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Police

Actually, it was the cops who hid crucial evidence in the Spiers beating case

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2022

Police Commission challenges chief on scathing federal court ruling that undercuts his efforts to block a key reform policy.

News + Politics

Haney wins lawsuit to change Campos ballot designation; does anyone care?

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2022

What does "civil rights lawyer" mean these days, and can a DA's Office promote civil rights?

Police

Mayor decides not to ask for more money for the cops after all

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2022

Breed withdraws request that the supes approve some $7 million in police OT; what happened?

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Music

Bandcamp Friday picks: Singing praises of The Grease Traps, Oakland’s bouillabaisse of bump-and-go

John-Paul Shiver - March 2, 2022

Plus: Acid cowgirl Mikayla McVey's lithe voice breaks easy-going or hard AF on new album.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Pattinson’s lips aside, ‘The Batman’ proves to be monotonous murk

Dennis Harvey - March 2, 2022

Plus: Flicks that are actually worth your eyeball strain, from a showcase of Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil to 'Huda's Salon'

Music

Noise Pop diary: Sedate and serious shows can be a blast, too

Daniel Bromfield - March 2, 2022

Arooj Aftab, Phil Elverum, and William Basinski grappled with the personal in their fest appearances—but theirs were hardly somber affairs.

Education

As schools face dire budget cuts, Newsom is sitting on a huge surplus

Tim Redmond - March 1, 2022

The state is up against a law that may limit spending and require tax dollars to be returned to the taxpayers—while public education is teetering on the edge of disaster.

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Good Taste: Support San Francisco’s only Ukrainian restaurant

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - March 1, 2022

Pushkin delights with vereniki and pelmeni dumplings—plus, where to donate for Ukrainian food aid.

Intricate illustrator Casey Cripe’s is a very open studio

Art Mary Corbin - March 1, 2022

The Bay-born artist works on encyclopedic information visualizations—and welcomes visitors.

Noise Pop diary: Chime School rings a bell with full band backing

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 1, 2022

Andy Pastalaniec's melodic solo pop act gets fleshed out for happy-to-be-back concert-goers.

Fighting the Oakland school closures

Education Tiny - February 28, 2022

If I hadn’t had a school to go to with teachers and free breakfast as a houseless child, I literally couldn’t have made it through my life.

Review: Curious ‘Quixote’ provides grand displays of ballet

Onstage Charles Lewis III - February 28, 2022

SF Ballet production blends traditional steps with Spanish flamenco, with bombastic results.

Noise Pop diary: Big snaps from the festival’s 20,000-attendee return

Music Jon Bauer - February 28, 2022

The Damani Rhodes Experience and Charlotte Dos Santos were among 130 artists who took the stage. We caught their live-show glitter.

Screen Grabs: New films provide visions of the end

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey - February 28, 2022

Plus: Slovakian 'Servants' is stunning—our critic's favorite movie of the year so far.

A rousing kickoff for a plan to tax landlords who keep units vacant

Housing Tim Redmond - February 27, 2022

More than 150 rally to put an empty-homes tax on the SF ballot.

Supes to look at closing the ‘group housing’ developer loophole

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 27, 2022

Plus: Does the city need to regulate street vendors—and how should the city regulate Recology? That's The Agenda for Feb. 28-March 6

Noise Pop diary: Moor Mother and Irreversible Entanglements have arrived

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 27, 2022

Free-jazz benediction for a troubled age keeps time at The New Parish

Under the Stars: Sounds from the Black history of now, Big Joanie to Pursuit Grooves

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 27, 2022

5 Black artists to support this and every month, including Oakland's beatmaker-rapper quiet storm Stanley Ipkuss.

City College Board votes to lay off at least 50 full-time faculty

Education Garrett Leahy - February 25, 2022

Trustees say the financial situation is so dire that deep cuts are needed, but the union strongly disagrees.

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