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Parks Alliance leaders duck oversight hearing, so supes agree to issue subpoenas

Key leaders will be forced to testify at future hearing as public comment raises odd question about Rec-Park Director Phil Ginsburg

News + Politics Tim Redmond - June 5, 2025

Tune-Yard’s Berkeley ticket sales support East Bay houselessness pub ‘Street Spirit’

Duo's kaleidoscopic new album is called 'Better Dreaming'—quite the imperative.

Music Joshua Rotter - June 5, 2025

The media’s dangerous ‘sanewashing’ of RFK Jr.

He's not a vaccine 'skeptic,' he's a cynic—and mainstream publications are playing a losing game with our health.

Culture Bruce Mirken - June 5, 2025

Brutality of Lurie budget comes into focus as labor, community vow to fight back

Many of the cuts will hurt the most vulnerable but much of the damage is still not clear

The Agenda Tim Redmond - June 4, 2025

Gaming

The retro sleuthing pleasures of Puzzle Spy International

Leah Isobel - June 4, 2025

Oakland-based duo Mike and Talia Dashow's artful brainteaser game calls up '60s spy capers and Carmen Sandiego memories.

Music

Under the Stars: With Tiny Desk triumph, hometown hip-hop hero Ruby Ibarra returns

John-Paul Shiver - June 4, 2025

Plus: Mourning [A] BLKstar refuses to let Black music be boxed in, Destroy Boys get their national shine.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Gotta give ’em hope

Charles Lewis III - June 4, 2025

Stars of 'Harvey Milk Imagined' shine amid take too tragic for Pride month, 'Pacific Overtures' tries to resuscitate a challenging Sondheim.

What To Do

BIG WEEK: Roar into summer with Circus Bella, Oakland Carnival, and Harajuku Lumpia Fest

Caitlin Donohue - June 3, 2025

Plus: A truly delicious Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Negro Leagues and the blues, Justin Vivian Bond, Soul Slam, and more.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pride you can taste

Tamara Palmer - June 3, 2025

Queer culinary history abounds via throwback ice cream, a closing classic, and dinner theater fit for a riot.

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Housing

New Yimby bill would make it harder for cities to raise money for affordabe housing

Tim Redmond - June 3, 2025

Wicks measure would undermine one of the few tools cities have to tax big real-estate for housing money

News + Politics

State Legislative staffers make money on outside political gigs–and it’s a potential conflict

Dylan Gunn and Tim Redmond - June 2, 2025

Records show some senior staffers are also political consultants on the side; 'it looks bad'

Housing

The new state housing numbers, the Yimbys, and a bit of Econ 101

Michael Barnes - June 2, 2025

An economist explains what the latest data shows—and doesn't show—about the affordable housing crisis in California

Arts + Culture

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

Caitlin Donohue - June 2, 2025

City appears to have no additional plans to fund SF organizations, as support dwindles in US, state, and city budgets.

Art Review

Mysterious O.G. McRibb maps our technological death wish

DeWitt Cheng - June 2, 2025

Aggressive trickster—shh, it's Scott Hove of Cakeland—exhibits paintings of unstoppable juggernaut.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Country creep abounds at BAMPFA’s rural noir series

Dennis Harvey - June 2, 2025

Plus: Terrifyingly eccentric Obayashi's greatest hits, and Palo Alto's Stanford Theater celebrates 100 years.

The Agenda

What the Lurie budget does—and doesn’t—offer

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2025

Plus: What did the director of Rec-Park know about the Parks Alliance scandal? That's The Agenda for Jun3 1-8

Art

Pleasure in the accident: Stephen Namara’s new graphic language

Mary Corbin - June 1, 2025

In an intimate interview, longtime creative speaks of delving into the unknown.

Onstage

‘Co-Founders’ taps into universal hustle, from Silicon Valley to Vallejo

Emily Wilson - June 1, 2025

A co-sign from E-40 and real-world tech experience power a surprising musical at ACT.

Lit

Two-time Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl shares her most valuable ‘Lessons’

Lou Fancher - June 1, 2025

Playwright's essays relay wisdom imparted by professional role models, writer's block, and a gerbil.

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