‘60 Minutes’ and the great news freak-out
Scott Pelley isn’t the only journalist forced out of a job because of changing media dynamics. But his ouster from CBS News and 60 Minutes amid the Bari Weiss-ification of the operation brought to mind my own connection to that storied institution. When my mother graduated from high school in Wisconsin, she immediately headed…
Travel tips for tourists
Pity the poor tourist. To help them navigate our fair city (the center of the known universe), we San Franciscans have a few suggestions to improve our visitors’ stay, and…
Delving into the power and glory of music
If anyone understands the glories, pitfalls, and perils of the music industry well enough to make a movie (or five) on the subject, it would be John Carney who, prior…
City Hall heats up this week with budget process
Expect a lot of smoke and heat at City Hall this week, as San Francisco’s budget process begins in earnest. The Board of Supervisors will spend much of the week evaluating Mayor Daniel Lurie’s spending plan for 38 city departments. But first, among other things, they’ll consider curbing one of…
Zavein Blue Wright, free on mental health diversion for violent assault of elder, has attacked another elder
On May 24, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., a 93-year-old woman was walking her little dog, Princess, on Cayuga Avenue in San Francisco’s Mission Terrace neighborhood when she felt something hit her incredibly hard on the back of the head. Her fall was broken by a parked car, but when she…
Letter to the editor: Support bar patio smoking ban
San Francisco established itself as a public health leader when it became the first major U.S. city to prohibit smoking in non-hospitality workplaces. Yet, more than 40 years later, bar patios remain exempt. As a result, bar workers and patrons across the city are still exposed to secondhand smoke containing…
Clipper 2.0 delays grow as Cubic misses key upgrade deadline
The contractor tasked to update the Bay Area’s transit fare payment system has missed a May 30 deadline to start bulk upgrades of Clipper cards. …
We knew the cost of ignoring math readiness in higher education
It happens every spring — while I’m giving the final exam to high-achieving 10th graders, some student will come up to my desk to ask questions about some extremely basic mathematics this course assumes they…
Out and about June 4–10, 2026
Well, it’s sorta kinda summer, and we all know that means weather-wise. Regardless, there are indoor and outdoor venues for some suggestions for the next several days from theater and music, to pet events, street…
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Proposition A: Why it must be defeated
Since the 1906 Earthquake and Fires destroyed nearly 28,000 buildings and killed more than 3,000 people, taxpayers have approved five Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESER) Bonds. The 2010, 2014, and 2020 bonds allocated $1.44 billion for critical upgrades to structures and systems: A new Public Safety Building, a new…
Politico behind S.F.’s controversial sanctuary city amendment is back in business
Say hello to Sheila Chung Hagen. Or rather, hello again. During her tenure at City Hall, Chung Hagen worked as a legislative aide to two progressive supervisors: David Campos (nearly six years) and Hillary Ronen (roughly four to five months). While she was with Campos, she was instrumental in writing…
Legal challenge to SFUSD ‘Voices’ hits Mayor Lurie
Friends of Lowell Foundation (FOLF) formally requested a meeting with Mayor Daniel Lurie and senior City Hall officials, citing alleged violations of the California Brown Act in the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) adoption of the controversial “Voices: An Ethnic Studies Survey” curriculum. The legal letter, which included 53…
The shot that gave me seven days
There is a clinic in San Francisco called the Maria X. Martinez Health Resource Center. You might walk past it and not think much of it. But for me, it was the first place I had ever walked into where nobody looked at me like I was a problem to…
For-Site presents Monica Canilao’s ‘Vessels for Healing and Transmuting Grief’
In partnership with the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, For-Site presents a new installation by Oakland-based artist Monica Canilao. In Vessels for Healing…
What election night results mean in the race for California’s next governor
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. An interrogation is a staple scene in TV cop shows, with a detective often telling a…
Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It was a good night for normie Democrats, a bad one for self-funded…
S.F. school board candidates start complicated election path
Even before any of the votes have been counted in the June 2 primary election, the November election for three seats on the San Francisco…
A streaming trio of hybrid TV treats
The barrage of content produced for the profusion of networks, cable channels, and streamers means that there will inevitably be some hits and some misses.…
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts announces upcoming exhibitions
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) has announced its upcoming season of exhibitions and programs for 2026. The program includes artists exploring politics,…
Book review: ‘Amplify! My Fight for Asian America’ by Dion Lim
In February 2020, as I was watching Dion Lim’s first report on the senior Asian man who became known around the world simply as “the…
Capering with boosters and tuners
Flagrantly distinctive Oakland, Calif.-born filmmaker, rapper, songwriter, and activist Boots Riley rails against the machine with a torrent of gags in his sophomore movie, I…
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