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In August 2010, San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar decided that city intervention was needed to help him raise his daughter.
As Mar later told reporters, he was shocked to...
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Seven years ago, Lee Chartock, a psychiatrist in South Weymouth, Mass., got a visit from a drug saleswoman offering to pay his expenses to an "advisory meeting" in Boca Raton,...
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The Sundance Film Festival, which began January 20 and ends January 30, self-identifies as a "discovery festival," meaning that it embraces its own legend of being a place...
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It's a new year, and you've decided to throw yourself headlong into a fresh project. Perhaps there's a little cottage-industry venture you want to start up. Maybe it's time to...
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The Board of Supervisors recently voted to open up new territory to the city's growing culture of food trucks, and streamlined the permit process for those with multiple truck...
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In any other city, the elevation to mayor of the first Asian-American in history would be a cause for celebration for liberals. But to listen to them somberly speak on Jan....
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Because of a budget shortfall, city officials are tightening traffic regulations and have told parking cops to issue more tickets. What can people now be ticketed for?
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Urban environments are great places for bars, nightlife, arts, food, and culture. They are also great places for neurosis, stress, and isolation. Why? Because people in cities...
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In a recent episode of The Office, Steve Carell's perennially clueless Michael Scott arrives at work suddenly concerned about China's imminent global economic takeover,...
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If your primary goal in life is to someday open your third eye on the banks of the Ganges, you might be surprised to find that getting into that kundalini rising spirit might...
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Good Samaritans or Car Thieves?
Those who are there to help don't flee when the police arrive: I'm fairly skeptical of the "Good Samaritan" who decided to move a car in front...
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Zoë Keating is in Las Vegas, cello and child in tow, for the Consumer Electronics Show. "I'm playing every day at the Intel booth," she says. "In between, I'm hiding out...
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Early on in Friends for Now, their debut album, S.F.'s Young Prisms deliver what is either a mission statement, a basic affirmation of existence, or both: "I'm still high/I'm...
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Sizzle
Hometown guitar hotshot Joe Satriani, who taught Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett among others, shredded like the bald god he is Thursday night at the Fox Theater, and...
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It's sad, really, that the Asylum Street Spankers are calling it quits. For nearly 17 years, the Austin band with the revolving-door lineup has reveled in energetic crudeness....
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One of the figureheads of progressive house in the '90s, Welsh-born DJ and producer Sasha has maintained pole position within the ranks of the club world by sidestepping the...
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Game geeks may know him from his role in Activision's "DJ Hero," but the Magnificent Jazzy Jeff Townes started spinning Philly house parties way back in the early '80s and...
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All I need to do is hear or read one word that reminds me of some random song, and I will have that song in my head until my head hits the pillow at night. Yesterday the song...
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If you can't tell Locavore's modus operandi from its name, you've been spending too much time in Burger King. Jason Moniz, who made a name for himself as the opening chef at...
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Countdown to Best Of
By John Birdsall
Compiling our annual list of San Francisco's best things to eat and drink is like packing for a yearlong sabbatical to Antarctica. You...
