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San Francisco Mayor's testy exchange with a reporter regarding "the drinking."
By David Puner
February 7, 2007
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S/M media giant Kink.com stirred up controversy by announcing plans to move its headquarters into San Francisco's Mission District. But for Kink's performers, sex is all in a day's work.
By Stephen Elliott
February 7, 2007
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It's not the federal government or law enforcement or the people who tried to rescue him from the Oregon wilderness.
By Sarah Keech
January 11, 2007
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"It was the end of the continent; they didn't give a damn," Jack Kerouac said of San Francisco. But what happens when you and your city grow up?
By Gary Kamiya
December 5, 2006
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"Girls Gone Wild" faces rape allegations -- plus controversial chemicals in baby bottles, women waking up on the wrong side of the bed and more.
By Carol Lloyd
October 26, 2006
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San Francisco's cycling activists meet their match
By Andrew Leonard
July 5, 2006
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We're stuck with a terrible war and a worse president, and all the GOP can do is scream, "Pelosi and her Nancy boys are coming"? This is pathetic.
By Garrison Keillor
June 7, 2006
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San Francisco teens can now get sexual health info via text message.
By Lynn Harris
April 26, 2006
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San Francisco tries to save civilization from itself.
By Andrew Leonard
April 13, 2006
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For 22 years, John Francis walked everywhere he went to protest environmental destruction. For 17 of those years, he was silent. Today he rides in cars and speaks -- but he's still fighting.
By Mark Hertsgaard
May 11, 2005
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San Francisco's mayor hit the national stage when he allowed 4,000 gay couples to wed. But he wishes the world would pay more attention to his new crusade: Reducing crime and despair in the city's poorest neighborhoods.
By Joan Walsh
July 23, 2004
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Kids in my neighborhood have been shot for wearing the wrong jacket. Could changing my hairstyle get me killed?
By Andre Gray
June 16, 2004
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Twelve years ago, the far right's culture war helped defeat a President Bush -- and it's about to happen again.
By Richard J. Rosendall
March 2, 2004
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Cautious Democrats worry that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's historic affirmation of gay marriage will help Bush win reelection. But as the right squabbles over the issue, his party may well thank him in November.
By Joan Walsh
February 26, 2004
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Displaying the graciousness of a front-runner, the Democratic candidate gives Bush a pass for a day on Iraq -- but keeps pummeling him on everything else.
By Mark Follman
December 14, 2003
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Bill Clinton stumps for mayoral hopeful Gavin Newsom, who Matt Gonzalez backers call a "racist liar." Will the real left win this race?
By Joan Walsh
December 9, 2003
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In San Francisco, America's most liberal city, a gay progressive, a Green, a Clinton liberal and a labor favorite are battling to succeed legendary Mayor Willie Brown.
By Joan Walsh
October 31, 2003
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Even ultra-liberal San Francisco is growing weary of the ongoing direct action protests.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 27, 2003
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A day after antiwar "anarchy" shut down city streets, San Francisco cops keep a tight rein on smaller but still angry crowds.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 22, 2003
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Police make record arrests as protesters try to shut down the city; meanwhile somber mood prevails at New York demonstration.
By Michelle Goldberg and Katharine Mieszkowski
March 20, 2003
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In an unprecedented political blood bath, a grand jury indicts the police department's top brass. After a morning of chaos the police chief takes a mysterious medical leave, but turmoil reigns.
By Joan Walsh
March 4, 2003
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"The Barbary Coast," by the little-known author of "Gangs of New York," remains one of the strangest and most indispensable books about the city by the bay.
By Gary Kamiya
December 20, 2002
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San Francisco is the capital of bohemian liberalism. It's also a homeless horror show. On Tuesday voters will decide the limits of their compassion.
By Joan Walsh
November 4, 2002
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He left the bunker to meet the press -- sort of -- in a genteel setting where questions were filtered and follow-ups were impossible. Halliburton? Iraq? Will he run in '04? He talked about them all -- his way.
By Edward W. Lempinen
August 8, 2002
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Palestinian corner stores are like mini-embassies in many cities, dispensing goodwill along with groceries. But in the wake of Sharon's assault, expatriates are mainly peddling fury.
By Janelle Brown
April 2, 2002
Gavin Newsom, before the flood
My day at the Porn Palace
Who's to blame for James Kim's death?
North Beach forever
What else we're reading
Bike vs. anti-bike
San Franciscophobia
Walking away
Gavin Newsom's mean streets
Hair scare
Bush's backfire
Winter of love
Left Coast brawl
Wild in the streets
"Anarchy" in the streets of San Francisco
Sex, sin and the gangs of San Francisco
Bummed out
Cheney speaks!
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