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Nightlife

How did the Ocean Beach party happen—and can we prevent another incident?

Marke B. - September 11, 2020

Why didn't the police shut things down earlier? Sup. Stefani wants criminal investigation; Sup. Mandelman worries about Halloween

Featured

Uber drivers protest billboard campaign

Garrett Leahy - September 10, 2020

Company claims to support Black workers while undermining their rights with a state ballot initiative.

Music

All Ears: 25 new albums for fall survival

John-Paul Shiver - September 10, 2020

From Sade and Róisín Murphy to Hot Chip and the Flaming Lips, here are the sounds you'll need to keep your own world spinning.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Heavy themes for heavy times

Dennis Harvey - September 8, 2020

New movies: Social media manipulation, voter suppression, deportation, white nationalism... Oh, and Suzi Quatro!

Homelessness

OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights

Paul Boden - September 3, 2020

Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities...

Movies

Screen Grabs: Two notorious tricksters return—as does the big screen(?)

Dennis Harvey - September 3, 2020

This week sees the US release at last of what must be the most re-scheduled movie in history, Tenet. Christopher Nolan’s latest Rubik’s Cube-y...

News + Politics

The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

Tom Molanphy - September 2, 2020

Although unhealthy air quality canceled the car parade to City Hall to Mayor Breed’s office, a small but devoted group of 30 Bayview Hunters...

Nightlife

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

Marke B. - September 2, 2020

Weekend-long Oakland drag festival Oaklash (Fri/4-Sun/6 at www.twitch.tv/oaklash2020) has become such an integral part of the Bay Area queer performance scene that I was taken...

Homelessness

The New York Times fails on equitable cities

Tim Redmond - September 1, 2020

The New York Times has been hyping its America We Need series of stories, editorials, and events on future public policy, and the latest...

Movies

A man, a plan, a documentary: ‘The Palindromists’

Pam Grady - September 1, 2020

Palindromes read the same forward and back. We learn that in grade school. "Madam, I'm Adam." "A man. A plan. A canal. Panama." "Was...

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