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Terrance Alan

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    New Nightclub Association Vows to Self-Police Its Members

    Is self-policing the answer to cleaing up San Francisco's nightlife mess? The selves vowing to police themselves say so. ​There's a new player in San Francisco's nightlife wars: A trade association with a carrot and stick approach to dealing with nightclub regulation. The California Music and Cult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Cop Doesn't Want Entertainment Commission's Job Back

    The police do not want to deal with Entertainment Commission matters, thank you very much​This month, Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested that the commission which oversees nightclub permits should be scrapped, and the power to issue entertainment permits returned to the police.But the police permit offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Club Suede Gets 30-Day Suspension -- Will Entertainment Commission Get Worse?

    The problematic Club Suede is closed for a month. What will become of the problematic Entertainment Commision? ​In the wake of a deadly shooting outside Suede this February, the 383 Bay Street nightclub's license has been suspended for 30 days, starting April 5. This was the Entertainment Commissi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Controversial Commish Says Critics Had 'No Effect' On His Stepping Down

    Terrance Alan​Just as critics of San Francisco's Entertainment Commission are saying that the much-maligned body has reached a crisis point, one of its most longstanding and controversial members has announced he's stepping down. But in an interview with SF Weekly this afternoon, Entertainment Com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Sex Club to Replace Infamous Strip Club

    Out with stripping, in with sex...​The building that housed the notorious Pink Diamonds strip club has found a new occupant: a prominent San Francisco sex club. You could call it a match made in heaven -- heaven, in this case, being Fetish magazine. Entertainment Commissioner Terrance Alan owns th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2010

    Are We Headed for Footloose Territory?

    Out with stripping, in with sex...​The building that housed the notorious Pink Diamonds strip club has found a new occupant: a prominent San Francisco sex club. You could call it a match made in heaven -- heaven, in this case, being Fetish magazine. Entertainment Commissioner Terrance Alan owns th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Judge Orders Pink Diamonds Strip Club Closed for One Year

    The wild nights are over​San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter Busch ordered today that the Pink Diamonds be closed for one year, a victory for City Attorney Dennis Herrera in his efforts to crack down on the notoriously violent strip club."I am gratified that Judge Busch clearly recognized the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    'Friends of Entertainment Commission' Web Site Traced to Controversial Entertainment Commissioner

    The San Francisco Entertainment Commission has been having a rough go of it lately. The seven-member board of political appointees, tasked with regulating the city's nightclubs, has presided over a local nightlife scene that has become infamous for its violence. The commission has also come under fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Power Exchange Sex Club Reopens in Tenderloin, Outraging Neighbors

    Now available on Mason Street​There's a place in San Francisco where things get put when the well-to-do or well-organized residents of every other neighborhood in the city don't want it nearby. It's called the Tenderloin. So it should come as no surprise that Power Exchange, the sex club that was ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Now available on Mason Street​There's a place in San Francisco where things get put when the well-to-do or well-organized residents of every other neighborhood in the city don't want it nearby. It's called the Tenderloin. So it should come as no surprise that Power Exchange, the sex club that was ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    For Entertainment Purposes Only

    The Entertainment Commission is supposed to regulate S.F. nightclubs, but it won't — and often can't — punish scofflaws. The results are sometimes tragic.

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Arts groups create new music opportunities in the Tenderloin

    The Entertainment Commission is supposed to regulate S.F. nightclubs, but it won't — and often can't — punish scofflaws. The results are sometimes tragic.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    SFEC Commissioner Is the Landlord of a "Problem" Club

    In yesterday's follow-up  to Tuesday's story in the Chron on proposed new legislation aimed at regulating problem clubs, writer C.W. Nevius drops quite a bombshell: Terrance Alan, a member of the SF Entertainment Commission, is also the landlord of Pink Diamonds, a Tenderloin strip club which h ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    Live Nation battles neighbors over big concerts at Nob Hill Masonic Center

    In yesterday's follow-up  to Tuesday's story in the Chron on proposed new legislation aimed at regulating problem clubs, writer C.W. Nevius drops quite a bombshell: Terrance Alan, a member of the SF Entertainment Commission, is also the landlord of Pink Diamonds, a Tenderloin strip club which h ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    Their Daily Bread

    A new generation of activists is fighting to clean up the Tenderloin. The neighborhood’s churches are standing in their way. Whose side are the angels on?

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Lap Victory

    How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Can You Love a Love Parade?

    Berlin's legendary -- but embattled -- Love Parade makes a San Francisco debut. But will thousands dance to its beat?

  • News

    May 31, 2000

    Hot and Wired

    It was inevitable -- an Internet lounge just for porn

  • News

    April 16, 1997

    Letters

    It was inevitable -- an Internet lounge just for porn

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