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A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave
"We could use a splash of color": Artivism's Restore 49 project brightens the city, encourages cultural dialogue, and supports Bay Area artists.
Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote
Will Chiu support a measure that the entire Board of Supes opposes? It's at his committee Tuesday.
SF Democratic Party endorsements go (mostly) to progressives
Conservative members (and some in the progressive camp) serve as swing votes in D7 and D11.
Campaign Trail
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
Activism
A free fridge opens in the Mission
Mission Meals Coalition reimagines what mutual aid looks like.
Foreign Correspondent
Trump’s desperate, last-ditch effort to hike tensions with Iran
This might be the final stretch for his failed policy of maximum pressure
Arts + Culture
Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens
D'Arcy Drollinger's new weekly 'Hot Trash,' plus RAWDance, OMCA's Black Panther retrospective, a Compton's Cafeteria documentary, and more.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse
Our film critic's top picks for new streams this week: 'Boys State' paints an ominous view of our youth, and 'Rebuilding Paradise' tracks a California community rebuilding after devastating flames.
Arts + Culture
A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave
"We could use a splash of color": Artivism's Restore 49 project brightens the city, encourages cultural dialogue, and supports Bay Area artists.
Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens
D'Arcy Drollinger's new weekly 'Hot Trash,' plus RAWDance, OMCA's Black Panther retrospective, a Compton's Cafeteria documentary, and more.
Campaign Trail
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
Activism
A free fridge opens in the Mission
Mission Meals Coalition reimagines what mutual aid looks like.
Foreign Correspondent
Trump’s desperate, last-ditch effort to hike tensions with Iran
This might be the final stretch for his failed policy of maximum pressure
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse
Our film critic's top picks for new streams this week: 'Boys State' paints an ominous view of our youth, and 'Rebuilding Paradise' tracks a California community rebuilding after devastating flames.
Business + Tech
Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich
Layoffs or pay reductions for the people who are protecting us from COVID -- but less support for making the billionaires pay their share.
Arts + Culture
A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave
"We could use a splash of color": Artivism's Restore 49 project brightens the city, encourages cultural dialogue, and supports Bay Area artists.
All Ears
New Music: Kamaal Williams’ latest showcases London jazz agility
From funk to UK funky bruk, album 'Wu Hen' is perfect proof for this artist's belief that jazz must incorporate the sounds of the day to evolve.
Business + Tech
How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy
New report shows how a tiny number of very rich people have come do dominate the charitable sector -- giving them too much control over all our lives.
Music and nightlife
Out of the Crate: The proper tools
Loleatta Holloway's ballad drama, The Shaggs' homespun otherness—and Van Halen's eponymous debut? Music critic John-Paul Shiver explores essential vinyl re-releases.
Movies
Movies: ‘Around the Sun’ makers bring mumblecore teachings to a château
Writer Jonathan Kiefer tells the unlikely tale of the film's providence.
News + Politics
Supes pass Overpaid CEO tax
Business tax reform -- and Caltrain reform -- will also be on the fall ballot.
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Campaign Trail
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
Activism
A free fridge opens in the Mission
Mission Meals Coalition reimagines what mutual aid looks like.
Foreign Correspondent
Trump’s desperate, last-ditch effort to hike tensions with Iran
This might be the final stretch for his failed policy of maximum pressure
Business + Tech
Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich
Layoffs or pay reductions for the people who are protecting us from COVID -- but less support for making the billionaires pay their share.
Business + Tech
How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy
New report shows how a tiny number of very rich people have come do dominate the charitable sector -- giving them too much control over all our lives.
News + Politics
Supes pass Overpaid CEO tax
Business tax reform -- and Caltrain reform -- will also be on the fall ballot.
Housing
Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote
Will Chiu support a measure that the entire Board of Supes opposes? It's at his committee Tuesday.
Education
OPINION: Education pods for everyone
Instead of wealthy parents forming a private educational system on Facebook, cities should develop a public alternative.
Campaign Trail
SF Democratic Party endorsements go (mostly) to progressives
Conservative members (and some in the progressive camp) serve as swing votes in D7 and D11.
Business + Tech
Lyft drivers have to pay for their own masks and hand sani
Drivers out $30 a week or more for essential supplies they say companies should be providing.
Housing
City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem
Social and racial equity is now part of land-use decisions -- which could have a major impact.
Foreign Correspondent
SF joins fight for US-Cuba medical cooperation
Supes pass resolution calling for scientific and medical collaboration in the fight against COVID
Campaign Trail
The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons
Progressive groups need to be careful about their political strategy for something as critical as a lifetime seat in Congress.
News + Politics
Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan
Peskin, Fewer split with other progressives; board does approve plan to break up DPW.
Campaign Trail
Some defining issues in the fall supes race
The direction of city planning shows clear split between progressive and moderate candidates.
Arts + Culture
Arts + Culture
Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens
D'Arcy Drollinger's new weekly 'Hot Trash,' plus RAWDance, OMCA's Black Panther retrospective, a Compton's Cafeteria documentary, and more.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse
Our film critic's top picks for new streams this week: 'Boys State' paints an ominous view of our youth, and 'Rebuilding Paradise' tracks a California community rebuilding after devastating flames.
Arts + Culture
A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave
"We could use a splash of color": Artivism's Restore 49 project brightens the city, encourages cultural dialogue, and supports Bay Area artists.
All Ears
New Music: Kamaal Williams’ latest showcases London jazz agility
From funk to UK funky bruk, album 'Wu Hen' is perfect proof for this artist's belief that jazz must incorporate the sounds of the day to evolve.
Music and nightlife
Out of the Crate: The proper tools
Loleatta Holloway's ballad drama, The Shaggs' homespun otherness—and Van Halen's eponymous debut? Music critic John-Paul Shiver explores essential vinyl re-releases.
Movies
Movies: ‘Around the Sun’ makers bring mumblecore teachings to a château
Writer Jonathan Kiefer tells the unlikely tale of the film's providence.
Dance
Review: Two random ballroom dancers in the Chinese Pavilion at Stow Lake
A distant encounter with fiery energy in the pagoda.
Music and nightlife
10 artists centering Latinidad in the sound of the Bay today
A brief history of the legends who paved the way for Latin music in the Bay Area—and the rising creatives shaping its future.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Art imitates life
Get the skinny on the Helmut Newton documentary and the 1986 bikesploitation epic 'Rad', perhaps the movie with the all time widest critic-audience response disparity.
Culture
Latina and Filipina-founded health center offers free wellness classes
Funded by the soda tax, Community Well’s H3 program offers yoga and nutrition education, as well as community therapy and homeopathic health advice.
All Ears
All Ears: How to craft the perfect BBQ playlist
From Aretha to Toro y Moi, here's how to keep all those gathered around the grill moving to a socially distanced beat.
Culture
Cannabis has a racism problem. The Floret Coalition can help.
The Black-led giving collective for weed businesses is one of several nascent projects that center BIPOC voices in addressing the industry’s deep-seated racial inequities.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: The shift evident, women directors rise
The days when a woman’s directorial credit could qualify as a novelty are fading fast. Check our critic's recommendations for new female-led flicks, from 'Yes, God, Yes' to a jampacked Sundance Festival shorts collection.
Party Radar
Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music
Are we ready to listen to Black voices—including the ones who started this whole thing?
All Ears
New Music: Oakland collective SMARTBOMB has that feeling of futurism
Check the manifestation of headiness on compilation 'Light Beings #2,' and the second edition of the group's encompassing virtual 'VHS' virtual Sat/25.
Movies
City quarantine, set to film for the Roxie’s Mixtape-in-Place fest
This year, the theater opened the competition up to youth. What shelter-in-place stories will take flight?
All Ears
New Music: A classic Oneness of Juju re-release jolts consciousness
Witness the rhythmic agency of soundtracking a movement.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Films that pull back the veil
This week's recommendations for movies that expose the country's social inequities, including 'Down and Out in America'; 'Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets'; and a Les Blank double feature.
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Campaign Trail
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
Business + Tech
Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich
Layoffs or pay reductions for the people who are protecting us from COVID -- but less support for making the billionaires pay their share.
Activism
A free fridge opens in the Mission
Mission Meals Coalition reimagines what mutual aid looks like.
Education
OPINION: Education pods for everyone
Instead of wealthy parents forming a private educational system on Facebook, cities should develop a public alternative.
Foreign Correspondent
SF joins fight for US-Cuba medical cooperation
Supes pass resolution calling for scientific and medical collaboration in the fight against COVID
Campaign Trail
The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons
Progressive groups need to be careful about their political strategy for something as critical as a lifetime seat in Congress.
Arts + Culture
A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave
"We could use a splash of color": Artivism's Restore 49 project brightens the city, encourages cultural dialogue, and supports Bay Area artists.
Foreign Correspondent
Trump’s desperate, last-ditch effort to hike tensions with Iran
This might be the final stretch for his failed policy of maximum pressure
Arts + Culture
Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens
D'Arcy Drollinger's new weekly 'Hot Trash,' plus RAWDance, OMCA's Black Panther retrospective, a Compton's Cafeteria documentary, and more.
News + Politics
Nancy Pelosi just announced her retirement
The deal she cut to remain speaker means she plans to step down in 2022 -- which will set off a wild campaign for one of the most coveted jobs in SF politics.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse
Our film critic's top picks for new streams this week: 'Boys State' paints an ominous view of our youth, and 'Rebuilding Paradise' tracks a California community rebuilding after devastating flames.
Business + Tech
How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy
New report shows how a tiny number of very rich people have come do dominate the charitable sector -- giving them too much control over all our lives.