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Good Taste: Legendary House of Nanking releases first cookbook

Kathy and Peter Fang share the secrets of their family’s celebrated, 37-year-old Chinatown restaurant.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - July 1, 2025

See a show for free at the awesome Lost Church this month

From indie and Americana concerts to sketch comedy and performance art, there's something for everyone. But act fast!

Contest Marke B. - July 1, 2025

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

Housing Tim Redmond - July 1, 2025

Trump wants to censor US history at national parks

The truth about Tule Lake, Alcatraz, Sutro Baths and hundreds of other sites could be erased under an executive order

News + Politics Elaine Elinson - June 30, 2025

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News + Politics

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2025

Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6

Music

Under the Stars: Lopsided Australian avant-punk coming to town, prepare for obsession

John-Paul Shiver - June 30, 2025

Plus: Fresh tracks from Bar Part Time's new label, Private Joy—and a new Talking Heads video starring Saoirse Ronan?

Lit

Bay Area journalist heads down bumpy road to recovery in ‘Lying Drunk’

Lou Fancher - June 28, 2025

But Tony Hicks wants to be clear—this is no self-help book.

City Hall

SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

Joel Schechter - June 28, 2025

Will Mayor Lurie invite the rich New Yorkers who are scared of a democratic socialist to move here? Yikes!

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Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Immigration Marke B. - June 27, 2025

Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.

Behind the late-night budget deal

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 26, 2025

The mayor got most of what he wanted. The process was a train wreck

Under the Stars: Bidding adieu to the Phoenix Hotel (to the rhythm of drum and bass)

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 26, 2025

Plus: Trax Records turns 40, Isaac Hayes the American master, Mae Powell's squishy heart, more.

Supes, mayor at budget impasse

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 25, 2025

Layoffs, housing money at issue as Lurie won't back down on cuts

Lurie zoning plan has no support at all except the Yimby coalition

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 25, 2025

No small business group, no neighborhood group ... it's as if the mayor isn't even trying to find consensus

The silly ‘red scare’ over New York’s leading candidate for mayor

The Agenda Tim Redmond - June 25, 2025

Mamdani's platform is just common sense, and it worked; is the Democratic Party Old Guard even paying attention?

Drama Masks: Finding the comfort zone

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - June 25, 2025

Queers do the classics in 'Coriolanus,' 'The Blackest Wrench' provides a Juneteenth safe space, more.

How Bliss Fest blew the big-budget competition away

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 25, 2025

Presidio Theatre's cozy little gathering, starring Martin Luther McCoy and The Seshen. IYKYK.

Good Taste: Mystery bags for the frugal food-lover

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - June 25, 2025

Tinned fish surprises, plus an app that promises 'grocery's best kept deals.'

PRIDE PARTY RADAR: Viva la Lesbianaissance + 35 more rainbows to ride

Party Radar Marke B. - June 25, 2025

Pink Block, Juanita More Pride, Hard French, Purple Disco Machine, partying for prison abolition, a slew of dyke bars... too much? Never!

Blue Bottle workers announce intent to organize union at four East Bay locations

Culture Caitlin Donohue - June 25, 2025

Response from management at Nestle-owned company appears to be firing a popular worker leader.

BIG WEEK: Marching bands and a Bayview snack parade, Gay Indians celebrate 50, WNBA pride, much more

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - June 24, 2025

Too many things to do! Hit up the Trans March, Bong-O Bingo, Franki Jupiter, Ice-T, 'Idomeno'—the list goes on.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: A Bollywood-inflected tale of sneaky lesbian vs. imperious mom

That's 'The Queen of My Dreams.' Plus: ATA's Anti-Fascist Film Series, experimental Taiwanese flicks, feminist docs, more.

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 24, 2025

Showtime, queers: the complete guide to Frameline

Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

From piercing icon to flaming ecosexuals, Frameline’s tales of rupture and survival

Music

See a show for free at the awesome Lost Church this month

From indie and Americana concerts to sketch comedy and performance art, there's something for everyone. But act fast!

Contest Marke B. - July 1, 2025

Under the Stars: Bidding adieu to the Phoenix Hotel (to the rhythm of drum and bass)

How Bliss Fest blew the big-budget competition away

Live Shots: Compton, Oakland took the stage at Stern Grove Festival

Art

Kayhan’s revolt against FOMO photography

Iranian scholar's exquisitely rendered tones recalls work of Dutch masters.

Art Review DeWitt Cheng - June 17, 2025

Black quilters of ‘Routed West’ stitched proof of what lasts

African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

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Housing

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

Housing Tim Redmond - July 1, 2025

Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan

Board of Appeals sets dangerous precedent for demolishing rental housing

Appeals Board hearing raises key issue about protecting existing rental units

Politics

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6

News + Politics Tim Redmond - June 30, 2025

Behind the late-night budget deal

Supes, mayor at budget impasse

Lurie zoning plan has no support at all except the Yimby coalition

Opinion

No, you can’t ‘save’ queer people by bombing them to death

Bastardizing the fight for gay rights to justify war, whether on Gaza or Iran, is ridiculous and must end.

Editorial Marke B. - June 23, 2025

The Cherry Blossom Festival is complicit in police violence and the crisis in Gaza

The Dyke March needs help to return full-throttle

Rümeysa Öztürk’s ‘last’ Op-Ed

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