July 9, 2003

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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

• cover feature


Gavin Newsom, loser
He's well ahead in the mayoral polls and swimming in money – but he's still eminently beatable.
By Savannah Blackwell

Gavin Newsom's hygiene problem
Mouse droppings, reports of hepatitis A, and food stored next to chemicals ... That's what was happening inside Newsom's restaurants while he fought higher fees for health inspections.
By Rachel Brahinsky and Tali Woodward

Last week's issue

• news & culture


In this issue

Editorial: Free Billy Nessen

Editorial: How to beat Newsom

Editorial: Oakland's police mess

Opinion: Protecting the vulnerable
By Angela Alioto

The BUMP squad
Wanna run over protesters? Join the Oakland Police Department.
By A.C. Thompson

Reform races against time
Ranked-choice voting systems move toward approval as the deadline nears.
By Steven T. Jones and Alex Posorske

Eating Clement
A dining club eats its way, one restaurant at a time, along the Inner Richmond's most delicious street.
By Kevin Hunsanger

When servers attack
Be sure to think twice before dissing the person who's bringing your food.
By Charles Russo

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

Culture Shocked By Katharine Mieszkowski

Hall monitor

Alerts

food & drink


Dine
A wine country jaunt

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Wasted

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Flat worlders

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Nice tomatoes

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Green day

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Tofu, two ways

By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Off the sauce

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
Buckhead

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

• a & e


Graphic Art: The PEOPs have spoken
Comic book artist and illustrator Fly's brilliant subjects come to life.
By Lynn Rapoport

Film: Wild sides
B.C. stands for before Carnival in Madame Satã.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: My Terminator, my governor
Cyborg politics go boom in Rise of the Machines.
By Annalee Newitz

Film: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'
Seaworthy
By Cheryl Eddy

Critic's Choice - Film: San Francisco Silent Film Festival
By Dennis Harvey

Music: Killer blues
The Immortal Lee County Killers II provide an antidote to picnic rock.
By Duncan Scott Davidson

Music: Cut and paste
Notes on the mix tape phenomenon.
By Sam Chennault

Stage: Independence daze
ACT and Cal Shakes sort fact from fantasy in two productions that offer revolutionary fun.
By Robert Avila

Critic's Choice - Stage: 'Summerfest/dance West Wave Dance Festival'
By Rita Felciano

Critic's Choice - Art: 'Sliv and Dulet Enterprises Presents: The Summer Line 2003'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Last Exit By Derk Richardson

The Litterbox By John O'Neill

Liner notes By Lynn Rapoport

Extreme Measures By J.H. Tompkins

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix


•extra

 

Media Beat
Tilting Democrats: Even so-called liberal Howard Dean is diving toward the political center.
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
Plutocratic bargain: Why malpractice insurance "reform" is a scam that will hurt consumers.
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Grace news:Why is a right-wing Christian production studio handling the new U.S. Arabic-language TV station?
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


The Nessie Files

Basic freedoms, R.I.P.: Even the serious paranoids didn't see this level of crackdown coming.
By Nessie

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
All the world's a cinema: Outdoor film, celluloid and supper, bar movies, and more.