Willie Brown Archives

Aided by a USC fellowship, reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which...

Environment

Is it safe? Treasure Island residents face health concerns from toxic dust

Garrett Leahy - November 20, 2022

The dirt on the island was contaminated. Now it's flying around in the air.

Crime

None of the district attorney’s supporters care about allegations of a major ethical breach

Tim Redmond - November 6, 2022

The law? What law? Rules? What rules? When it's about political power in SF, it doesn't seem to matter.

Movies

Screen Grabs: At American Indian Film Fest, remembering the Alcatraz occupation

Dennis Harvey - October 31, 2022

Plus: Doc Stories highlights Jerry Brown's disruptions, sweeping Georgian cinema series, Animation Show of Shows

Campaign Trail

Honey Mahogany talks about Treasure Island finances and how to make the project work

Steve Stallone - October 24, 2022

D6 candidate supports the unpopular toll, but knows more about the complex situation than the incumbent, Matt Dorsey.

Opinion

The national pundits can complain, but in SF, progressives get things done

Tim Paulson - October 19, 2022

The San Francisco left is fighting for things that the national Democratic Party has abandoned.

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Screen Grabs: Scrappy kids, rotting queens, and ‘the Liberace of lucha libre’

State Supreme Court rules in favor of district elections for local government

First they came for the streetcars …

Minor item becomes referendum on Mayor Breed’s failed housing policies

The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Is it safe? Treasure Island residents face health concerns from toxic dust

None of the district attorney’s supporters care about allegations of a major ethical breach

Screen Grabs: At American Indian Film Fest, remembering the Alcatraz occupation

Honey Mahogany talks about Treasure Island finances and how to make the project work

The national pundits can complain, but in SF, progressives get things done

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