City Hall this week: Supes look to pass big, beautiful cleanup bill; Sauter asks about family-friendly Muni
San Francisco supervisors return to committee this week with a full menu of consequential legislation, but one fight may center on a ballot measure that isn’t even officially on the ballot yet. Plus one member looks into making Muni more family-friendly, another wants to ask Mayor Daniel Lurie a question that may raise even…
San Francisco moves toward drug-free permanent supportive housing
San Francisco’s open-air drug problem is chronic, lethal, and seemingly impossible to cure. The latest attempt at mitigation is Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s Drug-free Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) proposal. The legislation…
Exclusive: Parole officer says supervisor told him to leave sex offender alone
When Ches Fry retired as a parole agent I with the California Department of Corrections Division of Adult Parole Operations, the job had become increasingly difficult, in part because of…
San Francisco supervisor seeks inquiry into July 4 traffic gridlock, Waymo failures, Muni planning
Following the Fourth of July fireworks show at the Golden Gate Bridge that ended with traffic gridlock, stuck Waymo vehicles and Muni buses moving at a snail’s pace, a supervisor has requested an inquiry from several city departments to determine what went wrong on the city’s streets that evening. At…
Out and about July 9–15, 2026
There’s lots of music inside and outside in the next several days as well as festivals and more. Read on for some options for how to spend your free time. Thursday, July 9 The Merola Opera Program’s production of La Tragédie de Carmen is a condensed adaptation of Georges Bizet’s…
Familiar ring, familiar faces: 2020 smear campaign against Nancy Pelosi opponent Shahid Buttar reminiscent of Manny Yekutiel attacks
On July 12, 2020, Washington D.C., comedian Elizabeth Croydon tagged renowned Black philosopher Cornel West in a cryptic tweet that read, “I’d like you to know that Shaid [sic] Buttar sexually harassed me and is friends w/the ‘ex’ ‘gang banger’ who threw me into a wall disabling me for years.…
The layers of learning they can’t backfill
Every fall, students arrive at U.C. Berkeley having done everything right. They took the required courses. They earned their grades. Their transcripts proclaim they are…
For-Site presents ‘Andy Goldsworthy: Red Flags’ at Fort Mason
For-Site and the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture presents Andy Goldsworthy: Red Flags. The site-specific exhibition centers on the acclaimed artist’s monumental installation, Red Flags (2020). Comprised of fifty 5- by 8-foot flags,…
Gov. Gavin Newsom says crime is down after ordering parole agents to ignore violations by dangerous felons
You’ll never know the psychopath sitting next to you You’ll never know the murderer sitting next to you You’ll think, “How’d I get here, sitting next to you?” But after all I’ve said, please don’t…
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A.D. 251: Welcome to the first year of the rest of America’s life
As we wave bye-bye to America’s 250th July Fourth, we should note that we’re in Year One of the country’s second 250 years. As bad as the country’s shape is today, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to . . . let’s say “make it better again.” That starts…
Friday night’s New York City-style menacing in Dolores Park
Scott Wiener has attended the San Francisco Trans March every year since it was first organized in 2004. Twenty-two years of showing up. On Friday night, June 26, 2026, he was on his way to the Trans March Shabbat — a queer Jewish religious service cosponsored by Congregation Sha’ar Zahav,…
A personal tribute to David Hockney: The artist who taught us how to see
David Hockney died on June 11, 2026, at his home in London. On the morning of June 12, the news broke, and I began reading obituaries and remembrances of his extraordinary life. My sister and I traded a few text messages about the news, and soon after, she called me…
Giants pitchers balk at team’s LGBTQ Pride Night uniform
In baseball terminology, relief pitchers are often called “firemen” — called upon to douse the flames of the opposing team’s late-inning rally. This past week, a quartet of Giants pitchers who share Christian religious beliefs has found themselves at the center of a growing cultural and political firestorm that has…
Striking similarities in sexual assault allegations against Manny Yekutiel and Shahid Buttar
When the San Francisco Standard ran a tabloid style article on an alleged sexual assault by Manny Yekutiel, owner of civic cafe Manny’s and a…
Threatened closure of San Bruno federal archives center has deep implications
Immigration records from Angel Island — the “Ellis Island of the West” that was the first stop for the ancestors of many San Franciscans —…
An invitation to laugh at couples in crisis
As an actress, Olivia Wilde can project fierce intellect as well as earthiness, whether she’s playing serious or silly. Those traits seem to be inherent…
Drug-free housing, summer fun in the Marina, and quest for public power on table at City Hall this week
Open-container drinking may be coming to Chestnut Street, but that’s only the first of a packed week at City Hall. Supervisors and city commissions will…
Nengi Omuku’s first U.S. museum exhibition opens at the de Young
Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku’s first solo United States exhibition, Nengi Omuku: The Gathering, brings together the artist’s work, including four monumental new paintings. Her art…
Top of the Mark revives legendary 100 Martini Passport for hotel’s centennial
San Francisco’s InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel is celebrating its centennial this year by reviving a beloved tradition at its iconic sky lounge, Top of the…
Celebrating the Dead as the club scene evolves
Wandering through a preview of the ornate color blast that is the Forever Grateful exhibition of Grateful Dead memorabilia at the Haight Street Art Center,…
Toying around with a durable franchise
The release of Toy Story 5 this past weekend is yet another landmark in the saga of Pixar Animation Studios, the Emeryville, Calif.-based company that…
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