SF's privacy culture is under attack
Plus: Public Bank moves forward, Mime Troupe takes on surveillance state, Harry Nordlinger's creepy Chuck E. Cheese
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Today's headlines:
What happened to SF’s privacy culture?
By Ian Firstenberg
In just a few years, this city has moved from a leader in surveillance guardrails to a place where we are spied on everywhere, even in gay bars
Public bank moves forward
By Tim Redmond
Supes, 9-2, put measure before the voters. What is up with Sup. Alan Wong?
Harry Nordlinger’s comics channel chilling dead malls, creepy Chuck E. Cheese
By Daniel Bromfield
'Spite House' show artist declares, 'The peak empire is behind us, and we're now living in the waste.'
Drama Masks: SF Mime Troupe marches forth through country’s ‘Wreckage’
By Charles Lewis III
Religious prurience meets the surveillance state in company's latest free show. Happy Birthday, America!
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