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"Val—m would cure stage fright," Tim Curry said. This was something he heard around San Francisco during the fall of 1987, when his musical comedy "Me and My Girl" opened at the Golden Gate Theater on 1 Taylor St. Though he added, "I wouldn't dare do that."

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Yesterday, Aug. 25, while staff at Bungalow 615 rummaged through archival print editions, Tim Curry, who starred in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' died.

Staff was searching for old election coverage while in preparation for coverage on this semester's Ballot Beat and found themselves inside file cabinets and in 1987, the year Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took congressional seat of California's 11th Congressional District, which encompasses the entirety of San Francisco.

The Guardsman interviewed Curry during his role as Bill Snibson, an unexpected heir, in the musical comedy "Me and My Girl." The Golden Gate Theater was the first stop of the musical's national tour in 1987.

The Guardsman's staff hopes to keep cultivating the voice of journalists who share stories about legends and ledgers alike. Consider this your Wednesday wrap-up: what's happening, what we're watching and what's worth a read.

Nine hopeful candidates are running for the three upcoming empty seats in the Board of Trustees table at Harry Britt Building 140, and San Franciscans can vote for their chosen trustee on the Nov. 3 ballot.

The Guardsman is working on continuous reporting of the campaign nine candidates are running, starting with Jeremy Lee, Bunny McFadden and Ruth Ferguson, who is running an unchallenged special half-term elections.

While McFadden and Ferguson have become a part of their community naturally, Lee has been “three generations in” San Francisco, and has been working at a nonprofit “being the voice and helping a range of underrepresented San Franciscans".

He is not fluent in Cantonese, though, he said, adding, “I wish my parents taught me how, but they grew up in a time where the norm was assimilating into being American, and at that time meant you speak only English.”

McFadden is "proud Chicana" and said she saw how a “strong, brown woman” works hard like her mother, who was a single mother of four “very strong-minded girls,” her included.

“As a mother, you do everything for your kids,” McFadden, who went through her doctoral program with “two under two,” said. For her mother, who was a custodian at the same community college she is at, sometimes that meant bringing her daughters to sleep in the teacher’s lounge as she finished her graveyard shift. A reality that plenty of City College students resonate with.

Read about the candidates starting Friday, Aug. 28 with the first of the Ballot Beat at theguardsman.com.

Although you can register to vote, in person, after the deadline, The Guardsman urges our readers to register sooner rather than later! This year the state of California will allow youth ages 16-17 to pre-register to vote.

Outside Lands 2026

Fog, Food and Fun at Golden Gate Park

by Diana Chuong

Daisy Jimenez (pictured above), veteran festival-goer, said she loves the festival because music is for everybody.

"I think that’s something cool for people of all ages to collaborate on. Music is so universal that it transcends age. Everyone can enjoy every artist," April Chimal said. Chimal went to Outside Lands 2026 for Emo Night Tour with her sister Citlaly.

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