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Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit

The city relied on a three-year-old EIR for a different project; will that survive a court challenge?

Housing Tim Redmond - December 4, 2025

BIG WEEK: Emory Douglas, Miss Major, Golden Girls, Glitterbox, Gumby’s Junk…

Recombinant Fest, Peter Pan, '1000 Whispers from Our Future,' 'Kill Bill,' Mariah Carey Drag Brunch, 'Cabaret,' more to do!

Big Week Marke B. - December 4, 2025

At Zinn Fair, Steve Martinot connects police brutality to US fascism’s rise

SFSU Instructor Emeritus has written several books on racism and police; he'll speak at social justice gathering.

Lit Andy Gillis - December 4, 2025

Screen Grabs: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ rolls onto big screens

Plus: Librarians, feminists, prophets, poets, Plastic Man, Kurosawa, an uncut 'Kill Bill,' and 300-minute 'Castration Movie.'

Movies Dennis Harvey - December 3, 2025

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Homelessness

SF’s plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump’s every day

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2025

Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders

Music

Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year

John-Paul Shiver - December 3, 2025

Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: A wily peek at new Japanese cafe Wild Fox

Tamara Palmer - December 3, 2025

Vacant to Vibrant spot from SPRO Coffee Lab owners stars marvelous vegan takikomi onigiri and Matcha Mango Shizuku.

Promotion

Score a free pass to new movie ‘Song Sung Blue’

Marke B. - December 3, 2025

We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson's new movie—but act fast

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Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4

Housing Tim Redmond - December 2, 2025

To say this creates affordable housing is a wild fantasy. Yet Lurie's allies all lined up against tenants and vulnerable communities.

Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake—just watch for the squirrel

Festival Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - December 2, 2025

Vast annual Christmas extravaganza at Cow Palace recreates Victorian London, and comes with a furry friend.

Warming winter’s chill at Merkado, with bright Mexican twists

Food & Drink Marke B. - December 2, 2025

Technicolor ensalada, smoking Do Epic $h!t cocktails, and a pozole to die for at the inviting South Beach spot.

Bravery among the books: ‘The Librarians’ fight censorship

Movies Pam Grady - December 2, 2025

Documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.

From Tim: Folks, we need you

Featured Tim Redmond - December 2, 2025

Local journalism is essential to save democracy—with your support, we are standing up to billionaires and corporate media chains.

Turn that anger into action at this year’s Howard Zinn Book Fair

Lit Marke B. - December 1, 2025

The annual social justice bonanza celebrates the history and possibilities of engagement in an era of despair.

Old Masters meet old laptop in John Tarahteeff’s evocative canvases

Art Mary Corbin - December 1, 2025

East Sacramento artist utilizes digital tools and love for classical painting in process he calls 'chasing surprise.'

New D4 supe faces defining vote on Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan

The Agenda Tim Redmond - November 30, 2025

Plus: A way to control corporate campaign spending, and saving car-free Market St .... That's The Agenda for Dec. 1-7

Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 30, 2025

Blood-sucking landlords, hilarious hoagies, deadly influencers, bad haircuts: 'Tis the season for the 22nd freak film fest

See a show for free at Lost Church this December

Contest Marke B. - November 29, 2025

Magic, music, laughs: Catch something unique at the independent North Beach venue. But act fast.

Good Taste: Perfect gifts for the food-obsessed

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - November 27, 2025

Cookbooks, classes, fruit delivery, more tasty—and tasteful—presents for locals and out-of-towners.

Cult actor Patrick Warburton horses around in ‘Zootopia 2’

Movies Pam Grady - November 27, 2025

The deep-voiced favorite goes from 'Seinfeld' and 'The Tick' to a Fabio-maned mayor in animated sequel.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ rolls onto big screens

Plus: Librarians, feminists, prophets, poets, Plastic Man, Kurosawa, an uncut 'Kill Bill,' and 300-minute 'Castration Movie.'

Movies Dennis Harvey - December 3, 2025

Bravery among the books: ‘The Librarians’ fight censorship

Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head

Cult actor Patrick Warburton horses around in ‘Zootopia 2’

Music

Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year

Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.

Music John-Paul Shiver - December 3, 2025

Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with ‘Rude’

Take me to tinsel town: a music lover’s holiday gift guide

Danny Brown enters his sober era, with wild ‘Stardust’ still intact

Art

Old Masters meet old laptop in John Tarahteeff’s evocative canvases

East Sacramento artist utilizes digital tools and love for classical painting in process he calls 'chasing surprise.'

Art Mary Corbin - December 1, 2025

Contrarian art giant Jim Melchert found hope in the cracks

‘Data Trust’ envisions a technology of equity

From ball courts to Chase Center, Adia Millett captures the visual jazz of interconnectedness

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Housing

Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit

The city relied on a three-year-old EIR for a different project; will that survive a court challenge?

Housing Tim Redmond - December 4, 2025

Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4

Supes toss homeless advocate off the oversight commission she helped create

Supes panel refuses to protect existing housing from demolitions

Politics

Turn that anger into action at this year’s Howard Zinn Book Fair

The annual social justice bonanza celebrates the history and possibilities of engagement in an era of despair.

Lit Marke B. - December 1, 2025

Sauter, Sherrill vote to give the mayor power to solicit private money with no oversight

Lurie goes west to defend his Rich Family Zoning Plan…

Can we ‘reform’ the City Charter without addressing economic inequality?

Opinion

It’s the city’s fault that a rare earthquake shack is almost gone

City planners were asleep at the switch as a key piece of SF history was deeply damaged

Opinion Marc Norton - November 23, 2025

Drama Masks: In no mood for theatrics

Gee, maybe San Francisco needs a few more billionaires

The GOP speaker finds some anarchists in San Francisco

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