Guardian recently covered the unveiling of the SoMa West skatepark, a new skate spot giving a glint of...
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Mayoral meltdown
Mayor Ed Lee pushes back against ballot measures for affordable housing, transportation fundingMayor Ed Lee plays Whac-A-Mole with Muni and affordable housing ballot measures proposed by Sups. Scott...
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San Francisco's shame and triumph: remembering the I-Hotel
Protesters in front of the International Hotel on 848 Kearny Street near Jackson Street in San Francisco, California try to prevent the San Francisco Sheriffs' deputies from evicting elderly tenants on...
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Messed up: Did this man vandalize Alejandro Nieto's memorial?
Who vandalized Alex Nieto's memorial? Image from Justice4AlexNieto.orgAlejandro Nieto was killed after a hotly debated, horrifying confrontation with the SFPD nearly five months ago. Since his death,...
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SF school board votes to aid Central American child refugees, hopes to spark...
Edgar Estanislao, 19, tells the SFUSD board about his migration from Mexico as he advocates for aid to Central American child refugees. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezWaves of Central American child...
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San Francisco rent explosion: Median rent for two-bedroom apartment tops $4K
The Rent is Too Damn High, Part 2 Image courtesy of PriceEconomics.comHold onto your butts, a new study on San Francisco's rental market (yes another one) reveals the city's newest most expensive...
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Was Oakland's moment of silence for Ferguson buzzed by a police helicopter?
Stock photo of a California Highway Patrol helicopter. Was this the 'copter that buzzed a moment of silence for victims of police violence? Via Wikimedia user ShakataGaNai under CC SA 2.0As many of us...
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Live shots: Pro-Palestine activists block ship at the Port of Oakland
Guardian photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezPro-Palestine activists marched on Saturday to block an Israeli ship scheduled to dock at the Port of Oakland, protesting Gaza violence.Well over 1,000...
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More time, same crime
Decades after crack cocaine "epidemic," bill aims for parity between crack and powder cocaine sentencingjoe@sfbg.comRoll up a dollar bill, snort a line of coke, sit back and smile: If your cocaine use...
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Researcher explores police and protester violence in the Occupy movement
People are moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an...
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Sacramento Bee wins legal battle, UC Davis pepper spraying cops must be named
Nearly three years after UC Davis campus police pepper sprayed a line of peaceful, seated student protesters from the Occupy movement, The Sacramento Bee has won a legal battle to release the names of...
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Gearing up for war
The SFPD and police departments across the country get free military equipment, but does it make us safer or provoke violence?joe@sfbg.comA tear gas canister explodes as citizens flee from the...
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Pixilated joy
FALL ARTS 2014 Chickens, cats, sharks, and sweet dance moves: fall's offbeat video games SUPER SMASH BROS.Platforms: 3DS/WiiURead more »
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BART launches internal affairs investigation into tackling arrest of black man
SF Examiner photo by Kate CongerThe Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation after an officer tackled and subsequently arrested a suspect, the Bay...
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Ranks of opposition to 16th and Mission development grow as Plaza 16 pushes...
Photo courtesy of Plaza 16In the sea of nonprofit leaders, career organizers, and rabblerousers, one old man put the Mission's struggle into context, last night [Thu/28]. It was a majority Latino...
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Tale of two Internets
Officials work to close the digital divide, an inequitable reality even in high-tech SFThe Sandoval family now has low-cost Internet access at home, thanks to a federal program.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY JOE...
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Deal 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...
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Bombshell 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...
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Sex in the Matrix
Virtual reality porn is coming soon, whether we're ready or not for its many implicationsjoe@sfbg.com In the future, humankind will get down and dirty with pixelated playmates. And that future is...
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