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Housing

Five supes push to put homeless in vacant hotel rooms

Sam Lew - March 24, 2020

Five San Francisco supervisors announced plans yesterday to house thousands of homeless residents using some of the city's 33,000 vacant hotel rooms during the...

News + Politics

In Hong Kong, protests and precautions at Chinese New Year

Herb Mintz - March 24, 2020

My wife (she prefers that label) and I travel to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region each year to visit her relatives, in particular,...

Culture

How you can help feed overstressed healthcare workers

Tamara Palmer - March 23, 2020

The call is out to help overstressed healthcare workers: If you have N95 masks that you have not used or other crucial medical supplies...

News + Politics

A city line of credit to help small businesses

Tim Redmond - March 22, 2020

Almost everything at City Hall is closed, cancelled, shut down right now. That’s obviously the right thing to do. Although I must admit, it’s a...

Housing

Supes promise protections for small businesses and gig workers

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2020

So many updates from City Hall as we (mostly) shelter in place: Sup. Hillary Ronen announced this morning that she and others are working on...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2020

As I write this on Monday the 16th, “shelter-at-home” decrees around the coronavirus have negated any need to tell you about all the individual...

Let’s help local artists, workers, and small businesses. Join in!

Marke B. - March 15, 2020

Note: Scroll down all the way to the to the comments section at the bottom of this article to help support specific local artists,...

Arts + Culture

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

Garrett Leahy - March 15, 2020

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...

News + Politics

Is SF General ready for the crisis?

Tim Redmond - March 15, 2020

The Board of Supes is still meeting at this point, although the board is encouraging people to submit comments online and avoid public gatherings...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: I was under a brief coronavirus quarantine

Reese Erlich - March 13, 2020

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On February 22, I left Iran after a week of covering the country’s parliamentary elections. Ten days...

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