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  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Twitter Tax Breaks Would Bring Millions to San Francisco, Controller Says

    Follow Twitter ... to Market Street​The city's number-crunchers today released an analysis that spins the highly criticized Twitter deal as a win for San Francisco taxpayers. Businesses with an annual payroll expense of more than $250,000 now pay a 1.5 percent tax. Yet a break for Twitter would no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Newsom Behind Deal to Keep Twitter in San Francisco

    Newsom is behind the curtain​Two weeks ago, SF Weekly reported that the Twitter tax break deal reeked of former Mayor Gavin Newsom -- and now we know why. City supervisors had proposed legislation with sweet tax breaks for microblogging giant Twitter that would entice the company to remain in San ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 16, 2011

    Masterminds 2011: SF Weekly Recognizes Local Artists

    Newsom is behind the curtain​Two weeks ago, SF Weekly reported that the Twitter tax break deal reeked of former Mayor Gavin Newsom -- and now we know why. City supervisors had proposed legislation with sweet tax breaks for microblogging giant Twitter that would entice the company to remain in San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Mama's Empanadas: New Food Truck Has Roots In Chile, Italy

    Mama's Empanadas/FacebookMama's Empanadas' Chilean-Italian heritage mirrors its namesake's history.​Three things San Francisco loves: 1) empanadas; 2) Mediterranean food; and 3) food trucks. They converged two weeks ago, when Mama's Empanadas made its premiere run on the Peninsula. The food tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Restaurant Owner Succeeds In Blocking JapaCurry Truck

    John BirdsallHarvest and Rowe's Alison Rowe, feeding the meter at the Second Street space where JapaCurry has a permit to sell.​Things are getting messier in JapaCurry's struggle to do business in two spots it has permits for in the FiDi. You'll recall that Harvest and Rowe cafe owner Alison R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    San Francycle: What Can Cycletracks Bike Data App Tell Us About S.F. Cycling Habits One Year Later?

    ​When you ride your bike, you ride with Billy Charlton. He's the deputy director for technology services at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (a city agency that's sort of like Muni's cousin, twice removed), and he oversees Cycletracks. Remember Cycletracks? It's an iPhone/Androi ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2009

    S.F.'s tasty tap water about to get a little murkier

    ​When you ride your bike, you ride with Billy Charlton. He's the deputy director for technology services at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (a city agency that's sort of like Muni's cousin, twice removed), and he oversees Cycletracks. Remember Cycletracks? It's an iPhone/Androi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2004

    Bouncer

    Find out what dancers at "The Crib" thought of last week's debates

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Merchants of Passion

    A Bay Area company moves the dildo into the national mainstream -- one housewife at a time

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Dim Sum Diva

    Why is R&B veteran Patti Austin making her comeback singing in Mandarin?

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    A Vote of Competence

    This is no time for softheaded governing. In this election, Prop. F and Dennis Herrera pass the confidence test; MUD fails completely.

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    The Lonesome Ballad of Jim Campilongo

    In which an instrumental guitarist finds his voice in musical history

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Shaky Ground

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • Calendar

    July 14, 1999

    Night Crawler

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • Calendar

    August 6, 1997

    The Grid

    Environmental activists adopt a new strategy -- playing the race card

  • News

    July 31, 1996

    Cleaning Slates

    Superintendent Bill Rojas is pushing a simple solution for troubled schools: Get rid of everybody.

  • News

    March 20, 1996

    Masters of Disaster

    The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

  • Music

    January 3, 1996

    The Book of Lists

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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