California Archives - Page 24 of 192

Elections

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

Tim Redmond - December 24, 2023

Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It's really about Breed's re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city.

Housing

The year in housing policy: State forced SF into a no-win situation (and Breed went along)

Tim Redmond - December 22, 2023

The supes did what they had to do, although a lot of them didn't like it—but it's not going to matter anyway.

Art

‘Holding onto a vision’: Calvin Lai paints the energy of recognition

Mary Corbin - December 21, 2023

The artist combines figurative and abstract elements to precisely render images while capturing emotional essence

Culture

5 very, very last-minute holiday gift ideas that keep it local

Lou Fancher - December 19, 2023

Festive cider, a wealth of books and games, art fun, treats for fluffy, and more to get you off the naughty list

Crime

Jenkins says the solution to homelessness is to make the unhoused ‘uncomfortable’

Tim Redmond - December 14, 2023

DA also goes all in on blaming judges for the city's overdose problems.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Shower them with Bay Area food gifts

Tamara Palmer - December 13, 2023

Cookbooks, gift boxes and other festive ways to share a taste of SF and beyond — check our picks for poppin’ presents.

Housing

SF’s state legislators have deeply damaged SF’s ability to prevent displacement

Tim Redmond - December 12, 2023

Wiener, Ting, and Haney bills undermine 'all that is sacred' in San Francisco. Do they know what the fuck they are doing?

Onstage

All aboard ‘Schick Machine’ for a poetic percussive journey

Marke B. - December 12, 2023

Contemporary music champion Steven Schick performs as a mad-genius instrument inventor making sense of a disquieting world.

Onstage

Trans star Dylan Mulvaney alights on ‘Holiday Gaiety’ with SF Symphony

Joshua Rotter - December 12, 2023

The performer, activist, and prolific TikToker is eager to hit the stage for the annual explosion of LGBTQ festivity.

Labor

Who are these nice people who say they want me to get a raise?

Tom Gallagher - December 11, 2023

Turns out it's a rabid anti-labor group that wants to destroy public-sector unions.

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