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Is SF done with Pocha Nostra? (Is Pocha Nostra done with SF?)

Caitlin Donohue - August 18, 2016

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- Logistically and philosophically, being a trans-border radical performance art troupe is not simple. The Bay Area-based Pocha Nostra troupe, led...

News + Politics

Bad housing bill stalled — but it’s not dead yet

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2016

A really bad housing bill that Gov. Jerry Brown has been pushing may be dead for now – but opponents are keeping a close...

News + Politics

The open, festering wound of injustice

Rupa Marya - July 29, 2016

Yesterday I was called by the SF Human Rights Commission to receive an award on behalf of the UCSF Do No Harm Coalition for...

News + Politics

Governor’s housing plan promoted at closed-door meeting with Mayor Lee

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2016

I went to the strangest press conference today. Ed Lee was there; so was Ben Metcalf, who is Gov. Jerry Brown’s director of housing...

News + Politics

A Fox to guard the henhouse? Cop who shot Luis Gongora now part of police reform unit

Sana Saleem - July 13, 2016

UPDATE: At the Police Commission meeting at City Hall SFPD Chief Toney Chaplain said Sgt Nate Steger voluntarily transferred from the Professional Standards and Principled...

News + Politics

No room for the homeless mentally ill

Kate Benham - July 7, 2016

I first met Sarah when I was working overnight in the psychiatric emergency room. She was brought in by the police, the usual route...

News + Politics

For homeless people, normal life becomes ‘dangerous’

Tiny - June 28, 2016

Editor's note: News media all over San Francisco are writing about homelessness this week. We though we could offer a very different perspective. Our...

Arts + Culture

Mime Troupe tackles ignorance at its root in 57th season

Caitlin Donohue - June 28, 2016

ON STAGE San Francisco is a town that has always enjoyed its culture served with a heavy dose of social critique. That may be why...

News + Politics

Black Lives Matter, others pull out of SF Pride Parade

Marke B. - June 24, 2016

Three major participants have dropped out of this year's SF Pride parade, after the SF Pride organization announced earlier this week that it would...

News + Politics

San Francisco residents demand resources to address housing crisis

Sana Saleem - June 20, 2016

Coalitions of community, racial and economic justice, and housing groups including Jobs with Justice, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Mission Economic Development...

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