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Fielder shows surprising strength in state Senate fundraising report

Tim Redmond - August 3, 2020

Incumbent state Senator Scott Wiener and his challenger, Jackie Fielder, have raised almost the same amount of money between February and June, campaign finance...

Business + Tech

Lyft drivers have to pay for their own masks and hand sani

Garrett Leahy - July 23, 2020

When Lubungu, a Navy veteran and longtime Uber and Lyft driver, saw a group of activists passing out free facemasks, gloves, and hand sanitizer...

Housing

City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem

Tim Redmond - July 23, 2020

The Land Use and Transportation Committee hearing this week was remarkable: For the first time ever, as far as I can remember, the Planning...

Culture

Laborfest 2020 highlights global struggle from Vietnam to George Floyd uprising

Marke B. - July 1, 2020

The George Floyd uprising, the massive Juneteenth Oakland port blockade, gig workers protesting outside CEO's houses: All of these in the past month have...

News + Politics

Uber, Lyft drivers take message to CEO’s house

Garrett Leahy - June 25, 2020

For longtime Uber and Lyft driver Hector Castellanos, the fight for classification as an employee under AB5 is personal. For eight months after an...

Housing

Breed administration says it’s ‘not fiscally prudent’ to get homeless off the streets

Tim Redmond - April 5, 2020

A lot of people apparently have been sending emails to Trent Rhorer, the director of the Human Services Agency, because he has an auto-reply...

COVID

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

Garrett Leahy - April 3, 2020

“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a cab for over two decades. COVID has...

Arts + Culture

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

Garrett Leahy - March 15, 2020

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Reaction to coronavirus is overblown

Reese Erlich - February 14, 2020

A new and deadly virus from China is coming to get you. Cancel your travel plans, quarantine your grandparents, and don’t let a Chinese...

News + Politics

Should a developer lawyer be on the Planning Commission?

Tim Redmond - November 17, 2019

For the first time in at least my 37 years of covering city politics – and possibly much longer – a lawyer who has...

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