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sfbg cover From Russia with blood
The government says Igor Belov is a murderer with the Russian mafia. Belov says he's an innocent torture victim who just wants to live quietly in San Francisco. Either way, he's screwed.
By A.C. Thompson


 

 

 

In This Issue

Adaptation
An Ecuadoran city offers some environmental lessons for the developed world
By Matthew Hirsch

Raising the stakes
Initiatives dealing with abortion and union power could shift the political calculus in a fall special election
By Tali Woodward

Signs of the times
Freeway Blogger gives Bay Area drivers something to think about
By Jan Stürmann

Sharp left turn
Call for progressive unity and looming budget challenges come just as lefty infighting heats up
By Steven T. Jones

Fishin’ gone
By 2015 the Sea of Cortez will be fished out, and diners here will notice.
By Alastair Bland

Mediabeat: Can Bush be impeached?
A few Democrats are starting to raise the question.
By Norman Solomon

Neighborhood Business: In the sack
Locally made messenger bags keep San Francisco toting.

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

Editorial: A green city agenda

Opinion: Our own power
By Marlena Sonn

Community Internet: Broadband as a Public Utility
From Freepress.net: Hundreds of cities and towns are launching Community Internet systems that promise universal, affordable access to high-speed broadband services.
Now telecom and cable lobbyists are pushing a federal bill that would outlaw Community Internet and municipal broadband everywhere.
Stop this disastrous bill. Send a letter to Congress now.

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: Die, die, my darling
Smokin' Mr. and Mrs. Smith brings Brangelina to the big screen.

Film: Heads will roll
’70s-derived High Tension paints a bloody picture.

Film: ‘Gunsmoke’ and mirrors
A new doc tracks "terror" back to its origins.

Film: Chronic outlaws
The PFA puts J. Hoberman's Dream Life on-screen.

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Shake Hands with the Devil’
Absolution not

Film: Critic's Choice - San Francisco Black Film Festival

Music: Uncaged Heat
Doves haunt Some Cities.

Theater: This thing called love
Three plays explore the L word's darker side.

Stage: Critic's Choice - Flyaway Productions

See Hear - music DVD reviews

Script Doctor - film news

Local Live - show reviews

Grooves - record reviews

Local Grooves - record reviews

2nd Time Around - record reviews

The Mix


Dine review
Carnal knowledge
Cheap eats
The hammer

The Food Snoop,

The Blender

 


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