Rich people are lying to seniors about the billionaire tax
Plus: The Back Room ceelbrates 10 years of intimate musical encounters; Record Store Day brings a '1983' vinyl treat
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Today's headlines:
Rich people are lying to seniors about the billionaire tax. Does the news media care?
By Tim Redmond
Plus: Protecting civilian control of the cops, and is SF 'a liberal oligarchy?' That's The Agenda for April 12-19
A decade in, the Back Room still holds space for intimate musical encounters
By Joshua Rotter
Berkeley mainstay hosts 10-day concert series marking 10 years of diverse, all-ages, BYOB, communal gigs.
Record Store Day 2026 brings a ‘1983’ treat
By John-Paul Shiver
Annual brick-and-mortar booster re-releases Flying Lotus vinyl classic (among many others) to tempt you inside on April 18.
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