Faces Of The New Economy - Part 2
Name: "Riley" Age: 25 Profession: Marijuana retail Residence: San Francisco The economic downturn hasn't affected "Riley's" marijuana business as much as some other San Francisco businesses. "When it comes down to not having anything better to do, you'll enjoy it...
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Wednesday, May 20 2009 4:28 PM
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Drinking dominates fun run
A gang of Storm Troopers? A giant jogging crayon? Scores of drinking smurfs? It must be that time of the year again: Bay to Breakers. Despite months of drama, including everything from a ban on alcohol to benefit concerts pushing...
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Wednesday, May 13 2009 8:31 PM
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Wednesday, May 13 2009 8:31 PM
Mission district residents utilize blogs for news
It's a warm, sunny afternoon in the Mission, but despite several parks in the immediate vicinity, Sugarlump café is packed. Crowded rooms lined with middle-class locals sipping espresso in urban settings aren't anything new - the media revolution staged by...
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Monday, Apr 27 2009 7:07 PM
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Monday, Apr 27 2009 7:07 PM
Sebastian Tellier talks music, sex, body hair
Sex sells. Elvis Presley shook his hips, Madonna wore coned bras and Michael Jackson grabbed his cr otch. But the King's once-iconic greased hairstyle and spastic dancing style isn't really "in" anymore - no, young San Franciscans now coo over...
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Wednesday, Apr 22 2009 7:44 PM
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Wednesday, Apr 22 2009 7:44 PM
Homeless census a real head-scratcher
Anyone spending time in the City's Haight, Mission or Financial districts has seen them. Often -- but not always -- dirtied, bearded or rank, the homeless population sprinkled throughout the city has risen and fallen over the years. But Mayor...
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Wednesday, Apr 15 2009 6:27 PM
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Wednesday, Apr 15 2009 6:27 PM
Cherry Blossom festival blooms in Japantown
Thousands of spectators made it to San Francisco's Japantown on Saturday for the start of the neighborhood's annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The festival continues to be a ceremonial bow toward the country's affection for the symbolic budding of the fruit...
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Saturday, Apr 11 2009 10:30 PM
Thousands of spectators made it to San Francisco's Japantown on Saturday for the start of the neighborhood's annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The festival continues to be a ceremonial bow toward the country's affection for the symbolic budding of the fruit... [ ]
Saturday, Apr 11 2009 10:30 PM
Punk values stay pristine at Thrillhouse Records
The economy may be in the toilet, but that isn't slowing some young concert goers from seeing their favorite bands shred licks and scream through choruses. Au contraire: Bay Area music fans are continuing to be a part of what...
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Wednesday, Apr 1 2009 8:22 PM
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Wednesday, Apr 1 2009 8:22 PM
SF bands mess with Texas
San Francisco, the city that prides itself in creating a place of refuge for the country's oddballs, is sending more than 40 of its bands to the state of large cacti and miniscule marijuana tolerance: Texas. Two of the dispatched...
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Sunday, Mar 22 2009 10:46 PM
San Francisco, the city that prides itself in creating a place of refuge for the country's oddballs, is sending more than 40 of its bands to the state of large cacti and miniscule marijuana tolerance: Texas. Two of the dispatched... [ ]
Sunday, Mar 22 2009 10:46 PM
The best stimulus plan is hiding in our pants
SF State students are not having enough sex. And while the country is going bankrupt, the polar ice caps are melting and our reputation abroad is on the rocks, sex is what we, as students, need most. Think about it....
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Saturday, Mar 7 2009 12:51 PM
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Saturday, Mar 7 2009 12:51 PM
SF artist turns white walls into modern mural
Jeremy Fish is in on a ladder, covered by an over-sized jumpsuit, wearing his paint-smeared signature Nikes. The walls that surround him are small; Fish, a well-known illustrator and artist, is finishing what he calls an experiment. The venture, which...
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Tuesday, Feb 24 2009 2:56 AM
Jeremy Fish is in on a ladder, covered by an over-sized jumpsuit, wearing his paint-smeared signature Nikes. The walls that surround him are small; Fish, a well-known illustrator and artist, is finishing what he calls an experiment. The venture, which... [ ]
Tuesday, Feb 24 2009 2:56 AM
SF State alumnus still rockin' after 25 years
"I seem sober?" Mike Burkett, lead singer and bassist of San Francisco-based punk band NOFX sarcastically asked fans in response to heckles from the crowd. "I will f--- you in the a--. No, actually I can't get a boner." Tonight,...
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Monday, Feb 16 2009 4:44 PM
"I seem sober?" Mike Burkett, lead singer and bassist of San Francisco-based punk band NOFX sarcastically asked fans in response to heckles from the crowd. "I will f--- you in the a--. No, actually I can't get a boner." Tonight,... [ ]
Monday, Feb 16 2009 4:44 PM
Q & A with "Broke-Ass" Stuart
Broke-Ass Stuart is not poor. He's broke. And there's a difference, he says. "Being broke is not having money -- being poor is a state of things." That means that a very large percentage of SF State students can relate...
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Sunday, Feb 15 2009 3:10 PM
Broke-Ass Stuart is not poor. He's broke. And there's a difference, he says. "Being broke is not having money -- being poor is a state of things." That means that a very large percentage of SF State students can relate... [ ]
Sunday, Feb 15 2009 3:10 PM
KSFS leaves traditions behind
There's a room on campus covered in scribbled initials, unintelligible inside jokes and bumper stickers dating back several decades. The room isn't a row of toilet stalls forgotten by custodians or an abandoned closet squatted by punk rockers. It is,...
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Sunday, Feb 8 2009 11:50 AM
There's a room on campus covered in scribbled initials, unintelligible inside jokes and bumper stickers dating back several decades. The room isn't a row of toilet stalls forgotten by custodians or an abandoned closet squatted by punk rockers. It is,... [ ]
Sunday, Feb 8 2009 11:50 AM
SF Independent film shines at 11th annual festival
Both the Victoria Theatre's bulb-lined façade and the Roxie Theater's neon red lights will be shining bright this weekend, but they won't be attracting anyone hoping to see a dead rapper biopic or a comedy about mall security. No, these...
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Monday, Feb 2 2009 11:34 PM
Both the Victoria Theatre's bulb-lined façade and the Roxie Theater's neon red lights will be shining bright this weekend, but they won't be attracting anyone hoping to see a dead rapper biopic or a comedy about mall security. No, these... [ ]
Monday, Feb 2 2009 11:34 PM
Ike's Place: Not your average sandwich shop
In a city where residents pride themselves on variety - a sort of anti-suburban America attitude - Ike's Place sandwich shop in the Castro sums up what San Francisco is all about. And the shop does it in about 150...
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Monday, Jan 26 2009 3:33 PM
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Monday, Jan 26 2009 3:33 PM
Mo' Better Food For Mo' People
The smell of fresh produce is abundant in the air around the Fillmore Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning, as customers stock up on their fruits and vegetables for the week. The farmers come from different backgrounds and sell different types...
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Thursday, Sep 14 2006 11:29 AM
The smell of fresh produce is abundant in the air around the Fillmore Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning, as customers stock up on their fruits and vegetables for the week. The farmers come from different backgrounds and sell different types... [ ]
Thursday, Sep 14 2006 11:29 AM
Preparing For the Friendly Skies
With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season fast approaching, SF State students have leisurely begun to compare prices of airline tickets for the best possible deal.
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Thursday, Oct 14 2004 8:23 PM
With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season fast approaching, SF State students have leisurely begun to compare prices of airline tickets for the best possible deal. [ ]
Thursday, Oct 14 2004 8:23 PM