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Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop

An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 16, 2026

Love, luck, ink: Friday the 13th met Valentine’s Day in SF tattoo parlors

Lovers and seekers rushed to 'flip the script' on bad luck—and get discount rates—on the rare confluence of holidays.

Art Emma Garcia - February 15, 2026

Trump maxes human endangerment with greenhouse gas ruling rollback

Climate change has already killed people. And death is generally agreed to be bad for one’s health.

Environment Bruce Mirken - February 16, 2026

How Lurie bungled the teachers strike

Plus: Why is an administration obsessed with public safety cutting crime-prevention programs that are way cheaper than cops? That's The Agenda for Feb. 15-22

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 15, 2026

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Movies

‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com’s delicious chemistry

Pam Grady - February 15, 2026

Interplay of stars Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård lend BDSM discovery tale emotional authenticity.

Promotion

Grab a free pass to see new movie ‘Midwinter Break’

Marke B. - February 15, 2026

Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds take a trip to Amsterdam and discover a hidden truth.

Contest

Win tickets to Sudan Archives, Hanumankind, and a Heated Rivalry party

Marke B. - February 15, 2026

Go see a sweet show on us. Here's how to enter.

News + Politics

PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing—and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

We also got a preview of the lies the company will tell to oppose public power

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Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Housing Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Drama Masks: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?

Performance Charles Lewis III - February 12, 2026

Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?

Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest

Culture Elina Graham - February 12, 2026

Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.

Good Taste: Summoning abundance at Lawrence Hall of Science’s new Ohlone eatery

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - February 12, 2026

Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino’s ‘ammatka cafe brings smoked duck, gorgeous salads—and educational tater tots?

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Art Marke B. - February 11, 2026

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.

SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

Arts + Culture Emily Wilson - February 11, 2026

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 11, 2026

Plus: Valentine's Day won't suck with Mae Powell and Dinner Date, and a crispy Takuya Kuroda repress.

Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions

BIG WEEK: Lover’s Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, ‘Always Be My Maybe’…

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - February 10, 2026

Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Horse Meat Disco, Greg Wilson, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more to do.

Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'

Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches

Education Andrew Brobst - February 10, 2026

Union organizers rejected Mayor Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.

How about ‘Pretti Good Hospital?’

News + Politics Serena Finney - February 9, 2026

A move to replace Mark Zuckerberg with the people who died fighting ICE

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Movies

‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com’s delicious chemistry

Interplay of stars Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård lend BDSM discovery tale emotional authenticity.

Movies Pam Grady - February 15, 2026

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas

Swinging ’60s icon Twiggy: ‘It happened so fast, and I was so young’

Music

Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop

An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 16, 2026

Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

Win tickets to Tara Yummy, Fleetmac Wood, Juliana Barwick + Mary Lattimore

Art

Love, luck, ink: Friday the 13th met Valentine’s Day in SF tattoo parlors

Lovers and seekers rushed to 'flip the script' on bad luck—and get discount rates—on the rare confluence of holidays.

Art Emma Garcia - February 15, 2026

A soft touch: Victoria Veedell looks to capture ‘the feeling of it’

Between worlds with Sky Hopinka’s visual poetry

Meghna Sharma paints the loneliness and joy of immigrant experience

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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

How Lurie bungled the teachers strike

Plus: Why is an administration obsessed with public safety cutting crime-prevention programs that are way cheaper than cops? That's The Agenda for Feb. 15-22

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 15, 2026

Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches

When, oh when, we SF finally take action to get rid of PG&E?

A little perspective on the teacher strike

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: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?

Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?

Performance Charles Lewis III - February 12, 2026

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