Volume 46, Issue 49

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Volume 46, Issue 49

News & Culture

Defending Richard Aoki — and the movement

The park bond battle

Why environmentalists and neighborhood groups are opposing more money for parks

Yael Chanoff

The latest insurance scam

Mercury Insurance wants to buy your vote again — this time, with an unusual ally

Steven T. Jones

Approve clean power SF

The plan's got flaws, but it's all we've got

Guardian Editorial

Editorial

Volume 46, Issue 49

Food & Drink

East Bay buzz

BEER + WINE ISSUE: A self-guided bike tour to up your brew IQ

Caitlin Donohue

Food & Drink

Koi hooey

The High Halushki of Hyperbole is not amused.

L.E. Leone

Tasty reads

Blue Bottle, SPQR, Foraged Flavor....: Fresh new cookbooks to spice up your repertoire

Virginia Miller

Food & Drink

Dixie

The New Southern restaurant whistles, but doesn't quite sing

Virginia Miller

Volume 46, Issue 49

Arts & Culture

Pop thrills

A romp through this year's bumper crop of trash lit

Tim Redmond

Pagoda madness

A native son counters the myths of Chinatown in a new book

Emily Hunt

More than ink

Mission gangs and tattoos are the stuff of a dynamic experiment in theater activism, as Paul S. Flores' Placas moves from page to stage

Robert Avila

The darn thing's got wings

Nightlife: Eagle still gay, New Wave City turns 20, SF Electronic Music Fest blast through town, more

Marke B.

Goodbye to romance

Raunchy 'Bachelorette' is a funny but flawed wedding comedy

Cheryl Eddy

Evil genius

Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo aim to infect commercialism from within

Ryan Prendiville

Beyond the Pink

1980s teen movie star Molly Ringwald finds new success as an acclaimed author -- but can she still put lipstick on with her cleavage?

Marke B.

PR problems

Some neighbors are bummed that a new pot club is coming to Mission Street, but does their reasoning make sense?

Caitlin Donohue

Arts & Culture