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What went wrong?
Newsom's vulnerability and the validation of district supervisors are the bright spots in an otherwise gloomy election.
By Tim Redmond

What really happened in Ohio
An editor from this critical swing state says guns and gays tipped the balance.
By Terry Smith

Democratic dysfunction
Thousands of voters were disenfranchised by technical problems and official incompetence.
By A.C. Thompson and David Martinez

In This Issue

The sky didn't fall
Despite all the doomsayers, ranked-choice voting worked
By Steven T. Jones

Obituary: Dick Hongisto, the notable exception
1936-2004
By Bruce B. Brugmann

Battling Bush
The antiwar movement struggles to broaden its base and raise its voice
By Camille T. Taiara

Gavin the scapegoat
Democratic leaders blame Newsom for gay-marriage impact, but he suggests the party would benefit from more bold stands

Neighborhood Business: Down with the cine
Local online DVD rental service GreenCine is kicking some blockbuster butt.

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

Editorial: Fighting back

Opinion: The T.G. health care mess
By Mark Leno

Alerts - Political Events

Talkback - Letters to the Editor

Design for leaving
Six strategies for getting out of town this winter.

Dine review
The doors

Cheap eats
Red zone

The Food Snoop,

The Blender

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.

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

PG&E
PG&E and the California energy crisis

The FCC
FCC and media consolidation

 

Music: This is pop
A new Trojan Records box set reframes the history of reggae.

Music: Wailin’

Music: Ladies first
Lesbians on Ecstasy are talkin' ’bout a dance-floor revolution.

Film: Tales of two cities
IPO and Quality of Life open the Film Arts Festival and uncover opposing San Franciscos.

Film: Critic's Choice - San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival'

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Go Further’
Not far enough

Theater: Hit parade
Philip Kan Gotanda's A Fist of Roses penetrates the masculine mystique.

Stage: High up and low-down
Chris Black finds heaven; Ken James gets mired in hell.

Stage: Critic's Choice - Kate Mitchell

Art: A blue state
S.F. represents at the Orange County Museum's California Biennial, and reaches from Baja to Vancouver.

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Collage'

See Hear

Script Doctor

Local Live - show reviews

Grooves - record reviews

Local Grooves - record reviews

2nd Time Around - record reviews

The Mix

 


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