Local DJs Disco Shawn (left) and DJ Oro11 have spent the past year bringing a bit of Buenos Aires to San Francisco. They're the masterminds behind the regular Tormenta Tropical club night, which mixes beats and cultures, throwing cumbia music into hiphop, electro, and techno tracks. They're celebrating their first anniversary at the Elbo Room tonight, where they'll share a bill with "Caribbean ravers" Heatwave and Mad Decent's Paul Devro. Forget the winter storm blanketing the Bay: It's a lot m
As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all.
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Can you see the happiness? If ever there were an inane list of cities that place well in inane lists -- San Francisco would, inanely, make a hell of a showing. And there's something seemingly even more inane than normal about the latest elite list the city has found itself on -- apparently, Disneyland be damned, we're the happiest place on earth. Or among the happiest, at least. Since this was a list complied for Forbes magazine, however, it's always worth a look. That's because the resea
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