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Watch: Día de los Muertos brought a deep message to the Mission

45th annual procession and ofrenda display reinforced grassroots origin and continuation of cultural tradition.

Culture Emma Garcia - November 5, 2026

Under the Stars: Sun Ra rises—with a cosmic wink—on Jimetta Rose’s ‘Mettasun’

Plus: The wonder of Wendy Eisenberg, Nabihah Iqbal's new digs, a local triple-bill to die for, Thunder Cat on the road, more music

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 5, 2026

Día de Muertos in Mexico City lit up with axolotls, zombies, and a giant Catrina

Another world's worth of creative costumes, colorful expression, community spirit at capital's sprawling celebration

Festival Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - November 5, 2026

Why the billionaires won

A green tsunami of Big Tech money swamped any hope of a progressive message. The Chron didn't help.

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - November 4, 2026

Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Liberation’ sweeps the stage at Berkeley Rep

Charles Lewis III - November 4, 2026

Six women, six folding chairs, one complex revolution. Plus: SF Neo-Futurists get up close and personal—with guns.

Movies

From Schwarzenegger to Sex Pistols, Babeth Mondini-VanLoo has seen—and filmed—it all

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2026

Quintessential director celebrated at Studio 8 Film Fest, which highlights SF Art Institute filmmakers.

Elections

Democrats—and the progressive movement—win big nationally. SF votes with the billionaires

Tim Redmond - November 3, 2026

Wiener wins. Lurie wins. Big money has a big, ugly night.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest blossoms with legendary divas and political intrigue

Dennis Harvey - November 3, 2026

Plus: 'Wild Horse 9' trots mildly through US skullduggery; 'Littermates' and 'New Group' behave abnormally

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Billionaires are trying to buy San Francisco’s election. It’s not too late to vote

Elections Tim Redmond - November 2, 2026

Turnout is at just 25 percent. The future of the city depends on who goes to the polls.

OPINION: Why an AIDS doctor is voting Yes on 40

Opinion Andrew Faulk - November 2, 2026

We have life-saving treatments today. For many patients, Trump's cuts could end access to those treatments

OPINION: Defending California against Trump and Palantir

Opinion Angelica Salas and Christina Livingston - November 2, 2026

Peter Thiel's spy company is helping the administration intimidate voters, but a broad coalition is fighting back.

For costume legend Beaver Bauer, all the city’s a character

Performance Joshua Rotter - November 2, 2026

The Angels of Light Free Theater member has dressed SF productions for decades; a new retrospective takes it all in.

Good Taste: Welcome in Diwali’s light with Indian Restaurant Week

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - November 1, 2026

Six chefs at eateries from Bombay Brasserie to ROOH are pulling out holiday stops for next two weeks.

Connie Chan’s unusual coalition could be key to the Congressional race outcome

The Agenda Tim Redmond - November 1, 2026

Plus: Groundbreaking anti-displacement legislation and the embarrassment that is the local Sierra Club. That's The Agenda for Nov. 1-8

Live Shots: Shaboozey’s twang charmed the boots off The Masonic

Music Danny Acosta - November 1, 2026

Cinematic storytelling and hip-hop Easter eggs made the singer's show a Wild West well worth the ticket price.

‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

Movies Pam Grady - November 1, 2026

In 'Fatherland,' director dramatizes Thomas Mann's fraught 1949 journey through fresh Cold War divide.

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 29, 2026

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

News + Politics Ian Firstenberg - October 29, 2026

New study shows vast benefits of the financial institution that Prop. B would help create

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 29, 2026

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Music Angelique Persails - October 29, 2026

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.

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Movies

From Schwarzenegger to Sex Pistols, Babeth Mondini-VanLoo has seen—and filmed—it all

Quintessential director celebrated at Studio 8 Film Fest, which highlights SF Art Institute filmmakers.

Movies Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2026

‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Music

Día de Muertos in Mexico City lit up with axolotls, zombies, and a giant Catrina

Another world's worth of creative costumes, colorful expression, community spirit at capital's sprawling celebration

Festival Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - November 5, 2026

Live Shots: Shaboozey’s twang charmed the boots off The Masonic

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Art

Día de Muertos in Mexico City lit up with axolotls, zombies, and a giant Catrina

Another world's worth of creative costumes, colorful expression, community spirit at capital's sprawling celebration

Festival Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - November 5, 2026

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Mary W.D. Graham explores the prism of Black beauty—and the burden of colorism

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

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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

Why the billionaires won

A green tsunami of Big Tech money swamped any hope of a progressive message. The Chron didn't help.

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - November 4, 2026

Billionaires are trying to buy San Francisco’s election. It’s not too late to vote

Connie Chan’s unusual coalition could be key to the Congressional race outcome

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Opinion

OPINION: Why an AIDS doctor is voting Yes on 40

We have life-saving treatments today. For many patients, Trump's cuts could end access to those treatments

Opinion Andrew Faulk - November 2, 2026

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

OPINION: Why professional journalists are opposing Proposition A

Opinion: Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

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Performance

Drama Masks: ‘Liberation’ sweeps the stage at Berkeley Rep

Six women, six folding chairs, one complex revolution. Plus: SF Neo-Futurists get up close and personal—with guns.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - November 4, 2026

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