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Arts + Culture

Sava Cannabis: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

48 Hills - January 3, 2021

Cannabis relief from the wild ups and downs—and downs—of the year, delivered directly to your door by this queer- and women-owned outfit

News + Politics

Breaking the law and abusing workers plays well on Wall Street

Tim Redmond - December 14, 2020

Breaking the law repeatedly, enabling thousands of evictions, ducking your taxes, overturning state labor codes, and abusing your workers seems to be a recipe...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Reese Erlich - November 20, 2020

Who will be vaccinated first -- and in what country?

Onstage

[UPDATED] Arts festival sues city in push for safe live performances—before rain comes

Marke B. - October 20, 2020

City revokes SF International Arts Festival permit for weekend program as arts languish amid reopenings

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Inside Biden’s international policy

Reese Erlich - August 27, 2020

Last spring, the Biden campaign decided to hit back hard against accusations of being soft on China. So the campaign produced a blistering ad...

News + Politics

Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco supes today refused by one vote to put a measure on the ballot creating a public advocate to focus on public...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn’s forgotten Turkish connection

Reese Erlich - May 22, 2020

Trump’s Justice Department wants to drop all charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn despite his having admitted to being guilty. Twice. The...

Housing

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

So many updates from City Hall as we (mostly) shelter in place: Sup. Hillary Ronen announced this morning that she and others are working on...

News + Politics

Giving the supes more investigative power …

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2020

Sup. Aaron Peskin, who has had trouble in the past getting reluctant witnesses to provide information to the board, is now moving to give...

News + Politics

A nonprofit alliance becomes an ally of Big Telecom

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - November 24, 2019

It's not unusual for businesses to spend princely sums lobbying government to free them from regulations, which generally means consumer protections are reduced or...

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