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SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

Marke B. - October 5, 2017

ART LOOKS San Francisco takes its Day of the Dead seriously -- it's a sacred moment -- but, in the spirit of the magical holiday that pierces...

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SF ‘resolves’ homeless camps — but where do the people go?

TJ Johnston - September 29, 2017

After months of undertaking, all of the encampments in San Francisco’s Mission District have been “resolved” — in other words, moved off the sidewalks....

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Wall prevail

Caitlin Donohue - September 28, 2017

With her organization's 40th anniversary gala a few days away, Precita Eyes Muralists founder Susan Cervantes has little time to talk. Still, caught at...

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...

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Cops, cars, guns and death

R.L. Edwards - September 20, 2017

On July 1, 2015, a firearm stolen four days earlier from a Bureau of Land Management agent's car was discharged, tragically striking and killing...

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The problem with “smart growth”

John Elberling - July 12, 2017

I think we can all stipulate that in general "Smart Growth" -- environmentally-responsible urban development -- is good. And in general more housing to...

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DA says no charges for officers who killed Amilcar Perez Lopez

Sana Saleem - April 12, 2017

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has decided not charge two police officers who fatally shot a man in the back more than two...

News + Politics

Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

John Elberling - February 22, 2017

Bad history -- even when well-intended -- gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit,...

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Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

John Elberling - February 12, 2017

There is no designated Sociologist position on the 200+ staff of San Francisco’s City Planning Department. And a bachelor/masters degree in Urban Planning can...

News + Politics

What the police won’t tell you about the Amilcar Lopez killing

Father Richard Smith - December 19, 2016

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says he’s about to announce his long-awaited decision about whether to charge the officers who killed Amilcar Perez...

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SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

SF ‘resolves’ homeless camps — but where do the people go?

Wall prevail

Lessons from Stop the Draft Week 50 years ago

Cops, cars, guns and death

The problem with “smart growth”

DA says no charges for officers who killed Amilcar Perez Lopez

Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history

Why SF’s City Planning Department doesn’t get it

What the police won’t tell you about the Amilcar Lopez killing

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