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Environment

Will SF’s ambitious Climate Action plan ever actually happen?

Michael Redmond - September 10, 2021

Implementing the program will cost money and involve tough decisions. Is City Hall up to it?

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

COVID

COVID and wildfires are a double threat at state prisons

Tim Redmond - September 8, 2021

New outbreaks, and constant fire threats, have been largely ignored by the major news media.

Homelessness

Keep the SIP hotels open to save lives, demonstrators tell Mayor Breed

Garrett Leahy - September 7, 2021

Sup. Haney says feds will probably keep paying—but in the end, the city needs to buy these hotels as permanent housing.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: An intimate appointment with Dr. Fauci

Dennis Harvey - September 7, 2021

Plus: Political intrigue and dark thrillers from Argentina, Romania, and Colombia. This week's new movies!

Music

Under the Stars: La Doña shines, Kelly Lee Owens breaks through

John-Paul Shiver - September 7, 2021

Plus: A Mexican retro-synthpop compilation, 'Entroducing' at 25, more musical highlights

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: An omnibus of ingenious quarantine tales

Dennis Harvey - September 2, 2021

Plus: Two indigenous stories, a Dash Snow doc, Riz Ahmed's rap, and four irritating characters stuck in a bathroom.

Protest

Will Mayor Breed declare a state of emergency on drug-overdose deaths?

Garrett Leahy - September 1, 2021

Activists, supervisors, DA all say it's time to defy the state and feds and set up city-backed safe-injection sites.

Labor

Giants ballpark workers set strike vote

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2021

Low wages, poor COVID safety, and a dismissive attitude by team management could lead to picket lines during the pennant race.

Labor

‘Don’t be a Giant idiot’—workers demand better COVID safety at ballpark

Marc Norton - August 30, 2021

Growing number of positive tests set off alarm among the people who serve food and beverages at Oracle Park.

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