Poverty Archives - 48 hills

Homelessness

‘Where Do We Go’ launches new campaign against homeless sweeps

Tiny - October 20, 2024

Organizers vow to set up new encampments in public spaces every time cities evict the unhoused.

Culture

Screen Grabs: Donald Trump eclipses his dark master in ‘The Apprentice’

Dennis Harvey - October 6, 2024

Plus: Rod Serling's Black president, John and Yoko host the Mike Douglas show, David Wojnarowicz's AIDS rage still burns.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Drunken, humped, French (and Mill Valley, too)

Dennis Harvey - September 30, 2024

Film fest season kicks into high gear this week with four events celebrating sex, cocktails, film noir, and starpower.

Housing

OPINION: It’s time to build affordable housing in Hayes Valley

Robin Levitt - September 23, 2024

We have a shovel-ready site and money to fund 100 units. Why is Mayor Breed delaying the project?

Protest

Prison hunger strikers won limits on solitary confinement; now they are on trial again

Tiny - September 19, 2024

Gang-affiliation case targets leaders of a movement that forced major changes in California prisons.

Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Leila Mottley

Lou Fancher - August 14, 2024

The youngest author ever featured by Oprah's Book Club continues to thrill after breakout novel 'Nightcrawling.'

Movies

Screen Grabs: Family time’s not great in ‘Good Half’ and ‘Good One’

Dennis Harvey - August 14, 2024

Plus: 'Sugarcane' doc platforms Indigenous survivors, Japan's Shinji Somai takes over the Roxie.

Homelessness

Bus tickets to anywhere and pain on the streets as Breed, Newsom attack unhoused

Tiny - August 13, 2024

Man who has no family in Salinas is urged to go there anyway. Welcome to Breed's new homeless program.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: District 10 Community Market

Tamara Palmer - August 12, 2024

A more flexible alternative to a free food pantry that provides groceries to residents with little access to fresh eats.

Campaign Trail

About that Chron poll on Breed …

Tim Redmond - August 11, 2024

Is attacking the most vulnerable a viable campaign strategy—and is the mayor really surging? Let's look at the facts.

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