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Affordable housing advocates push for Oakland fee waiver

Legislation to ease low-income housing is stuck in the City Attorney's Office.
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Scenes from an impeach Trump protest

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

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SF COVID vaccine: Sign up to be notified when you’re eligible

Find out via email or text when you can contact your health provider (or public system) to get vaccinated.
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Opinion

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Fighting toxic masculinity for the next generation

Teaching behind the mask: A preschool teacher resists his difficult past to change children’s futures.
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City Hall

News + Politics

Supes to ask mayor about corruption

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

Movies

‘Small Axe’: ardent slices of life from an overlooked community

Director Steve McQueen's five-part series explores recent UK Black history, from protest to celebration
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New music

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Out of the Crate: Three heavyweight flashbacks you need on vinyl

Worship at the altars of Teena Marie and PJ Harvey—and experience the post-punk and reggae mash-up that is the New Age Steppers.
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Local arts

Art

A meditation in lumber: Artist Aleksandra Zee’s peaceful wood grains

Aleksandra Zee’s creations in wood are inspired through meditation with an intention of putting goodness out into the world. Her hope is...
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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.
Caitlin Donohue -
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Cannabis

Puff

Puff your way through the holidays, and into 2021

Cannabis pop rocks, delicious scoops, fancy box sets, Grandaddy Purple gummies, and more treats and stocking stuffers
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COVID

SF COVID vaccine: Sign up to be notified when you’re eligible

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Taxi drivers, disability-rights advocates oppose new Market St. traffic plan

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Plus: UC Regents vote on huge new project -- and Willie Brown's Chronicle column will quietly disappear. That's The Agenda for Jan 19-26
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Bay View editor may take legal action against private prison company

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Keith Malik Washington charges that the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Geo Group retaliated after he contacted a reporter about a COVID outbreak in a halfway house.
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Affordable housing advocates push for Oakland fee waiver

Homelessness Garrett Leahy -
Legislation to ease low-income housing is stuck in the City Attorney's Office.
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Newsom budget hurts environmental justice programs

News + Politics Jackie Blandón -
Shouldn't utilities -- not communities of color -- be paying for better fire prevention?
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[UPDATED] ‘Sacred’ LGBTQ memorial space in Castro threatened by Bank of America

News + Politics Marke B. and Tim Redmond -
New signs at 'Hibernia Beach' area, traditionally used to mourn community members, warn against shrines
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Make this: La Palma snack wrap

Culture Tamara Palmer -
A TikTok-inspired video recipe honoring the 68-year-old Mexicatessen.
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Screen Grabs: Two looks at Black legends in ‘MLK/FBI’ and ‘One Night in Miami…”

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
As we prepare for Black History Month, new releases look back at the complex heroes who powered the civil rights movement.
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Growth machine wins big in Berkeley

News + Politics Zelda Bronstein -
Mayor who ran as a progressive sides with developer-friendly plan for Adeline Corridor.
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Out of the Crate: Three heavyweight flashbacks you need on vinyl

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Worship at the altars of Teena Marie and PJ Harvey—and experience the post-punk and reggae mash-up that is the New Age Steppers.
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Deaf advocacy group diversifies leadership—but now faces lawsuit

News + Politics Caitlin Donohue -
Board president resigns after her racially-charged video rocks the Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency community. But way forward may be blocked by legal challenge.
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Poem: Public Protective Equipment *

Lit Randy Alfred -
An exhortation in double dactyl form
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Chron rejects comments critical of Boudin editorial

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Comments supporting the DA don't seem to violate the paper's standards; why were they blocked?
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Housing

Affordable housing advocates push for Oakland fee waiver

Legislation to ease low-income housing is stuck in the City Attorney's Office.
Homelessness Garrett Leahy -
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Housing

Planning Commission to hear a bad UCSF deal

Tim Redmond -
Massive new development that violates historic agreements is drawing widespread opposition.
Homelessness

Protesters say city needs to keep SIP hotels open — and people in them

Garrett Leahy -
Members of the Prop. C oversight panel call for city money to buy hotels.
Housing

Supes save hotel program — with a catch

Tim Redmond -
Mandleman insists that new arrivals to the rooms can be evicted any time the funding runs out -- even if there's not place to go.
Housing

Zoning and housing costs: The debate continues

Tim Redmond -
UCLA professors respond to our piece on housing costs -- and why this discussion matters.

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

Supes to ask mayor about corruption

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

Supervisors vote to ban smoking tobacco in apartments—but spare cannabis

Caitlin Donohue -
Sup. Mandelman’s amendment saves SF from what for many, could have amounted to a ban on smokable marijuana.
News + Politics

The cops, cannabis, tracking landlords — and are we just done with Zuckerberg?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: a new committee on African American reparations. That's The Agenda for Nov. 30 to Dec. 6
City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Caitlin Donohue -
Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.

Opinion

Fighting toxic masculinity for the next generation

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

Give prisoners the vaccine

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

Hypocrisy in the local zoning debate

Zelda Bronstein -
Professors who argue that local regulations drive up housing prices appear to admit they have no credible data to back up that argument.
Homelessness

‘Throwing us out like garbage’

Tiny -
SIP hotel residents say the city's not living up to its promises -- and contracts.
Opinion

Missing in Action on Veterans Day

Herbert F. Mintz II -
Where is the discussion of military-dependent families? (Oh, and this day was supposed to be about peace, not war).

Movies

‘Small Axe’: ardent slices of life from an overlooked community

Director Steve McQueen's five-part series explores recent UK Black history, from protest to celebration
Movies Dennis Harvey -
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Two looks at Black legends in ‘MLK/FBI’ and ‘One Night in Miami…”

Dennis Harvey -
As we prepare for Black History Month, new releases look back at the complex heroes who powered the civil rights movement.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

Dennis Harvey -
The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Dublin housing crunch to stowaway aliens, cinematic escapes for all

Dennis Harvey -
'Herself' threads a gentrification tale, while 'Shadow in the Cloud' is 2021's most ludicrous flick so far.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New year brings films challenging us to rethink the status quo

Dennis Harvey -
Forced sterilizations in California prisons, disastrous Venezuelan coastal pollution, and adults who live with facial disfigurement are the subject of 2021's first releases.

Music

Out of the Crate: Three heavyweight flashbacks you need on vinyl

Worship at the altars of Teena Marie and PJ Harvey—and experience the post-punk and reggae mash-up that is the New Age Steppers.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Music

Oops, I missed it: A critic’s 2020 regrets

John-Paul Shiver -
The stand-outs we stood up, from the 30th anniversary of 'Do The Right Thing' to the sounds of Dave Aju, Dehd, and Victoria Monet.
Music

New Music: BBE tribute album explores Bowie’s Black sonic inspirations

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Nubiyan Twist's hard-hitting Afrobeat promises, Beatchild's look back, other fresh tunes to kickstart your week.
Music

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

Caitlin Donohue -
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

Good Things: Glorious rock weirdness and proper retro-soul with which to start 2021

John-Paul Shiver -
Equal parts sumptuous melodies and indie rock buzzsaw, anyone?

Art

A meditation in lumber: Artist Aleksandra Zee’s peaceful wood grains

Aleksandra Zee’s creations in wood are inspired through meditation with an intention of putting goodness out into the world. Her hope is...
Art Mary Corbin -
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Art

Cate White came to the Bay to connect—through her art, she’s done just that.

Mary Corbin -
Norman Rockwell and Basquiat inspired her purposefully loose renderings of life's struggle.
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
Movies

In ‘New Labor Movements,’ curator Leila Weefur traces legacy of Frederick Douglass

Emily Wilson -
Film series is 'doing emotional and physiological labor, defining the Black body across all parallels of time and history'
Art

Iconic Bayview sign comes down for vital community center: Here’s its surprising history

Sean Karlin -
India Basin Industrial Park's Manwaring Letters have deep artistic roots. Now stored, their future remains uncertain.

Performance

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

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

Internationally Black series ‘So Soul San Francisco’ opens up global arts discourse

Caitlin Donohue -
Creator Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe and co-host Rotimi Agbabiaka's monthly interview show surveys Black expression worldwide
Culture

Missed our 48 Hills Variety Gala? Watch here!

48 Hills -
Honey Mahogany and a cavalcade of local entertainers put it all out there to help save local media.

Labor

A union at Google? Here’s why

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

Drivers rally against Uber and Lyft extortion

Garrett Leahy -
About 70 drivers rallied outside Uber’s headquarters on Market Street on Thursday, decrying Uber and Lyft’s threat to cancel rideshare services in California in retaliation...

Business + Tech

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

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

Why the Post Office matters

Tim Redmond -
When I arrived in San Francisco in 1981, the Post Office on Clayton street was my lifeline. We used to call Clayton “Post Office...

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 your way through the holidays, and into 2021

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

PUFF: How I got my high back

Dan Karkoska -
After months of isolation, it may be time to adjust your habits—with flower by Lolo, prerolls from Jack Herer, and some Kwik Ease

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