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News + Politics

More details emerge in Mission police shooting

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2019

We learned a lot more Tuesday night about the shooting of Jamaica Hampton – and it was, at best, disturbing. Chief Bill Scott released at...

Our critic picks 2019’s Music of Note

John-Paul Shiver - December 18, 2019

There is no through-line to this 2019 Music of Note line-up. Just honest music that runs the gamut of progressive soul, breakbeat mayhem, a...

Onstage

Review: Toot toot! Beep beep! It’s the Donna Summer musical

Marke B. - December 7, 2019

On paper, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" (through December 29 at Golden Gate Theater) doesn't have much going for it: another jukebox musical in...

Housing

Supes to vote on Wiener’s development bill

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2019

A Board of Supes committee will decide Thursday/5whether to oppose state Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50– and at this point, there are eight votes...

Arts + Culture

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

James Tracy - December 3, 2019

In Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, labor historian Peter Cole uncovers the undocumented history of waterfront...

Onstage

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Joshua Rotter - December 2, 2019

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: What’s next for Bolivia after military coup?

Reese Erlich - November 29, 2019

In 2005, I sat in a lounge off the Senate chamber in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting for an interview. I was wearing my best...

Housing

Swept to death

Tiny - November 27, 2019

“We know Caltrans has two trucks, one for the stuff they think they can sell, one for the stuff they throw away,” said Rosa...

5 artists you can’t miss from Noise Pop’s second wave

John-Paul Shiver - November 25, 2019

Facilitators of Noise Pop, the annual independent music festival that takes place in San Francisco the week of February 24th-March 1st, just announced their...

News + Politics

A nonprofit alliance becomes an ally of Big Telecom

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - November 24, 2019

It's not unusual for businesses to spend princely sums lobbying government to free them from regulations, which generally means consumer protections are reduced or...

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