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The bee's knees

04.13.10 - 5:54 pm | Ariel Soto-Suver |
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In honor of the upcoming Earth Day -- and Sarah Phelan's indepth look at little buzzers in this week's issue of the Guardian -- we pay a visit to the San Francisco Beekepers Association.

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alt.sex.column: The family that plays together

04.13.10 - 5:47 pm | Andrea Nemerson |
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Dear Andrea:

This summer different members of my family will be going in together on big a beach house. There's just one thing. "Heather" used to be married to my cousin, but after they split up, my cousin moved and Heather is still invited. She also is younger. The problem? I think she's hot.

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Dogfest 2010 raises its leg on school budget cuts

04.13.10 - 5:06 pm | Caitlin Donohue |
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Gosh, you think. Charles Barkley just looks so dapper in his doggie vest/pocket watch/monocle ensemble. I wish more people could share in the joy his beauty brings me!

First of all, thanks for considering the rest of us. Secondly, Mr. Barkley’s time to shine has come. Just bring him down to Duboce Park this Sat/17 for Dogfest 2010, McKinley elementary school’s fundraiser excellent. The Fest offers a chance to, once and for all, determine that his bark is better, his coat is shinier, and y’all are two more identical peas in a pod than that Boston terrier and her owner down the street, those bitches. Read more »

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Memorial services set for Tricia Taborn--wear a dramatic hat!!

04.13.10 - 3:11 pm | Bruce Brugmann |
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Memorial services for Tricia Taborn, the great San Francisco spirit who died April 7, have been set for Saturday, May 1, from 1 to 5 p.m.at Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, just south of Solano Avenue in North Berkeley.

Her husband Gerald Baron recommends that, in honor of Tricia's love for flamboyant hats in dramatic colors, her friends come wearing  a dramatic hat in the Tricia Taborn tradition. More details will follow on this blog.Read more »

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The Daily Blurgh: Whither Grindr, Kitty Boots?

04.13.10 - 3:00 pm | Matt Sussman |
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Curiosities, quirks, oddites, and items from around the Bay and beyond

"Call before you come over, I need to shave my ShoCha."

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That breathless traipse around Land's End really is about (re)fighting the Battle of the Bulge

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Quick Lit: April 14-April 20

04.13.10 - 1:58 pm | Paula Connelly |
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Literary readings, book tours, and talks this week -- including Alice Walker, Men and Dogs, Marin Poetry Festival, "Adapting to Climate Change," and more

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Editorial: No free ride for developers

04.13.10 - 12:55 pm | Guardian Staff Writers |
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Under Newsom's approach, the current residents and businesses of San Francisco will have to put up millions of dollars to cover the costs created by market-rate housing developers

The dumbest plan the Newsom administration has cooked up in a long time continues to make its way through City Hall. The mayor wants to defer fees for housing developers as a way to "stimulate" the economy — despite the fact that the city's own economist concluded the plan would lead to the creation of a relatively tiny number of jobs and perhaps 40 or 50 new market-rate condos over the next two years.

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Did Lennar hire an armed security guard from Andrews International?

04.13.10 - 11:46 am | Sarah Phelan |
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I didn’t attend the April 12 hearing of the Board’s city operations and neighborhood services committee about Lennar’s decision to send an armed ex-SFPD officer to a Feb. 18 community meeting at the Nation of Islam’s mosque on Third Street.

But video footage shows that it was a packed house, during which plenty of folks stated loud and clear that they thought it was a really bad and potentially dangerous idea to send an armed ex-officer into a community meeting in the Bayview.

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Candidates for judge: Robert Retana

04.13.10 - 10:45 am |
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The final installment of our interviews with candidates for Superior Court Judge in San Francisco: Robert Retana

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The Chamber of Commerce scorecard: You gotta be kidding

04.13.10 - 10:38 am | Tim Redmond |
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The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has released a voting scorecard on the supervisors -- and it's a bad joke. The Chamber says the scorecard shows who are top opponents of business in the city, the ones who don't support "job creation and government efficiency" -- two poll-tested buzzwords the Chamber will try to use in supervisorial campaigns this fall.Read more »

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Street Threads: Look of the Day

04.13.10 - 10:16 am | Ariel Soto-Suver |
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Today's Look: Seungtaek, Sacramento and Polk

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Officials accused of destroying public documents on Palin visit

04.13.10 - 9:57 am | Steven T. Jones |
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The lesson of political scandals from Watergate through Monicagate is that the cover-up is often worse than the original crime, and that could once again prove true with the simmering conflict over large speaking fees that CSU-Stanislaus has agreed to pay Sarah Palin, particularly given new revelations that university officials might have destroyed public documents that had been requested by Sen. Leland Yee. Read more »

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Powder room confessions with Sia

04.13.10 - 1:10 am | Amber Schadewald |
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I was expecting nothing but a stream of strange, awkward and amazing when I dialed up Australian singer Sia-- playing Wed/14 at the Regency Ballroom-- but her super quirky banter wouldn't be the only sound traveling the wires. Ring ring and the blondie answered with a cheery "How are you sweetie?", followed by, "How do you feel about me taking a leak while we chat?" 

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New media sources win Pulitzers

04.12.10 - 5:13 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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American journalism’s biggest awards, the Pulitzer Prizes, were awarded today and among the honorees was a nonprofit newsroom, Pro Publica, which was recognized for groundbreaking work that it did on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Read more »

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The Daily Blurgh: That cat should have won the prize

04.12.10 - 3:41 pm | Matt Sussman |
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Curiosities, quirks, oddites, and items from around the Bay and beyond

“We offer a kind of grittiness you can’t find much anymore,” said Randy Shaw, a longtime San Francisco housing advocate and a driving force behind the idea of Tenderloin tourism. “And what is grittier than the Tenderloin?”

Now that San Francisco is going to court the tourist dollars of baby boomers descending upon the TL in search of reawakening the pleasure centers of their youth – the music! the drugs! the picturesque squalor! – perhaps City Hall should also consider starting up tourism franchises in other "gritty" parts of the city? 

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