Chronicle Archives

Labor

Giants workers get record contract

Marc Norton - October 5, 2021

Threat of playoff strike leads to a big win—but COVID is still a serious threat to the people who staff ballpark concessions.

Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: A love letter to SF’s Indian food

Tamara Palmer - August 24, 2021

Samosa sandwiches, artichoke pakoras, giant dosas, more. Plus: Seafood businesses we like better than Swan Oyster Depot

Crime

The data supports Chesa Boudin’s record: Why doesn’t the media tell us that?

Tim Redmond - August 22, 2021

Boudin is charging cases at the same rate as other local DAs. He has increased prosecutions of sexual assault cases. But the "balanced" Chron misses the point.

Music

Forever Coastin’: Reflecting on the loss of iconic Oakland rapper Zumbi

Alan Chazaro - August 21, 2021

We lost a rapper, father, and community pillar. But Zumbi's legacy is rooted in us all.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Modern-day art mystery explored in ‘The Lost Leonardo’

Dennis Harvey - August 18, 2021

Plus: Celluloid giants walk the Earth again at two IRL San Francisco film events this weekend.

Art

Painter Christine Ferrouge explores the magical world of girlhood, daughters in tow

Mary Corbin - August 11, 2021

“My inspiration is sparked by the imaginative adaptations in make-believe," the East Oakland artists says.

Homelessness

Homelessness—and failed solutions— in Salt Lake City and Denver

Tiny - August 8, 2021

Sweeps and attacks on the unhoused are not just happening in the Bay Area; it's a national problem.

City Hall

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2021

The city's moving to establish a public-power system—but we should also talk about accountability for the politicians and media that enabled an illegal monopoly for so long.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Another vital public film program axed—for what?

Dennis Harvey - July 26, 2021

SFMOMA's hatchet job. Plus reviews of Blood Red Sky, Old, Charlatan, Mandibles, more

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