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Understanding the politics of Kamala Harris

Tim Redmond - August 12, 2020

Joe Biden was never going to pick Rep. Barbara Lee as his running mate. He’s not a left-progressive-democratic socialist, and never was. So Sen....

Music

A real heavy metal parking lot: Metallica comes to drive-ins

John-Paul Shiver - August 11, 2020

Metallica, the Bay Area-based thrash metal veteran outfit, who has sold over 58 million albums in the United States alone, will be performing this...

Labor

Judge orders Uber, Lyft to treat drivers as employees

Garrett Leahy - August 10, 2020

San Francisco Superior Court judge Ethan Schulman issued a prohibitory injunction ruling Monday stating that Uber and Lyft must cease classifying employees as independent...

Opinion

Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich

John Elberling - August 10, 2020

Editor's note: Plan Bay Area, a joint effort of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, is creating a "blueprint"...

Campaign Trail

The money—and endorsements—in District Five

Tim Redmond - August 10, 2020

One of the most interesting elements of the D5 supervisorial campaign is challenger Vallie Brown’s website. Check out the tab that says “endorsements.” Most people...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Fighting disability stereotypes, from Frankenstein to Rain Man

Dennis Harvey - August 10, 2020

The #MeToo era has brought heightened attention to a lot of mis- and under-representation issues in entertainment media, not all of them related to...

Business + Tech

Uber, Lyft drivers rally as state sues the companies

Garrett Leahy - August 8, 2020

On Thursday, about 50 Uber and Lyft drivers joined a caravan outside the Uber Greenlight Hub in Oakland demanding that the rideshare companies classify...

Campaign Trail

BREAKING: California Labor Federation drops Wiener endorsement

Tim Redmond - August 5, 2020

In a stunning turnaround, the California Labor Federation today decided not to endorse incumbent state Sen. Scott Wiener for re-election. The powerful organization had backed...

News + Politics

Fielder shows surprising strength in state Senate fundraising report

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2020

Incumbent state Senator Scott Wiener and his challenger, Jackie Fielder, have raised almost the same amount of money between February and June, campaign finance...

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens

Caitlin Donohue - August 3, 2020

Local drag star and owner of SoMa club Oasis, D’Arcy Drollinger’s new show “Hot Trash” would probably not have been born under normal circumstances....

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