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Screen Grabs: Going big, from Woodstock to Godzilla

Dennis Harvey - May 27, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Bigger is presumably better this week, with Godzilla: King of the Monsters (the third Hollywood film about the critter who’s starred in...

Arts + Culture

I want my SF DocFest: Our critic’s top picks

Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2019

Truth is reliably stranger than fiction at SF DocFest, whose 18th annual edition takes over the Roxie Theater for eleven days starting May 30, with...

News + Politics

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

“Excuse me, how many of you are sleeping under there?” a nasal voice yelled into the cardboard box my mama and me were sleeping...

News + Politics

Under fire, SF cops announce criminal investigation of reporter

Michael Toren - May 21, 2019

In a highly unusual move, SF Police Chief Bill Scott said today that the freelance journalist whose house was raided 11 days ago is...

News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Tim Redmond - May 20, 2019

The fate of the property of journalist Bryan Carmody – and the role of the local courts in allowing a clearly illegal search warrant...

News + Politics

The real lessons from the surging numbers of homeless people on the streets of SF

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2019

The biggest takeaway from the disturbing (but not surprising) new homeless-count numbers is not that there are more homeless people on the streets. We...

News + Politics

Finally, a city study says public power makes perfect sense

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2019

It’s hard to believe, after I’ve spent more than three decades talking about the advantages of public power in San Francisco, that City Hall...

News + Politics

BREAKING: Wiener’s housing deregulation bill on hold — for now

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2019

State Senator Scott Wiener’s AB 50, which would have deregulated housing across California, was pulled from this year’s Legislative session today. Sen. Anthony Portantino, who...

Housing

New study challenges Wiener’s approach to housing

Tim Redmond - May 12, 2019

Pretty much everybody who’s paying attention to the housing crisis in San Francisco – except, apparently, the Chronicle – is talking about the new...

‘Queer California: Untold Stories’: a confetti shower of the overlooked

Matt Sussman - May 10, 2019

ART LOOKS Traversing decades, mediums, and populations, Queer California: Untold Stories, on view through August 11 at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), aims...

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