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Feb. 11 - Feb. 17, 2004• Vol 38, No. 20

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The great housing hoax
How a group of developers, hiding behind worker-friendly rhetoric, is poised to usher in the next wave of San Francisco gentrification.
By Rachel Brahinsky

• news & culture

 

 

In this issue

Editorial: Newsom's slush fund

Editorial: Public power in 2004

Opinion: Last call, 4 a.m.
by mark Leno and aaron Peskin

Round one
Whistle-blower trial ends in hung jury
By A.C. Thompson

The Ro factor
Could a political unknown topple the entrenched — but out-of-touch — Tom Lantos in the primary?
By Tim Redmond

Newsom's funny money
Does “destroyed” document show mayoral advisers sought to skirt campaign finance laws?
By Steven T. Jones

City attorney ‘revolution’
Herrera puts forward pro–public power opinion
By Matthew Hirsch

Be mine, and hers, and his
Valentine's Day for the open and polyamorous
By Annalee Newitz

Sugar high
Get sweet on Valentine's Day.
By Cheryl Eddy

Neighborhood Business:

The latest buzz
Art takes over at Mama Buzz Café.
By Adam Martin

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Being There
Surreal S.J.
by gary singh

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

Hall monitor

Alerts

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Dine
Love among the ruins: Where misanthropes and paranoiacs go for Valentine's Day dinner

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Cap costs

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Rainy days and Mondays

By Dan Leone

Table Ready
Seitan takes a holiday

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Agog over glogg

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Mad about you
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
The razor's edge

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
The tongue, by a nose

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
...

The Blender

• a & e


Film: Initials B.B.
The Dreamers’ May daze: a movie or a measure?
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: People had the power
Restaging The Battle of Algiers.
By Susan Gerhard

Film: Critic's Choice -'The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra'
Be good
By David Fear

Music: Networks
For more than 30 years, East Bay composer John Bischoff has been almost quietly leading a noise revolution.
By M. P. Klier

Stage: Unfinished business
Yellowman and Memphis explore America's racial legacy.
By Robert Avila

Dance: The match game
Stephen Petronio's collaborations range from dazzling to dull.
By Rita Felciano

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Pirkle Jones and the Changing California Landscape'
By Jo Leggett

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

See Hear

Script Doctor

Grooves

Local Grooves

2nd time around

The Void

Local Live

Full Circle

The Mix


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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.

Media Beat
The deadly lies of reliable sources: The news media didn't examine the truth of Bush administration claims. 02.11.04
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
The car-dealer rip-off: Consumers don't know that they're losing the right to challenge sleazy dealers in court. 12.10.03
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

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
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.