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Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

Tim Redmond - April 29, 2020

After a dramatic hearing in which Federal Judge Vincent Chhabria sharply criticized ICE, the judge has issued an order requiring the federal agency to...

Culture

Folsom Street Fair 2020 moves online due to COVID concerns

Marke B. - April 27, 2020

This September, Folsom Street Fair's jingle-jangle of nipple rings and crack-crack-crack of the whip will be floating out of your laptop speakers—rather than above...

DJs and musicians scramble for income in devastated scene

Garrett Leahy - April 24, 2020

Governor Newsom's announcement last Tuesday that live shows and concerts are unlikely to happen until there is a COVID-19 vaccine, which may be as...

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Ceci n’est pas une guillotine’

Mira Martin-Parker - April 22, 2020

I guess I’ll have to sell something in order to pay rent to our corporate landlords this month. I’ve been holding out, trying bide...

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Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2020

There are ways to describe the logistics of moving thousands of homeless people into hotel rooms. It’s not going to be simple. But referring to...

COVID

Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston is moving to ensure that tenants who are impacted by COVID-19 don’t wind up getting evicted after the crisis is over. Preston...

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Social distancing is the wrong term

Marc Norton - April 9, 2020

I am very tired of hearing about “social distancing.” We do not need social distancing. We need physical distancing. What we need is social solidarity. I...

News + Politics

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

Marke B. - April 9, 2020

It's impossible to imagine the queer rights movement without Phyllis Lyon, who passed away today at the age of 95 of natural causes. Along...

Housing

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Sam Lew - April 1, 2020

UPDATE: The first case of COVID in a homeless shelter has been reported. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to place sheltered...

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Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2020

The governor told us last night that Californians all have to work together to prevent a greater public-health disaster. He said that “we are...

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Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

Folsom Street Fair 2020 moves online due to COVID concerns

DJs and musicians scramble for income in devastated scene

Letter to the Editor: ‘Ceci n’est pas une guillotine’

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

Sup. Preston calls for permanent ban on evictions due to COVID-related rent debt

Social distancing is the wrong term

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

Mayor, supervisors at odds over hotel rooms for homeless

Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

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