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SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

News + Politics Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Everyone's talking about this article -- but let's remember that the devastating tech boom was not an earthquake or a random event: Local politicians made it happen, and still haven't admitted it was a mistake.

MIT researcher takes on 48 Hills — or maybe not

News + Politics Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Despite the Yimby narrative, we agree the evidence shows that upzoning in Chicago led to speculation and higher housing costs.

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News + Politics

SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

News + Politics

MIT researcher takes on 48 Hills — or maybe not

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Despite the Yimby narrative, we agree the evidence shows that upzoning in Chicago led to speculation and higher housing costs.

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Arts + Culture

I want my SF DocFest: Our critic’s top picks

Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2019

Epic tales of gay lucha libre wrestlers and untold stories of the Bay's thrash metal history mark the 2019 edition of the real-life cinema explosion.

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Open up your world with the SF International Arts Festival

Caitlin Donohue - May 22, 2019

Plus: Celebrate your sex workers at this week's culture fest! Also, Cypress Hill, Japanese American history exhibits, and so much more.

I want my SF DocFest: Our critic’s top picks

Epic tales of gay lucha libre wrestlers and untold stories of the Bay's thrash metal history mark the 2019 edition of the real-life cinema explosion.

Arts + Culture Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2019

News + Politics

SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

News + Politics

MIT researcher takes on 48 Hills — or maybe not

Despite the Yimby narrative, we agree the evidence shows that upzoning in Chicago led to speculation and higher housing costs.

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Featured

Big project at Divis and Oak could be issue in D5 supe race

Challenger Preston says luxury housing development needs more affordability and transit funding; where will incumbent Brown stand?

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

News + Politics

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Big surprise: The number show more homeless people on the streets. Now let's do something about it -- not just "sweep" people out of sight.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Open up your world with the SF International Arts Festival

Plus: Celebrate your sex workers at this week's culture fest! Also, Cypress Hill, Japanese American history exhibits, and so much more.

Caitlin Donohue - May 22, 2019

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘War and Peace’ thrills in its gargantuan spectacle

Kenyan lesbian drama 'Rafiki' comes to the Roxie and our reviewer gets unexpected laughs from 'Non-Fiction'.

Dennis Harvey - May 22, 2019

News + Politics

Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.

Michael Toren - May 21, 2019

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SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

News + Politics

MIT researcher takes on 48 Hills — or maybe not

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Despite the Yimby narrative, we agree the evidence shows that upzoning in Chicago led to speculation and higher housing costs.

News + Politics

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

Big surprise: The number show more homeless people on the streets. Now let's do something about it -- not just "sweep" people out of sight.

News + Politics

Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Michael Toren - May 21, 2019

Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.

News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Tim Redmond - May 20, 2019

Search that embarrassed the city goes before a judge, leaving City Attorney Dennis Herrera to defend the cops in a pretty indefensible case. Plus: Harvey Milk's birthday events, UCSF and Dignity Health -- and 'politicizing' the Rent Board. That's The Agenda for May 20-26

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2019

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.

News + Politics

A hippie van and an annoying smart-phone dude

David Talbot - May 17, 2019

The clash of San Francisco values hits home in Precita Park.

News + Politics

Finally, a city study says public power makes perfect sense

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2019

San Francisco could buy out PG&E's local distribution system, provide cleaner, cheaper energy, and make money in the process.

News + Politics

BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2019

Senate committee bumps the measure into next year, but Wiener vows he will continue to push for urban upzoning.

News + Politics

Some perspective on the raid on a reporter’s house

Tim Redmond - May 14, 2019

The SFPD knows exactly which officers had access to that leaked document. Have their homes been raided and their phones and computer seized? And why did the TV stations think the Adachi file was news anyway?

News + Politics

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Tim Redmond - May 12, 2019

Eminent economic geographers say that deregulation and upzoning will make gentrification in cities like SF much worse.

News + Politics

Uber is already undermining public transit …

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2019

... and biking, and walking. A major new study says the Transportation Network Companies are adding more cars to the streets; where is the regulation?

Exclusive

Uber’s plans include attacking public transit

Tim Redmond - May 6, 2019

Documents filed for IPO reveal plans to privatize transportation, getting riders off public buses and trains and onto "Uber buses."

Arts + Culture

Who can ask for anything more? A review of Tony Bennett in San Jose

Tony Robles - May 6, 2019

His songs touched a nerve in a town wracked by loss.

News + Politics

Protesting Uber’s IPO — and police secrecy

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2019

Drivers ask why they keep getting pay cuts as the top execs prepare to become staggeringly rich -- and why is SFPD still dragging its heels on new police-misconduct disclosure laws? That's The Agenda for May 6-13

In News + Politics

The Agenda, Campaign Trail, Opinion, Foreign Correspondent, Tenant Troubles

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Arts + Culture

I want my SF DocFest: Our critic’s top picks

Epic tales of gay lucha libre wrestlers and untold stories of the Bay's thrash metal history mark the 2019 edition of the real-life cinema explosion.

Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2019

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Open up your world with the SF International Arts Festival

Caitlin Donohue - May 22, 2019

Plus: Celebrate your sex workers at this week's culture fest! Also, Cypress Hill, Japanese American history exhibits, and so much more.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘War and Peace’ thrills in its gargantuan spectacle

Dennis Harvey - May 22, 2019

Kenyan lesbian drama 'Rafiki' comes to the Roxie and our reviewer gets unexpected laughs from 'Non-Fiction'.

Onstage

Cal Shakes begins new season fostering fresh voices in theater

Emily Wilson - May 20, 2019

The company will examine 17th century gender roles in Madhuri Shekar's 'House of Joy'.

Movies

Exploring love on its own terms with the team behind “The Sun is Also a Star”

Joshua Rotter - May 16, 2019

Cast members of the new romance film and the writer of the original book version tell our writer why they haven't lost hope.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Lessons from the dictatorship mark ‘The Silence of Others’

Dennis Harvey - May 15, 2019

Plus: Art house to blockbuster releases, like 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' and 'John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum'.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: White Night rally marks SF’s legacy of insurrection

Caitlin Donohue - May 15, 2019

Plus: A weekend of art from TL residents, Combo Chimbita, Sister Roma's roast, and more.

Onstage

Review: ‘The Good Book’ presents a shifting take on Bible study

Emily Wilson - May 14, 2019

We interview a cast member on the play's complex path through faith.

Onstage

Review: Superman is Black and invincible in ‘Supremacy’

Jeffrey Edalatpour - May 13, 2019

Playwright Jason Mendez mashes comic book fantasy up with the urgency of a #BlackLivesMatter rally.

Culture

Queering Psychedelics conference aims to expand definitions, minds

Marke B. - May 11, 2019

As psychedelics become mainstream, this groundbreaking gathering addresses everything from two-spirit ecology to queer jam band fans.

Art Looks

‘Queer California: Untold Stories’: a confetti shower of the overlooked

Matt Sussman - May 10, 2019

Bracing, sometimes exhausting show at Oakland Museum brims with hidden history, magical connections, and fascinating footnotes.

Music and nightlife

Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music

Joshua Rotter - May 9, 2019

"I would always say that I would rather have a song like 'Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong' go to number two than have to sing 'Achy Breaky Heart' for the rest of my career."

Arts + Culture

Queer medalist Adam Rippon talks youth advocacy and post-rink living

Joshua Rotter - May 8, 2019

We got the inside scoop on the athlete's upcoming memoir and celebrity interview series.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: All weekend long, the Roxie celebrates French noir

Dennis Harvey - May 8, 2019

Plus: Vintage "folk libraries", Charlie Says, and Zhang Yimou 'Shadow'

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: The week’s best moments to honor Momma

Caitlin Donohue - May 8, 2019

Plus: The 48th annual Stanford Powwow, a musical benefit for immigration advocates RAICES, Diana Gameros, and the Walking Distance Dance Festival.

Music and nightlife

A stellar Mutek.SF refreshed spirits weary of tech’s cynical slide

Winston Mann - May 7, 2019

The fest's four days of gorgeous animations, rumbling techno, and puckish experiments injected the scene with new energy.

Arts + Culture

Who can ask for anything more? A review of Tony Bennett in San Jose

Tony Robles - May 6, 2019

His songs touched a nerve in a town wracked by loss.

Culture

Candymaker Michael Recchiuti on how music inspires his luscious treats

Tamara Palmer - May 6, 2019

The lauded chocolatier dishes on how he deploys sweet, sweet rhythm in the kitchen

In Arts + Culture

All Ears, Arts Forecast, Dance, Examined Life, Lit, Movies, Nightlife, Onstage, Party Radar, Puff, Screen Grabs, Sports

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A hippie van and an annoying smart-phone dude

David Talbot - May 17, 2019

The clash of San Francisco values hits home in Precita Park.

News + Politics

SF breaks America’s heart, says Washington Post

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

News + Politics

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

Big surprise: The number show more homeless people on the streets. Now let's do something about it -- not just "sweep" people out of sight.

News + Politics

MIT researcher takes on 48 Hills — or maybe not

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Despite the Yimby narrative, we agree the evidence shows that upzoning in Chicago led to speculation and higher housing costs.

News + Politics

Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Michael Toren - May 21, 2019

Chief Scott, in a highly unusual move, says his department is looking into conspiracy charges against a journalist who was given a leaked document about the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.

Featured

Big project at Divis and Oak could be issue in D5 supe race

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2019

Challenger Preston says luxury housing development needs more affordability and transit funding; where will incumbent Brown stand?

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2019

Mayor Breed opposed a measure that would have made a big difference. Now she can't fix the problem with a few hundred new shelter beds and a modest housing bond.

News + Politics