Paralysed
War, bad faith, gender trouble, and rock in crisis: Gang of Four are back at just the right moment. By Jeff Chang
White cannibals Get it right: don't call today's dance-punk bottom feeders 'no wave.'
By Weasel Walter
Freed Will An Imperial Teenster makes the dance pop scene with Hey Willpower.
By Johnny Ray Huston
Solid gold Gang of Four's Andy Gill and Dave Allen talk about getting back into the mix.
By Deborah Giattina
Gang members Nowadays Gang of Four should sound plenty familiar – these dance-punk and pop bands, from here and abroad, have obviously been listening.
By Kimberly Chun
A salute to small business
Our first annual awards to the local entrepreneurs who are the economic engine driving San Francisco. By Bruce B. Brugmann
The rainforest Chernobyl
Amazonians threatened with extinction address ChevronTexaco shareholders in San Ramon – and illustrate how the quest for dwindling oil reserves poses a global threat. By Camille T. Taiara
Homeless disconnect
Newsom's programs offer the same services nonprofits offer every day – but his are dished out in front of TV cameras By Rachel Brahinsky
The never-ending campaign
Newsom's debt turns him into a perpetual fundraising machine By Steven T. Jones
Healthy skepticism
UCSF med students say no to drug reps By Matthew Hirsch
Web Exclusive: Upton Sinclair's California Bay Guardian editor and publisher Bruce B. Brugmann talks with Lauren Coodley, editor of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails, a collection of Upton Sinclair's writings.
Journalists under
fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests
from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links
to national and international organizations working for press
freedom
Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first
amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment
Coalition: In an era when anyone with a computer and modem can
publish information that reaches thousands, who
is a "journalist"? The answer matters like never
before.
Film: Reelin' and rockin' Lovers, fighters, samurai, talking beavers, yes, yes, yes! The San Francisco International Film Festival enters its second week.
