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The Agenda: Tasers, cannabis, and homeless deaths…

Tim Redmond - October 29, 2017

The Zarate trial, and the history of the weapon that fired the fatal bullet that killed Kate Steinle, got me thinking about who gets...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump moves encourage Iranian hardliners

Reese Erlich - October 22, 2017

In Washington DC, Trump's moves against the Iran nuclear agreement are seen as getting tough on a dangerous enemy. In Iran, they are seen...

News + Politics

Zarate trial day two: Guns, accidents, and mental health

Tim Redmond - October 17, 2017

The issues in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate came further into focus today as defense lawyer Matt Gonzalez asked the jurors questions...

News + Politics

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

David Bogachik - October 3, 2017

DIALOGUES FOR LIFE When I was studying to be a psychoanalyst, one of my teachers, Dr. Irma Birman, shared a recollection from her childhood...

News + Politics

59 dead. Hundreds maimed. And we still can’t get real gun control

Tim Redmond - October 2, 2017

The best analysis I’ve seen so far of the horrific killings in Las Vegas is from Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker, who notes: If...

News + Politics

Lessons from Stop the Draft Week 50 years ago

Reese Erlich - September 26, 2017

With great fanfare PBS is airing a 10-part series about the Vietnam War. Critics charge that under the guise of being even handed, series...

News + Politics

St. Luke’s won’t evict sub-acute patients ….

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2017

The Board of Supes celebrated a significant victory today when California Pacific Medical Center’s director, Dr. David Browner, announced that St. Luke’s hospital will...

Music

Tears (and bubbly) for Bubbles

Marke B. - September 11, 2017

"Where are the snow cones! Where are the snow cones!" The chant rose over the crowd assembled Sunday evening on the corner of Larkin...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Tasers, traffic, and cannabis

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2017

The San Francisco Police Department hasn’t by any means given up on getting Tasers — apparently, Chief William Scott is a big fan of...

News + Politics

How to help homeless people during the heat wave

The Street Sheet Staff - September 2, 2017

Yesterday, San Francisco broke an all-time high in temperature records and hit 106 degrees. It was hot, really hot—and it still is. The heat...

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The Agenda: Tasers, cannabis, and homeless deaths…

Foreign Correspondent: Trump moves encourage Iranian hardliners

Zarate trial day two: Guns, accidents, and mental health

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

59 dead. Hundreds maimed. And we still can’t get real gun control

Lessons from Stop the Draft Week 50 years ago

St. Luke’s won’t evict sub-acute patients ….

Tears (and bubbly) for Bubbles

The Agenda: Tasers, traffic, and cannabis

How to help homeless people during the heat wave

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