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Arts + Culture

2016: Some very bright spots

Caitlin Donohue - December 26, 2016

Good lord, 2016 -- the year the music died, the year the Internet got too real, the year America got majorly oranged. When the...

News + Politics

What the police won’t tell you about the Amilcar Lopez killing

Father Richard Smith - December 19, 2016

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says he’s about to announce his long-awaited decision about whether to charge the officers who killed Amilcar Perez...

Arts + Culture

Do toy drones dream of an Arab future?

Maro Guevara - December 12, 2016

This week at CounterPulse (Thu/15-Sat/17), multidisciplinary artists Keith Hennessy and Jassem Hindi come together for future friend/ships, "an idiot’s perspective on violence and despair,...

News + Politics

Wiener’s first bill could set off housing war

Tim Redmond - December 9, 2016

State Senator Scott Wiener has wasted no time in wading into the statewide housing wars – just as affordable housing advocates have released a...

Arts + Culture

The Oakland fire spurs crackdown on arts spaces

Tim Redmond - December 8, 2016

The tragedy of the Ghost Ship fire is already leading to a crackdown on underground arts spaces, where thousands of Bay Area artists and...

News + Politics

Homelessness and colonial media

Tiny - December 7, 2016

"The Homeless caused the fires, they are always leaving trash and causing a mess everywhere they go," read the headline scrolling across the...

Music

In the Ghost Ship aftermath

Marke B. - December 4, 2016

The mood was tenderly festive last night at the long-awaited party for the reopening of RS94109, the Tenderloin record store and cafe. A slight...

News + Politics

Oakland party fire claims nine lives, dozens are missing

Marke B. - December 3, 2016

A fire broke out around 11:30pm Friday night at during a party at GhostShip in Oakland's Fruitvale district -- an artist-collective space that regularly...

News + Politics

The SF election: What happened?

Calvin Welch - December 2, 2016

The 2016 election may well be a turning point in our national and local politics. The problem is that it’s unclear what direction the...

News + Politics

More than a million people in SF? Did anyone ask you?

Zelda Bronstein - November 28, 2016

It’s hard not to be riveted by the terrifying advance of Donald Trump’s presidency. But it would be a huge mistake to ignore less...

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