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A live cinema event to ‘Remember Los Siete’ in the Mission

Caitlin Donohue - April 24, 2019

On May 1,1969, a pair of cops stopped a group of Latino activists on the Mission District's Alvarado Street. In the ensuring altercation, one...

Dance

Dimensions Dance comes ‘Armed with Joy’ and ‘Sanctuary’

Emily Wilson - April 4, 2019

DANCE Choreographer Erik Lee has always seen dance as a form of worship. Now he thinks that idea has growing acceptance, and he’s glad to be...

News + Politics

Black queer people and allies rally against violence in wake of actor’s beating

Marke B. - January 30, 2019

"I just want a world where we can live our lives, where we can be ourselves free from this pressure of always having to...

News + Politics

Crime and race at the Hall of Justice

Alex Catsoulis - September 1, 2018

Yesterday, I sat in the Hall of Justice anticipating a wave of Stop Crime SF members who planned to pack the courtroom with the...

Lit

Leticia del Toro grounds her ‘Cafe Colima’ in the lives of ‘everyday Latinas’

James De Julius - June 26, 2018

LIT Bay Area author Leticia Del Toro is not a household name... yet. Her work has appeared in Huizache, Zyzzyva, Cipactli and Mutha Magazine. Her short stories are some...

News + Politics

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Adriana Camarena - March 11, 2018

Editor’s note: As the candidates for mayor discuss law enforcement, police accountability, and the future of the SFPD, it’s worth looking back at how...

News + Politics

No justice, no deal: Time for a better contract with the police union

Father Richard Smith - March 5, 2018

Two years after the city formally committed itself to police reform, we have almost bupkis to show for it. The reason? The San Francisco...

Art

SOMArts show kicks off Dia de los Muertos season

Marke B. - October 5, 2017

ART LOOKS San Francisco takes its Day of the Dead seriously -- it's a sacred moment -- but, in the spirit of the magical holiday that pierces...

News + Politics

From the poor house to the jail house

Tiny - August 10, 2017

We walk back and forth in a jail cell everyday – it’s called your doorways tent cities Bus benches and Metal chairs...

News + Politics

Opinion: How the DA bungled the Amicar Perez Lopez case

Ben Rosenfeld - April 21, 2017

In exonerating the police officers who shot and killed 21-year old Mayan Guatemalan immigrant Amilcar Perez Lopez on February 26, 2015, District Attorney (and...

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