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The big Congressional debate fail: Moderators who didn’t do their jobs

Journalists are supposed to call the candidates out when they don't answer the question or lie. That didn't happen.

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 4, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Kukje Bakery

Standalone bakery from a family-owned Daly City supermarket beats big Korean shopping marts with sweet and savory treats.

Best of the Bay Tamara Palmer - October 4, 2026

Nobody who stuck with Manny Yekutiel has apologized to the sexual assault survivors

Plus: Some actual moves to fight evictions and protect tenants in a rent emergency. That's The Agenda for Oct. 4-11

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 4, 2026

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

At Mill Valley Film Fest, 'threeASFOUR: Full Circle' asks how artists' visions can stay commercially viable.

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 3, 2026

Art

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Mary Corbin - October 3, 2026

Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay voting EXTENDED to Mon/5!

Marke B. - October 2, 2026

Get on it: Just a few more days left to tell us what you love!

Music

Under the Stars: Dive into the wiggy world of Australian post-punk

John-Paul Shiver - October 1, 2026

Plus: Octo Octa + Eris Drew = alchemical rave, gyrofield has 'Great Jobs,' Slug Beat gets modal... new releases for you

Campaign Trail

Political lies, part II

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2026

The false information and bizarre red-baiting around election issues continues, thanks to Lurie's allies.

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Good Taste: Steph Curry’s new menu has game

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - October 1, 2026

The Eighth Rule’s new à la carte food options start at $15 per person, and open up the swanky Union Square bourbon bar's palate.

Yekutiel drops out of D8 race after new sexual assault allegations

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 1, 2026

With endorsements gone and support crumbling, front runner had to drop out—but what about his supporters who ignored earlier accusation?

Big Week: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Castro Street Fair, Black Art Week, Mahmoud Kahlil…

Big Week Marke B. - October 1, 2026

Stardella, Octo Octa, Plock Swedish Candy, Yasmin Levy, Marika Christine, 'The Crypt-O-Keepers'—what to do!

Join us at Litquake’s free Out Loud book fair this Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens!

Lit Marke B. - October 1, 2026

Dozens of local publishers, poets, writers, and thinkers come together to uplift LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Bay Area writers in the sunshine.

Portola 2026 review: The pops, the flops, the drops

Music Review Adrian Spinelli - October 1, 2026

Texts crapped out and the chicken was hidden, but massive dance music fest delivered with Despacio, Four Tet, Robyn, more.

The mayor’s Big Lie on Prop. D

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - September 30, 2026

The measure doesn't stop special interests from writing laws. It does the opposite.

Drama Masks: A queen who brings chills—and a carry-on

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - September 30, 2026

SF Opera's 'Mary, Queen of Scots' packs the puffy jackets, while ACT's 'North by Northwest' flies by the seat of its pants.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Tacos El Patrón

Arts + Culture Tamara Palmer - September 30, 2026

The popular Mission taqueria just expanded to the Fillmore, spreading its quesabirria delights (and hearty plates) across SF.

One more in the can: Hot Tuna returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Music Joshua Rotter - September 30, 2026

Guitar legend Jorma Kaukonen shares 60 years of Bay Area musical memories, including 24 at the free fest.

Flyaway’s latest asks, ‘What if incarcerated voices could animate a library?’

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - September 29, 2026

Choreographer Jo Kreiter & co. collab with women in prison and SFPL to create a provocative aerial spectacle.

Rico Nasty has lost none of her edge

Music Joshua Rotter - September 29, 2026

Rocking full speed into town with Hayley Williams, the genre-bender brings volatility, freedom, and bold new album 'RX.'

Why is the demolition of historic buildings not a bigger issue in the D8 supe race?

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - September 29, 2026

Who's afraid of the Yimbys who want to call the Castro a "theme park?"

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Movies

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

At Mill Valley Film Fest, 'threeASFOUR: Full Circle' asks how artists' visions can stay commercially viable.

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 3, 2026

Screen Grabs: Local auteur JP Allen stays offbeat, indie, and frisky

‘Lost’ films seen through fresh eyes at Re:Vision Fest

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

Music

Under the Stars: Dive into the wiggy world of Australian post-punk

Plus: Octo Octa + Eris Drew = alchemical rave, gyrofield has 'Great Jobs,' Slug Beat gets modal... new releases for you

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 1, 2026

Drama Masks: A queen who brings chills—and a carry-on

One more in the can: Hot Tuna returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Rico Nasty has lost none of her edge

Art

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories

Art Mary Corbin - October 3, 2026

Kate Razo’s portraits are anything but by the book

An extraordinary pianist plays her way through immigration limbo

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding

Housing Tim Redmond - September 17, 2026

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Politics

Nobody who stuck with Manny Yekutiel has apologized to the sexual assault survivors

Plus: Some actual moves to fight evictions and protect tenants in a rent emergency. That's The Agenda for Oct. 4-11

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 4, 2026

Political lies, part II

Yekutiel drops out of D8 race after new sexual assault allegations

The mayor’s Big Lie on Prop. D

Opinion

A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

'End Times' and a 21st Century version of a 19th Century phenomenon

Humor Joel Schechter - September 24, 2026

The world, and my life, changed on Sept. 11, 25 years ago

A search for the corrupt insiders in Lurie’s City Hall

AI, sexual harassment, and a drag queen at a nurse’s convention

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Performance

Drama Masks: A queen who brings chills—and a carry-on

SF Opera's 'Mary, Queen of Scots' packs the puffy jackets, while ACT's 'North by Northwest' flies by the seat of its pants.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - September 30, 2026

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