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Does the Marriott Corporation need a $5 million tax break?

Tim Redmond - July 17, 2019

California tax law is weird, and Prop. 13 makes it weirder. And for commercial property owners, there are all sorts of loopholes. Then there’s the...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

Dennis Harvey - July 16, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Considered by some one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers of a brilliant period (the Fifties and Sixties), the late Masaki Kobayashi nevertheless never...

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In Yuba County, protesting Northern California’s last ICE prison

James Tracy - July 15, 2019

On Friday, July 12, about 400 protesters gathered on the steps of the Yuba County Jail in Marysville to protest what is believed to...

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Judge ducks decision on search warrants for local reporter

Michael Toren - July 12, 2019

Two months after emergency motions were filed in court to quash and unseal search warrants executed against Bay Area journalist Bryan Carmody, a judge...

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Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2019

When the San Francisco Chronicle runs an editorial saying that a PG&E bailout bill is a bad idea because it might undermine the city’s...

Lit

Beyond the valley of the gig economy

Johnny Ray Huston - July 10, 2019

Spanning the month of July, this year’s incarnation of LaborFest, the 26th annual, includes history talks and walks, union gatherings, films (including Sorry to...

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Kaiser workers prepare for strike over mental-health staffing

Tim Redmond - July 7, 2019

Mental-health workers at Kaiser’s French Campus on Geary are launching a one-day strike Wednesday/10 to focus attention on the massive health-care operation’s failure to...

Onstage

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

Joshua Rotter - June 29, 2019

Art mirrors Bay Area life in San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT)’s 60th-anniversary show, Treasure Island. Opening in Dolores Park on July 4, the play about...

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Gig economy horror stories frame supes hearing

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2019

The litany of horror stories at today’s hearing on the gig economy was alarming. One Uber driver said he used to get paid $50...

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UC’s deal with Big Pharma should raise red flags

Tina Stevens - June 27, 2019

Last week, the drug company GlaxoSmithKline announced a five-year, $67 million partnership with UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Their stated goal is to establish a...

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Does the Marriott Corporation need a $5 million tax break?

Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

In Yuba County, protesting Northern California’s last ICE prison

Judge ducks decision on search warrants for local reporter

Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Beyond the valley of the gig economy

Kaiser workers prepare for strike over mental-health staffing

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

Gig economy horror stories frame supes hearing

UC’s deal with Big Pharma should raise red flags

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