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Bruce Haley: No regrets Haley's passion for exploring has taken him to the far corners of the world, during which time he has produced a formidable body of work for magazines, exhibitions and books. Before … More »Bruce Haley: No regrets

Greg Suhr won't let stop and frisk happen in SF Once, when I was mayor, disability activists in wheelchairs took over an intersection in front of City Hall. Yes, that was me dressed in lavender, sitting … More »Greg Suhr won't let stop and frisk happen in SF

Paul Seeman, on leave from bench, still gets paid The Alameda County Superior Court judge charged with bilking an elderly woman out of her life savings had good reason to step off the bench while his criminal … More »Paul Seeman, on leave from bench, still gets paid

Firefighters got the upper hand on a grass fire burning near Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield. More »Firefighters Battle Grass Fire New I-80 Fairfield

Vallejo police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect after a chase and a crash Saturday morning. More »Vallejo Police Shoot, Kill Armed Robbery Suspect

A driver was arrested Saturday after leading a California Highway Patrol officer on a chase across the Bay Bridge. More »Driver Leads CHP On Chase Across Bay Bridge

By Joshua Sabatini and Dan Schreiber S.F. Examiner Staff Writers A city Building Inspection Commissioner alleged that Mayor Ed Lee committed perjury Friday when he testified that he had not consulted with … More »Commissioner alleges Mayor Ed Lee committed perjury at Ross Mirkarimi hearing

An apparent bomb threat for City Hall and another unnamed building abruptly stopped the tense official misconduct proceedings against suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on Friday as Mayor Ed Lee — acting … More »Apparent threat causes Mirkarimi case to adjourn abruptly

UPDATE: Early Friday morning the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee unanimously approved Mayor Ed Lee’s proposed two-year city budget after making a total of $32 million in spending changes, … More »Funding priorities delay budget approval

The San Jose Earthquakes beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-3 Saturday night at the Stanford Stadium. More »SJ Earthquakes upend Galaxy 4-3

The Texas Rangers extended their winning streak to five games, beating the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Saturday night. More »Hamilton, Perez lift Rangers past A's 7-2

Mat Latos pitched a two-hitter to win his career-best seventh straight decision, beating San Francisco for the second time. More »Latos tosses two-hitter as Reds beat Giants

“Oh god, I’m not remembering the third verse,” John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats said Wednesday at the Swedish American Hall, and continued to play familiar chords as someone from the second row shouted … More »Live Shots: The Mountain Goats at Swedish American Hall

This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the beginnings of negotiations between the International Longshoreman’s and Warehouseman’s Union and the Pacific Maritime Association over what came to be known … More »Guardian voices: The labor agreement that changed SF

Last year, the Guardian held a series of Mayoral Issue Forums focusing on things from public power to climate change. They helped to drive discussion in the progressive community -- and they were real … More »Save the date: SFBG "Bay Area Feminism Today" Forum on July 11

"Is this a pop-up?" my dining companion shouted in between mouthfuls of a peppered duck chow fun ($11). The dish was so finessed it could have been on one of Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi's winning menus, … More »Bar Gain: Small Kitchens Produce Deluxe Bar Food

When Channing Tatum stood up and revealed his bare ass to the camera a minute or two into Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike — which the actor conceived of and produced based on his own experience as a teenage … More »"Magic Mike": A Star Is Bared

Fans of Seth MacFarlane's Fox mainstay Family Guy who wish he would run afoul of FCC regulations every week might be pleased with Ted , the story of a 35-year-old man and his foul-talking teddy bear. Plushies, … More »"Ted": More of the Same from Seth MacFarlane's Minor Ursus

Young people are sharing information and engaging in politics and policy discussions online like never before, according to a new study co-authored by an East Bay professor. But a vast majority of them … More »Young people taking part in politics via new media, but they want help telling fact from fiction

More innovative projects like Apple's spaceship campus may be in the future as companies rely on creative employees who care as much about the design of their work space as their products. More »Pizarro: Silicon Valley's architecture may catch up to its creativity

There's a slight rip in the $91 billion budget fabric just sewed together by Gov. Jerry Brown: a $183 million hole, to be precise. More »Internal Affairs: Governor shoots a hole in GOP support by cutting Healthy Families

Whether you're celebrating Independence Day in the city or elsewhere in the Bay Area, here are some 4th of July activities to help you and your family have a star-spangled day. More »4th of July Events for Kids

Back in the 1970s, some 600 artists banded together and took their cause to City Hall, clearing the way for the San Francisco arts commission to create the first street artist licensing program. Photo … More »SF Street Artists to Celebrate Going Legit

Gmail has 425 million users, 5 million businesses use Google Apps and 1 million NFC-enabled Android devices are shipped each week. Photo Credit: Mathew Sumner/Getty Images More »Numbers We Learned from Google I/O

East Bay Regional Park proposes new land use plan for park popular with runners, bicyclists and walkers More »Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park to be opened to more visitors

Fight erupted when about 70 teens congregated at the station, BART police chased suspect with Taser. More »17-year-old Oakland boy arrested after punching teenage girl in face at Bayfair BART station

Fire, which caused $150,000 in damage, was set in multiple spots within the home, according to battalion chief. More »Richmond Fire Department is investigating arson fire in vacant house