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Arts + Culture

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

Garrett Leahy - March 15, 2020

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...

Housing

Is the Monster in the Mission dead?

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2020

For years, as community leaders fought for affordable housing instead of luxury condos as 16thand Mission, the developer who owned the site said that...

Housing

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2020

The Chron put the story on the front page of the Sunday paper: There is no housing crisis in San Francisco. It is a good...

News + Politics

Aptos students walk out for safety — and resources

Sam Lew - February 23, 2020

“Now we rise, now we stand, for our safety, hand in hand!” These are the words that more than 100 students from Aptos Middle School...

News + Politics

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2020

A real-estate investor with a history of attempting to evict vulnerable low-income seniors in Chinatown is now in the middle of a controversy over...

News + Politics

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

Campaign Trail

‘Families first’ public defender enters D7 race

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2020

UPDATED: A public defender who coaches girls' basketball at a Catholic school announced today that’s he’s running for supervisor. With about 100 supporters lined up in...

Housing

The fix was in: Mayor appoints political ally to run city planning

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2020

Mayor London Breed has appointed to the crucial role of Planning Director a former commissioner whose main credentials appear to be his political loyalty...

Onstage

You’ve never seen a ‘Gatsby’ like this

Emily Wilson - February 5, 2020

When his theater company starts working on a show, says John Collins of Elevator Repair Service, members don’t necessarily know–or want to know–where they’re going...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Welcome to the ‘Manifesto’

Marke B. - February 3, 2020

If people asked me who I'd invite to my dream dinner party, I'm pretty sure James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Fela Kuti would make...

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