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Self-referentialism

45 years of printing the news and raising hell

10.19.11 - 5:19 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Volume One, Number One, Oct. 27, 1966
Dec. 19, 1967, an investigative report into the unfairness of local draft boards
Feb. 7, 1968, the untold story of the Examiner and Chronicle business merger
Jan 17, 1974, the nation's first local "best of" issue starts a national trend
June 18, 1968, kicks off a decades-long campaign against the "Manhattanization of San Francisco."
May 22, 1969, "The dicks from Superchron" shows how the Chronicle hired private detectives to tail critics of KRON-TV's relicens
Nov. 15, 1974, how the growing gay community was building an out-of-the-closet culture.
Aug. 18, 1978, "The ins and outs of buying a house, paying taxes, having kids"
Jan. 10, 1979, how Dianne Feinstein "moved in for the kill against the elderly, the artists and SF's architectural heritage"
March 28, 1979. A disco haters dance guide; need we say more?
May 23, 1979, how the DA bungled the prosecution for the murders of Harvey Milk and George Moscone.
Jan. 13, 1988, the largest-type headline in Guardian history exposes how Feinstein was selling the city to PG&E
Oct. 18, 1987, our election issue demonstrated the stakes in the mayor's race.
Oct. 25, 1989, we report on the Loma Prieta earthquake — and how it caught the city unprepared.
Dec. 3, 1997, we feature a young, up-and-coming band called Sleater-Kinney
Jan 17, 2001, an investigation into the improper incarceration of John Tennison led to his release from state prison
July 26, 2006, renowned artist Mona Caron presents a futuristic image of a new San Francisco in our Best of the Bay issue
May 20, 2009, a piece on Afro-Surrealism features a new design that restores the original logo

 

When the Bay Guardian produced its first issue in October, 1966, the paper described itself as "a fortnightly journal of news, analysis and opinion." Circulation was soon running at 20,000 copies. Read more »

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