San Francisco Bay Guardian

We're All Paranoidnew

Sure, the people with the 9/11 conspiracy theories are a little odd. But not everything they're saying is entirely crazy. Steven T. Jones infiltrates the Bay Area's 9/11 Truth Movement.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones | 03-23-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Bush administration, 9/11 Truth Movement, Dick Cheney, Conspiracy Theory, hijackers, paranoia

The Post-2Pac Packnew

Did the death of Tupac Shakur throw Bay Area hip-hop into a tailspin? And is there really a "New Bay" rising?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Garrett Caples | 03-16-2005 | Music

Tags: area, bay, hip, hop

Act Like You Knownew

Visitors to Bay Area rap clubs need to get hip to "slump," which is characterized by heavy, rolling bass lines and rhythmic MCing.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Krishtine de Leon | 03-15-2005 | Music

Tags: area, bay, hip, hop

West Is the Bestnew

Bay Area hip-hop survivor E-40 has left Jive Records and signed with BME, a label founded by Lil' Jon, one of the hottest of today's young rappers.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | J. H. Tompkins | 03-15-2005 | Music

Tags: area, bay, hip, hop

One of the hip-hop bands emerging in the Bay Area is The Team, whose strong debut album The Negro League shows potential for greatness. Also reviewed are The Federation's The Album and The Frontline's Who R You?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 03-15-2005 | Music

Tags: area, bay, hip, hop

Gavin Newsom's Perspectivenew

In an exclusive interview with the Bay Guardian, San Francisco's glamorous and controversial mayor laments the city's bad budget options and fires back at his critics.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones | 03-09-2005 | Politics

Tags: labor, Gavin Newsom, business tax

Freedom of Information Winnersnew

In honor of those who protect our right to know, the Bay Guardian presents the winners of the 20th annual James Madison Freedom of Information Awards.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | San Francisco Bay Guardian Staff | 03-09-2005 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

The Nonprofit Gold Rushnew

San Francisco spends billions on nonprofit contracts without adequate oversight. It's a recipe for disaster.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Matthew Hirsch | 03-09-2005 | Policy Issues

Tags: city funds, nonprofits, public services

Build Your TV!new

As the FCC and the entertainment biz get ready to end home recording as we know it, a bunch of radical geeks are working on a solution or two.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Annalee Newitz | 03-02-2005 | Media

Tags: FCC, Federal Communications Commission, HDTV, high definition television

Terrorist TV?new

A San Francisco broadcaster is forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV network after State Department labels it "terrorist."

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Camille T. Taiara | 02-23-2005 | Media

Tags: terrorism, First Amendment, civil liberties, Hezbollah, al manar, freedom of the press

Oscars, the Grouchesnew

Two curmudgeons offer a guide to the Academy Award nominees.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Cheryl Eddy and Kimberly Chun | 02-23-2005 | Movies

Tags: Academy Awards, Oscars, film

Fight Nightnew

Deep in Oakland's postindustrial wasteland, writer A.C. Thompson takes you ring side to observe the spectacle of humans doing bad things to one another – for fun.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | A. C. Thompson | 02-23-2005 | Sports

Tags: fight club, underground culture