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Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Dennis Harvey - May 12, 2020

Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop,...

News + Politics

SF measure would allow all residents to serve on commissions

Garrett Leahy - May 7, 2020

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to put on the fall ballot a City Charter amendment that would allow all San Francisco...

Opinion

Opinion: Action desperately needed for COVID-hit Latino community

Jon Jacobo - May 5, 2020

Numbers matter. Inequity, by definition, means a lack of fairness or justice. Inequity in practice means 84% of the hospital beds in San Francisco General Hospital for...

Lit

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Joshua Rotter - May 5, 2020

For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar...

News + Politics

Supes have plan to staff hotel rooms — but mayor ignores it

Tim Redmond - April 30, 2020

Sup. Matt Haney, with the support of four of his colleagues, put forward a plan this week to address the staffing needs that the...

Culture

Folsom Street Fair 2020 moves online due to COVID concerns

Marke B. - April 27, 2020

This September, Folsom Street Fair's jingle-jangle of nipple rings and crack-crack-crack of the whip will be floating out of your laptop speakers—rather than above...

COVID

COVID crashes Earth Day 50

Tom Molanphy - April 21, 2020

Before 20 million Americans hit the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970 (still the largest civic event in recorded human history), and...

Culture

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

Rebecca Bowe - April 20, 2020

One of the most striking takeaways of the crisis triggered by COVID-19 is how unevenly it affects people. Multiple economic sectors face staggering job...

Movies

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

Emily Wilson - April 16, 2020

In 1970 and 71, Jim LeBrecht attended Camp Jened for teenagers with disabilities in upstate New York. The camp had a profound effect on his...

Culture

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

Marke B. - April 14, 2020

San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to...

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Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

SF measure would allow all residents to serve on commissions

Opinion: Action desperately needed for COVID-hit Latino community

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Supes have plan to staff hotel rooms — but mayor ignores it

Folsom Street Fair 2020 moves online due to COVID concerns

COVID crashes Earth Day 50

Saving money by not going out for coffee? Here’s where you can donate it

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

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