Stories about Bay Area
The Patty Hearst kidnapping and the rise of community-based organizations in SF
Two new books on the bizarre chapter in local history ignore the important political outcome.
What is Bay Area drag? Oaklash Festival has some wild ideas
Mainstream TV drag be damned—local luminaries revolutionize the art form in a weekend's worth of eye-popping shows.
Arts Forecast: Bye, bye, Babylon…
Beach Blanket Babylon announces it's closing. Plus: Cerrone, Mercury Soul, Dream Bodies, Bikes to Books, Los Amigos Invisibles, more.
Please Do Not Fight reunion collects a scattered scene
The Redwood City band is emblematic of a Bay Area moment when rock, emo, punk, and pop combined—and audiences sang along.
Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?
The IPOs will make the housing market even worse. Should we use the budget surplus to build affordable housing? That's The Agenda for April 21-28.
Pulitzer-winning journalist Martin Espinoza to speak at 48 Hills Gala, May 2
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reporter and Bay Guardian alumnus joins us, with special musical guests the Turnaround. Come out!
Arts Forecast: Easter with the Sisters returns to Dolores Park, more
Helen of Troy, a 4/20 Blowout benefit, Caminos Flamencos, art from the AIDS era, Prince's early years, a cowboy 'Hamlet,' and more.
48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation
We want to know how much public money went into funding a pro-developer operations aimed at promoting more market-rate housing with few protections for vulnerable communities.
Screen Grabs: Cannabis nuns, Sapphic poets, Riot Grrrl blues….
A stunning 'Hagazussa,' a small-town opioid tale, rare Tibetan gems, and more this week in cinemas.
The SF supes’ salvo against Wiener’s housing deregulation bill
A 9-2 vote against SB 50 puts SF on record against a measure that adds no new affordable housing or transit funding while encouraging more luxury housing.