Seven candidates face off in first District 10 supervisor community forum
Public safety, housing, economic development and government accountability dominated the first of two community forums ahead of the November 2026 election. Seven District 10 candidates for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors crowded the table at Providence Baptist Church on Monday night, hosted by the District 10 Coalition for Accountability. Approximately 200 local residents,…
U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship highlights San Francisco
San Francisco took center stage on Tuesday, when the United States Supreme Court issued its final decision of the 2026 term, upholding the doctrine of Birthright Citizenship. San Franciscans played…
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 will be displayed alongside the…
Out and about July 2–8, 2026
It’s a busy weekend out there, with a variety of performances from festivals to music concerts featuring kids, a ballet, and more, like, um, fireworks. Read on to see what you may want to do. Thursday, July 2 The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, in its 26th year, is chock-full of…
More accolades for The Voice of San Francisco!
The Voice of San Francisco garnered nine honors from the California News Publishers Association in this year’s California Journalism Awards, highlighting our newsroom’s excellence across multiple categories for reporting, commentary, photography, and public affairs coverage in 2025. The awards recognize work examining some of San Francisco’s most pressing issues, including city government,…
A city married to tech: An interview with Jonathan Weber
The Bay Area’s ties to the tech industry go back a long way. But starting in the early 1990s, high tech began to spawn companies and disruptors and new tech moguls right here in San Francisco. The industry’s sometimes contentious relationship with San Francisco residents and its political class is…
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…
Golden Gate Bridge tolls, transit fares increase take effect July 1
Drivers will see a toll increase on the Golden Gate Bridge starting July 1 as part of a multiyear toll increase to fund bridge and maintenance operations. The toll rate for drivers with FastTrak will…
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 Mark. The historic bar has unveiled a new menu of…
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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…
Two ways to play the gay card
June, as we all know, is Dairy Month. Or maybe you didn’t know that. But you certainly know it is Gay Pride Month, which never occurs in the Bay Area without numerous commemorations and celebrations, some of them outrageous, some of them somber. In recent days, we got examples of…
Don’t take away our Veterans Affairs Commission
As a veteran and a commissioner of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Commission, I strongly oppose the proposal to change our name to the San Francisco Veterans Council. This is more than a name change. It is about respect, recognition, and preserving the voice of veterans in City Hall. A…
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,…
San Francisco jail bookings for May 2026 reveal persistent crime crisis
The desire for approval can blind one to the truth. — The Emperor’s New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen,1837 While City Hall continues to tout selective…
This week at City Hall: call-in public comment returns; budget break; and housing deal process continues
This week at Goodlett Place reflects a lull in activity following last week’s major budget talks. That said, components of a crucial policy accord on…
Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and…
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…
‘The Tramp’ at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Artists Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz’s The Tramp brings together a new film, installation, painting, and prints, marking the artists’ first institutional exhibition on the…
Frameline50 fearlessly focuses on the LGBTQ+ experience
A welcome rebuke to divisiveness and intolerance wherever it lurks, the Frameline media-arts organization — renowned bastion and supporter of queer cinema — is presenting…
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…
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