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The agenda, Feb. 8-14: Lee’s strange transit policy …

Tim Redmond - February 7, 2016

Here’s a strange one that’s mostly under the radar: Mayor Ed Lee has introduced a ballot measure that would direct all future increases in...

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Crashing the Super Bowl party

Tim Redmond - February 3, 2016

The national news media got a look at San Francisco beyond the (boring) glitz of Super Bowl City and stage-managed press conferences tonight as...

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Tom’s Town: Sex-shamers find little love in SF

Tom Temprano - February 2, 2016

San Francisco did not show a lot of love for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its sex-shaming CEO Michael Weinstein last week. I’ve...

Arts + Culture

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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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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A police riot in 1967 has echoes today

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2016

UPDATED: Got some new information from Steve Morse, who was there, and the story reflects that now John Ross, the brilliant, shit-disturbing rebel reporter, died...

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The tragedy of poverty

Tiny - January 12, 2016

JANUARY 13, 2016 -- Gripping the steering wheel so tightly my hands hurt, I saw my mama so many years before, looking straight ahead...

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Tom’s Town: Let’s talk about PrEP, baby

Tom Temprano - January 7, 2016

JANUARY 8, 2016 -- If you aren’t a gay man, and perhaps even if you are, you may not be familiar with PrEP. Here’s...

Arts + Culture

‘Lowrider Lawyers’ put the city on trial

Tiny - January 7, 2016

SCREEN GRABS A cherry lipstick red 1974 Chevrolet glided down 24th street in La Mision, as it’s called by La Raza and so many other...

Arts + Culture

Can you whack?

Caitlin Donohue - January 7, 2016

MEXICO CITY, MEX. -- Maybe it’s cliché, but it’s also true that vogue and whacking – the latter a dance that sprung up in...

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