Stories about California
For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma
Cabs are critical to seniors and disabled people who need to get to the grocery store -- but the industry is in serious trouble. Here's how drivers can get help.
Arts Forecast: Help save bookstores, drag queens, Frameline, more
Fabulous performances and benefit funds, plus a few pick-me-ups, as we band together to help the local scene.
Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless
Advocates say Breed needs to secure thousands of rooms; 'it's a matter of life and death.'
Density, neoliberalism, and COVID
SF has allowed developers to build housing and offices for more and more people -- without paying for the infrastructure that we need to take care of them.
In COVID crisis, judges decide to keep more people in jail
New rules approved in a hurried Saturday Judicial Council meeting mean longer waits behind bars for people who are not convicted of a crime.
Examined Life: Replace existing normal
In the wake of COVID-19, how can we make space for the fluctuating emotions that come with our suddenly transformed lives?
Immigrants sue for release from Yuba County and Mesa Verde jails
People who have committed no crime are being held in unsafe and potentially deadly conditions, lawsuit says.
15 ways to support the local food scene—and eat (and drink) well
Meal kits, cocktails to go, sustainable seafood, more options to help keep restaurants afloat and your belly full.
City College board fires chancellor
At a critical time for the school, trustees have to seek a new leader who has community credibility.
Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent
Why is nobody in the political world talking about the need for the billionaires to pay their fair share in this massive crisis?