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Recessions and Depressions

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    The Most Coveted Job in San Francisco: Tending Bud

    You will need to smoke a joint after bud tending....it's a stressful jobIt may not be the best job in San Francisco: starting pay is $15 an hour, it's part-time, and job security? The federal government could lock you up at any moment. On the other hand, at most locations it includes health benefits ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Mexican Lucha Libre Wrestlers Fight - San Francisco High Schoolers Win

    A recession calls for superheroes.​Raising money for college scholarships in a recession begs creativity. Bake sales? Overdone. Car washes? Cliche. A man in furry underwear kicking the ass of a Border Patrol agent in the school gym? Now we're getting somewhere. John O'Connell High School of Techno ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 29, 2010

    Fresh Eats

    Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Coda Owner Bruce Hanson Says the Recession Killed His Mission Jazz Venue

    ​Coda, the upscale Mission music venue and restaurant that's played host to the likes of Stevie Wonder, Liz Phair, and some of the city's best jazz musicians, will close its doors Dec. 31, a victim of the tough economic times.Coda replaced Levende Lounge at 1710 Mission St., opening its doors on A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The Year in Food 2010: Big-Ticket Dining Surges

    Lara Hata/SF WeeklyProspect: High-end dining in San Francisco is not in danger.​Twelve months, ten storylines: It's SFoodie's annual look back at the year in food.Back in January, people were talking about the San Francisco restaurant scene as if it were flagging fast. The fretting was fueled by t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Big-Ticket Summer: S.F.'s Pricey New Restaurants

    ​Everyone who writes about food in San Francisco has spent the past year talking about how the city's restaurant scene is downscaling. Evidence: The proliferation of street carts and food trucks, pizza and burgers, and sandwiches of every shade and stripe, not to mention the migration of chefs to ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    List: Zoned for porn use

    ​Everyone who writes about food in San Francisco has spent the past year talking about how the city's restaurant scene is downscaling. Evidence: The proliferation of street carts and food trucks, pizza and burgers, and sandwiches of every shade and stripe, not to mention the migration of chefs to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Dwindling Dollars in Attorney General Race May Not Be Due to Recession

    Do I have any money? Not for you!​Guess what? Jackie Speier isn't running for Attorney General. Who knew? Now that we've gotten that out of the way, on to the article. We thought it was interesting last week when the campaign of San Francisco District Attorney -- and would-be AG -- Kamala Harris s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2009

    Seaweed Portraits of the 1930s

    Do I have any money? Not for you!​Guess what? Jackie Speier isn't running for Attorney General. Who knew? Now that we've gotten that out of the way, on to the article. We thought it was interesting last week when the campaign of San Francisco District Attorney -- and would-be AG -- Kamala Harris s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Hold Fast: Did Twitter Pull Us Through the Recession?

    And by Twitter of course, we mean what is known as the realtime web (yes that's now one word). On the heels of the Techcrunch Realtime Crunchup we attended in S.F. last week and approaching the Parisian Le Web next week, a savvy observer might notice that automatically tacking the word realtime on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Three is a Magic Number: S.F. Restaurant Closures in October

    We're no fans of the optimistic predictions that the recession is over. But October saw the fewest closures of San Francisco restaurants in the past six months. And for the ones that did close, new tenants were generally already in line. yuichi.sakuraba/FlickrYou still got roughly two months to get ... More >>

  • Film

    October 28, 2009

    Just in time for Halloween, small-screen thrills

    We're no fans of the optimistic predictions that the recession is over. But October saw the fewest closures of San Francisco restaurants in the past six months. And for the ones that did close, new tenants were generally already in line. yuichi.sakuraba/FlickrYou still got roughly two months to get ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Quiz: Figure out how far you've fallen in the Great Recession

    We're no fans of the optimistic predictions that the recession is over. But October saw the fewest closures of San Francisco restaurants in the past six months. And for the ones that did close, new tenants were generally already in line. yuichi.sakuraba/FlickrYou still got roughly two months to get ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    Funemployment: Jobless young San Franciscans are welcoming the worst recession of their lives with open arms. Too bad the party can't last forever.

    We're no fans of the optimistic predictions that the recession is over. But October saw the fewest closures of San Francisco restaurants in the past six months. And for the ones that did close, new tenants were generally already in line. yuichi.sakuraba/FlickrYou still got roughly two months to get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    State Enviro Cops, Recycling Industry in Toxic Showdown

    Headed to a landfill near you?It has taken millions of people's jobs and houses. Could the global recession now threaten our health? This theoretical question is at the heart of a regulatory standoff between California toxics police and the automobile recycling industry. State regulators want auto ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Dogs also losing their homes in foreclosure

    Headed to a landfill near you?It has taken millions of people's jobs and houses. Could the global recession now threaten our health? This theoretical question is at the heart of a regulatory standoff between California toxics police and the automobile recycling industry. State regulators want auto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Bay Area Profs Speak Out Against Stimulus

    Did stimulus really help them?Washington's elected officials and punditocracy have of late been consumed in hashing out the shape of an economic stimulus package. While no love has been lost between Republicans and Democrats in the pit fight over the bill's final shape, both sides say they recognize ... More >>

  • Film

    January 28, 2009

    Fish Out of (Frozen) Water

    Renée Zellweger is the anti–Norma Rae.

  • Culture

    January 7, 2009

    Hit and Myths

    This promises to be an introspective year for art.

  • News

    December 3, 2008

    It's the economy, a$$hole

    A swanky hotel chain's four-letter ad campaign.

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Drown Your Sorrows At Cafe Rouge's Recession Tuesdays

    A swanky hotel chain's four-letter ad campaign.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    The Guardian Gets a Reality Check from The New York Times

    A swanky hotel chain's four-letter ad campaign.

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    West Coast Dockworkers Dispute Could Paralyze U.S. Economy

    A swanky hotel chain's four-letter ad campaign.

  • Film

    January 8, 2003

    Sign o' the Times

    Another film production company leaves the city. Can the Bay Area Film Alliance help?

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Tales of the North Pacific

    What a 62-year-old man can teach shellshocked dot-commers as he sails from Osaka to San Francisco. Alone. Again.

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Mecklin

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