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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Gray Area Festival lineup, Laborfest, Fillmore Jazz Fest…

Marke B. - June 26, 2018

ARTS FORECAST Lots of fests coming at you fast! We've got details below, but here's a future one to put on your radar: The Gray...

News + Politics

Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers

Sarah Lapidus and Tim Redmond - June 14, 2018

The Police Commission went into closed session to discuss Taser policy as a labor issue Wednesday, just a week after the defeat of Proposition...

Campaign Trail

The big right-wing money in key East Bay Assembly race

Harriet Steele - June 1, 2018

Big, outside money has been a major issue in the San Francisco mayor’s race, where tech and real estate interests are pouring hundreds of...

News + Politics

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

Cops push stunning ballot measure to allow Tasers

Tim Redmond - January 16, 2018

The San Francisco Police Officers Association – the folks who have opposed every major effort at reforming the department – has put up $80,000...

News + Politics

SFist network shut down by anti-union billionaire owner

Marke B. - November 2, 2017

Visitors to local news aggregator and commentary site SFist were stunned today to find all of its content and archives replaced by a simply...

News + Politics

The (not so secret) agenda of the Trump tax plan

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2017

The Republican tax plan is, of course, a huge giveaway to the rich, and (as with most tax “reform” passed since Jimmy Carter started...

News + Politics

Assault on local control equals deregulation of housing

Calvin Welch - September 28, 2017

"Democrats have a comprehensive agenda to invest in America's cities, grounded on the premise that local leaders are best equipped to create a better...

News + Politics

Lessons from Stop the Draft Week 50 years ago

Reese Erlich - September 26, 2017

With great fanfare PBS is airing a 10-part series about the Vietnam War. Critics charge that under the guise of being even handed, series...

Arts + Culture

Dolores Huerta, filling the screen

Caitlin Donohue - August 29, 2017

In 1962, political organizer Dolores Huerta was a twice-divorced mother of seven. She had also just told Cesar Chávez that she would join him...

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