Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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The Tom and Tim Show: The jail, the cops, missing Sara Shortt …

By Tim Redmond

… and what’s up with Gavin Newsom and pot anyway? We talk about the week

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Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

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