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The Performant: Louder, faster, more!
Jesse “Luscious” Townley spins tunes at a tribute to Philly punk at the Emerald Tablet.Photo by Nicole GlucksternWhen a friend of a friend held his 33 1/3rd birthday party, he filled the rooms of his...
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Richmond resident saved from deportation at the last moment
Felipe Valdes, right, has lived in California for 23 years and was nearly deported yesterday.PHOTO BY ADAM KRUGGELFelipe Valdes has lived and worked in the United States for 23 years. Two weeks ago, he...
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Photo gallery: #Batkidfrenzy
Days later Batkid is still warming our hearts, and taking a look at the interwebs shows that Miles Scott, aka Batkid, warmed the hearts of many worldwide. Make-a-Wish turned parts of San Francisco into...
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Albany Bulb squatters lose in court and turn to direct action to resist...
The Albany Bulb is part art space, part bayside natural area, part homeless encampment.Alan SanchezYesterday marked a big day for Albany Bulb residents. The Bulb, a closed landfill turned homeless...
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All in: author and activist Julia Serano talks 'Excluded'
When we talk about feminist and queer exclusion, we aren’t just dealing with gendered pay gaps and marriage rights. In her new book Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive,...
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Charges dropped in police-resident brawl at Valencia Gardens
DJ Williams is arrested by SFPD shortly before the incident sparked a fracas between officers and Valencia Gardens residents.from YouTube video by Rasta DaveAfter spending the weekend and Monday in...
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Chef Michael Anthony talks 'The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook'
The Gramercy Tavern Cookbook(Clarkson Potter, 352 pp., $50) takes you on a restaurant tour, beginning with Danny Meyer’s initial conception of opening this New York establishment, continuing past the...
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We will survive! Annalee Newitz's 'Scatter, Adapt, and Remember'
Spoiler alert: Humans survive at the end of the world.It’s a bit more complicated than that, of course, but it’s good to start on a note of hope. It’s a hope we can afford to have, as Annalee Newitz...
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BART board approves labor contract, minus the district's "mistake" UPDATED
The BART Board of Directors has voted 8-1, with conservative young Director Zakhary Mallett in dissent, to approve a hard-won contract with its unions, after removing Section 4.8, the paid family leave...
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SF General reduces psychiatric care
A 22-bed psychiatric unit at San Francisco General Hospital will be taken out of service, and re-opened only if the facility experiences a high caseload of patients exhibiting the worst signs of...
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Presidio Trust critical of museum proposals
The three museum proposals for a hotly contested Presidio site need significant revisions, the Presidio Trust announced today.Teams with three museum proposals are vying for a Presidio space just...
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Who dares challenge Katniss for box-office supremacy? New movies!
You can't go home again: Will Forte and Bruce Dern in NebraskaPhoto by Merie WallaceThis week, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stands poised to crush all who dare step to it, but there are some...
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Civil rights attorney John Burris to sue SFPD over alleged Valencia Gardens...
Civil rights attorney John Burris notably fought legal battles against OPD's "riders" and BART police on behalf of Oscar Grant.AP photo by Jeff ChiuProminent civil rights lawyer John Burris will sue...
View ArticleWhere I was on the day President Kennedy was shot
By Bruce B. BrugmannOn Nov. 22, 1963, I was a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal, a famous MIlwaukee daily newspaper always rated among the top ten U.S. newspapers.I was packing with my wife Jean and...
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Dick Meister: The jobless need help. Now!!
By Dick MeisterGuardian columnist Dick Meister, former labor editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and KQED-TV Newsroom, has covered labor and politics for more than a half-century. Contact him through...
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Obama speech interrupted by Bay Area immigration activists
President Obama turns around to address Ju Hong, during a speech in Chinatown, Nov. 25Photo via Youtube video, PBS NewshourJu Hong just wants to see his family for Thanksgiving, and that may be why he...
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A fan reacts: 'The Day of the Doctor' at Comic Outpost
No power in the universe was going to stop local Whovians from enjoying the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, at Comic Outpost ("home of the largest Doctor Who section in the...
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Activists organize, and some journalists chronicle, a progressive resurgence...
Milk and Moscone championed progressive causes.While Mayor Ed Lee jets around the world, still too focused on fueling the economic fire that is gentrifying San Francisco and displacing its diverse...
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The Performant: Dead man’s party
Despite the supposed onset of winter, it’s another sunny day as I pedal up to the San Francisco Columbarium, a stately domed edifice perched at the end of a discreet cul de sac off Geary and Arguello....
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Serial evictors named in mapping project
Eeeek! A lot of people have been evicted since 1997.The San Francisco Anti-Eviction Mapping Project – the same tenant advocates who produced this time-lapse of Ellis Act evictions– have published a new...
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