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We live to serve
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' "Bay Area Now 4" finds itself in community service.
By Glen Helfand

Want fries with that?
Passing glances with SF photo gang Hamburger Eyes.

Mind mapping
Frederick Loomis presents Edward Mathew Taylor, visionary.

Lil’ ‘Now’ wow
Our visual art writers take a snapshot of a few standouts at "Bay Area Now 4"

In This Issue

Hearst's hit man
Chronicle publisher Frank "Darth" Vega has a secret plan to keep the paper publishing even if there's a strike.
View the plan, issued June 28, and a document detailing management rights.
By Steven T. Jones

Poor patients
Sutter Health ousts the only doctor at Davies who regularly treats low-income patients
By Chellis Ying

Bus stop
Muni union tells members to shut up and drive
By A.C. Thompson

Monitoring malcontents
Why do the governor's critics keep finding themselves targets of strange police scrutiny?
By Camille T. Taiara

Neighborhood Business: Still life
Alameda's St. George Spirits takes a fresh look at liquor.

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

Editorial: After London

Editorial: School funds, with strings

Opinion: The war and terrorism genies are out of the bottle
By Tim Kingston

Opinion: The eastern front
By Calvin Welch

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: The Jacko Exception to the First Amendment - For persons who care about public access to trials, the Michael Jackson case has been a nightmare.

 

 

Film: Welcome to the jungle
Shedding mysterious skins, Tropical Malady lingers on.

Film: Guests of dishonors
Wedding Crashers offers a little romance, a lot of raunch..

Film: Critic's Choice - ‘Machuca’
Class dismissed

Music: The case of the closet
R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.

Music: Beyond the bump and grind’

Theater: Soul survivor
Colman Domingo mines Philly soul freedom in A Boy and His Soul.

Art: Critic's Choice - 'Blind at the Museum'

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
The afterlife
Cheap eats
The explainer

The Food Snoop,

The Blender

 


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