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Housing

Housing

A displacement housing bill barely dies — but it will come back

Measure to turn any single-family lot into four units -- with zero affordable housing -- is the top of the Scott Wiener/Yimby agenda.
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Elections

Elections

The most important political story of 2020 that nearly every campaign is ignoring

The very rich stole $50 trillion from the rest of us in the past 45 years. Why aren't we all outraged?
Tim Redmond -
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COVID

COVID

Inside the COVID explosion at San Quentin

With 26 dead and at least a third of the population infected, why isn't medical parole part of the solution?
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Opinion

Opinion

OPINION: How I brought back the Bay’s favorite dog mag

Bay Woof returns as online nonprofit resource—as dog adoptions hit new heights, but related businesses struggle.
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City Hall

News + Politics

Finally, a state Senate debate

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

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Visions of liberation that don’t quite live up to legends

'The Glorias' and 'I Am Woman' let subjects down, 'Native Son' gets noir revival, 'Sign of the Cross' goes over the top.
Dennis Harvey -
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New music

Music

New Music: Electronic tracks touch down, from Moor Mother to Mauritius

Avalon Emerson, Otik, Chiminyo, more bring sounds from around the dance floor world.
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Local arts

Art

Michelle E. Fillmore paints to connect—and manage pandemic emotions

The Oakland photorealist's work depicts mystery, transformation, and the identity crisis imposed by our moment.
Mary Corbin -
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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. -
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Cannabis

Puff

PUFF: How I got my high back

After months of isolation, it may be time to adjust your habits—with flower by Lolo, prerolls from Jack Herer, and some Kwik Ease
Dan Karkoska -
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Visions of liberation that don’t quite live up to legends

'The Glorias' and 'I Am Woman' let subjects down, 'Native Son' gets noir revival, 'Sign of the Cross' goes over the top.
Dennis Harvey -
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New Music: Electronic tracks touch down, from Moor Mother to Mauritius

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Avalon Emerson, Otik, Chiminyo, more bring sounds from around the dance floor world.
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Saving San Francisco's Heart

Finally, a state Senate debate

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Plus: The municipal corruption scandal and the state of the city's economy. That's The Agenda for Sept. 28-Oct. 4
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An epic, equitable ‘Power Shift’ for Hope Mohr Dance’s latest

Dance Rita Felciano -
Anti-racism training, Magic squares, 'Space Carcasses,' more refocus on BIPOC improvisation practitioners for company's Bridge Project.
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Foreign Correspondent: The turmoil in Belarus

Foreign Correspondent Reese Erlich -
Belarusian political activists face a difficult situation, caught between a ruthless dictator and a potential Western takeover of their country.
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces full lineup—and $1 million artist relief

Music John-Paul Shiver -
The beloved fest returns online with archived and new performances, and direct help for musicians
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Screen Grabs: Who will live in cities? Who will save our parks?

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
Political docs 'Push' and "Public Trust' raise unique yet urgent questions, and go beyond the usual 'You better vote' message
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Gavin Newsom’s climate hypocrisy

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Sure, electric cars are great -- but what about ending oil and gas extraction (including fracking) in California?
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Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong

Nightlife Marke B. -
Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment, insists he was justified by city inaction.
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A displacement housing bill barely dies — but it will come back

Housing Zelda Bronstein -
Measure to turn any single-family lot into four units -- with zero affordable housing -- is the top of the Scott Wiener/Yimby agenda.
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Local Listen: Sounds for your next Bay Area beat session

Music John-Paul Shiver -
From party crew As You Like It's new label to Mix Master Mike and Steve Jordan's expansive 'Beat Odyssey 2020,' our new local music column turns on to the musical wealth in our midst.
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OPINION: How I brought back the Bay’s favorite dog mag

Opinion M Rocket -
Bay Woof returns as online nonprofit resource—as dog adoptions hit new heights, but related businesses struggle.
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A warped film fest for warped times

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Mr. HoleHead's Warped Dimension beams good ol' fashioned chills, kills, and cheap thrills to your Zoom room.
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Tom Dolby weaves life history into ‘The Artist’s Wife’

Movies Pam Grady -
The SF-born director folds his family story into a tale of dementia, art, and marriage.
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Housing

A displacement housing bill barely dies — but it will come back

Measure to turn any single-family lot into four units -- with zero affordable housing -- is the top of the Scott Wiener/Yimby agenda.
Housing Zelda Bronstein -
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Housing

Now it’s the mayor attacking the supes

Tim Redmond -
Breed tells business group that the progressive majority is against housing -- but the evidence shows otherwise.
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.
Homelessness

The privilege of breathing

Tiny -
How can you shelter in place when you have no shelter?

Elections

The most important political story of 2020 that nearly every campaign is ignoring

The very rich stole $50 trillion from the rest of us in the past 45 years. Why aren't we all outraged?
Elections Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

From the RNC to Kenosha: racism and death

Tim Redmond -
Two days after a pair of gun-toting white vigilantes got a prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, a gun-toting white vigilante shot...
Campaign Trail

The horror that is the RNC

Tim Redmond -
I almost couldn’t watch. And I’ve watched a lot of bad politics. The Republican Convention has been something different, a new low beyond the worst...
Campaign Trail

Biden’s convention: Powerful images, powerful speeches ….

Tim Redmond -
Wednesday night was about fighting back. The speakers took on Donald Trump, with former President Barack Obama – normally the calm, measured voice of...
Campaign Trail

Convention, Day One: It’s all about “together.”

Tim Redmond -
The word of the day was “together.” We hear it all the time in Democratic Party circles, usually from the more centrist side. It’s...

City Hall

Finally, a state Senate debate

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

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

Tim Redmond -
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

A quiet, sweetheart deal for the cops

Tim Redmond -
The Board of Supes will meet in closed session Tuesday/18 to discuss negotiations with city employee unions, and one of the issues on the...

Opinion

OPINION: How I brought back the Bay’s favorite dog mag

Bay Woof returns as online nonprofit resource—as dog adoptions hit new heights, but related businesses struggle.
Opinion M Rocket -
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News + Politics

RIP, the Notorious RBG

Rebecca Young -
How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.
Opinion

OPINION: What a protest looks like without police

Magick Altman -
At a DSA march, community activists cleared the streets and provided medical attention.
Homelessness

OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights

Paul Boden -
Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities...
Opinion

How to move forward on improving the Castro—and all queer nightlife

Levi Maxwell -
This is part two of a two-part essay on how Castro nightlife can be improved for queer Black people and people of color. Read...

Movies

Screen Grabs: Visions of liberation that don’t quite live up to legends

'The Glorias' and 'I Am Woman' let subjects down, 'Native Son' gets noir revival, 'Sign of the Cross' goes over the top.
Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey -
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Who will live in cities? Who will save our parks?

Dennis Harvey -
Political docs 'Push' and "Public Trust' raise unique yet urgent questions, and go beyond the usual 'You better vote' message
Movies

A warped film fest for warped times

Dennis Harvey -
Mr. HoleHead's Warped Dimension beams good ol' fashioned chills, kills, and cheap thrills to your Zoom room.
Movies

Tom Dolby weaves life history into ‘The Artist’s Wife’

Pam Grady -
The SF-born director folds his family story into a tale of dementia, art, and marriage.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Keeping it together—and falling apart

Dennis Harvey -
Spotlight on mental health with Blackbird, Last Call, the Swerve, Rialto, and Oliver Sacks. Plus: The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Space Dogs

Music

New Music: Electronic tracks touch down, from Moor Mother to Mauritius

Avalon Emerson, Otik, Chiminyo, more bring sounds from around the dance floor world.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Music

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces full lineup—and $1 million artist relief

John-Paul Shiver -
The beloved fest returns online with archived and new performances, and direct help for musicians
Music

Local Listen: Sounds for your next Bay Area beat session

John-Paul Shiver -
From party crew As You Like It's new label to Mix Master Mike and Steve Jordan's expansive 'Beat Odyssey 2020,' our new local music column turns on to the musical wealth in our midst.
Music

From Herbie Hancock to Angela Davis: Monterey Jazz Fest comes to you

John-Paul Shiver -
Moving online and back to its roots, the 63rd installment of the legendary fest focuses on history and support of Black community.
Music

Naima Shalhoub wields strength of community on debut studio album ‘SIPHR’

John-Paul Shiver -
The multi-faceted Oakland musician summons Lebanese heritage on follow-up to 'Live in San Francisco County Jail.'

Art

Michelle E. Fillmore paints to connect—and manage pandemic emotions

The Oakland photorealist's work depicts mystery, transformation, and the identity crisis imposed by our moment.
Art Mary Corbin -
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Art

Photographer Dorothea Lange’s archive now available online at OMCA

Emily Wilson -
The collection presents the iconic Lange as the personable creator she was—and a local picturmaker to boot.
Art

Open Studios offers virtual walk-throughs, glimpses into artists’ lives

Maddy Clifford -
The 45-year-old tradition is using Instagram and online parties to introduce the latest work of dozens of creators.
Art

Sirron Norris’ cartooning classes take to internet for COVID summer

Emily Wilson -
No reason for kids to lay down their pencils in the pandemic, says the iconic Bay Area artist.
Art

Artist Tim Presley rediscovers spark robbed by addiction in new book

Daniel Bromfield -
These painted figures that fill the pages of Tim Presley's new book Under the Banner of Concern seem to know your secrets. No matter...

Performance

An epic, equitable ‘Power Shift’ for Hope Mohr Dance’s latest

Anti-racism training, Magic squares, 'Space Carcasses,' more refocus on BIPOC improvisation practitioners for company's Bridge Project.
Dance Rita Felciano -
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Culture

With glamour and grit, Red Vic aims for permanent queer housing transformation

Joshua Rotter -
How much is that drag queen in the window? Chip in to support QT BIPOC housing and you'll help stabilize a community.
Music

SF Symphony dives into diverse local sounds with online ‘Currents’

Marke B. -
"Music isn't just about an end result. It's about what people do and how people come into things," conductor Michael Morgan told me over...
Onstage

The unstoppable ‘Who’s Your Mami Comedy’ Zooms your way

Joshua Rotter -
The pandemic may have indefinitely shuttered comedy clubs, but it can’t stop, won’t stop the irrepressible force of Marga Gomez. For as long as...
Culture

Searing, prescient, hilarious: ‘Laughter Against the Machine’ returns onscreen

Marke B. -
Travel back with me to a distant time when the economy had collapsed, the country was visibly divided, protesters took over the streets, a...

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 -
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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

Why the Post Office matters

When I arrived in San Francisco in 1981, the Post Office on Clayton street was my lifeline. We used to call Clayton “Post Office...
Business + Tech Tim Redmond -
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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...
Business + Tech

Uber, Lyft drivers rally as state sues the companies

Garrett Leahy -
On Thursday, about 50 Uber and Lyft drivers joined a caravan outside  the Uber Greenlight Hub in Oakland demanding that the rideshare companies classify...
Labor

Giants and Warriors give their workers the boot

Marc Norton -
I got the email firing me from my job at the Giants ballpark on Monday evening, July 27. On Tuesday evening I learned from...

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. -
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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: How I got my high back

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 Dan Karkoska -
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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...
Puff

Puff: A day for dabs

Dan Karkoska -
As we push through a year like no other, we reach another cannabis milestone day, 710! What is 710? It is the high holy day...
Puff

Puff: Get high on Pride

Dan Karkoska -
As I read all my Pride-inspired emails this year, it is funny how many gummies now have special Pride tins. I know for certain...

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