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Accreditation: Is it a game of Chutes and Ladders?
By Sara Bloomberg
The Guardsman
A child picks up a die. She shakes it in her hand for a few seconds before tossing it hopefully onto the game board and then closes ...
Illustration: Ravens win Superbowl XLVII
Illustration by Anthony Mata/The Guardsman
Sandy Hook victims remembered at Justin Herman Plaza
Protesters hold up the names and ages of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting that occured on Dec. 14, 2012. The Bay Area chapters of the Brady Campaign ...
Pride flag flies at City Hall, kicking off summer pride events
By Sara Bloomberg
The Guardsman
San Francisco’s annual Pride celebration kicked off Monday afternoon with a flag raising ceremony at City Hall, where equality and funding for HIV and ...
Local 2 strikes again
By Greg Zeman
The Guardsman
Unite Here Local 2, a self-professed “fighting union” representing over 9,000 hotel workers at 62 hotels in San Francisco, opened a three-day strike of roughly ...
City fights over immigration
A 2008 immigration policy instituted by Mayor Gavin Newsom providing undocumented juveniles accused of criminal conduct greater protection from deportation is being challenged by the Board of Supervisors.
SFMTA deficit could mean cuts to service, reroutes
By Alex Emslie
Opinions and Editorials Editor
'I find it quite alarming and in some ways disrespectful,' said District 11 Supervisor John Avalos of the proposed San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency budget ...
Prop. 8 upheld, Same-sex marriage supporters in uproar
Supporters of same-sex marriage gathered in force early Tuesday morning at St. Frances Lutheran Church and marched chanting and singing to hear the state Supreme Court's decision on the fate of Proposition 8.
City College pays $60,000 to settle lawsuit over freedom of speech
Few City College officials were willing to comment on the more than $60,000 settlement reached between the San Francisco Community College District and the organization Jews for Jesus.
The Polaroid Chronicles, part one
I moved to San Francisco from Napa in December 2006, yet I am still only marginally familiar with the city. My original plan was to spend at least one day per week drifting through the city with hopes of discovering my new home town. That obviously didn't pan out as well I'd hoped.
The show goes on without CEO Jobs
Thousands of people from around the world come to San Francisco every year for the biggest gathering in matters of all things Apple.
Thousands gather in Civic Center Plaza to protest Prop 8
Thousands of protesters gathered in Civic Center Plaza in front of San Francisco's City Hall on Nov. 15 to protest the recent passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California.
In addition to representing the opposition to Proposition 8, several speakers gave the crowd fuel and strategy for how the public could work to overturn the proposition.
Issue One: New Additions
Things change quickly in San Francisco - design and legislature change, leading us in bold new directions. Neighborhoods adjust to the influx of new people and ideas, causing parts of ...