California Archives - Page 31 of 192

News + Politics

Tenderloin tour upends ‘doom loop’ narrative

Christopher D. Cook - August 27, 2023

There's a lot more to the neighborhood than the national media wants to report.

Food & Drink

‘Mad alchemy’: Bender’s Rye turns 10 after a wild journey

Adrian Spinelli - August 27, 2023

Carl Bender and Christopher Cohen's ambitious local liquor project goes a step further with Batch 6

Housing

What the Yimbys keep getting wrong

Tim Redmond - August 27, 2023

Some of us support more density and more housing—just not the private market.

Culture

Highlighting justice: Oakland salon seeks BIPOC, LGBTQ, first-generation apprentices

Caitlin Donohue - August 26, 2023

Vee Vargas of Be Here Salon has an emancipatory vision for luxury hair inclusivity.

Music

Jazz legend John Santos teaches ‘Rhythms of Resistance’ to defeat gentrification

Joshua Rotter - August 25, 2023

New course on Cuban and Puerto Rican music at MoAD highlights their role in the struggle for social justice

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Birch & Rye’s quiet excellence

Tamara Palmer - August 22, 2023

Noe Valley’s modern Russian kitchen is a national treasure — and a local secret.

Transportation

Cruise and Waymo are finding widespread opposition

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2023

For a change, a new technology is not impressing people, and the city might actually take regulation seriously.

Transportation

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

Calvin Welch - August 20, 2023

The Breed Administration is ignoring perhaps the most dangerous impact of the new autonomous vehicles.

Art

Fabric portraitist Alice Beasley stitches together politics and community

Mary Corbin - August 17, 2023

Piedmont resident sews poignant scenes from the both the Civil Rights movement and the neighborhood cafe.

Opinion

First they came for the streetcars …

Sasha Cuttler - August 16, 2023

An ode to Cruise and Waymo, with apologies to Martin Niemöller.

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