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

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 20, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Bosco

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

Best of the Bay Adrian Spinelli - October 20, 2026

Our gala heats up with Chile Lindo empanadas, Latin tunes from DJ Lizzy al Toque

Get your tickets now for October 27: Our annual community party helps save local journalism, the fun way!

Featured Marke B. - October 19, 2026

News + Politics

Here’s what the supes ought to be asking the mayor

Tim Redmond - October 19, 2026

Tech worker horrors, Money to fight ICE, data centers, affordable housing: What a missed opportunity Tuesday's meeting will be.

Opinion

Opinion: Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

Larry Mazzola Jr., Mike Casey and Kim Tavaglione - October 19, 2026

Local unions aren't always in agreement on politics—but they agree on this election

Music

Raucous electronic artist Tricky FM knows you’re shocked

Leah Isobel - October 19, 2026

Talking spiky girl energy, cum circle crowdwork, new LP 'Twin Star Fantasy,' so much more with rising beatmaker

Art

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

Emily Wilson - October 19, 2026

The artist showed us just how US and Mexico relate on a monumental scale—now he's turning his gaze to colonial power structure.

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Live Shots: Danny Elfman delivered raging rock spiked with a Halloween fave at the Masonic

Music Danny Acosta - October 19, 2026

Lovable former Oingo Boingo frontman and cinematic soundtrack master went gonzo with his heavy side.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Rize Up Bakery

Best of the Bay Tamara Palmer - October 19, 2026

Black-owned, SF-based, perfect sourdough loaves and boules from baker Azikiwee Anderson—now available in his own cafe.

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

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 18, 2026

Plus: How to expand equity with neighborhood schools—and will Lurie's agenda create a sterile city that nobody will celebrate in 50 years? That's The Agenda for OCt. 18-25

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Slumberland Records

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 16, 2026

Mike Schulman's powerhouse Oakland indie-pop record label has a sound as chill and comforting as a blanket of Bay Area fog.

Good Taste: Indulge in our favorite Restaurant Week deals

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - October 16, 2026

From $15 Colombian brunch at Creative Ideas Cafe to beautiful $90 Indian feast at Copra, here are 12 can't-miss picks.

At 87, the great Judy Collins sings farewell—but stays in the now

Music Joshua Rotter - October 16, 2026

Singer-activist shares tales of Leonard Cohen, Chicago Seven ahead of Sunday farewell concert at Cal Performances.

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

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 15, 2026

Nobody challenged the basic assumptions in Wiener's question, or his comments on AI money

BIG WEEK: Market Street Arts Fest, BAS Day, Shipyard Open Studios, Paul Madonna…

Big Week Marke B. - October 15, 2026

Vampire Fest, Bearrison, Detroit Love, 'Women's Rebel Voices,' ReOrient Fest, Beatpig, 'Atonement,' more to do!

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

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - October 15, 2026

Plus: Four-hour 'Musk' DOGE-walks the would-be tech emperor, and Elizabeth Holmes gets twisty in 'You Can See Everything'

Drama Masks: Dark fantasy and darker reality in powerful ‘The Brothers Size’

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2026

Plus: 'Tis the season for 'Sqream' queens at Oasis, and Golden Thread's ReOrient Fest brings laughter and heartbreak

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Stuff by Luxe

Culture Dorothy O'Donnell - October 15, 2026

No need to throw elbows to get to that Scandinavian living room set at the Bay Area's airy vintage consignment shop.

Photos: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering commemorated Alcatraz reclamation

Protest Emma Garcia - October 14, 2026

Annual voyage and ceremony marks 55 years since the occupation of the island—and celebrates a resilient culture.

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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

Raucous electronic artist Tricky FM knows you’re shocked

Talking spiky girl energy, cum circle crowdwork, new LP 'Twin Star Fantasy,' so much more with rising beatmaker

Music Leah Isobel - October 19, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Slumberland Records

At 87, the great Judy Collins sings farewell—but stays in the now

Under the Stars: Telemakus blazes back on the future jazz path

Art

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

The artist showed us just how US and Mexico relate on a monumental scale—now he's turning his gaze to colonial power structure.

Art Emily Wilson - October 19, 2026

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

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

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

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

Plus: How to expand equity with neighborhood schools—and will Lurie's agenda create a sterile city that nobody will celebrate in 50 years? That's The Agenda for OCt. 18-25

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 18, 2026

AI-backed PAC puts up $3 million to elect Wiener to Congress

School Board to consider plans that would increase inequality in student enrollment

District 8 supe race: The plot thickens

Opinion

Opinion: Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

Local unions aren't always in agreement on politics—but they agree on this election

Opinion Larry Mazzola Jr., Mike Casey and Kim Tavaglione - October 19, 2026

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

Yes, groping can be sexual assault—even for gay men

A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

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Performance

Drama Masks: Dark fantasy and darker reality in powerful ‘The Brothers Size’

Plus: 'Tis the season for 'Sqream' queens at Oasis, and Golden Thread's ReOrient Fest brings laughter and heartbreak

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2026

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