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The sun hasn’t set yet on Sonny Smith’s SF

Daniel Bromfield - March 21, 2019

ALL EARS As the decade began, all eyes were on San Francisco’s rock scene. Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, and the Fresh...

Culture

Don’t cry for Golden Gate Fortune Cookie, owner says, despite huge rent jump

Tamara Palmer - March 18, 2019

Nancy Tom Chan doesn’t take days off. Instead, the founder of the 57-year-old Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in Chinatown can be found hand-folding...

News + Politics

SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

The Board of Supes is set to approve Tuesday/19 a $13.1 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by a young man who, a jury found,...

News + Politics

Mayor makes smart move with public defender appointment

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2019

The entire Office of the Public Defender was celebrating today with the news that Mayor London Breed has named Manohar Raju to replace the...

Onstage

In ‘Yoga Play,’ Dipika Guha twists commerce into comedy

Emily Wilson - March 9, 2019

ONSTAGE When Dipika Guha got her Bachelor’s degree in English from University College London, she wasn’t thinking of being a playwright. She’d just moved with...

News + Politics

We want to hear from you! What should 48 Hills cover in 2019?

Marke B. - March 6, 2019

48 Hills is community-supported journalism, an experiment in how to save local coverage of the issues that mean the most to our readers. We'd...

News + Politics

The local TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death is a disgrace

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

I’m just going to come right out and say it: Some of the TV news coverage of Jeff Adachi’s death has been utterly repugnant. Channel...

News + Politics

Ethics Commission rejects plan to eliminate spending caps

Tim Redmond - February 18, 2019

The San Francisco Ethics Commission decided Friday not to propose rules that would have in effect abolished spending caps for local campaigns. The proposal from...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: British Film Fest, Holiday, Tongues Untied….

Dennis Harvey - February 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As we mourn the abrupt loss of the AMC Van Ness 14—it closed on short notice last week—and hope the same fate...

News + Politics

Will the state Democratic Party support public power?

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2019

The collapse of Pacific Gas and Electric Company is leading to serious efforts on both the statewide and the local level to replace the...

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