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Get Propositioned: Pensions Fail, Bus Drivers Dinged, and Sit-Lie Runs

'Oh, what a beautiful morning...'​It must be a bittersweet morning to be driving the Muni bus. With the vast majority of the city's votes counted, Proposition G -- which removes drivers from their exalted status as the only city workers not having to enter collective bargaining for their wages -- ... More >>

Liquid History

'Oh, what a beautiful morning...'​It must be a bittersweet morning to be driving the Muni bus. With the vast majority of the city's votes counted, Proposition G -- which removes drivers from their exalted status as the only city workers not having to enter collective bargaining for their wages -- ... More >>

Sending A Message Back

'Oh, what a beautiful morning...'​It must be a bittersweet morning to be driving the Muni bus. With the vast majority of the city's votes counted, Proposition G -- which removes drivers from their exalted status as the only city workers not having to enter collective bargaining for their wages -- ... More >>

Metal from the Middle East

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

The I Rock War

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

The Hurt Locker

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

Baghdad by the Bay

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

As unconventional as the warfare it depicts, The Hurt Locker is a ticking time bomb of a movie

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

The Hurt Locker

​Acrassicauda, an Iraqi thrash metal band, just hosted Headbangers Ball to promote Only the Dead See the End of the War, their new EP about wartime in Iraq. Bullied out of Baghdad by bombs to their practice space, death threats for their style of music and being branded as Satan worshipers, the ba ... More >>

Queer Food Capital: Where to Fortify Yourself for Pink Saturday

BrentOzar/Flickr Bagdad Cafe's Desert Fries: Satisfying.Before getting totally crunk on Gay Power at Pink Saturday, eat a little something. This trio of Castro spots offers affordable sustenance and serious people-watching, while allowing you to take a load off. You've waited all year for Pri ... More >>

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A Love Supreme: High Court Jurists Apparently Have a Yen for S.F. Eateries

So, we weren't at all surprised to see the above headline, "San Francisco restaurants appeal to Supreme Court." After all, with so many great restaurants to choose from, why shouldn't the local fare be appealing to our highest court? In fact, here's the breakdown: Chief Justice John Roberts: We hear ... More >>

Like a Kitten With A Ball of Yarn

So, we weren't at all surprised to see the above headline, "San Francisco restaurants appeal to Supreme Court." After all, with so many great restaurants to choose from, why shouldn't the local fare be appealing to our highest court? In fact, here's the breakdown: Chief Justice John Roberts: We hear ... More >>

Hidden Meanings

Ancient cultures resurrected in Berkeley Rep's latest.

Making Waves

Ancient cultures resurrected in Berkeley Rep's latest.

Cho Girl

Ancient cultures resurrected in Berkeley Rep's latest.

Doc Block

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Holiday in Baghdad

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Talk to Me, Twin Peaks, No End in Sight: DVDish

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Journalist Murder News: Black Muslims Hated, Hunted Chris Thompson

Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen

Scoring Tips

Why look for love on the Web when there are available servers at your table?

Repertory Film Listings

Why look for love on the Web when there are available servers at your table?

Last Night: Whild Peach with Bayonics at Red Devil Lounge

Why look for love on the Web when there are available servers at your table?

Repertory Film Listings

Why look for love on the Web when there are available servers at your table?

Appointment in Samarra

Dealing head-on with Bush's War, thriller dissects Iraqi unrest and nails the neocons

War Is Beautiful

Bye-bye Holocaust, hello Iraq. Baghdad gets the Benigni treatment.

Repertory Film Listings

Bye-bye Holocaust, hello Iraq. Baghdad gets the Benigni treatment.

Hot Shots

Bye-bye Holocaust, hello Iraq. Baghdad gets the Benigni treatment.

Problems at Home

Brad and Angelina are out to kill each other. You may want a piece of them, too.

What the Left Got Wrong About Iraq

Anti-war activists ignored Saddam Hussein's horrendous crimes against ordinary Iraqis. Do they have anything -- beyond anti-Bush demonstrations -- to offer the oppressed in Iran and Syria?

Hop Onstage

This ain't no "rap-music version of A Midsummer Night's Dream"

The Mideast Beast

This ain't no "rap-music version of A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Asymmetric Warfare: The Game

Advances in ultrarealistic simulation let soldiers experience the war in Iraq -- before they go

No Film at 11

Gunner Palace shows what the news doesn't

Artbeat

Gunner Palace shows what the news doesn't

Share and Share Alike

A partial solution to S.F.'s parking wars? Turn over City Hall vehicles to the local CarShare program.

Reps Etc.

A partial solution to S.F.'s parking wars? Turn over City Hall vehicles to the local CarShare program.

Letters to the Editor

Week of May 14, 2003

Regime Changing

This all-American kid from Monterey is now one of the foremost experts on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Where does he go from here?

The Gulf Between

When these soldiers became writers, the pen became very mighty indeed

Remembrance of a War Past

An unfond look back at Freedom Toast, TV jingoes, and a pro-war bully called Tony Hall

Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

A Smuggler's Tale

A Berkeley woman's efforts to deliver banned medicines and other goods to Iraq arouses federal ire

El Norte

The Festival ¡Cine Latino! goes for the big prize at this year's opening and closing events

The President's Dilemma

The Festival ¡Cine Latino! goes for the big prize at this year's opening and closing events

Evening at the Oasis

The Festival ¡Cine Latino! goes for the big prize at this year's opening and closing events

Dial Saddam for Murder

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

Second Time Around

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.

Night+Day

Sargon Dadesho survived an Iraqi assassination plot. Now he's out for blood money.