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    January 13, 2012

    Could a Soda Tax Save Lives?

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • Film

    July 13, 2011

    "Project Nim": Doc on a Chimp's Life Tugs at Heartstrings

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • News

    March 2, 2011

    California Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from this week in S.F. music

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • Film

    October 20, 2010

    "Inside Job": Charles Ferguson's meltdown doc will make you seethe

    ​In April last year, the California state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation shot down AB 669, Assemblymember Bill Monning's attempt to pass a penny-per-ounce tax on all sweetened beverages, such as sodas, energy drinks, and sweetened fruit-juice drinks. Monning's office estimated that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Joanna Rees -- That's R-E-E-S -- Planning Mayoral Run

    Joanna Rees -- your future mayor?​Messy workplace affair not mentioned in campaign literature, shockingly enough The San Francisco Chronicle this morning reported that venture capitalist Joanna Rees is looking into running for mayor of this here city. The paper then points out that Rees "isn't a h ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2010

    Stretch Armstrong

    Joanna Rees -- your future mayor?​Messy workplace affair not mentioned in campaign literature, shockingly enough The San Francisco Chronicle this morning reported that venture capitalist Joanna Rees is looking into running for mayor of this here city. The paper then points out that Rees "isn't a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Bluefin's a Sushi Nightmare. But Is So-Called Albacore Really the Answer?

    overthebluemoon/FlickrAlbacore or escolar? And how can you tell?​We started reading Bon Appétit after Condé Nast began sending it as a sort of sop after Gourmet's demise. In the January issue, Andrew Knowlton addresses sustainable seafood at sushi restaurants, and in his most riveting turn ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Time Bomb

    Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed an S.F. cop in the name of revolution.

  • Film

    September 17, 2008

    Biblical Proportions

    The best four-plus hours, plus Jesus, round out this year's Toronto film fest.

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    The Bookish Bunch

    Vampire Weekend's shaky smart-aleck stand

  • Calendar

    November 28, 2007

    Suck on It

    Vampire Weekend's shaky smart-aleck stand

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    Mother’s Work

    Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Kees to the City

    The mysterious obsession with Weldon Kees, poet, polymath, and icon of San Francisco bohemianism

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best TV News Anchor

    The mysterious obsession with Weldon Kees, poet, polymath, and icon of San Francisco bohemianism

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Public Relations

    The envelope, please ... and the Pulitzer goes to -- Environmental Defense!

  • Film

    February 23, 2005

    Death Warmed Over Again

    A family's crisis feels a bit too familiar in Imaginary Heroes

  • Film

    October 13, 2004

    Full of Grace

    Laura Linney shines as a divorcee who goes for Topher

  • Film

    May 5, 2004

    City Limits

    If you're young and female, New York Minute is your movie

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2003

    Dreams Deferred

    Where to catch Montel Williams, Brian Dennehy, and Aidan Quinn together in a single play

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    The Great Left Hope

    Matt Gonzalez wants to be mayor. And he doesn't mind climbing over fellow progressives to get the gig.

  • Music

    July 2, 2003

    The American Analog Set

    Promise of Love

  • Music

    April 16, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Callow talent Peter Cincotti, the art of Cruising, and 21st-century "DADA."

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Unarmed Soldiers

    Building a peace army, one person at a time

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Abort. Abort.

    There's a solution for NASA's management problems and foolish focus on manned spaceflight: no NASA

  • News

    January 9, 2002

    A Test of Faith

    A controversial San Francisco study is spending taxpayers' money to see if Christian clergy, Indian medicine men, and Tibetan lamas can heal patients with AIDS and brain tumors

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    The Unlikely Environmentalists

    International environmentalists claim they stopped a Mexican salt plant that endangered the gray whale. Actually, though, the Mexican government canceled the plant for reasons of its own.

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Tail of Two Races

    Matt Gonzalez should be backed in District 5 runoff; George W. Bush should be ashamed for considering a coup

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    The Romantic Egotist

    After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2000

    Par Avion

    "Postcards From Paris"

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Spy vs Spite

    The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Broken Fix

    In a radical approach, San Francisco is making addiction a health issue rather than a law enforcement imperative. So far, though, treatment on demand has been a costly pipe dream.

  • News

    July 15, 1998

    From Bang to Net

    How Arno Penzias, who won the Nobel Prize for confirming the universe started with a Big Bang, turned his back on pure science and became an investment banker for Silicon Valley

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Snatching Saroyan

    How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1997

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    How Stanford University aced out UC Berkeley and acquired the million-dollar archives of San Francisco's most prolific author, William Saroyan -- without paying a dime

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    Deadbeat Heaven

    Parents who refuse to pay child support don't have much to worry about in California. Or, for that matter, San Francisco.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    Hinckle, Hinckle, Little Star (Part I)

    There are two joys in life -- making things and breaking things -- and pirate journalist Warren Hinckle has excelled at both

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