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Haney moves to save Mezzanine — and Soma nightlife

Jeantelle Laberinto - June 13, 2019

Supervisor Matt Haney announced Thursday that he will introduce a resolution that would give an added layer of protection to nightlife and entertainment venues...

At 83, piano legend Larry Vuckovich recounts a ‘Fascinating Jazz Life’

Reese Erlich - June 13, 2019

ALL EARS Pianist and composer Larry Vuckovich has been a headliner in the Bay Area jazz scene for over 60 years. His creative approach...

Onstage

Immersive Jazz Age decadence in ‘The Speakeasy: Age of Scofflaws’

Dennis Harvey - June 13, 2019

ONSTAGE One hundred years ago the US Senate bowed to the pressure of temperance activists and passed the National Prohibition Act. It was one...

Onstage

Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

Emily Wilson - June 12, 2019

ONSTAGE Carey Perloff started off as a playwright. Then she was named artistic director of the Classic Stage Company in New York, before coming to...

News + Politics

The absurd, failed economics of the jobs-housing linkage fee

John Elberling - June 11, 2019

The long-awaited Nexus Study documenting how much affordable housing is actually needed for the added workforce of new office developments has finally been released...

News + Politics

Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Hydee Feldstein - June 11, 2019

The date was Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2017, in Sacramento CA, when Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 384, a bill amending the California Business...

News + Politics

Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Tim Redmond - June 11, 2019

Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer yesterday called for the city to “blow up” its current taxi permit system, find a way to pay back drivers...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: She’s the Official Coolest Person Ever

Dennis Harvey - June 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Here’s something you don’t normally see mid-summer at the multiplex: Simultaneous openings of two movies with Emma Thompson. Neither are exactly Howard’s...

News + Politics

Michael Storper on housing

Tim Redmond - June 10, 2019

There were so many interesting moments in the presentation by eminent economic geographer Michael Storper April 30. One of the more remarkable things he...

Culture

Stern Grove Festival changes family hands—but not its free music mission

Emily Wilson - June 10, 2019

When Dr. Douglas Goldman went to the Stern Grove Festival as a child, he remembers cherry trees in the concert meadow with tables arranged...

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Haney moves to save Mezzanine — and Soma nightlife

At 83, piano legend Larry Vuckovich recounts a ‘Fascinating Jazz Life’

Immersive Jazz Age decadence in ‘The Speakeasy: Age of Scofflaws’

Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

The absurd, failed economics of the jobs-housing linkage fee

Wiener’s gut-and-amend tactics: Will they return with SB 50?

Fewer calls on city to ‘blow up’ taxi permit system

Screen Grabs: She’s the Official Coolest Person Ever

Michael Storper on housing

Stern Grove Festival changes family hands—but not its free music mission

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