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Paul Addis, playwright and Burning Man arsonist, dies

10.29.12 - 11:34 am | Steven T. Jones |
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UPDATED Paul Addis – the San Francisco playwright and performer best known for igniting Burning Man's eponymous central symbol early in the 2007 event, a crime for which he served two years in a Nevada prison – died Saturday night after jumping in front of a BART train in Embarcadero station. He was 42.Read more »

Realtors and tech spending big to flip the Board of Supervisors

10.26.12 - 4:12 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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Wealthy interests aligned with Mayor Ed Lee, the real estate industry, big tech companies, and other downtown groups are spending unprecedented sums of money in this election trying to flip the balance of power on the Board of Supervisors, with most of it going to support supervisorial candidates David Lee in D1 and, to a lesser degree, London Breed in D5.Read more »

CELLSpace becomes Inner Mission

New owners will expand its offerings with a focus on sustainability

10.23.12 - 4:56 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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For the last 17 years, CELLspace has been a hub for unique cultural, artistic, and community events in the heart of the Mission. The bad news is that CELLspace is losing its lease, but the good news is it's being taken over by creative, resourceful people from its community who plan maintain and expand its mission.

In the process, CELLspace is undergoing a renovation and, beginning in early December, getting a new name: Inner Mission. Read more »

DCCC's Mirkarimi resolution gets delayed

10.23.12 - 4:17 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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San Franciscans will get a chance to take a deep breath – and their politicians will be able to get past Election Day – before wading back into the sordid saga surrounding Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's fitness for office, thanks to a resolution condemning him being pulled from tomorrow night's San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee agenda.Read more »

Agnos and other progressives rally for Olague

10.22.12 - 4:22 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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A string of prominent local progressive leaders today offered their support to Sup. Christina Olague – including former Mayor Art Agnos, who announced his endorsement of her in the District 5 supervisorial race – in a rally on the steps of City Hall.Read more »

Daly's Buck Tavern, a progressive hangout, is closing

10.22.12 - 9:55 am | Steven T. Jones |
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When leftist firebrand Chris Daly left the Board of Supervisors two years ago, amid political treachery that effectively ended a decade of progressive control over the body, the bar that he took over and operated – the Buck Tavern – became a gathering place for progressive activists. It was almost like a government in exile following a coup d'etat.Read more »

D5 shakeups flip the dynamics of that wild race

10.19.12 - 11:29 am | Steven T. Jones |
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[UPDATED AND CORRECTED] Wild and unsettling political dynamics have rocked the District 5 supervisorial race, with three major candidates having prominent endorsements withdrawn, the most significant being this week's mass exodus of support from the campaign of Julian Davis following his bad handling of allegations that he has mistreated women.Read more »

Burner-built Peralta Junction brings a West Oakland lot to life

10.17.12 - 11:31 am | Steven T. Jones |
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Bay Area artists and other creative types have been building cities from scratch in the Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for two decades now, forming their culture and honing their ability to fill blank spaces with unique and wondrous offerings. In recent years, they have increasingly turned their energy and vision toward their own backyard, with the latest manifestation being Peralta Junction.Read more »

Judges consider whether the feds have ignored medical evidence on marijuana

10.15.12 - 5:23 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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Tomorrow (Tues/16), for the first time in more than 20 years, a court will consider whether the federal government has improperly ignored evidence of marijuana's medical value in continuing to classify it as a Schedule 1 narcotic, the category of dangerous drugs with no medicinal value.Read more »

Gascón's challenge to Mirkarimi belies his own official shortcomings

10.11.12 - 3:18 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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The backlash against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's reinstatement by those who oppose him has often been biting and bitter – an indicator that coming together around real solutions to domestic violence, something most supervisors pledged, could still be difficult – but t Read more »