Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: Parks

Why are we still pushing criminalization of homeless people?

  More and more evidence keeps emerging that housing-first efforts, or the placing of homeless people into housing paid for by the city, not only...

Bringing the grizzly bear back to California

California’s flag features a grizzly bear, even though they’ve been extinct in the state since the last one was shot in 1924. Today we...

Board factions (mostly) work out deals for fall ballot

Everyone seems to be complaining about a lack of “collegiality” at the Board of Supes, since some of the discussions over the budget and...

Pokemon hunters take over the city

If you’re taking a walk through a San Francisco park, or along the waterfront, going to a restaurant, or even walking along the streets...

Mime Troupe tackles ignorance at its root in 57th season

ON STAGE San Francisco is a town that has always enjoyed its culture served with a heavy dose of social critique. That may be why...

The myth of the killer bees

  The media played it like a sci-fi horror movie: “Aggressive killer bees swarm Concord neighborhood” CBS warned. “How bee rampage terrorized neighborhood, killed two...

Slants for all: Museum of Propaganda opens in San Rafael

There is nothing more unpleasant than a United States election year. Half the fatigue has to be attributable to the fact that every time you...

The Agenda, May 2-May 9: Will the mayor meet with the hunger strikers?

The hunger strike for police accountability is now well into its second week, and still not one word – seriously, not one word –...

Airbnb suddenly drops $245,000 into local politics

Just days after Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin announced a measure to more tightly regulate short-term rentals, Airbnb, the biggest company in that...

PG&E tries to cheat San Francisco — again

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., in another dramatic move to prevent San Francisco from operating a lucrative public-power system, is moving to block the...