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Housing

The Chron, voting rights, and district elections

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2023

If the state Legislature starts to see district elections of local legislators as a Nimby problem, the oligarchs in SF will rejoice.

Protest

Huge crowd shows up to support Preston-Ronen resolution on Gaza ceasefire

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2023

More than 2,000 descend on City Hall to pressure Biden Administration to push for an end to the killing.

News + Politics

The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2023

Let's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.

City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

Music

Still Pleasure Victims: Berlin swings into the Bay to take our breath away

Joshua Rotter - August 16, 2023

David Diamond of the '80s favorites on touring with Boy George, crushing on Tom Cruise, and retooling their biggest hit

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Pride accelerates with trans student athletes in ‘Changing the Game’ doc

Dennis Harvey - June 4, 2021

Plus: Trans opera, Moomin creator bio-pic, and a questionable reboot of British empire adventure film.

Movies

Screen Grabs: SF as a longtime ‘refuge for weirdos and artists’

Dennis Harvey - May 10, 2021

'Tell The We Were Here' remembers. Plus: DocLands guide, Middle East peace goals, Parkland tragedy teens

Business + Tech

Can Big Tech really be regulated?

Amy Howerska - March 15, 2021

Hate speech and misinformation has multiplied and been weaponized -- but that may be changing.

News + Politics

Wiener attacks SF supes

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2020

State Senator says board is not functional and harks back to his own days as a supe -- which were only "collegial" when it meant helping Big Tech

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2020

The SF International Film Festival that wasn’t a couple months ago—one of COVID-19’s earliest cultural casualties—would have included a 20th-anniversary screening of Greg Harrison’s...

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