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The San Francisco Mint is haunted!

Peter-Astrid Kane - October 23, 2019

It’s hard to be a jaded adult and walk through a haunted attraction without failing to suspend your disbelief at least a little. “Ooh, that...

Onstage

Lesbian history finally takes center stage in ‘The Daughters’

Emily Wilson - October 23, 2019

The first act of The Daughters, a comedy by Patricia Cotter (at the San Francisco Playhouse through November 2), imagines the Daughters of Bilitis’ first meeting...

News + Politics

In dramatic hearing, Haney housing measure moves forward

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2019

The Land Use and Transportation Committee yesterday moved forward a plan to increase the fee office developers pay for housing after a remarkable hearing...

Arts + Culture

Celebrate the first, the original, the best Best of the Bay

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2019

It’s getting to the point where the term “best of” is just a part of every news outlet’s annual marketing plan. Newspapers, magazines, websites,...

Can a museum exhibit capture Burning Man?

Steven T. Jones - October 22, 2019

It has blinky lights, art cars, the gifting of trinkets, and the Temple of Reunion by legendary temple-builder David Best. There’s cool video from...

News + Politics

UCSF’s secret plans to expand dramatically in Parnassus Heights

Dennis Antenore - October 21, 2019

“Uh-oh -- the cat’s out of the bag now.” That’s what a consultant was heard to say at the final meeting of the Community Working...

News + Politics

Helping seniors with legal issues — for 40 years

Tim Redmond - October 21, 2019

Sometime in the mid-1970s, as local community-based organizations were starting to emerge and change the politics of San Francisco, a group of lawyers began...

News + Politics

SF’s housing policy failure on full display this week

Tim Redmond - October 20, 2019

The city’s failure to make sure affordable housing keeps up with office growth will be on full display at the Land Use and Transportation...

News + Politics

The Chron’s robo-journalism

Tim Redmond - October 20, 2019

It looked just like so many other short news briefs in the San Francisco Chronicle; straightforward, factual, a little boring. A modest earthquake struck...

Puff

Puff: Hall of Flowers highlights

Dan Karkoska - October 19, 2019

Modern cannabis showed off its best buds at Hall of Flowers September 17-18 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. I have been waiting...

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