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A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

'End Times' and a 21st Century version of a 19th Century phenomenon
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Why won’t the media call a lie a lie?

Trump and RFK, Jr. constantly and deliberately spew falsehoods. We know this, they know this—why doesn't the press?
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News + Politics

Supes reject PG&E’s latest attempt to delay public power—but where is Lurie?

The mayor will soon name a PUC general manager, who will need to stand up to PG&E. The future of clean, cheap municipal power hangs in the balance
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Humor

A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

'End Times' and a 21st Century version of a 19th Century phenomenon
Joel Schechter -
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Media

Why won’t the media call a lie a lie?

Trump and RFK, Jr. constantly and deliberately spew falsehoods. We know this, they know this—why doesn't the press?
Bruce Mirken -
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News + Politics

Supes reject PG&E’s latest attempt to delay public power—but where is Lurie?

The mayor will soon name a PUC general manager, who will need to stand up to PG&E. The future of clean, cheap municipal power hangs in the balance
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

The oligarch, charter school, and GOP ally money behind the attacks on Connie Chan

Abundant Future is funding the hit pieces. Here's who is funding that PAC
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The Agenda

AI operators aren’t slowing down; they are becoming even more of a threat to democracy

Plus: Will Lurie support public power? We will find out this week
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: San Francisco Trans March

Despite opportunistic politicos and police violence this year, the steadfast protest has proved that trans folks can win the fight.
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Culture

Grab discount early bird tickets to our big Triple Gala

On October 27, we celebrate 13 years of 48 Hills, 60 years of the Bay Guardian, and 52 years of Best of the Bay. Support us and party!
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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding
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Music

An extraordinary pianist plays her way through immigration limbo

Effectively exiled from Hong Kong after voicing dissent, and facing visa uncertainty here, Tin Yi Chelsea Wong still shares her art
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Onstage

Drama Masks: The curtain falls at SF Opera

Plus: A giant cucumber enchants in 'Manning' and 'African Stew' captures Black American and Black African divide.
Charles Lewis III -
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Protest

Up against Palantir: A community forum confronts threats to privacy

Activists from around the country converged in Oakland, strategizing efforts to fight back against the corporate surveillance state
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Housing

Lurie’s tenant protection plan won’t really protect many tenants

But hey: At least he admit there's a crisis—caused to a great degree by his embrace of the AI industry
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: SCRAP SF

Beloved 50-year-old "Scroungers’ Center for Reusable Art Parts" has found a giant new home—and remains a bonanza for crafters and artists.
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The Agenda

Want to slow down AI before it kills us? Maybe just cancel all the IPOs

Plus: How Lurie wants more control (and what it will mean) ... and can we please have a functional Sunshine Task Force? That's The Agenda for Sept. 13-20.
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

The world, and my life, changed on Sept. 11, 25 years ago

I was a few blocks away from Ground Zero. I didn't even know what happened until I went out for a coffee I will never forget
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Remembrance

Jim Balderston, reporter. 1955-2026

Award-winning Bay Guardian journalist, he was the life of the party—and a very good friend.
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Healthcare

A (temporary) win for science and sanity

Congress rejects rule that would give Trump control over all research and academic grants—for now
Bruce Mirken -
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Humor

A search for the corrupt insiders in Lurie’s City Hall

The mayor says he wants to root them out. Maybe he should start with the billionaires funding his charter amendments
Joel Schechter -
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Campaign Trail

AI, sexual harassment, and a drag queen at a nurse’s convention

An attempt to make sense of the races for Congress and D8 in San Francisco
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Opinion

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

Giant, predatory Greystar Parntners is developing 400 Divis. Mahmood and the Yimbys are cheering
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The Agenda

Lurie and Mamdani could not be more different

Plus: Big Tech money moves into D10 .... and will the Planning Commission approve a project without knowing what it is? That's The Agenda for Sept. 7-14
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Police

SFPD drone spying policy faces backlash

Community groups, commission members dubious about letting cops use surveillance technology without more guardrails
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Labor

Security guards protect billion-dollar tech companies—and can’t get a decent contract

Some of the richest companies in the world are protected by some of the lowest-paid workers.
Quin Stevens -
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Campaign Trail

Let’s just say it: The SF Democratic Party has become a total embarrassment

A progressive city has an incompetent, right-wing clown show controlling the local party
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Business + Tech

It’s not just Flock

Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better
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News + Politics

Public bank kicks off campaign; Lurie asks for $33 million more for dubious contract …

... Plus: Waymo and the Blue Angels, drones delivering packages—and why does the Chron care more about a team owner's sex life than the horrifying, deadly working conditions on the field? That's The Agenda for Aug. 30-Sept. 6
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Crime

SF jail conditions are shockingly bad—and there’s a reason for that

This is what "tough on crime" means: Out of sight, people who have been convicted of nothing suffer violence and fear on a regular basis
Tim Redmond -
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The Agenda

Give the gift of Tim Redmond!

Gift subscriptions to Tim's exclusive weekly Agenda newsletter are now enabled—impress a friend or relative.
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Campaign Trail

Billionaires bought the SF Democratic Party. Why are we suprised at its endorsements?

The Big Tech slate won control of the DCCC. Now they're using it for their agenda. It's a total embarrassment
Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

OPINION: These police sex-worker stings have got to stop

Why are the cops and the news media obsessing about the sex lives of consenting adults?
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A drag disaster to die for

Farewell, Dolly Parton. And hello 'Disastrous!'—D'Arcy Drollinger's latest uproarious sendup of '70s genre flicks.
Charles Lewis III -
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Housing

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

Wiener's housing laws are set up for cities and counties to fail, allowing developers to do almost anything they want, for many years to come
Michael Barnes -
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Opinion

Jenkins sends a Trump-like message with bridge protester trial

San Francisco DAs have never charged peaceful protesters with felonies and forced them to trial. Now it's happened
Bobbie Stein -
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Humor

Here’s a trade deal: Lurie for Mamdani and maybe a Knicks’ point guard

Steph Curry is off the table, but maybe our billionaire mayor would like to ride a Waymo down Fifth Avenue
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Remembrance

RIP, Dolly: Read our 2011 interview about drag queens, dance floors, honky tonk preaching

“I couldn’t really get much gaudier—unless maybe I walked out with a beaver on my head!” We'll miss you, Country Queen.
Marke B. -
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The Agenda

Ro Khanna’s endorsement of Connie Chan could make a difference with Chakrabarti voters

Plus: Will the local Democratic Party side with the billionaires—and why is Lurie opposing affordable housing? That's The Agenda for Aug. 23-30
Tim Redmond -
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Business + Tech

Communities are aligning to fight data centers: A report from rural Wisconsin

Across the political spectrum, people are organizing against Big Tech—and it could have national implications
JJ Lansing -
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Opinion

OPINION: The danger of Stefani’s nuisance law for sex workers and people of color

AB 2001 allows city attorneys to weaponize past charges to seize property and shut down businesses
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Lit

Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction

'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story
Tim Redmond -
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Campaign Trail

Lurie attacks affordable housing plan—and undermines his own proposal

By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund.
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