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Welcome, Puffragettes! ‘Mary Janes: The Women of Weed’ comes to town

Dan Karkoska - February 28, 2019

PUFF I heard that the cannabis industry was predominantly a male-driven industry when I first got involved in it, and while I've met many...

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The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2019

Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis...

Foreign Correspondent

Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?

Reese Erlich - February 8, 2019

Tens of thousands of angry people march in the streets to protest lack of democracy. Women bang on pots to raise alarm over the...

Foreign Correspondent

Does Cuba censor the Internet? Think again

Reese Erlich - January 25, 2019

HAVANA -- A group of Cubans stared intently at the screens of their smart phones here in Old Havana, checking emails and Googling news...

News + Politics

Some sanity — and insanity — at the Planning Commission

Tim Redmond - January 17, 2019

The San Francisco Planning Commission heard some stunning information about the affordable housing crisis today – and the gallery was largely empty. “I am surprised...

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A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2019

The new Board of Supes starts its real work this week, and one of the opening events will be Question Time. The mayor can...

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Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

Tim Redmond - January 7, 2019

It was a time to celebrate in San Francisco tonight. Progressive groups in Chinatown held a banquet for the new supervisors, who ran on...

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The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2019

Matt Haney had his ceremonial swearing in today at Glide, and the room was packed. Even State Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember David Chiu,...

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

Joanna Ladd - January 4, 2019

ALL EARS The sound of Harlem during its jazz heyday is so indelible that it jumps to mind instantly, almost a century later. For...

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A Green New Deal protest at Pelosi’s office

Christopher D. Cook - December 11, 2018

While Rep. Nancy Pelosi jousted with President Trump over a government shutdown and the border wall, about 250 climate activists demanding a Green New...

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Welcome, Puffragettes! ‘Mary Janes: The Women of Weed’ comes to town

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?

Does Cuba censor the Internet? Think again

Some sanity — and insanity — at the Planning Commission

A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

A Green New Deal protest at Pelosi’s office

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