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Four rental units become one $4.75 million mansion. Will the supes legalize it?

Vote on Vallejo St. property would set a dangerous precedent for speculators to destroy rent-controlled housing

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 5, 2026

CBS workers win tentative contract

While the agreement still needs to be ratified, the preliminary deal bodes well for writers and producers.

Labor Ian Firstenberg - April 5, 2026

At 20, CubaCaribe looks back—and ahead—at vibrant diasporic culture

The essential fest includes a bonanza of Caribbean and related dance, as well as community gatherings, a photo exhibit, more.

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - April 6, 2026

Brian McDonald’s waggish works key into an overstimulated world

Mission-based mixed media collagist cites Basquiat, Rauschenberg, and 'Xavier: Renegade Angel' as influences.

Art Mary Corbin - April 3, 2026

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Development

John Elberling, advocate for economic and housing justice, dies at 79

Tim Redmond - April 2, 2026

'Elbo' helped define the affordable housing and slow-growth movement that was a critical part of the San Francisco left for decades

Movies

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

Dennis Harvey - April 2, 2026

'Touch Me,' 'Dead Lover,' 'The Serpent's Skin,' more offer fun twists on genre thrills. Plus: A spooky Irish tale rises again.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Mad, bad, and dangerous to see

Charles Lewis III - April 2, 2026

'MJ' is no thriller, despite technical expertise; 'Our Class' shows the risks of inaction in highly charged times.

Music

Under the Stars: Welcome to the Womack Sisters era

John-Paul Shiver - April 2, 2026

A stunning musical legacy comes through. Plus: Rediscovering Rocketship, Jesse Appelman's 'newgrass,' RIP Bob Power, more

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SF budget picture improves as mayor tries to cut the tax that is part of the recovery

City Hall Tim Redmond - April 1, 2026

The case for destroying the social safety net continues to unravel; the CEO tax might make cuts unnecessary

Sup. Jackie Fielder hasn’t resigned—and doesn’t need to

City Hall Tim Redmond - March 31, 2026

Plenty of elected officials have taken time to recover from health problems.

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 30, 2026

Plus: Bright comedy 'Fantasy Life,' Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moody horrors, free-falling in 'Space Cowboy' and Putin's Russia.

Live Shots: Hoops, wands, fans flew fabulously at ‘The Flow Show’

Live Shots Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - March 30, 2026

At Dance Mission Theater, movement acts ranged from dramatic to sexy. Yes, there were rollerskates.

At No Kings protest, war on Iran and Epstein files were big topics

Protest Emma Garcia - March 30, 2026

'I don’t want to look back at this moment and think I was just watching Netflix,' said one of thousands of SF marchers.

Massive No Kings events show Trump is in trouble—but what comes next?

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 29, 2026

Leading Democrats need to be paying attention to the streets (and not Wall Street). Plus: Alan Wong's dilemma. That's The Agenda for March 29-April 5

Remembering Sutro Baths, and the 1896 law that helped fight racial discrimination in California

News + Politics David Bacon - March 29, 2026

John Harris, a Black man, sued in 1897 after being refused admission—and won. Today, little remains of the baths

Rachel Simon Marino’s off-kilter Day-Glo world aims to overwhelm

Art Emily Wilson - March 28, 2026

'Running on Air' at Berggruen Gallery inundates viewers with uneasy cliffhangers and bright 'Trojan Horse' colors.

Win a pair of VIP tickets to Opulent Temple’s Sacred Dance ‘White Party’

Contest Marke B. - March 28, 2026

The annual Burning Man camp tradition—this year on Sat/4 at Regency Ballroom—draws thousands of revelers.

Win tickets to Wallice, skaiwater, HEALTH & Carpenter Brut

Contest Marke B. - March 28, 2026

See a killer show at a great local venue, on us.

Four decades later, seminal queer punk zine ‘Homocore’ blasts back into view

Lit Joshua Rotter - March 26, 2026

New anthology collects the DIY publication's precious few issues, which gave voice to anti-assimilationist sexual outlaws.

The false narrative about SF’s real estate tax measure starts to emerge

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - March 26, 2026

Plus: Why Lurie's Charter reform would hurt tenants

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

'Touch Me,' 'Dead Lover,' 'The Serpent's Skin,' more offer fun twists on genre thrills. Plus: A spooky Irish tale rises again.

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 2, 2026

Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Music

Under the Stars: Welcome to the Womack Sisters era

A stunning musical legacy comes through. Plus: Rediscovering Rocketship, Jesse Appelman's 'newgrass,' RIP Bob Power, more

Music John-Paul Shiver - April 2, 2026

Win tickets to Wallice, skaiwater, HEALTH & Carpenter Brut

Femmes rock fiercely at Doll Fest

Under the Stars: Welcome to the vibe edition

Art

Brian McDonald’s waggish works key into an overstimulated world

Mission-based mixed media collagist cites Basquiat, Rauschenberg, and 'Xavier: Renegade Angel' as influences.

Art Mary Corbin - April 3, 2026

Four decades later, seminal queer punk zine ‘Homocore’ blasts back into view

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, ‘ornamentation becomes a form of resistance’

At Superfair, art is more than what’s on the walls

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Housing

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Housing Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues

Politics

Four rental units become one $4.75 million mansion. Will the supes legalize it?

Vote on Vallejo St. property would set a dangerous precedent for speculators to destroy rent-controlled housing

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 5, 2026

SF budget picture improves as mayor tries to cut the tax that is part of the recovery

Sup. Jackie Fielder hasn’t resigned—and doesn’t need to

Massive No Kings events show Trump is in trouble—but what comes next?

Opinion

The US war economy and the ‘threat of peace’

In 1957, I.F. Stone suggested that global peace would kill the military industrial complex. That's even more true today.

Humor Joel Schechter - March 23, 2026

United Nations, won’t you come on home?

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

Optional vaccines? CDC chair’s bizarre views would turn US into deadly experiment

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Performance

At 20, CubaCaribe looks back—and ahead—at vibrant diasporic culture

The essential fest includes a bonanza of Caribbean and related dance, as well as community gatherings, a photo exhibit, more.

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - April 6, 2026

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