Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Crime

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

The pandemic is not over -- but workers still have no federal protections.

Mayor Breed’s budget doesn’t even remotely defund the police

Proposal heard in budget committee calls for major increases to SFPD -- even when the city is investing in alternatives to armed law enforcement.

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

The best of the new, from the surveilling of surveillance in 'All Light, Everywhere' to 'Les Norte' and its discomfiting coming-of-age twists

Should the Castro be filled with a tech mogul’s surveillance cameras?

A sort-of, kind-of private organization that does neighborhood improvements in the Castro is meeting next week to decide whether to move forward with a...

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

San Francisco needs to make big changes in policing so this young immigrant didn't die in vain.

Screen Grabs: Two taut Aussie thrillers that do the trick

The Dry and Higher Ground excite. Plus: a heartwarming Welsh horse, a Drunk Bus, and a Romanian comedy(!)

Judge rejects plan to ban people with drug arrests from the Tenderloin

Why are we still fighting the failed War on Drugs in 2021?

Out of the Crate: 4 vinyl gems, from Black jazz history to fresh R&B cuts

Vespre's much-needed banger, DJ Amir's stellar compendium of Strata Records hits, Black Crowes revisited, more

The future of City College is on the line — and it’s going to be up to us

For now, local funding is the only way to prevent the devastation of one of SF's most important institutions.

Review: In ‘Uncanny Valley,’ disturbing ripples from artificial intelligence

Excellent De Young show reveals technology's ties to oppressive tactics—and art's to the arms trade