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SF to pay $13.1 million to man who was framed by cops

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2019

The Board of Supes is set to approve Tuesday/19 a $13.1 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by a young man who, a jury found,...

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ACLU sues after Sacramento sheriff blocks Black Lives Matter on Facebook

Haley Keizur - February 4, 2019

The First Amendment protects freedom of expression, but how does that law, written hundreds of years before smartphones were even imagined, apply to today’s...

Arts + Culture

W. Kamau Bell talks R. Kelly, Elmwood Cafe whiplash on eve of Sketchfest tribute

Joshua Rotter - January 11, 2019

Nationally, comedian W. Kamau Bell is known for his multiple Emmy-winning CNN show “United Shades of America," his Netflix comedy special “W. Kamau Bell:...

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Mayor Breed’s brother should be released from prison

Tim Redmond - December 20, 2018

Jerry Brown is poised to leave office with 740 people on death row and 130,000 others in state prisons, 70 percent of them Black...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: SF Shorts, Beautiful Boy, Filipino Cine Festival…

Dennis Harvey - October 16, 2018

SCREEN GRABS While the SF Greek and Arab Film Festivals continue for their second, final weekends (see last week’s column for more details), it’s otherwise...

Campaign Trail

Gascon will step down — but who will step up?

Tim Redmond - October 3, 2018

A lot of people in the San Francisco political world were stunned when District Attorney George Gascon announced he would not be running for...

News + Politics

Profiles in corruption: How telecoms control the state Legislature

Chris Witteman and Tracy Rosenberg - July 1, 2018

The last couple of weeks have not been good ones for those who see communications as a social justice issue. The 2015 Open Internet Order,...

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Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell

Tim Redmond - March 19, 2018

Labor battles in San Francisco are typically about wages, benefits, and staffing. In tough years, City Hall tries to make cuts, and the unions...

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

Yimbyism and the cruel irony of metropolitan history

David Levitus - March 2, 2018

The sense of housing crisis is nearly everywhere. Debates about housing policy are heating up, turning once arcane fields into the subject of fevered...

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