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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest hits 25, Jane Campion’s brilliant return…

Dennis Harvey - November 15, 2021

Bruce Lee's first two big films, a senseless police murder in 'The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,' more movies this week

News + Politics

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

Father Richard Smith - May 27, 2021

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

The Agenda

SF supes want an end to tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful demos

Tim Redmond - May 23, 2021

Plus: What are we going to do about all of those parklets as the city opens up again? That's The Agenda for May 24-31

Party Radar

How To Reopen Nightlife: Keeping it cute and safe for all on the dance floor

Marke B. - April 8, 2021

What should we expect from venues and each other when clubs come back? The first in a series exploring issues left to face.

News + Politics

Rally responds to anti-Asian violence

Garrett Leahy - February 15, 2021

After attacks, a call for more community-based public safety solutions.

News + Politics

Oakland group launches non-police mental health hotline

Garrett Leahy - August 30, 2020

On Friday, the Anti-Police Terror Project launched MH First Oakland, a hotline staffed by 12 volunteers with backgrounds in social work, peer counseling, and...

News + Politics

More details emerge in Mission police shooting

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2019

We learned a lot more Tuesday night about the shooting of Jamaica Hampton – and it was, at best, disturbing. Chief Bill Scott released at...

News + Politics

Police-reform advocates push Assembly bill to restrict shootings

Haley Keizur - February 12, 2019

Nine hundred ninety-eight. That’s how many people were shot and killed by police in the US in 2018. And 115 of those were in...

News + Politics

Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

Sarah Lapidus and Tim Redmond - June 14, 2018

The Police Commission went into closed session to discuss Taser policy as a labor issue Wednesday, just a week after the defeat of Proposition...

News + Politics

Rally denounces DA’s failure to charge killer cops

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2018

A crowd rallied on the steps of the Hall of Justice today to denounce District Attorney George Gascon’s decision not to file charges against...

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