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Art Review

A view of ‘Bay Area Now 9’: Protective orishas, booming speakers, and complex queries

Charles Lewis III - October 16, 2023

30 Bay Area creatives receive their due inside the well-resourced art institution's walls.

The Agenda

WTAF is up with Newsom? And why is it so hard to get SF police reports?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2023

Vetoes of a series of progressive reforms show the guv is thinking about Iowa 2028, not California today. Pus: A hearing on police data. That's The Agenda for Oct. 8-15

Homelessness

Billionaires file legal brief attacking the unhoused in SF

Tim Redmond - October 8, 2023

While city fails to train staff on sweeps, the people who created this crisis are asking the Supreme Court to blame the victims.

Environment

Public power for all of Northern California? After fires, the framework is in place

Tim Redmond - September 16, 2023

Report to LAFCO cites a little-known state agency that has the authority to seize PG&E's assets and let every community decide its energy future.

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Movies

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

Dennis Harvey - September 14, 2023

Three of Sundance's most interesting movies finally hit screens here. Plus: Can you ride with Outlaw Johnny Black?

Drug policy

Breed continues to push arrests as solution to substance-abuse issues

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2023

Evidence shows this policy never works as right-wingers continue to push their attacks on local judges

Arts + Culture

A revitalized Mission mural—and some lessons from the history of BART

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2023

Michael Rios art event reminds us of the displacement and gentrification that the train system caused in the neighborhood.

Crime

The right-wing forces can’t blame their DA or their mayor, so they are attacking judges

Tim Redmond - September 7, 2023

Ousting Chesa Boudin and creating a new War on Drugs isn't working, so now they are seeking someone else to blame

Homelessness

Court won’t lift homeless sweeps injunction—but Chiu still declares victory

Tim Redmond - September 6, 2023

What's a realistic offer of shelter? That's not clear as the city moves to start criminalizing the unhoused again.

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