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Nicaragua

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Meet Heather Meader-McCausland, Whose Alaskan Photos Make SFO Less Depressing

    Heather Meader-McCausland grew up in rural Alaska, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and in Sonoma County, Calif. She was born to Elaine and Fred Meader, the filmmakers who produced the Alaskan documentary "Year of the Caribou," so nobody was surprised when she picked up a camera. Her photo exhibit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Danielle Bologna Enters Witness Protection as Edwin Ramos Trial Nears

    Edwin Ramos​Immigrant rights activists remember 2008 as the year that San Francisco turned its back on its sanctuary city status. Then-Mayor Gavin Newsom reversed the city's long-standing policy of shielding juvenile undocumented immigrants from deportation as the city became the target of anti-im ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 3, 2010

    Comfort Food: At home on the Nicaraguan strip

    Edwin Ramos​Immigrant rights activists remember 2008 as the year that San Francisco turned its back on its sanctuary city status. Then-Mayor Gavin Newsom reversed the city's long-standing policy of shielding juvenile undocumented immigrants from deportation as the city became the target of anti-im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    How to Make Nacatamales, the Other Hot Pocket

    Jen SiskaAdelita's nacatamal, exposed.​Not only did this week's review give me an excuse to eat queso frito over and over again ― even reading the words "fried cheese" makes the heart of any native Midwesterner swell ― it meant walking around the Mission sampling nacatamales. And then losing y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Mission Gallery Organizes Wednesday Bean-In

    Gravel & GoldAn art, clothing, produce, good vibes -- and now bean -- dispenser in the Mission.​These days, art, food, and apparel don't amount to more than a hill of beans. Tomorrow, from noon until 3 p.m., or while legumes last, food activist and artist Mark Andrew Gravel will be serving up ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2009

    DJ Beto digs past Latin insects for the real funk

    Gravel & GoldAn art, clothing, produce, good vibes -- and now bean -- dispenser in the Mission.​These days, art, food, and apparel don't amount to more than a hill of beans. Tomorrow, from noon until 3 p.m., or while legumes last, food activist and artist Mark Andrew Gravel will be serving up ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    Luna Tics

    Gravel & GoldAn art, clothing, produce, good vibes -- and now bean -- dispenser in the Mission.​These days, art, food, and apparel don't amount to more than a hill of beans. Tomorrow, from noon until 3 p.m., or while legumes last, food activist and artist Mark Andrew Gravel will be serving up ... More >>

  • Film

    March 4, 2009

    The Meaning of Life

    Without Monty Python's help, Cornel West and crew take on the big question.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Last Night: Bang Data at the Elbo Room

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • News

    July 16, 2008

    Cartology: From the Inside Looking Out

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2008

    Animal Welfare Commission Wants to Outlaw Cruel Art

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    Kiva's Microloans Underwriting Cockfighting in Peru

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Song Sung New

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    SF Ghettos Re-Zoned for More Booze? It's: SFGovernmentInAction!!!

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    San Francisco Taxi Rates To Rise Pending Health Care Plan: SFGovernmentInAction

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2007

    Daly, Ammiano Push $200K to Fix Nicaragua - Peskin Questions Relief Package

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2007

    Sea Otters More Important than Roosevelt: SFGovernmentInAction 9.17-21

    Bang Data at the Elbo Room January 12, 2009 Review by Eric K. Arnold Photos by EKAphotography What more could anyone ask from a Tuesday night in the Mission than discovering both a new favorite taqueria and a new favorite band? First the taqueria: Los Coyotes on 16th (in-between Mission and Valenci ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    The War On Gangs

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • Film

    March 21, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • Film

    August 16, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • Film

    July 19, 2006

    Capsule reviews of current film releases

    With murders on the rise, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Dissipating Smoke

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    November 23, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    November 16, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    November 9, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    November 2, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    October 26, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    October 19, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Dining

    October 12, 2005

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

    When Sherlock's Haven closes, the city's cigar and pipe smokers will lose one of their few public refuges

  • Culture

    July 13, 2005

    Not Much to Say

    Snappy one-liners can't rescue the Mime Troupe's too-obvious political message

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Yo Soy Centroamericano

    Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Institute of Hate

    Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage

  • Culture

    April 9, 2003

    Fair Ball

    Love of the national pastime, on display at a downtown art gallery

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Tanks for the Memories

    Reconnoitering the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation and its 205 military vehicles. In Portola Valley.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Sticky Situations

    We went to the largest stamp collectors' convention in California. And found something to write about.

  • Music

    January 26, 2000

    The Clash

    Sandinista!

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    Freedom for a Transsexual

    A refugee from torture is finally let out of jail

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Postscript

    Ride of Passage

  • Culture

    December 1, 1999

    Radio Days

    Ride of Passage

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Torture of a Transsexual

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Letters

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    Letters

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • Music

    December 17, 1997

    Tibetmania!

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1997

    Night+Day

    In a landmark case, Amanda DuValle, allegedly brutalized in Nicaragua because she is a transsexual, escaped deportation from the U.S. by invoking the U.N. Convention Against Torture. But if she won, why is she still in jail?

  • News

    February 12, 1997

    Desperately Seeking Citizenship

    With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

  • Calendar

    September 11, 1996

    Night+Day

    With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

  • News

    July 31, 1996

    What Price Hygiene?

    Janitors claim building managers are treating them like dirt

  • Culture

    March 15, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    Janitors claim building managers are treating them like dirt

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