Jayme Catsouphes

Film Fatale: Dark times for independent movie theaters

Jayme Catsouphes — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:42:43 +0000

Take a walk down any major street in San Francisco and you’ll see them: dead movie theaters. Corpses. It’s hard not to shudder when you walk past one – the doors locked and covered with plywood, the entrance collecting tin cans and old newspapers. The theater’s once grand marquee, now deprived of the electricity needed to power the lights, seems gaudy and hubristic. These are dark times for movie theaters.

Bay Area Beats: Quinn Deveaux

Jayme Catsouphes — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:05:04 +0000

Oakland-based singer/songwriter Quinn Deveaux is one part city, one part country. When he plays with his band, the Blue Beat Review, he taps into Ray Charles and plays the savvy bandleader, burning his way through tune after tune and keeping his audience dancing late into the night.

Connecting the Dots: Top news stories for Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Jayme Catsouphes — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:37:15 +0000

(Sacramento Bee) // The California Assembly has passed a bill that would allow, but not require, business owners who contract with the state to self-identify as gay, lesbian, transgender, or bisexual. The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce both support the bill because it would allow the government to collect data on the economic impact of LGBT-owned businesses. The bill goes to the Senate next...

Connecting the Dots: Top news stories for Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Jayme Catsouphes — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:31 +0000

California prisons are equipping themselves with new technology that can block inmates from using smuggled cell phones. Prison officials want to crack down on illegal phone usage within prison walls because inmates may be using them to conduct criminal transactions.

San Francisco fights to keep the ocean at bay

Jayme Catsouphes — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:24:57 +0000

The only thing more powerful than human will is Mother Nature. At San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, the two forces have done battle for years over wave erosion, but only the city has something to lose. With the safety of its wastewater treatment plant at stake on the one hand and a lawsuit on the other, San Francisco’s planners are attempting to find a solution that will placate Mother Nature and avoid the most expensive fix: retreat.