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2008 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Move 'Em Out

  published January 2, 2008

  Today, the Howard Street location of California Academy of Sciences closes. Soon after, it embarks on the forbidding activity of transporting a... More >>

• Deserving of Clapter

  published January 2, 2008

  My, isn't it a terrifical day? What’s that? You don't like the word terrifical? Suck it, because a new batch of words are coming down... More >>

• Eating Right

  published January 2, 2008

  Many take pride in the fact that the Bay Area was one of the first regions to suddenly look at its dinner plate and say, "No more!" Now, knowing... More >>

• Hey Now

  published January 2, 2008

  In late 2005, after Howard Stern went off the air and the city finally and collectively figured out who Sarah and No Name were, some of you were... More >>

• War Photographer

  published January 2, 2008

  Last autumn, Japanese artist Katsushige Nakahashi took 20,000 photographs of a single object -- a model of a World War II Japanese Kaiten... More >>

• More Than Kitsch

  published January 2, 2008

  Last year, City Lights published Dana Frank's Local Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments. Given the... More >>