Sponsored link
Friday, November 27, 2020
Sponsored link

The Latest

Housing

Homelessness

Die-in protests mayor’s plan to shut homeless hotel rooms

But activists celebrate the right to challenge evictions.
Garrett Leahy -
Read more

Elections

Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

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

COVID

COVID

COVID denial is a grim rerun of AIDS denialism

Two decades ago, a cult-like crowd believed that HIV was harmless and AIDS was a plot. Many of them ended up dead.
Bruce Mirken -
Read more

Opinion

Opinion

Missing in Action on Veterans Day

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

City Hall

City Hall

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

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

Movies

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Vintage Clint Eastwood rides again, warts and all

The SF-born, famously conservative star gets a Blu-ray retrospective. Plus: Zappa, Six in Paris, Made in Hong Kong, more movies
Dennis Harvey -
Read more

New music

Music

Out of the Crate: Deluxe reissues offer fond looks back

Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, J Dilla, Paul Weller, more slide into holiday season with big-time packages
John-Paul Shiver -
Read more

Local arts

Art

Old Boys’ Club freewheels through folklore and myth

Responding to religious terrorism, the French artist's 'Syncretism' highlights global traditions of love and peace
Emily Wilson -
Read more

Nightlife

Nightlife

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

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

Cannabis

Puff

Puff: And gummies for all!

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

Screen Grabs: Vintage Clint Eastwood rides again, warts and all

The SF-born, famously conservative star gets a Blu-ray retrospective. Plus: Zappa, Six in Paris, Made in Hong Kong, more movies
Dennis Harvey -
Read more
Best of the Bay 2020

Best of the Bay 2020 Winners

Click here for the winners of our 45th annual Readers Poll
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.
Read more

We are community supported journalism

Become a member
Read Tom Ammiano's Memoir

Out of the Crate: Deluxe reissues offer fond looks back

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, J Dilla, Paul Weller, more slide into holiday season with big-time packages
Read more

Bay View newspaper celebrates history — and a new era

News + Politics Eleni Balakrishnan -
New editors taking the helm of historic Black community newspaper
Read more

Why it matters that Boudin is charging a cop with manslaughter

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
The DA's unprecedented decision sends a message that the police can't kill people with impunity.
Read more

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

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

Old Boys’ Club freewheels through folklore and myth

Art Emily Wilson -
Responding to religious terrorism, the French artist's 'Syncretism' highlights global traditions of love and peace
Read more

Will the cops agree to an acceptable deal by next week?

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
POA and Mayor's Office still in secret talks with Dec. 1 deadline for final approval of a new contract.
Read more

Screen Grabs: For Thanksgiving movies, one glam turkey and a swell ‘Black Bottom’

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
A David Bowie 'Stardust' biopic fizzles, but Chadwick Boseman (in his final role) and Viola Davis sizzle in 'Ma Rainey'
Read more

An Oakland Black Jazz reissue is a revelation—and comes with questions

Music John-Paul Shiver -
A Black-empowering label's catalog from the 1970s is re-released. Should Black people helm its return?
Read more

Foreign Correspondent: The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich -
Who will be vaccinated first -- and in what country?
Read more

Die-in protests mayor’s plan to shut homeless hotel rooms

Homelessness Garrett Leahy -
But activists celebrate the right to challenge evictions.
Read more

Screen Grabs: A globe-trotting filmmaker finally gets her due

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
Ulrike Ottinger in the spotlight at PFA. Plus: SF Cinematheque returns, The Sound of Metal, a Romanian tragedy, more movies
Read more

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Arts Forecast Marke B. -
Viral Dwellings, Crazy Funny Asians, Drive-In "La Bohéme," Legends of the Rave, Native American Drag Queen Story Hour... lots to do!
Read more

48 Hills is community-supported journalism

The Bay's progressive source for news, analysis, and culture needs your help. Your tax-deductible donation keeps the fight going. Become a supporting member!

Become a Member

News + Politics

Go
Business + TechCampaign TrailCity HallCOVIDEducationElectionsForeign CorrespondentHomelessnessHousingLaborOpinionProtestThe Agenda

Arts + Culture

Go
ArtArts ForecastCultureDanceExamined LifeLitMoviesMusicNightlifeParty RadarPerformancePuffScreen Grabs

Housing

Die-in protests mayor’s plan to shut homeless hotel rooms

But activists celebrate the right to challenge evictions.
Homelessness Garrett Leahy -
Read more
Homelessness

Supes to push measure keeping homeless hotels open

Tim Redmond -
Proposal would set up another confrontation with the Mayor's Office over keeping unhoused safe during COVID.
Homelessness

On homelessness, no more about us, without us

Tiny -
People who have lived unhoused and in poverty need to be part of the official policy conversation.
Homelessness

Housing advocates protest mayor’s plan to close hotels

Garrett Leahy -
'Closures of the SIP hotels will put thousands of people at risk of returning to the streets and hundreds of essential workers being laid off.'
Housing

Supes, service providers stunned at mayor’s plan to close homeless hotels

Tim Redmond -
Hearing shows that there is no financial reason to kick people out of hotel rooms, and no place for them to go.

Elections

PHOTOS: Castro erupts in patriotic fervor as Biden named winner

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

A handful of votes were counted today

Tim Redmond -
Just 1,035 more ballots counted in SF -- but D1 race is closer. Expect a lot more results tomorrow.
Campaign Trail

Connie Chan now in tight race in D1

Tim Redmond -
Marjan Philhour takes 53-vote lead; next ballot count at 5pm.

City Hall

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

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.
City Hall Caitlin Donohue -
Read more
News + Politics

Where will homeless people moved out of hotels go?

Tim Redmond -
Plus: A continuing progressive majority on the board, protections for small businesses -- and who in SF is going to DC? That's The Agenda for Nov. 8-16
Elections

Finally, a state Senate debate

Tim Redmond -
Plus: The municipal corruption scandal and the state of the city's economy. That's The Agenda for Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Housing

The Agenda: The eviction tsunami begins

Tim Redmond -
Local courts will start to hear cases Monday; tenant groups plan protest.
Housing

The Agenda: State housing battle plays out before SF supes

Tim Redmond -
Mar wants ABAG to recognize that SF has already approved more luxury housing that it needs.

Opinion

Missing in Action on Veterans Day

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

COVID denial is a grim rerun of AIDS denialism

Bruce Mirken -
Two decades ago, a cult-like crowd believed that HIV was harmless and AIDS was a plot. Many of them ended up dead.
Homelessness

On homelessness, no more about us, without us

Tiny -
People who have lived unhoused and in poverty need to be part of the official policy conversation.
Opinion

Progressives are winning the Battle of San Francisco

John Elberling -
The powerful moderates -- and their financial supporters -- lost overwhelmingly in the Nov. 3 election.
Opinion

Opinion: All dressed up—and straight to the polls

Juanita More -
Take it from the city's top drag queen activists: Your vote should go toward making sure everyone is treated equally.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Vintage Clint Eastwood rides again, warts and all

The SF-born, famously conservative star gets a Blu-ray retrospective. Plus: Zappa, Six in Paris, Made in Hong Kong, more movies
Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
Read more
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: For Thanksgiving movies, one glam turkey and a swell ‘Black Bottom’

Dennis Harvey -
A David Bowie 'Stardust' biopic fizzles, but Chadwick Boseman (in his final role) and Viola Davis sizzle in 'Ma Rainey'
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A globe-trotting filmmaker finally gets her due

Dennis Harvey -
Ulrike Ottinger in the spotlight at PFA. Plus: SF Cinematheque returns, The Sound of Metal, a Romanian tragedy, more movies
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Racist technology, rocky queer love, and an Oakland thriller

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Berlin & Beyond's In Focus installment, Mank, The Outpost, and more movies to dive into this week.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A much-needed civic boost with ‘City Hall’

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: tributes to women older and younger, a portrait of toxic friendship, religious ecstasy in Brazil

Music

Out of the Crate: Deluxe reissues offer fond looks back

Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, J Dilla, Paul Weller, more slide into holiday season with big-time packages
Music John-Paul Shiver -
Read more
Music

An Oakland Black Jazz reissue is a revelation—and comes with questions

John-Paul Shiver -
A Black-empowering label's catalog from the 1970s is re-released. Should Black people helm its return?
Music

Don’t be alarmed by Squadda B’s lanky arms

Daniel Bromfield -
Oakland rapper-producer releases a one-two punch: two smoked-out albums that reflect both sides of the pandemic
Music

Now Watch This: 4 new music videos for nostalgic November feels

John-Paul Shiver -
The Safdie brothers directed Oneohtrix Point Never's "Lost But Never Alone," and an Oakland creative turned Brijean's "Daydreaming" into an immersive psychedelic world.
Music

Music, life, and racial justice at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival’s ‘Creative Voices’

John-Paul Shiver -
Samora Pinderhughes, Marcus Shelby, Ukulenny, the Curtis Family Cnotes, more featured in lively online series.

Art

Old Boys’ Club freewheels through folklore and myth

Responding to religious terrorism, the French artist's 'Syncretism' highlights global traditions of love and peace
Art Emily Wilson -
Read more
Art

A local artist honors lost Black lives, portrait by portrait

Mary Corbin -
Painter Radha Mehta's series commemorating lives lost to racially motivated murder and police brutality spreads to cities around the country.
Art

Celebrating Ruth Asawa’s recycling roots and legacy

Emily Wilson -
At a fundraiser for creative reuse center SCRAP, the beloved artist's children share stories and photos of her life
Art

Divine intervention: Reconfiguring monumental art project ‘The Black Woman is God’

Maddy Clifford -
My experience as part of the ongoing SOMArts exhibit, now entering a new phase, pushed me to return to what matters.
Art

Frida’s artful life on film—and in the galleries

Dennis Harvey -
Mexican icon's dramatic work and life are having a San Francisco moment, with de Young show and two screenings

Performance

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

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

This weekend, The Breath Project streams 24 nationwide theater works in honor of George Floyd

Emily Wilson -
"It’s another brick in the wall. Or rather, we’re taking the wall down, so it’s a brick out of the wall.”

Labor

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

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...
City Hall Tim Redmond -
Read more
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...
Labor

Giants workers fight back

Marc Norton -
The San Francisco Giants returned home on Friday, August 14 and found themselves being picketed by the workers who normally sell garlic fries and...
Labor

Judge orders Uber, Lyft to treat drivers as employees

Garrett Leahy -
San Francisco Superior Court judge Ethan Schulman issued a prohibitory injunction ruling Monday stating that Uber and Lyft must cease classifying employees as independent...

Business + Tech

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

"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."
Culture Emily Wilson -
Read more
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...
Opinion

Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich

John Elberling -
 Editor's note: Plan Bay Area, a joint effort of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, is creating a "blueprint"...
Campaign Trail

The money—and endorsements—in District Five

Tim Redmond -
One of the most interesting elements of the D5 supervisorial campaign is challenger Vallie Brown’s website. Check out the tab that says “endorsements.” Most people...

Nightlife

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

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

How did the Ocean Beach party happen—and can we prevent another incident?

Marke B. -
Why didn't the police shut things down earlier? Sup. Stefani wants criminal investigation; Sup. Mandelman worries about Halloween
Nightlife

[UPDATED] A Burning Man sound camp responds about Ocean Beach party that drew 100s

Marke B. -
BAAAHS says masks were distributed and social distancing enforced—but why didn't someone just turn off the music?
Nightlife

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

Marke B. -
Weekend-long Oakland drag festival Oaklash (Fri/4-Sun/6 at www.twitch.tv/oaklash2020) has become such an integral part of the Bay Area queer performance scene that I was taken...

Cannabis

Puff: And gummies for all!

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

Cannabis tax money goes to fund the cops

Mitchell Colbert -
One way to defund the police: take away the mandatory cut they get of the state's taxes on weed.
Culture

Cannabis has a racism problem. The Floret Coalition can help.

Caitlin Donohue -
On Thursday, hundreds of people who work in the marijuana industry gathered for a virtual event called “allyship + weed” convened by cannabis brand...

News

Business + TechCampaign TrailCOVIDEducationForeign CorrespondentHomelessnessHousing

Politics

Campaign TrailCity HallElectionsOpinionThe Agenda

Arts

ArtArts ForecastDanceLitMoviesMusicPerformanceScreen Grabs

Culture

CultureExamined LifeNightlifeParty RadarPuff

Special Sections

Best of the Bay
Bay Guardian Archives
Shop
Cart

Connect

Become a Member
Newsletter
Advertise
Contact

48 Hills logo

48hills.org is the official publication of the non-profit San Francisco Progressive Media Center.

We are community supported journalism. Become a member.