Parties Archives - 48 hills

Nightlife

Crip Ecstasy’s disabled club kids will see you on the dance floor

Caitlin Donohue - May 29, 2023

Head's up, promoters: One-night event teaches possibilities of nightlife accessibility.

LGBTQ

A delay, and maybe some hope, for the Castro Theater

Tim Redmond - April 25, 2023

Parties take two weeks to meet, organize; Mandelman facing pressure.

Environment

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2021

But there are some complicated equity issues that will require a lot more discussion.

News + Politics

Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor

Marke B. - September 20, 2021

As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.

Police

New rules on search warrants moving forward with little public input

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2021

The public defender wasn't consulted. The DA wasn't consulted. But the Police Commission wants a major policy change—now.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Queens on parade, from Capote to ‘Jamie’

Dennis Harvey - September 13, 2021

Plus: SF Short Film Fest, Crossroads Fest, and a very terrible 'Malignant'

The Agenda

Why have DBI, Planning, and the cops gotten away with so much for so long?

Tim Redmond - September 12, 2021

Plus: $70 million for parking meters when the mayor says we can't afford to keep SIP hotels open to save lives. That's The Agenda for Sept. 13-19

Music

Funkier than ‘Super Freak’: 6 enduring flashes of Rick James’ genius

John-Paul Shiver - September 12, 2021

A new doc explores the star's wild, conflicted life. Here are the songs that immortalize his talent

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: CounterPulse fest, Bowie Bash, Opera at the Ballpark ….

Marke B. - September 8, 2021

Plus: Carrie Mae Weems finds a home for her art in SF, How Weird and Burning Man: The Musical scratch that freaky itch.

News + Politics

The mystery of Jean Chang Kan Fung, 84, dead after an encounter with CHP

Angela Hui - September 7, 2021

Grandmother disappeared after cops dropped her at a grocery store far from home. She washed up dead in the water off Pacifica.

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