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Tim Redmond Departs Guardian Amid Staff Cuts (Update)

Tim Redmond, the editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and a 30-year employee of the paper, has left the building. Redmond acknowledged his departure via this terse post on his new blog. He claims "a major disagreement over personnel and editorial direction" with Todd Vogt, the president of the ... More >>

The Bay Guardian Finally Drops Trou

After the Examiner brought the San Francisco Bay Guardian earlier this year, the paper's publisher vowed that not only would the city's most progressive paper still be progressive, but it would get "progressively more progressive."We didn't know that was possible, but now we see -- literally -- that ... More >>

Examiner Hasn't Bought Guardian -- Yet

Earlier today, the East Bay Express broke the news that the owners of the San Francisco Examiner have bought the San Francisco Bay Guardian. It turns out that's not quite true -- but may be soon. Tim Redmond, the Guardian's executive editor, tells us that his paper has been looking to sell for a cou ... More >>

Guardian Defends the Status Quo -- Again

​Whenever SF Weekly pens a cover story critiquing the inefficient, unaccountable nature of San Francisco's government, the Guardian can be counted on to spring forth with a spirited defense of the status quo. Apparently, defending the status quo is what makes you a real progressive in this city, c ... More >>

Guardian Newsroom Hit with Layoffs

Luke ThomasSarah Phelan, seen here with husband Khalil Abu-Saba, has been abruptly let go by the Guardian in a purported cost-cutting move​Veteran reporter Sarah Phelan was last night shown the door along with several others in a round of layoffs at the San Francisco Bay Guardian.Guardian executiv ... More >>

What Does Guardian Know of 'San Francisco Values'?

Gavin doesn't represent 'San Francisco values.' He just keeps winning San Francisco elections.​The San Francisco Bay Guardian didn't have much luck telling voters how to think with its endorsements issue this year. All three of its cover boys and girls either lost their supervisorial races or are ... More >>

Guardian Editors Would Benefit from Prop. 13 Legislation They Endorsed

It's always nice to get in the game early and pull up the ladder after you...​On Nov. 3, 2003 the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Warren Buffett in which the Nebraska billionaire explained his negative view of California's Proposition 13, the 1978 law that limits property tax assessmen ... More >>

We're On the Air: Joe Eskenazi and Benjamin Wachs Debate the Guardian's Tim Redmond on KQED Tomorrow

​Perhaps you remember our recent cover story "The Worst Run Big City in the U.S." by Joe Eskenazi and Benjamin Wachs. The story ruffled some feathers, to be sure, garnering a lot of comments on the Web site and a response from Tim Redmond, editor of  the Guardian, which was (too say the least ... More >>

Progressive Apologists' Secret Meeting to Spin Daly's Move to 'Burbs -- Exclusive!

'Meeting time, guys.' The strangely nostalgic odor of stale beer wafts through the streets of Potrero Hill as a handful of familiar figures converge on a designated corner. It's the Progressive Apologists, a group of lefty media movers and shakers who have been summoned to a top secret meeting ... More >>

Guardian's Tim Redmond Didn't Let the Facts Get In the Way of His Story

I'm not sure how I wound up on the listserv of the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Web news (I certainly didn't sign up), but it comes every day  -- and occasionally I read it. Last week, I was particularly drawn to a news item by editor Tim Redmond entitled, Why Homicides Are Down (Hint: It' ... More >>

What the Confederacy and San Francisco Bay Guardian Have in Common

Was secessionist John C. Calhoun the Bay Guardian's predecessor?In December of 1860, the state of South Carolina declared independence from the U.S., setting the stage for four bloody years of civil war. In its written pronouncement of sovereignty, this first of the would-be Confederate states laid ... More >>

Bay Guardian's latest brain vomit — and our response

Dear Guardian: Since You Aren't Much Good At Making Fun of SF Weekly, We'll Do It For You

Sorry, lady. We can't find the joke, either. Yeah, so, in the Guardian's April Fools issue this week, the SFBG attempts to be lighthearted and make fun of Gavin Newsom (fish in a barrel) and us -- and once again proves that progressives just aren't funny. Why, progressives? Why? What is it about ... More >>

Trouble in Paradise: Chris Daly, Guardian Argue in Front of the Kids

It's not often that self-respecting members of the Fourth Estate are drawn into lovers' tiffs with public officials in plain view. But such exchanges have apparently become the norm at the San Francisco Bay Guardian, where publisher Bruce Brugmann and executive editor Tim Redmond chose this week to ... More >>

How Could Progressive Coalition Shatter? Let Us Count the Ways

Will it be the House of Harmony or the House of Pain? The answer is: Yes. Progressive Supervisors banded together last week to elect a compromise-candidate Board President, which raises a crucial question: "Since when have progressives compromised on anything?" In a town that views compromise ... More >>

San Francisco Is the 5th Most Literate City in America (Is That a Compliment?)

By Benjamin Wachs I'm not sure whether San Franciscans should be flattered or insulted that a study out of Central Connecticut State University ranked SF the 5th most literate American city. It seems kind of like it could go both ways, doesn't it?  On the one hand, SF cracked the top 10. On t ... More >>

Signs of the Coming Green Dictatorship

Gay Weddings We’d Really Like to See

Why is the Guardian Shilling for PG&E?

A Boy Named Sue

Who You Callin' Guilty?

Still No News

The Brute Fires Back

Besieged by The Brute!

The Waiting

Editor & Publisher Blogger Joins the Fray

Reality Check

The Guardian Gets a Reality Check from The New York Times

What the Controller Saw

Guardian's Soul Man Asks for Correction

Redmond Under Oath: "Weekly Has No Soul"

Anti-Weekly Suit Set for Take-Off

Jury Selection Under Way in Weekly Trial

Correcting the Guardian Spin

Judge Lets Guardian's Loony SF Weekly Lawsuit Go to Trial

Judge Lets Guardian's Loony Lawsuit Go to Trial

Bunny News

If the Bay Guardian turned itself into pure crap, would it read any differently?

Reason to Question

Is the Bay Guardian's lawsuit against SF Weekly connected to Bruce B. Brugmann's unfortunate business judgments?

It's the Journalism, Bruce

Why Bruce Brugmann and his Bay Guardian are (by their own admission) failing

It's the Journalism, Bruce

Why Bruce Brugmann and his Bay Guardian are (by their own admission) failing

Letters to the Editor

Letters from April 11, 2001

Letters to the Editor

I Jerk My Knee All on My Own, Thank You Very Much; But Tell Us What You Really Think; New Gold Rush Heroes?; God Wants You to Park Here; What? Only a Pinch of Substance?

Dog Bites

Taking the Fun Out of Fort Funston; A Tale of Two Cities (and One Swedish Furniture Emporium); Spin the Bottle?

South to the Future

What's Red and White and Black all over: A leftist weekly insults a liberal black politician

Riff Raff

Letters

Letters

Riff Raff

Guardianed Opinion

Contributor Brad Wieners sacked by the Guardian over tour guide aside

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