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After brutal tragedy, Lynn Breedlove made a luminous album of memory and men

Punk legend's new band Trust Me 's 'Why I Like Dead Guys' came in the aftermath of the murder of his father and stepmother.

Music Marke B. - March 22, 2026

Immigration Buddhas and TSA struggles: International game devs face new obstacles

At GDC Festival of Gaming, diverse communities and gamers from other countries shared recent challenges.

Immigration Leah Isobel - March 21, 2026

So much to protest next weekend

Plus: Wiener's tech lord pals pay for an early hit piece on Chakrabarti, and will the DCCC oppose taxes on the rich? That's The Agenda for March 22-29

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 22, 2026

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

Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 21, 2026

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Labor

CBS workers in SF walk off the job as Bari Weiss eliminates national news radio

Ian Firstenberg - March 20, 2026

One-day strike sends a message at a network now owned and run by allies of Trump

Crime

Lurie wants to be tough on crime—but won’t pay for the impacts on defendants

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2026

Public Defender's Office is a critical part of the legal system, and if it's underfunded, the mayor's strategy becomes radically unfair and illegal

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Snap no photos, please!

Tamara Palmer - March 19, 2026

A supper club highlighting Black and Brown chefs aims to make everyone feel welcome—and living in the moment.

Art

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

Mary Corbin - March 19, 2026

Inspired by Persian miniatures and 'Animal Farm,' she asks viewers to see beyond the beauty to brutal issues.

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

Art Joshua Rotter - March 19, 2026

Lead curator Sharone Halevy on art extravaganza's highlights, including 'Disco Mermaid' and Frameline film collab.

BIG WEEK: Stormy Daniels, Burnal Equinox, Bay Beats Punk, Ikebana Flower Show…

Big Week Marke B. - March 19, 2026

Mr. SF Leather Contest, Clara Bow, Spiritual Cramp, Mark Farina, '1000 Women in Horror,' Polly Ann's ice cream wheel—what to do!

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - March 18, 2026

Chakrabarti runs on the national left while supporting the local right; how will D2 and D4 supes races impact turnout?

Under the Stars: We could all use some funky Detroit grooves about now

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 18, 2026

Plus: New music from Slope114 and The Reds, Pinks, and Purples; classic prog-rock from Brian Auger, Sessa at Rickshaw, more

Is AI gaming ready for primetime?

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 18, 2026

At 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming, one startup bases stories on handwritten plots, while another seems to throw its hands up.

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 17, 2026

Two art shows at YBCA exhibit the drama of past and present, while NCTC's 'Gods & Monsters' attempts a fresh take.

Live Shots: Gogol Bordello showed the Warfield ‘We Mean It, Man!’

Music D.A. Mission - March 17, 2026

Folk-punk legends returned to SF with new album and plenty of their classic frenzied energy.

Plan to ‘streamline’ commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing

City Hall Tim Redmond - March 17, 2026

Eliminate Police Commission oversight? Wipe out commissions on the arts, women, homeless oversight? Activists are not happy

Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2026

Hot jazz, thrash metal, Udo Kier on tap. Plus: Clara Bow still has 'It,' Rose Byrnes gets a 'Tow,' '1000 Women in Horror,' more

Lucrecia Dalt: ‘How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?’

Music Joshua Rotter - March 17, 2026

Colombian sound artist's new 'A Danger to Ourselves' limns the miracle of love, with help from a New Wave legend.

At Game Developers Conference, game-workers keep unionization hopes alive

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 16, 2026

In an industry buffeted by layoffs, tariffs, and AI, United Videogame Workers organizers keep pushing for labor rights.

Writers and producers at local CBS news team prepare to strike

Labor Ian Firstenberg - March 16, 2026

Walkout by News 24/7 workers would be the first labor action since right-winger Bari Weiss took the helm of the once-legendary news operation

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Movies

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

Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 21, 2026

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

A Detroit techno visionary soundtracks a German sci-fi classic (again)

Music

After brutal tragedy, Lynn Breedlove made a luminous album of memory and men

Punk legend's new band Trust Me 's 'Why I Like Dead Guys' came in the aftermath of the murder of his father and stepmother.

Music Marke B. - March 22, 2026

Live Shots: Gogol Bordello showed the Warfield ‘We Mean It, Man!’

Lucrecia Dalt: ‘How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?’

Party Radar: Foghorns, ToonTown, tagging—celebrating SF house wizard DJ Buck

Art

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

Inspired by Persian miniatures and 'Animal Farm,' she asks viewers to see beyond the beauty to brutal issues.

Art Mary Corbin - March 19, 2026

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

The North Beach Carol Doda mural will rise again

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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

So much to protest next weekend

Plus: Wiener's tech lord pals pay for an early hit piece on Chakrabarti, and will the DCCC oppose taxes on the rich? That's The Agenda for March 22-29

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 22, 2026

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Plan to ‘streamline’ commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing

At Game Developers Conference, game-workers keep unionization hopes alive

Opinion

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl trafficking panic doesn’t reduce exploitation—it legitimizes policing that harms sex workers and immigrants

Opinion megan hobza - February 7, 2026

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

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

People do not need to ask permission to belong

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Performance

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

Two art shows at YBCA exhibit the drama of past and present, while NCTC's 'Gods & Monsters' attempts a fresh take.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 17, 2026

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