THIS WEEK AT THE VOICE FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025
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Gallery: Veteran ABC7 anchor and reporter Dion Lim honored at July 31 reception
by Mike Ege
Editor in Chief, The Voice of San Francisco
Scores of luminaries and lurkers from the Bay Area’s political and Asian American communities celebrated the work of ABC7 news anchor and reporter Dion Lim at a reception held in her honor on July 31 at The Harborview Restaurant downtown.
Among those attending were members of the Board of Supervisors, including President Rafael Mandelman and Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter, and Stephen Sherrill; Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, Millbrae Mayor Anders Fung, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President David Canepa, as well as veterans such as former Mayor Willie Brown and former City Administrator Bill Lee.
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POLITICS
Miyamoto fracas bespeaks fickle nature of political endorsements
Sometimes, it comes down to who asks who first.
by Mike Ege
San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and his endorsement of Republican gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco have become the newest shiny objects in the eyes of local political reporters. A deeper look into how it came about reveals what happens when personal and professional relationships become political, as well as how sometimes political endorsements come down to a simple matter of who asks whom first.
EDUCATION
Smartphone addictions and stunted attention spans in high schools
Will this be the year when SFUSD parents recognize the risks of teenage compulsions?
by Elizabeth Statmore
TRANSPORTATION
Muni taps European bus maker for battery electric vehicles
Muni will add more electric buses, including from European manufacturer Solaris, as it works toward a zero-emission fleet.
by Jerold Chinn
Quote of the week
“I want to say that the program is about transparency and really about education. It’s not about catching people speeding and a gotcha kind of attitude.”
— SFMTA’s Director of Streets Viktoryia Wise on the “kinder, gentler” traffic enforcement accompanying new speed cameras, in “San Francisco automated speed cameras now ticketing at 33 locations”
Nomi toon
In Case You Missed It
TRANSPORTATION
San Francisco automated speed cameras now ticketing at 33 locations
SFMTA staffers seeking input on expanding ‘pay or permit’ parking get more than they bargained for.
by Mike Ege
EDUCATION
SFUSD ethnic studies: Lost in the revolutionary soundtrack of 1968
The CA Education Code mandates that schools teach about all cultures starting in second grade.
by Carol Kocivar
A&E
On the road for better or worse
Three new movies take very different journeys with distinctly disparate results.
by Michael Snyder
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EVENTS
Out and about Aug. 7–13, 2025
What to do this weekend and beyond
By Lynette Majer
Managing Editor, The Voice of San Francisco
As always, there are many ways to spend your free time in the city. This weekend and next there are a few museum events, concerts, outdoor events celebrating Latin and Filipino culture, and music, First Thursday downtown, and more, including a neighborhood garage sale. Read on for my picks.
Thursday, Aug. 7
Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art at the Legion of Honor is in its final weeks. The artist became famous for his colorful renderings of confections and buffets, and also for his reinterpretation of other artworks. Through Aug. 17. Tickets from $15.
It’s a first Thursday, so head to Downtown Hoedown at the Front Street Entertainment Zone. Don your cowboy boots and have fun with line dancing, live bluegrass and country music, a mechanical bull, and more. Free, RSVP here.
Friday, Aug. 8
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s three-day Dead celebration is the ever-popular Outside Lands Music Festival. Headliners are rappers Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, and Irish rock singer Hozier, plus over 100 additional performers.
Tickets from $235
Join Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 with live music from the San Francisco Symphony. Through Saturday. Tickets from $105
For a different live stage performance, go see some uncurated, unedited, experimental theater presented by the Exit Theatre at the 34th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival at the Taylor Street Theater. Through Aug. 24. Tickets from $8.
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