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Party Radar: Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom Street Fair fiestas

Disco Daddy, Hard Reset, Soft Play, Power Snatch, Bears in Space, Horse Meat Disco, Grunt, Squish, Ew!, Chunk, more freaky affairs

Nightlife Marke B. - September 25, 2025

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Fantastic Negrito

Oakland-raised singer-songwriter refuses to rest on laurels, turning in a painfully introspective album with 'Son of a Broken Man.'

Arts + Culture Lou Fancher - September 25, 2025

Leather, lace, and hardware: All the looks you need at Folsom Street Fair

From Five and Diamond to Love Lorn Lingerie—a tour through some of the fine fetish fashions on offer at the festival.

Fashion Joshua Rotter - September 24, 2025

New study shows why Lurie’s zoning plan will never make housing affordable

Detailed housing data from 2015 to 2022 shows that developers aren't building what the city needs—and are damaging vulnerable communities

Housing Tim Redmond - September 24, 2025

News + Politics

Watch: 48 Hills’ Tim Redmond talks Engardio recall, ‘family zoning plan’ on Doomloop Dispatch

Tim Redmond - September 24, 2025

Our editor appeared on the podcast to delve into the roots of the housing crisis and discuss how to fight another tech takeover.

Music

Portola’s party daze triumphed. But will it return in 2026?

Tamara Palmer - September 24, 2025

Two days spent eating to the beat of raver nostalgia (and Xtina's Grindr bleeps) on Pier 80, wondering if it ever has to end.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: SF Opera and Shotgun Players ask, What price life?

Charles Lewis III - September 24, 2025

'Dead Man Walking' and 'The Motion' investigate the value we place on existence, in very different ways.

Music

Under the Stars: The necessary genius of Saul Williams (and friends)

John-Paul Shiver - September 23, 2025

Plus: Prince's worldly curveball, Jessy Lanza's tender life slap, Armed Byrd takes flight, more new music

Immigration

New state ‘loitering’ law could lead to racial profiling and deportations

Serena Finney - September 23, 2025

In the name of fighting sex trafficking, the state just opened the door to racial profiling, abuse, and helping ICE

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Best of the Bay

Just one week left to vote for Best of the Bay!

Marke B. - September 23, 2025

Best Burrito, Best Drag Show, Best Street Fair, Best Bookstore... Voting ends September 30—tell us what you love!

Housing

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener’s SB 79

Michael Barnes - September 22, 2025

Do that math: This will never work. And it undermines all the twisted efforts cities are making to comply with RHNA

Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Z Space

Charles Lewis III - September 22, 2025

A blessedly versatile former can factory has become a well-established gem of a stage complex—and party place.

Music

Iconoclastic as ever, Hunx and His Punx mix the apocalyptic with the cheery

Daniel Bromfield - September 22, 2025

Long-awaited new LP 'Walk Out On This World' came through tragedy to deliver sweet garage punk goods.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Blasting off with Jordan Belson’s mind-expanding cinema

Dennis Harvey - September 22, 2025

Plus: 'Cannes for dirtbags' Scumdance Fest, Emma Thompson on thin ice, and a 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' love letter.

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Contest

Win tickets to Folsom Street Fair’s official (and very naughty) parties!

Marke B. - September 22, 2025

Grab a fun friend and hit up Freak Curious, Magnitude, and/or Deviants: Here's how to enter

The Agenda

Here’s what Scott Wiener has done

Tim Redmond - September 21, 2025

Plus: A massive Amazon delivery center bringing more pollution to Bayview? That's The Agenda for Sept. 22-29

Opinion

Some modest suggestions for Mayor Lurie to appoint for D4 supe

Joel Schechter - September 21, 2025

A lot of people who could add some progressive humor to the city seem to be out of jobs

Music

Rock legend Andy Summers takes aim with a different instrument

Joshua Rotter - September 20, 2025

New multimedia tour is 'nothing like what I did in the Police at all,' says guitarist and photographer.

Culture

5 Folsom Street Fair experiences to whip up your fun

Marke B. - September 20, 2025

Drag terror, live punk, Mother DJ, bondage art, and pink lemonade top our list of 'special excitements' at this year's Sun/28 event.

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