Mental health, budget, police incidents, Embarcadero park changes make for busy week at City Hall
This week will be a busy one at City Hall, as the Board of Supervisors continues to work on the budget and holds a state-mandated hearing on changes to health care funding. Meanwhile, city commissioners will review new affordable housing legislation, police incidents, and the coming facelift for Embarcadero Plaza. On Monday, the supervisors’…
Superintendent Su wins over skeptical Congressional Republicans
San Francisco Schools Superintendent Maria Su has successfully withstood the national scrutiny of an election-year Congressional hearing about school districts breaking trust with parents on the education of their children.…
Supervisors fund study to expand Central Subway to North Beach
Transportation planners in the city will study a Central Subway extension to North Beach following approval from city supervisors to allocate local transportation sales tax dollars to fund the study.…
IdeaSF: Discussions about San Francisco’s future and who gets to decide
Coinciding with the June primary election, IdeaSF took place at Gap headquarters, a brick postmodern building standing at the lip of the bayfront. The stated goal of the event was to “… explore the kinds of ideas — emanating from the Bay Area and beyond — that move us forward.”…
Out and about June 11–17, 2026
It’s clearly the season for outdoor events, from films to night and day markets, but also some inside events to enjoy as well, from exhibitions, and more. Thursday, June 11 The immersive exhibition Life in Space opens today and explores how life, whether human or extraterrestrial, might live in the…
Reclaiming history through beadwork: Demetri Broxton at MoAD
Demetri Broxton’s ornate hand-stitched beaded portraits speak of ancestral stories. His art asks us to think about how we honor those we cannot fully name, and how to create space for them to exist as a whole. In Ancestral Echoes — Crops of Empire at the Museum of African Diaspora…
‘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…
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 these are the top ones:…
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 to his impressive career as…
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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…
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 learned years earlier. Knowing that this moment is always on its way, I spend much…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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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