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Homelessness

Supes move to open more hotel rooms for homeless

Legislation could set up another confrontation with Mayor Breed, who wants to wind down the hotel program.
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Elections

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Scenes from an impeach Trump protest

San Francisco crowd pushes for an immediate end to the Trump era.
Garrett Leahy -
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COVID

COVID

Inside the COVID crisis at San Quentin

A view from behind bars as the disease spread and officials looked the other way.
Rahsaan Thomas -
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Opinion

News + Politics

OPINON: Democrats need to stay strong — or get rolled again

AOC shows us bipartisanship -- with a bite.
David Talbot -
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City Hall

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Exposing the toxic crisis at Treasure Island

Plus: Will the Police Commission finally pass reforms -- and will it matter? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-14
Tim Redmond -
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Movies

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Screen Grabs: American dreams, American screams

'Happy Cleaners' and Sundance stand-out 'Minari' question mobility narratives, while 'Sator' charts a path to spectral horror.
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New music

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New Music: Behold the curious power of ’80s Japanese mutant pop

'Somewhere Between' comp highlights moment when minimal electronic gestures seemed like big experiments.
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Local arts

Dance

Bharatanatyam power! Pandemic-born Divya Drasti school revitalizes Indian dance tradition

'It helped me reclaim and reinvent myself,' says founder, who brings her own twist to South Asian artform.
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Nightlife

Music

Time’s running out for SF’s live music venues. What’s being done to save them?

Via the Independent Venue Alliance and SF Venue Coalition, businesses seek private donations—and put much-needed pressure on federal and city level politicians to help.
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Cannabis

Puff

Puff: A Valentine’s Day stoner survival guide

Love yourself into a cloud of bliss, with Lava flower, massage oil, churro chocolate bars, more
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Food & Drink

Make This: Vegan Unicorn Horn Dumplings

Ride the vegan rainbow to dumpling bliss, with new Unicorn Meat and this easy recipe video.
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Screen Grabs: American dreams, American screams

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
'Happy Cleaners' and Sundance stand-out 'Minari' question mobility narratives, while 'Sator' charts a path to spectral horror.
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Inside the COVID crisis at San Quentin

COVID Rahsaan Thomas -
A view from behind bars as the disease spread and officials looked the other way.
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Leaders under 30: SF Youth Commissioner Jayden Tanaka on valuing diverse young voices

News + Politics Isabel Ostroff -
A high school student talks about the role of young people in the political process -- and why we need more affordable housing.
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Bharatanatyam power! Pandemic-born Divya Drasti school revitalizes Indian dance tradition

Dance Pooja Shah -
'It helped me reclaim and reinvent myself,' says founder, who brings her own twist to South Asian artform.
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What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

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Nicolas Cage, Tessa Thompson, Sparks, and a majestic Georgian tree—our annual peek at the giant movie event
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Win a chance to see Guantánamo Bay drama ‘The Mauritanian’

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Enter for an online screening of new Jodie Foster drama based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's “Guantánamo Diary”
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It takes a city to open the schools

Education Calvin Welch -
Testing, tracking, vaccines -- and Muni! -- have to be part of the plan, and neoliberal leadership isn't going to help.
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Supes move to open more hotel rooms for homeless

Homelessness Tim Redmond -
Legislation could set up another confrontation with Mayor Breed, who wants to wind down the hotel program.
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Love in a to-go cup: An off-beat quar-times Valentine’s playlist

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Full-tilt covers, bizarre takes, choice oddities—what to listen to when you can't really date.
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Debut filmmaker Gina Rose explores sci-fi of the mundane in ‘I Can’t Sleep’

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What if the aliens came and no one could cover your shift?
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SF moved people onto Treasure Island despite serious toxic dangers

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Navy and its contractors gave inaccurate info on chemicals and radiation as development of housing moved forward, data at hearing shows.
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Puff: A Valentine’s Day stoner survival guide

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Housing

Supes move to open more hotel rooms for homeless

Legislation could set up another confrontation with Mayor Breed, who wants to wind down the hotel program.
Homelessness Tim Redmond -
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Homelessness

The next battle for People’s Park

Tiny -
Once again, UC is displacing people to expand its campus. It's a pattern.
COVID

A heroic CD makes life on the streets a bit easier

Jackie Blandón -
Street Sheet vendors now have another product to sell—and it's made a huge difference.
Homelessness

Supes to push for more hotel rooms for unhoused

Tim Redmond -
The feds will pay for 100 percent of the cost -- so why is the Breed Administration moving so slowly?
Housing

Protesters arrested trying to stop evictions in San Jose

Garrett Leahy -
Courthouse blockade calls out judges for throwing people out of their homes in a pandemic.

Elections

Scenes from an impeach Trump protest

San Francisco crowd pushes for an immediate end to the Trump era.
Elections Garrett Leahy -
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Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

Marke B. -
On a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, SF's traditional party neighborhood was full of rainbow flags and champagne
Elections

A progressive wave in the East Bay

Bobbi Lopez -
Victories over big money in Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley, and Antioch shows the power of community organizing.
Elections

Why did so many people vote for Trump?

Tim Redmond -
Radical economic inequality causes social breakdown. We're seeing it right now.
Campaign Trail

More votes in; D1 still a cliffhanger

Tim Redmond -
Just 87 votes between the mayor's candidate and the progressive in this key swing district.

City Hall

Exposing the toxic crisis at Treasure Island

Plus: Will the Police Commission finally pass reforms -- and will it matter? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-14
News + Politics Tim Redmond -
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News + Politics

Can SF supes take on political corruption?

Tim Redmond -
Committee hearing will give us a clue. Plus: Protecting SRO tenants, preventing evictions and saving nightlife venues ... that's The Agenda for Feb. 1 - 8
News + Politics

Again, the Chron pushes the Yimby agenda that will never work

Tim Redmond -
But a public bank might actually make a difference. Plus: Rent relief and accountability for business districts. That's The Agenda for Jan. 24-31
News + Politics

Supes to ask mayor about corruption

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Hearing on UCSF's hospital expansion plans and the new committee lineup: That's The Agenda for Jan 11-18.
News + Politics

New leadership at Police Commission

Tim Redmond -
After vice president who refused to put key reform items on the agenda abruptly quits, there's an opportunity for change.

Opinion

OPINON: Democrats need to stay strong — or get rolled again

AOC shows us bipartisanship -- with a bite.
News + Politics David Talbot -
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News + Politics

OPINION: The importance of prosecuting cops for killings

Bruce Neuburger, Robin Larsen, Dolores Perez Heilbron, and David Heilbron -
What DA Chesa Boudin is doing will make a huge difference.
COVID

The urgency of vaccines for people with disabilities

Howard Chabner -
An open letter to the mayor and the supervisors.
Education

Fighting toxic masculinity for the next generation

Brian Crooks -
Teaching behind the mask: A preschool teacher resists his difficult past to change children’s futures.
COVID

Give prisoners the vaccine

Marc Norton -
Prisons and jails are COVID super-spreaders -- and that makes all of us less safe.

Movies

Screen Grabs: American dreams, American screams

'Happy Cleaners' and Sundance stand-out 'Minari' question mobility narratives, while 'Sator' charts a path to spectral horror.
Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
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Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Nicolas Cage, Tessa Thompson, Sparks, and a majestic Georgian tree—our annual peek at the giant movie event
Movies

Win a chance to see Guantánamo Bay drama ‘The Mauritanian’

48 Hills -
Enter for an online screening of new Jodie Foster drama based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi's “Guantánamo Diary”
Movies

Debut filmmaker Gina Rose explores sci-fi of the mundane in ‘I Can’t Sleep’

Caitlin Donohue -
What if the aliens came and no one could cover your shift?
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The outlaw sounds of youth

Dennis Harvey -
Lover's Rock and outlaw country docs. Plus: MC Escher, Black art history, and are we living in a simulation? New movies!

Music

New Music: Behold the curious power of ’80s Japanese mutant pop

'Somewhere Between' comp highlights moment when minimal electronic gestures seemed like big experiments.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Music

Love in a to-go cup: An off-beat quar-times Valentine’s playlist

John-Paul Shiver -
Full-tilt covers, bizarre takes, choice oddities—what to listen to when you can't really date.
Music

Now Watch This: Four recent videos (metaphysical space queens included)

John-Paul Shiver -
Drink in delights from Kalbells, Daedalus, and Pearl Charles—plus a "no video needed" from Rochelle Jordan.
Performance

Tony Bennett is battling Alzheimer’s—here’s a quick story about his greatness

Bruce Mirken -
17 years ago, the big band legend unexpectedly rocked the house at the Bridge School benefit.
Music

New Music: Support these excellent artists directly this week

John-Paul Shiver -
Sitka Sun, Bézier, Juju, Danielle de Picciotto, Terry Gross (not that one), and more for Bandcamp Friday

Art

Bharatanatyam power! Pandemic-born Divya Drasti school revitalizes Indian dance tradition

'It helped me reclaim and reinvent myself,' says founder, who brings her own twist to South Asian artform.
Dance Pooja Shah -
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Movies

Debut filmmaker Gina Rose explores sci-fi of the mundane in ‘I Can’t Sleep’

Caitlin Donohue -
What if the aliens came and no one could cover your shift?
Art

It’s OK to laugh! Christina Spiegel’s cartoons bring comic relief to our moment

Mary Corbin -
Alameda cartoon artist's deadpan one-liners and true-life characters provide human connection.
Art

‘You’ve got to draw the buttons!’ Cartoonist Justin Hall spotlights local LGBTQ history on Market Street

Marke B. -
'Marching Toward Pride' series brings to life seminal queer moments leading to 1970 celebration.
Art

In Lisa Levine’s house photographs, an exploration of isolation and comfort

Mary Corbin -
Alameda artist's 'Virtually No Place Like Home' series captures emblems of solitude, change, and personal identity

Performance

Bharatanatyam power! Pandemic-born Divya Drasti school revitalizes Indian dance tradition

'It helped me reclaim and reinvent myself,' says founder, who brings her own twist to South Asian artform.
Dance Pooja Shah -
Read more
Performance

Tony Bennett is battling Alzheimer’s—here’s a quick story about his greatness

Bruce Mirken -
17 years ago, the big band legend unexpectedly rocked the house at the Bridge School benefit.
Culture

Ho ho ho, don’t miss these fabulous holiday shows

Joshua Rotter -
Golden Girls, Nutcrackers, an anti-inequity 'Red Carol,' Peaches Christ, and Kung Pao galore for your seasonal delectation.
Performance

Too much turmoil? Try some ‘Nice Jokes for Smart People’

Daniel Bromfield -
With a new album (and a new baby), comedian Arthur Gaus talks about his refreshingly relatable style
Performance

Remembering Bambi Lake, a San Francisco underground icon

Joshua Rotter -
The transgender singer and trailblazer, who died last week, definitely lived a life out loud.

Labor

The Super Bowl billionaires

Sports team owners, including Charles Johnson of the Giants, made $98.5 billion during the pandemic. Their stadium workers are suffering.
Labor Marc Norton -
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Labor

A union at Google? Here’s why

Garrett Leahy -
Organizers explain why tech workers need representation too.
Labor

Walton wants $5 hourly hazard pay for supermarket workers

Tim Redmond -
Essential employees at high risk as big chains rake in huge profits.
City Hall

Board committee approves budget deal that clashes with mayor’s proposal

Tim Redmond -
The Board of Supes is heading for a potential showdown with the mayor over more than $100 million in changes to her proposed two-year...
Labor

Supes committee votes to slash police budget by $30 million

Tim Redmond -
The Board of Supes Budget and Appropriations Committee has approved roughly $30 million in additional cuts to the police budget – less than some...

Business + Tech

Activists ‘defend’ Hibernia Beach after sacred Castro mourning space threatened

Harvey Milk Club members, others converged on MLK Day to reaffirm the site as community space
Business + Tech Marke B. -
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News + Politics

[UPDATED] ‘Sacred’ LGBTQ memorial space in Castro threatened by Bank of America

Marke B. and Tim Redmond -
New signs at 'Hibernia Beach' area, traditionally used to mourn community members, warn against shrines
Business + Tech

Historic coalition of local independent publications aims to Save SF News

Marke B. -
15 community outlets band together for monthlong fundraiser to keep producing essential journalism. Donate now!
Culture

Author of ‘Abolish Silicon Valley’ Wendy Liu says tech must change

Emily Wilson -
"There’s this extreme power discrepancy that’s being magnified by Silicon Valley in ways that are not necessarily new, but they’ve improved upon the ways it already existed."
Business + Tech

Big real estate escapes $360 million in annual SF taxes

Zachary James, Elissa Mann, and Tim Redmond -
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Owners of 55 local buildings (including Donald Trump) use Prop. 13 to save millions in taxes that could go to schools and city services.

Nightlife

Time’s running out for SF’s live music venues. What’s being done to save them?

Via the Independent Venue Alliance and SF Venue Coalition, businesses seek private donations—and put much-needed pressure on federal and city level politicians to help.
Music Caitlin Donohue -
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Music

Oakland’s As You Like It label rises from promise to musician Johnny Igaz

Marke B. -
10 years in, the party crew launches platform to support Bay Area artists—inspired by member gone too soon
Party Radar

Party Radar: Epic 3-day festival aims to Revive the Nightlife

Marke B. -
All aboard this star-packed, fundraising online party train—it's time to save independent local dance floors.
Nightlife

Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong

Marke B. -
Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment, insists he was justified by city inaction.
Nightlife

Bottoms up for spirits-lifting Oakland Cocktail Week (now a month)

Daniel Bromfield -
Support local bars and drink in good company, as the festival pivots to a vital fundraiser.

Cannabis

Puff: A Valentine’s Day stoner survival guide

Love yourself into a cloud of bliss, with Lava flower, massage oil, churro chocolate bars, more
Puff Dan Karkoska -
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Puff

Puff your way through the holidays, and into 2021

Dan Karkoska -
Cannabis pop rocks, delicious scoops, fancy box sets, Grandaddy Purple gummies, and more treats and stocking stuffers
Puff

Stop the ban on smoking weed!

Dan Karkoska -
Doesn't City Hall have better things to do then send law enforcement after people who light up in their own homes?
Puff

Puff: And gummies for all!

Dan Karkoska -
New trends in your favorite edibles: different strains, sleep aids, more potency options, pretty packaging... and zingy Spacedrops
Puff

Puff: Let’s get fizzy with it

Dan Karkoska -
Tickle your nose with cannabis-infused sodas and seltzers that lift and calm.

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