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From here to Katrina
Hit hard by the storm and abandoned by their government, some Gulf Coast residents have found themselves relying on a few unlikely saviors — Bay Area burners.
By Steven T. Jones

City of refugees
New Orleans refugees struggle to find a place in the crowded, pricey Bay Area.
By G.W. Schulz

Why I'm here
A burner without borders explains the attraction of life in Camp Katrina
By Tom Price

Editor's Notes

Forgotten City
The San Francisco Bay Guardian’s award-winning look at life, death, and plumbing problems in the San Francisco’s public housing developments
By A.C. Thompson

On Guard!
Thompson wins Polk Award, SF Weekly Loses Warfield Signage, Nonprofit Bilks City.

Editorial: Downtown calls the shots

Editorial: The superintendent's budget

Alerts
A selective guide to political events

Opinion: Forgetting frugality
By Andrew Lam

Talkback - letters to the editor

Neighborhood Biz

Biz Tips

FICTION '06
The Guardian is pleased to announce the winners of its short-fiction contest.

Watch out!
HOUSE HUNTER
By Michelle Tea

Kate Braverman shoots it with William T. Vollmann
CONVERSATION
Kate Braverman

Left on base
Dave Zirin offers a sports chronicle for the politically minded.
REVIEW
By Tom Gallagher

The mythmakers
MARGINALIA
By Paul Reidinger

Shorts

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: Mash-ups grow up
DJ Earworm leads the new wave of bastard pop children
By Marke B.

Music: Failer cutie
Kathleen Edwards rises above the dysfunction and deals with the dips and swells of success.
By Jimmy Draper

Film: Born under punches
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2006
By Max Goldberg

Film: Viva Viva!
And viva Varda — courting Hollywood with a Lions Love.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: Brine-o-mite
Quirky doc chronicles the Salton Sea saga
By Cheryl Eddy

Event Pick: Monster Drawing Rally
LIVE ART
By Chris Sabbath

Visual Art: Knockoffs
Kaz Oshiro and Molly Springfield repurpose your junk
By Glen Helfand

Visual Art Pick: "Battle Emblems"
By Katie Kurtz

Stage Pick: Alex Ketley
DANCE
By Rita Felciano

Film Pick: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
By Dennis Harvey

Sonic Reducer
Crank call
By Kimberly Chun

Super Ego
Snobs and queens
By Marke B.

Local Live - Music Reviews

Local Grooves - Music Reviews

Grooves - Music Reviews

Micro Grooves - Music Reviews

Trash

The Mix

Dine review
By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
By L.E. Leone

Without Reservations
By Paul Reidinger

The Blender

 


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