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Editorial: The final merger battle

Executing change
In Tookie's redemption may lie our own.
By Steven T. Jones

'I'm a whole lot more than a rap sheet'
In San Francisco, an ex-convict seeks redemption while an ex-activist seeks to rewrite the script for former felons.
By A.C. Thompson



In This Issue

Our fraying garment industry
City ponders how to deal with job losses that might only get worse
By Kristina Peterson

A quick fix?
Some dog advocates have a problem with a new city law targeting pit bulls: They want it to apply to all breeds
By Tali Woodward

Ellis axed
Veteran tenant activist now faces his own eviction
Camille T. Taiara

Alerts
A selective guide to political events

Neighborhood Business: Hot spot
Car sharers are on the hunt for parking in a neighborhood near you.
By Matthew Hirsch

Neighborhood Business: Biz Tips

Opinion: The defrauded young
by Paul Rockwell

Editorial: Save Tookie Williams

Talkback - letters to the editor

Lit: The photogenic city
A new series of photographic essays offers a wide-angle history of San Francisco
By Miriam Wolf

Lit: The Lit Interview: Octavia Butler
Breaking color and gender barriers in science fiction
By Daniel Burton-Rose

Lit: Fakin' it
Leeuwenhoek and the Stones turn up in Trinie Dalton's faux autobiography
By Ben Bush

Lit: A wedding song
Fiction
By Jennifer Lee

Lit: Reviews

Lit: House Hunter
Smart Fellers
By Michelle Tea

Lit: Marginalia
Crass Backwards
By Paul Reidinger

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.

 

 

Music: 'Fifty' sense
Berkeley's Golden Birds hit the road.
By Max Goldberg

Music: Macho Men
Natural born club kids Zac Posse and David Toro of Club Macho rip queer nightlife a new one.
By Marke B.

Music: Pastoral priestesses
Vashti Bunyan and Kate Bush float back from seclusion to cast spells.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Film: This is not a retrospective
Bruce Conner is an artist whose work is never finished.
By Michelle Silva

Film: Play it again, samurai
The slice-artistry of the Japanese swordplay genre returns to the silver screen.
By Chuck Stephens

Film: Critic's Choice: 'Going Shopping'
Scenes from a mall?
By Max Goldberg

Stage: Janice Garrett and Dancers
Dec. 1-10, Cowell Theater
By Rita Felciano

Trash - game and DVD reviews, pop culture news
Black heart
By Johnny Ray Huston and Cheryl Eddy

Sonic Reducer
I, Madge
By Kimberly Chun

Grooves - record reviews
Uberhund, Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom, Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, and more

Local Grooves - record reviews
True Margrit, Neung Phak

Second Time Around - reissue reviews
Men's Recovery Project

Super Ego
Do not adjust your dial
By Marke B.

The Mix

Holiday Listings

Dine review
by Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
by L.E. Leone

Without Reservations
Up with beer?
By Paul Reidinger

The Blender

 


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