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News + Politics

Newsom budget hurts environmental justice programs

Jackie Blandón - January 17, 2021

Shouldn't utilities -- not communities of color -- be paying for better fire prevention?

News + Politics

Growth machine wins big in Berkeley

Zelda Bronstein - January 14, 2021

Mayor who ran as a progressive sides with developer-friendly plan for Adeline Corridor.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

Dennis Harvey - January 11, 2021

The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.

COVID

COVID outbreak — and media crackdown — at private halfway house in Tenderloin

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2021

Center run by private prison contractor on lockdown, and resident punished for contacting the news media about it.

Music

Time’s running out for SF’s live music venues. What’s being done to save them?

Caitlin Donohue - January 8, 2021

Via the Independent Venue Alliance and SF Venue Coalition, businesses seek private donations—and put much-needed pressure on federal and city level politicians to help.

Art

A meditation in lumber: Artist Aleksandra Zee’s peaceful wood grains

Mary Corbin - January 7, 2021

Aleksandra Zee’s creations in wood are inspired through meditation with an intention of putting goodness out into the world. Her hope is that her...

Music

Paul McCartney becomes bedroom-pop patron saint on ‘McCartney III’

Daniel Bromfield - January 5, 2021

Is Sir Paul weird because he wants to be—or because we want him to be? We dive in.

Housing

Planning Commission to hear a bad UCSF deal

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2021

Massive new development that violates historic agreements is drawing widespread opposition.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New year brings films challenging us to rethink the status quo

Dennis Harvey - January 4, 2021

Forced sterilizations in California prisons, disastrous Venezuelan coastal pollution, and adults who live with facial disfigurement are the subject of 2021's first releases.

Culture

Off the Grid: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

48 Hills - December 28, 2020

The mobile food truck company offered options during the shutdown—and also helped feed farmers, wildfire victims, and others.

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