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The real story behind the latest Chan-Wiener poll

The voters hate tech companies. They think the local economy is getting worse. And they like socialism as much as capitalism. We dive into the cross-tabs

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

BIG WEEK: Sandcastle Classic, LitCrawl, Annie Sprinkle, 125 Years of Lawn Bowling….

'Roll Fog,' Chinatown After Dark, SF Dance Film Fest, SOMArts' Día de los Muertos, 'Wicker,' a Britney Spears musical, more to do!

Big Week Marke B. - October 23, 2026

The mayor’s big lie on Prop. F

Plus: Come to our 13th Annual Gala Tuesday at El Rio! That's The Agenda for Oct.. 25 to Nov. 1

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

Good Taste: Warriors score early wins with tasty new fare

Delightful Dungeness sandwich, fire pozole, perfect vegan pancit are some of this season’s culinary highlights at Chase Center.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - October 22, 2026

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop’s phase one lineup drops—with a load of local love

John-Paul Shiver - October 22, 2026

Plus: Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' reissue (again), Late Aster's constellations, hometown high-fives from Treasure, more

Humor

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

Joel Schechter - October 22, 2026

A 'No Kings' encounter put us in mind of a Roman poet's satirical—and unfortunately immortal—take on the kakistocracy.

News + Politics

Education funding, from France to San Francisco

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2026

The issue isn't about a lack of money. It's about distribution. When will GrowSF even consider reality?

Music

Dani Satin’s journey from deep grief to Outside Lands

Ankita Bhanot - October 22, 2026

Always Hallways' velvet-voiced Berkeley singer found new strength onstage through processing her father's loss.

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‘Steve Reich at 90’ honors a minimalist master who still brings ‘continuous joy’

Music Marke B. - October 22, 2026

Conductor Brad Lubman leads an all-star tribute to the composer of 'some of the most transcendent music ever written'

OPINION: Why professional journalists are opposing Proposition A

Opinion Richard Knee - October 21, 2026

The measure would weaken the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, and the public's access to records

State workers hold one-day strike

Labor Brady Middlebrook - October 21, 2026

Their contract expired June 30. The state won't even consider their proposals

Kids dive into the wondrous world of dance at ODC’s ‘Family Matters’

Dance Skylar Wolff - October 21, 2026

The series weaves performance, discussion, and demonstration into a joyful access point for tomorrow's arts patrons.

Drama Masks: ‘Every Saturday Night’ buzzes with complexities of Black gentrification

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 21, 2026

SFBATCO's latest punches upwards at sell-out politicos and smug bougie folk, while celebrating Fillmore's jazz legacy.

Shamann Walton, Nato Green team up for comedy at our big party!

Featured Marke B. - October 21, 2026

Our Oct. 27 Triple Gala continues to bring on the heat, with two of the city's favorites bringing laughs and high spirits.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Combo Tezeta

Best of the Bay John-Paul Shiver - October 21, 2026

Get drenched—or just slightly micro-dosed—in powerful psychedelic cumbia from this incredible Oakland outfit.

Mary W.D. Graham explores the prism of Black beauty—and the burden of colorism

Art Mary Corbin - October 21, 2026

'Once I see her, the painting is finished,' says North Beach portraitist, who digs into fraught subjects like 'the paper bag test.'

Posthumous ‘staggering explosion’ from emcee P.E.A.C.E. is released at last

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 20, 2026

Freestyle Fellowship legend recorded with SF producer Romanowski over 13 years; proceeds will benefit his kids.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Bosco

Best of the Bay Adrian Spinelli - October 20, 2026

New 140-seat Italian restaurant in SoMa feels astonishingly intimate, with innovative yet homey dishes straight from Mother Nature.

Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Movies Dhruv Baronia - October 20, 2026

Garlic from Gilroy, plastic-fanged goths, spooky films from all over the world: Balboa Theater gave vamp fans plenty to sink their teeth into.

Screen Grabs: SF Latino Film Fest finds a happy place in heavy times

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 20, 2026

Plus: Horny fairy tale triumph 'Wicker,' powerful immigrant doc 'One in a Million,' Cannes-winner 'Fjord,' more new movies

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Movies

Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Garlic from Gilroy, plastic-fanged goths, spooky films from all over the world: Balboa Theater gave vamp fans plenty to sink their teeth into.

Movies Dhruv Baronia - October 20, 2026

Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

Screen Grabs: Green and UN film fests land at a raw moment for humanity

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop’s phase one lineup drops—with a load of local love

Plus: Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' reissue (again), Late Aster's constellations, hometown high-fives from Treasure, more

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 22, 2026

‘Steve Reich at 90’ honors a minimalist master who still brings ‘continuous joy’

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Combo Tezeta

Posthumous ‘staggering explosion’ from emcee P.E.A.C.E. is released at last

Art

Mary W.D. Graham explores the prism of Black beauty—and the burden of colorism

'Once I see her, the painting is finished,' says North Beach portraitist, who digs into fraught subjects like 'the paper bag test.'

Art Mary Corbin - October 21, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Creative Collective

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Far Out Gallery

In ‘Character Development,’ personae made of monsters, makeup, and dark magic

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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding

Housing Tim Redmond - September 17, 2026

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Politics

The mayor’s big lie on Prop. F

Plus: Come to our 13th Annual Gala Tuesday at El Rio! That's The Agenda for Oct.. 25 to Nov. 1

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

State workers hold one-day strike

The city’s a mess. The supes don’t want to question the mayor

Another bad Congressional ‘debate’ reflects the failures of local media and US politics

Opinion

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

A 'No Kings' encounter put us in mind of a Roman poet's satirical—and unfortunately immortal—take on the kakistocracy.

Humor Joel Schechter - October 22, 2026

Opinion: Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

OPINION: It’s all about male power

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

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Performance

Kids dive into the wondrous world of dance at ODC’s ‘Family Matters’

The series weaves performance, discussion, and demonstration into a joyful access point for tomorrow's arts patrons.

Dance Skylar Wolff - October 21, 2026

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