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Good Taste: Our dining column turns 200 with a culinary crossword

Celebrate our big birthday with a puzzle composed of delicious local delights. Can you name them all?

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - November 4, 2025

Rich Family Zoning Plan delayed again as data shows it will not lower rents

State Sen. Scott Wiener was (finally) front and center in the debate over a plan that has no funding or provisions for affordable housing

Housing Tim Redmond - November 4, 2025

Dorsey pushes an end to Housing First—and an end to controls on government spying

Supes oust Prop. C author from commission as Dorsey calls for an end to tight limits on surveillance technology

Homelessness Tim Redmond - November 4, 2025

Score a FREE Cirque du Soleil ticket (and help save local indie media, too)

New big top show ECHO comes to Oracle Park starting Nov. 20—here's how to get a ticket and support 48 Hills.

Exclusive Marke B. - November 4, 2025

LGBTQ

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2025

Library event celebrates groundbreaking 1950 Mattachine Society, which helped shape modern queer identity.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest kicks off with ‘Palestine 36’

Dennis Harvey - November 3, 2025

Plus: Doc Stories, Ode to Joy, Gunvor Nelson, Marta Mateus, Rithy Pahn, terrific 'Train Dreams,' misfire 'Nuremberg,' more movies

The Agenda

Obscure bill could open more neighborhoods to chain stores (and undermine labor)

Tim Redmond - November 2, 2025

Plus: Conditions at a private prison in the Tenderloin, Lurie's Rich Family Housing Plan, and taxing the billionaires ... that's The Agenda for Nov. 3 to 10

Protest

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Marke B. - November 1, 2025

Colorful protest at 100 Montgomery drew attention to immigration court abductions, with drag, costumes, and piñatas.

Music

Live Shots: Lorna Shore brought deathcore power and stunning lights to Masonic

D.A. Mission - November 1, 2025

New Jersey quintet tore into favorites like 'To the Hellfire,' 'Of the Abyss,' and 'Unbreakable.'

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Lit

In ‘Vera,’ Gary Shteyngart depicts growing up in a world becoming ever more cruel

Lou Fancher - November 1, 2025

The writer draws on his Soviet childhood—and watching his own son today—for latest novel about a wondrous little girl.

Housing

New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices

Tim Redmond - October 31, 2025

The Yimbys are furious that a new report says upzoning won't produce much new housing. The bigger story is that it will fail to produce affordability

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Help alleviate hunger at these local orgs and eateries

Tamara Palmer - October 31, 2025

Benefits are being cut, need is surging: Here's where to lend a hand or donation—or where to get food yourself.

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop phase one beams in Cali power players

John-Paul Shiver - October 31, 2025

Plus: RIP Ace Frehley, Jay Som swings back strong, Nas knocks with symphonics, Yazmin Lacey's quiet conquest, more music

Development

Activists pressure Melgar on key element of mayor’s Rich Family Zoning Plan

Tim Redmond - October 30, 2025

Land Use chair will have to decide between tenant activists and the mayor

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Art

From ball courts to Chase Center, Adia Millett captures the visual jazz of interconnectedness

Mary Corbin - October 30, 2025

'The Bay Area lifestyle feels liberated, casual, and saturated with color,' says the Oakland artist.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Great Pumpkin edition—all you need to Halloween (and Día, too)

Marke B. - October 30, 2025

Kronos Quartet, Ben Klock, Sama' Abdulhadi, Substance Fest, Día de los Muertos concerts, much more light up the city.

City Hall

Natalie Gee, community organizer, enters race for D4 supervisor

Tim Redmond - October 29, 2025

Candidate offers a platform of opening the Great Highway, opposing Lurie's upzoning—and taxing the rich

Music

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

Daniel Bromfield - October 29, 2025

SF producer attempts to 'create the arc of a lovemaking session'—and a brilliant listen comes forth.

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Halloweek brings the scares, killer clowns and all

Dennis Harvey - October 29, 2025

Plus: Spike & Mike's Animation Fest returns, a vivid look at Artsakh, stranger-than-fiction 'Mistress Dispeller,' more movies

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Featured

Good Taste: Our dining column turns 200 with a culinary crossword

Rich Family Zoning Plan delayed again as data shows it will not lower rents

Dorsey pushes an end to Housing First—and an end to controls on government spying

Score a FREE Cirque du Soleil ticket (and help save local indie media, too)

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest kicks off with ‘Palestine 36’

Obscure bill could open more neighborhoods to chain stores (and undermine labor)

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Live Shots: Lorna Shore brought deathcore power and stunning lights to Masonic

In ‘Vera,’ Gary Shteyngart depicts growing up in a world becoming ever more cruel

New study makes clear: The Wiener-Lurie plan will NOT bring down housing prices

Good Taste: Help alleviate hunger at these local orgs and eateries

Under the Stars: Noise Pop phase one beams in Cali power players

Activists pressure Melgar on key element of mayor’s Rich Family Zoning Plan

From ball courts to Chase Center, Adia Millett captures the visual jazz of interconnectedness

BIG WEEK: Great Pumpkin edition—all you need to Halloween (and Día, too)

Natalie Gee, community organizer, enters race for D4 supervisor

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

Screen Grabs: Halloweek brings the scares, killer clowns and all

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