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Mexico City: The fallacy of ‘cheap’

Caitlin Donohue - January 31, 2016

MEXICO CITY, MEX. — The massive secondhand clothes market that lies on the edge of Mercado de Pino Suárez in the Centro Histórico neighborhood...

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Occupy the Super Bowl?

Tim Redmond - January 27, 2016

The supporters of the Super Bowl want San Francisco to look like a nice, clean city where all is gold and diamonds and special...

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El Nino is a public health crisis — and SF is dropping the ball

Jennifer Friedenbach - January 22, 2016

El Nino is here, and the storms will get worse in the next few weeks. This has created a state of emergency for the people...

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DA files corruption charges against City Hall operatives

Tim Redmond - January 22, 2016

No, they didn’t drag the mayor out in handcuffs. No, there were no elected-official perp walks. To the perhaps disappointment of the pack of...

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Bay Guardian announces fundraising success

Marke B. - January 22, 2016

In an newsletter announcement today, the team behind the "Bring Back the Bay Guardian" campaign announced that it had raised enough funds to secure...

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The regional government merger: Is anyone asking why?

Zelda Bronstein - January 21, 2016

On Friday, January 8, the latest phase of the power struggle between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments, a.k.a....

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Lies of the “sharing economy” start to collapse

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2016

The “sharing-economy” companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb have managed to avoid the regulations that govern taxis and hotels largely by insisting that they...

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Bayview pastor evicted as four are arrested

Sana Saleem - January 14, 2016

JANUARY 14, 2016 — Restlessness was in the air this morning outside the residence of a Bayview pastor as a handful of supporters gathered...

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The Agenda, Jan. 11-17: Being nice to Airbnb, the Super Bowl …

Tim Redmond - January 10, 2016

JANUARY 11, 2016 – It’s nice that the city is being oh-so-polite in dealing with a giant corporation that broke city laws and cheated...

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Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2016

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

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