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Luis Gongora Shooting: Family files lawsuit alleging excessive force

Sana Saleem - June 17, 2016

Editor's note:This post contains graphic images On Friday, attorneys from John L. Burris Law presented evidence regarding the fatal shooting of Luis Góngora by San...

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Kim edges Wiener in SF as fall campaigns start to shape up

Tim Redmond - June 15, 2016

The results of the June election got a bit sharper today, with Jane Kim now passing Scott Wiener in the San Francisco results for...

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Healthcare professionals demand police brutality be declared a health crisis

Sana Saleem - May 24, 2016

Students and healthcare professionals from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco State University argued yesterday that police brutality should be seen as...

Arts + Culture

SF Carnaval: How it began and what it looks like 37 years later

Caitlin Donohue - May 19, 2016

Carnaval in the Mission is next weekend (May 28-29). The yearly parade and street festival has been around long enough that it's become an institution to...

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Day VII of Hunger Strike: Chief Suhr’s 5th Anniversary, #BaltimoreUprising and a week of going hungry

Sana Saleem - April 28, 2016

This post is part of our special coverage on the #hungerforjusticesf. Five San Francisco residents are on hunger strike outside Mission Police Station, demanding...

Arts + Culture

Digging deep, empowered by grief

Caitlin Donohue - April 13, 2016

Performer Mika Lemoine didn't fully grasp the power of Destiny Arts Center and Embodiment Project's documentary play Seed Language until its opening night. (The...

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Protesters go to City Hall: ‘A young man was murdered on your watch’

Sana Saleem - March 20, 2016

“There’s been this kind of waiting game going on, let’s just wait this out and see if people lose interest and go away. Well...

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59 shots: Closing arguments in the Nieto case

Sana Saleem - March 9, 2016

“We are here today because of 59 shots,” Nieto family attorney Adante Pointer said, as he began his closing argument in the Nieto trial....

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Where will the Division Street homeless go?

Sana Saleem - February 24, 2016

As if moving them under the bridge, away from public view wasn’t enough, San Francisco health officials declared homeless tents a health hazard yesterday,...

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A police riot in 1967 has echoes today

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2016

UPDATED: Got some new information from Steve Morse, who was there, and the story reflects that now John Ross, the brilliant, shit-disturbing rebel reporter, died...

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