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The very weird stories about Chan and AIPAC just don’t add up

Looks to me like a dirty trick. Plus: Something voters should know about Becerra. That's The Agenda for May 31-June 7
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De Young celebrates lowrider culture—right on its front lawn

Community pulls up Saturday for Rose B. Simpson's 'LEXICON' exhibit, which features classic rides with indigenous motifs.
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1015 owner, SF nightlife pioneer Ira Sandler has passed away

At the helm of one of our biggest clubs for more than four decades, he helped make the city into a dance party Mecca.
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Under the Stars: Gorgeous Guild Theatre hits 100 with stacked season

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Plus: Drum and bass revival keeps rolling, DJ Koco cuts up classic Cuban 45s, Devon Parkin's star ascends, more music
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Screen Grabs: Fêting a visionary film noir genius

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Cinematographer John Alton was all over the genre. Plus: three by Agnes Varda, a slew of French noirs, and Brendan Fraser gets miscast.
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Campaign Trail

Low, low turnout so far for crucial local election; what does that mean?

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Wiener opponents look for progressive votes as Preston, the only democratic socialist to hold local office in years, pushes for Chan
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Margaret Cho, Bay Area Book Fest, Porch Fest, Brewfest, New Sam Wo…

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Fou Fou Ha!, Aja Monet, Lea Delaria, 'The Barber of Seville,' Agnes Varda, Shigeto, DVS1, DocFest... what to do!
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Ladytron resurfaces, with the cool synth pleasures of ‘Paradises’

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'Without electroclash, there’s no Lady Gaga,' says band that embodied and transcended that scene, returning to SF.
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The brilliant new puzzler made by a Davis student partly out of spite

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Lucas Immanuel's 'The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time' turns retro mystery role-play inside out and sideways.
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How many ‘l’s are in ‘Google’?

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As local newsrooms embrace AI, 48 Hills remains 100% human. But our matching $50K fundraiser deadline looms.
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Drama Masks: Living beyond the shadow of a ‘Doubt’

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Anticipating Opera Parallèle’s latest—as the Pope rails against AI. Plus: SF Opera's upcoming streams, and a new SF Symphony leader.
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In a different light: How Venice fixed Monet

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From canals to water lilies, de Young pays homage to two months in 'La Serenissima' that rejuvenated virtuoso's career.
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Win free tickets to acclaimed Deadhead doc opening DocFest!

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This Thursday, 'ride shotgun with the swirling world of Deadheads as Dead & Company embarks on its final tour.'
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Shoegaze dreamers Chapterhouse leap back into ‘Whirlpool,’ 35 years on

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'Incredible pop tunes hidden in all that noise': UK outfit's landmark LP swam in scene's deep end—and still grows in influence.
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Screen Grabs: 25th DocFest brings high-heeled anarchy, Amazing Sea Monkeys, rock star wangs

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Oakland tent evictions, queer rights in Cuba, a Palestinian comedy club, NOFX and Grateful Dead jams also on menu.
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OPINION: Commissions are about engagement. Abolishing them is a bad idea

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I was a commissioner. Then I was fired. Here's why we need more, not less, civic participation
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New Melgar-Lurie plan for affordable housing is great; cutting other funding is not

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Expanding the Housing Trust Fund could bring in $125 million a year. Repealing Prop. I could wipe out almost as much
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A legendary planning commissioner plans to retire after 20 years of exceptional service

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Mandelman can now reshape panel to be more developer-friendly. Plus: Dorsey's drug-free housing bill is back—but who's going to pay for it? That's The Agenda for May 24-June 1
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Screen Grabs: Soapy ‘Diamonds’ may just be the Italian ‘Steel Magnolias’

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Plus: Hitchcock Fest hits the Balboa, while Alamo Drafthouse celebrates Brian De Palma's Hitchcockian breakthroughs.
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