Growth Archives - 48 hills

News + Politics

Scooter companies can keep riders off the sidewalk, but won’t spend the money

Tim Redmond - October 19, 2022

Furious supes demand action, but the Breed Administration's love of Big Tech prevents any real change. We've seen this so many times before.

Art

Local artists remix Diego Rivera’s ‘Pan American Unity’ mural at SFMOMA

Alan Chazaro - August 25, 2021

In Mini Mural Festival, three diverse arts orgs bring cultural visions, music, and more to celebrate epic work

News + Politics

Judge blocks—for now—massive UC expansion in Parnassus Heights

Tim Redmond - August 24, 2021

Temporary order saves historic murals and could force the school to negotiate with the neighborhood that its development project will impact.

Housing

Two major developer-driven housing bills head for Assembly floor

Tim Redmond - August 19, 2021

Newsom may soon be asked to sign deregulation measures—at a time when Wall Street is moving fast into the CA housing market.

News + Politics

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Tim Redmond - August 15, 2021

Plus: SF just lost two notable activists, James Hormel and Alvin Duskin. That's The Agenda for August 15-22

Housing

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2021

Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10.

Nightlife

Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online

Caitlin Donohue - July 7, 2021

Local queen didn't see the melanin-heavy show of her dreams as a baby gay. So she decided to create one.

Music

The smoky, not-country newness of Faye Webster’s ‘I Know I’m Funny haha’

John-Paul Shiver - July 4, 2021

Traditional strummers may opt for that repeated whiskey burn, but Webster's Atlanta sound is not thirsty

News + Politics

The indigenous struggle to save trees — and sacred spaces — in Humboldt

Tiny - June 21, 2021

Between the timber companies and state agencies, so much devastation.

Business + Tech

California could vastly expand affordable broadband — if the Legislature acts now

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - June 10, 2021

Gov. Newsom has asked for money for expanding accessible Internet service all over the state. The Legislature is stalling.

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Scooter companies can keep riders off the sidewalk, but won’t spend the money

Local artists remix Diego Rivera’s ‘Pan American Unity’ mural at SFMOMA

Judge blocks—for now—massive UC expansion in Parnassus Heights

Two major developer-driven housing bills head for Assembly floor

Some warned 20 years ago that the US was creating a disaster in Afghanistan

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online

The smoky, not-country newness of Faye Webster’s ‘I Know I’m Funny haha’

The indigenous struggle to save trees — and sacred spaces — in Humboldt

California could vastly expand affordable broadband — if the Legislature acts now

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