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Polar bears and climate change in Vegas

Steven T. Jones - October 25, 2016

Las Vegas is a tough town for polar bears. But there I was, in the hours before the final presidential debate, sweating profusely inside...

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The Agenda, Oct. 23-30: Does the Eastern Neighborhoods plan even work any more?

Tim Redmond - October 23, 2016

There’s more and more evidence that the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, which since 2008 has guided development in a large swath of San Francisco, is...

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Why Prop. X is needed to save PDR

Zelda Bronstein - October 22, 2016

San Francisco’s artists, small blue-collar businesses, and community-serving nonprofits are being forced out of the city by soaring rents; outright evictions; and, in many...

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Community, labor leaders protest scary Big Tech dark money

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2016

The flood of sleazy dark money coming into Districts 1 and 11 got the attention of labor leaders and community activists, who met on...

Arts + Culture

Modern Times bookstore says it will close

Marke B. - October 10, 2016

In a message posted to its Facebook page around 9pm on Monday night, Modern Times Collective Bookstore -- for 45 years a vibrant center...

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Why I hate Columbus Day

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - October 9, 2016

I hate October 12. It’s the day I’m supposed to wave la bandiera d’Italia, the Italian flag. I'm proud to be southern Italian, which means,...

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Why is SF tolerating Airbnb’s bad behavior?

Tim Redmond - October 6, 2016

The way the Chronicle spun the new study on Airbnb was just fine: The platform does, indeed, hurt the city’s hotel industry (and hospitality...

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Will the courts legalize sex work?

Tim Redmond - October 4, 2016

A sex-worker advocacy group has filed what could be a dramatic precedent-setting appeal in federal court, seeking a ruling that would overturn the laws...

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Obama’s supply-side toolkit attacks local housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 4, 2016

On September 27th the Obama administration released a "Housing Development Toolkit" promoting a deregulation program for market rate housing development at the local level....

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Lawsuit against Burma Superstar: “Think of the life of people who make your food”

Sana Saleem - September 15, 2016

Former employees of Burma Superstar are speaking out about the labor lawsuit that was filed last week against the popular eatery claiming wage violations...

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