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New Music: ‘Who Sent You?’ asks free jazz combo Irreversible Entanglements

John-Paul Shiver - March 22, 2020

"We’re living in the present, and there are pressing issues that are happening to us personally," stated bassist Luke Stewart of the free-jazz outfit...

Housing

The fix was in: Mayor appoints political ally to run city planning

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2020

Mayor London Breed has appointed to the crucial role of Planning Director a former commissioner whose main credentials appear to be his political loyalty...

As Afrobeat heroes Antibalas arrive, recalling a classic track

John-Paul Shiver - February 10, 2020

When Brooklyn's Antibalas—widely renowned as one of America's fiercest live Afrobeat bands—takes over The Bay for three gigs this weekend (Fri/4 and Sun/16 at The Independent...

Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

Marke B. - February 6, 2020

I finally made it to Salesforce Park, a perfectly pleasant, perfectly sterile civic project atop the new Transbay Terminal. The downtown public space is...

Culture

Hiking the Crosstown Trail: a photo-essay, part one

Lucas Thornton - January 31, 2020

Read part 2 of Lucas' photo-essay here. A wind-swept bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A grotto of impossibly luxe mansions. An overgrown canyon carved by...

Arts + Culture

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

Marke B. - January 29, 2020

The annual Folsom Street Fair in September is the biggest kink and BDSM-centered event in the world (and one of the city's biggest festivals)....

Movies

Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - January 15, 2020

48 Hills festival movie critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks travels the continent for us checking out the biggest film events. He also hosts the invaluable...

Housing

Forget SB 50 — San Francisco needs a bold plan for social housing

Steven Hill - January 9, 2020

State Senator Scott Wiener has reintroduced his housing bill, SB 50, which seeks to alleviate the housing crisis by forcing more density around transit corridors. But...

Housing

Protesters shut down Wiener at SB50 press conference

Sam Lew - January 7, 2020

A group of homeless mothers and their supporters shut down California State Senator Scott Wiener’s press conference announcing the reintroduction of the contentious housing...

Housing

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2020

State Sen. Scott Wiener will hold a press conference and rally in Oakland Tuesday/7 to announce that he’s re-introducing a new version of his...

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New Music: ‘Who Sent You?’ asks free jazz combo Irreversible Entanglements

The fix was in: Mayor appoints political ally to run city planning

As Afrobeat heroes Antibalas arrive, recalling a classic track

Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

Hiking the Crosstown Trail: a photo-essay, part one

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

Forget SB 50 — San Francisco needs a bold plan for social housing

Protesters shut down Wiener at SB50 press conference

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

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