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Arts Forecast: 10+ terrific things to do this weekend

Marke B. - July 18, 2024

Support Cutting Ball Theatre! Plus: Musclecars, GodzillaFest, Pine Box Boys, Celestial Navigation, Sunny War, Vintage Market...

News + Politics

The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2023

Let's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.

Art Review

SF’s radical Asian American legacy shines in ‘Dreaming People’s History’

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - July 14, 2023

Images from the International Hotel struggle to the post-George Floyd resistance educate while they inspire.

Arts + Culture

‘Take back our lives:’ The words of poverty scholars

Tony Robles - February 6, 2019

May 2 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of poet Al Robles. Al Robles was conferred much respect as a poverty scholar of...

News + Politics

Arthur, Arthur!

Tony Robles - August 15, 2018

I was on Muni heading to my high school reunion. As an author, memory is crucial to my craft. Much of high school I...

News + Politics

Who let the I-Hotel fall?

Tim Redmond - August 6, 2017

I’m glad the Chron weighed in, however briefly, on the commemoration of the I-Hotel evictions, although the editorial the paper ran was embarrassing: San Francisco...

News + Politics

Long live the I-Hotel

Tony Robles - July 31, 2017

Last year, SFGate posted a video segment called "This forgotten date in San Francisco history." The date in focus was August 4, 1977. The...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Remembering the I-Hotel

Tim Redmond - July 30, 2017

On August 4, 1977, a piece of San Francisco’s heart was torn out. At midnight, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office broke down the door...

News + Politics

Supes oppose displacement — then approve displacement

Tim Redmond - November 18, 2015

After voting for a measure to give neighborhood preference in affordable housing, board votes for giant development that neighborhood opposes By Tim Redmond The Board of...

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The supersizing of Soma

Tim Redmond - September 2, 2015

Massive Fifth and Mission project could lead to massive displacement. Does the Chronicle remember the I-Hotel? By Tony Robles SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 -- August 4th marked...

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