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Volume 42, Issue 08

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Volume 42, Issue 08

Top Stories

All I want for Christmas ...

Locals talk about gifts that keep on giving and the ones they wish they could've given back

Molly Freedenberg, Amber Peckham, Chris DeMento
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Shopping for slackers

Neighborhood shortcuts for an efficient gift search

Molly Freedenberg, Amber Peckham, Chris DeMento, Soo Oh
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Happy challah-days

Take what you like, leave the rest

Molly Freedenberg
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'Tis the season for getting even

Create a celebration that makes your family as uncomfortable as theirs makes you

Justin Juul
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In the spirit

The Guardian's guide to holiday giving

Chris Jasmin
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Fuck the holidays

A San Francisco guide to celebrating, ignoring, or just plain flipping the bird at Christmas

Stephen Torres
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Gluhwein by any other name

A Bay Area miniguide to mulled wine

Molly Freedenberg
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I'm dreaming of a green Christmas

A guide to ecofriendly gifts

Amelia Glynn
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Buy by hand

The art of shopping for crafts and customized gifts

Molly Freedenberg
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She's crafty

Why buy when you can DIY?

Molly Freedenberg
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Volume 42, Issue 08

News & Culture

Editor's Notes

Billboards and Bill Gates

Tim Redmond
Fix the Prop. A cab problem

The notion that drivers have exclusive rights to permits needs to be protected

Editorial
Slow down the Laguna project

Fasttrack plan not in our best interest

Editorial
Green City: Early puberty's toxic causes and effects

New report links chemicals to problematic early development

Jessika Fruchter
Save St. Lukes!

Landmark hospital needs city's help

Zenei Cortez
Dammit
Andrea Nemerson
Mapping the unmappable

Visualize global censorship

Annalee Newitz

Volume 42, Issue 08

Food & Drink

A certain way

Barbecue pie and a date date

L.E. Leone
Food & Drink
Chez Maman

Just for toi

Paul Reidinger
Food & Drink
Sens Restaurant

Uplifting food makes up for gloomy decor

Chris DeMento
Food & Drink
Land of milk and money

Have a glass of irony with your high-end cheese

Paul Reidinger
Food & Drink

Volume 42, Issue 08

Arts & Culture

The reel world

Takeshi Murata at Ratio 3

Glen Helfand
Arts & Culture
Dark sparkle

Jamie Vasta's art glitters

Johnny Ray Huston
Arts & Culture
Pyramental

SoMa music and production school gets students into the digital recording now

Marke B.
Uncuddly Leigh

Margot at the Wedding and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the movies

Dennis Harvey
All about Bob

Todd Haynes dives deep into Dylan with I'm Not There

Cheryl Eddy
Do you believe in White Magic?

The witchy duo shine on with Dark Stars

Max Goldberg
Out of the shadows

Shady Nate, the number two rapper of West Oakland's Livewire crew, emerges as a boss

Garrett Caples
Gobblin' Cobain

Focus on his words in Kurt Cobain about a Son and on his face in Unplugged in New York

Kimberly Chun
Disaster preparedness

Ellen Gavin's Stardust and Empty Wagons: Stories from the Katrina Diaspora

Robert Avila
Arts & Culture
Well-heeled

A modern dance legend visits Japan

Rita Felciano
Arts & Culture