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The Agenda, Aug. 8-14: What the money shows in the supes races ….

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2016

I just got back from the East Coast, and every time I have to get on an airplane, I seem to learn something new...

Music

Party Radar: Dore to-dos, Mr. Scruff, New Wave Prom, more

Marke B. - July 28, 2016

PARTY RADAR Ahoy-hoy. This Sunday is the infamous Dore Alley Fair, aka Up Your Alley, Folsom Street Fair's "dirty little brother," and there are so...

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Bringing the grizzly bear back to California

Steven T. Jones - July 28, 2016

California’s flag features a grizzly bear, even though they’ve been extinct in the state since the last one was shot in 1924. Today we...

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Governor’s housing plan promoted at closed-door meeting with Mayor Lee

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2016

I went to the strangest press conference today. Ed Lee was there; so was Ben Metcalf, who is Gov. Jerry Brown’s director of housing...

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Iris Canada turns 100 — as her landlord tries to evict her

Tony Robles - July 10, 2016

Iris Canada turns 100 on July 13. Iris Canada, eviction fighter, who has lived in San Francisco’s black community on Page Street since the...

Music

‘SOS’ effort launched to save The Stud

Marke B. - July 5, 2016

In the wake of Sunday's shock announcement that SF's 50-year-old gay bar the Stud faces a 200-percent rent hike and may close, a co-op...

Arts + Culture

Mime Troupe tackles ignorance at its root in 57th season

Caitlin Donohue - June 28, 2016

ON STAGE San Francisco is a town that has always enjoyed its culture served with a heavy dose of social critique. That may be why...

News + Politics

Why are so many people homeless in SF?

Tim Redmond - June 27, 2016

Editors note: The SF Chronicle is leading an effort to get local news media to report on homelessness this week. We are happy to...

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The sick politics of the Farrell-Wiener anti-homeless measures

Tim Redmond - June 23, 2016

The key to understanding the two homeless and street crime ballot measures sponsored at the last minute by Sups. Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener...

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The sick politics behind the Farrell and Wiener anti-homeless measures

Tim Redmond - June 23, 2016

The key to understanding the two homeless and street crime ballot measures sponsored at the last minute by Sups. Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener...

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