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VOTE NOW in the 2026 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

From Best Burrito to Best Drag Show: Tell us what you love, in our 52nd annual celebration of the Best Place on Earth.

Best of the Bay Marke B. - August 31, 2026

Was this 40-year collection of shaggy queer tracks the real album of the summer?

Move over, Madonna: Scaling the critical hype around Nirosta Steel's sprawling, droll 'My Skyscraper'

Music Review Daniel Bromfield - August 31, 2026

Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

Plus: A feast of cinematic demonics, from 'Creature from the Black Lagoon" (in 3D!) to endlessly crying babies and fuzzy orange unicorns.

Movies Dennis Harvey - August 31, 2026

Herbie Hancock, live at 86: The legend still has the Lion’s dialogue

At Davies Symphony Hall, one of the 20th Century's last living jazz masters grooved full-tilt with an all-star band.

Music Review John-Paul Shiver - August 31, 2026

News + Politics

Public bank kicks off campaign; Lurie asks for $33 million more for dubious contract …

Tim Redmond - August 30, 2026

... Plus: Waymo and the Blue Angels, drones delivering packages—and why does the Chron care more about a team owner's sex life than the horrifying, deadly working conditions on the field? That's The Agenda for Aug. 30-Sept. 6

Crime

SF jail conditions are shockingly bad—and there’s a reason for that

Tim Redmond - August 30, 2026

This is what "tough on crime" means: Out of sight, people who have been convicted of nothing suffer violence and fear on a regular basis

Music

‘We’re gonna smash!’ Multi-sensory videogame tournament + live band pushed all the buttons

Jess Oledan - August 29, 2026

Lower Haight community hub The Faight leveled up with a jazzy 'Super Smash Bros.' extravaganza.

The Agenda

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48 Hills - August 29, 2026

Gift subscriptions to Tim's exclusive weekly Agenda newsletter are now enabled—impress a friend or relative.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: My McDonald’s-free decade started with a local special

Tamara Palmer - August 28, 2026

Beyond the ethical morass and public nuisance complaints, messing with a sacred treat was the Golden Arches' final straw.

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Campaign Trail

Billionaires bought the SF Democratic Party. Why are we suprised at its endorsements?

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2026

The Big Tech slate won control of the DCCC. Now they're using it for their agenda. It's a total embarrassment

Opinion

OPINION: These police sex-worker stings have got to stop

Maxine Doogan - August 27, 2026

Why are the cops and the news media obsessing about the sex lives of consenting adults?

Art

Maren Hassinger’s evocative BAMPFA retrospective reaches up, up, up

Lou Fancher - August 27, 2026

From coiled hemp rope to wall of eye-popping pink plastic, the artist's community, colors, and contrasts are a buoying force.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: A drag disaster to die for

Charles Lewis III - August 27, 2026

Farewell, Dolly Parton. And hello 'Disastrous!'—D'Arcy Drollinger's latest uproarious sendup of '70s genre flicks.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Tori Amos, Scumdance Film Fest, ‘Hairspray,’ Black House Radio, Dick Day…

Marke B. - August 27, 2026

Annual Freight Fiddle Summit, Greyboy Allstars, Egg Pals, Down Dirty Drinks, Connie, more to do!

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Housing

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

Michael Barnes - August 26, 2026

Wiener's housing laws are set up for cities and counties to fail, allowing developers to do almost anything they want, for many years to come

Movies

Screen Grabs: Meep meep! ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ finally crashes into theaters

Dennis Harvey - August 26, 2026

Refreshingly old-fashioned but mixed-bag 'The Deb,' hard-hitting 'American Doctor,' hilarious 'Idiots,' Nippon sex cinema returns, more

Music

Live Shots: Salt Lake’s Krooked Kings find indie adoration

D.A. Mission - August 26, 2026

At The Independent, the five-piece communed with fans on 'In Another Life' tour.

Opinion

Jenkins sends a Trump-like message with bridge protester trial

Bobbie Stein - August 25, 2026

San Francisco DAs have never charged peaceful protesters with felonies and forced them to trial. Now it's happened

Humor

Here’s a trade deal: Lurie for Mamdani and maybe a Knicks’ point guard

Joel Schechter - August 25, 2026

Steph Curry is off the table, but maybe our billionaire mayor would like to ride a Waymo down Fifth Avenue

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Featured

VOTE NOW in the 2026 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Was this 40-year collection of shaggy queer tracks the real album of the summer?

Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

Herbie Hancock, live at 86: The legend still has the Lion’s dialogue

Public bank kicks off campaign; Lurie asks for $33 million more for dubious contract …

SF jail conditions are shockingly bad—and there’s a reason for that

‘We’re gonna smash!’ Multi-sensory videogame tournament + live band pushed all the buttons

Give the gift of Tim Redmond!

Good Taste: My McDonald’s-free decade started with a local special

Billionaires bought the SF Democratic Party. Why are we suprised at its endorsements?

OPINION: These police sex-worker stings have got to stop

Maren Hassinger’s evocative BAMPFA retrospective reaches up, up, up

Drama Masks: A drag disaster to die for

BIG WEEK: Tori Amos, Scumdance Film Fest, ‘Hairspray,’ Black House Radio, Dick Day…

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

Screen Grabs: Meep meep! ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ finally crashes into theaters

Live Shots: Salt Lake’s Krooked Kings find indie adoration

Jenkins sends a Trump-like message with bridge protester trial

Here’s a trade deal: Lurie for Mamdani and maybe a Knicks’ point guard

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