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Civics and Culture

Jason The Athletic Godfather

I wrote the following in 2012: At Letitia a gregarious basketball-player-looking character steps off. He always seems to know everybody. He'll get on the bus, plunk...

Sunday Video: Design Shaped By The Community

"Americans spend 90% of their time indoors" explains Marc Kushner in this animated talk in which he discusses how architecture shapes us and triggers...

Square Hair

Image above: On the left, my friend Purpelle Tramble, the filmmaker. On the right, some guy with short hair... Two unrelated interactions with different late-night...

Rainbows, Made For Dancing On

Twenty-seven minutes into Sunday, but that's just for those counting at home. Broadway and East Pine is the center of the world for some,...

Anna Karina 

There's so much police, fire, and medical sprawled out everywhere you'd think it was the parking lot at Bellevue Psychiatric. This place looks like Willowbrook...

Sunday Video: Super Bowl Sustainability

With a vision to host the healthiest, most sustainable and socially responsible Super Bowl ever, the San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee...

Pulling Our Weight, Part I

"Alright, Cloverdale is next," I told them, "by the Mini-Mart. And South Lake High School. Also, this bus continues up the hill, to Prentice....

Upcoming Event: HALA Work Plan Launch

Tomorrow evening, starting at 5pm, there is a meeting to officially launch the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) work plan for 2016. Mayor Ed...