Stories about Cars
Screen Grabs: Fighting disability stereotypes, from Frankenstein to Rain Man
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 misogyny or racial discrimination. Close...
Uber, Lyft drivers take message to CEO’s house
For longtime Uber and Lyft driver Hector Castellanos, the fight for classification as an employee under AB5 is personal. For eight months after an intensive surgery, Castellano but received...
Harry Britt, LGBT progressive pioneer, dies at 82
Harry Britt, who was a pioneering LGBTQ leader as well as a champion of the city’s left, died today at 82.
Britt was a close friend and ally of Harvey...
‘Ahead of the Curve’ flips through legendary lesbian magazine’s impact
For many in the lesbian and queer community, Curve magazine (originally Deneuve), launched in 1990, has been a source of community connection. For filmmaker and philanthropist Jen Rainin, the...
Homeless sweeps come back to the Tenderloin
“They came by and took our tents, said we had to go and not come back or we would be arrested -- you know a sweep" said Johnell, 48, a...
Major police reforms on the agenda for SF supes
The San Francisco supervisors are going to be moving forward with a series of major police reforms, including a ban on pepper spray and rubber bullets, shifting funding from...
For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives
Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color. Why do we need to...
Protest caravan demands hotel rooms for homeless
The streets around City Hall were filled with the sounds of cars honking, wooting, and chants of "housing is the cure!" on Friday evening as roughly 50 cars participated...
First sanctioned tent city opens in SF
San Francisco's first city-sanctioned safe sleeping site began operations yesterday afternoon. The site, referred to as the Safe Sleeping Village, has 50 spaces for tents to be pitched six...
New Music: 5 transporting mixes to get you through
An effective mix incorporates obvious and hazy ideas, all at once, put together in the most artful way. Maybe it's for that living room yoga class for one, the...
