THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2024
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FROM THE EDITOR
I’ve got this really great Josh Marshall impression . . .
by John Zipperer
Editor in Chief, The Voice of San Francisco
Those of you who are readers of Talking Points Memo will be familiar with what I’m about to do. Josh Marshall, the journalist who runs that site, occasionally rolls up his sleeves and uses his editorial space to urge readers to support TPM.
You see where I’m going with this. In the first four months of The Voice of San Francisco’s young life, we’ve attracted thousands of readers, posted a lot of podcasts, launched our newsletter and videos, and made our new voice heard in the crowded (but all too often one-sided) San Francisco media market.
We’ve been supported by a couple major gifts as well as thousands of dollars in smaller donations. It has helped us hire a small core staff with a band of dedicated contributors. But that’s only a beginning. Small nonprofit news sources like us are springing up all across the country, including a number already here in the Bay Area. But we think we bring a different perspective to addressing local problems, a more critical eye to the prevailing policies and practices being used to address those problems. And we are confident that there are others like you who want that voice to grow.
We’ve got a great plan for what more we can do as we grow, but we need your help to do it. So if you want San Francisco to revive and thrive again, why not make a donation and get your friends who also want this city to succeed to make a donation?
Okay, sermon over. We’ve got a bumper crop of new articles on the site; check out the links below, or just bookmark our homepage to see the latest.
Top News
SOTTO VOCE
From women locked in cages to members of the Aryan Brotherhood, there’s nothing nice about homeless encampments
I delved into the pasts of three individuals portrayed as victims in recent news articles and discovered they all had violent criminal backgrounds
by Susan Dyer Reynolds
The media in this town really likes to portray the homeless as victims, Jennifer Friedenbach as their savior, and city officials and residents wanting to see the encampments cleared as Gotham by the Bay supervillains. Unfortunately, that’s not reality. Take Castillo, for example: on Oct. 13, 2023, he was arrested for possession of drugs and battery on a spouse/cohabitant/former spouse. He was arrested […]
CRIME
U.S. postal worker robbed at gunpoint, keys stolen
San Francisco postal workers and residents are all too familiar with this type of crime
by FriscoLive415
NEWS
Downtown revival update: the ‘more fun’ plan
A year and a half after the mayor’s plan was put forth, downtown businesses and residents hope for traction
by John Zipperer
Nomi toon
ICYMI
A&E
‘We Are The One: San Francisco Punk, 1970s–1980s’ at the Haight Street Art Center
by Sharon Anderson
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EVENTS
Out and About
What to do this weekend
By Lynette Majer
Managing Editor, The Voice of San Francisco
Saturday, Aug. 10
This weekend at Yerba Buena Gardens is the annual Pistahan Parade and Festival, the largest celebration of Filipino Americans in the U.S., featuring art, culinary, dance, health, heritage, innovation, sports, and tavern pavilions; entertainment; food vendors; and more. Free admission.
Listen up! Our podcasts
- John Rothmann interviews Lefteris Eleftheriou, candidate for SFUSD Board of Education
- John Rothmann interviews Leanna Louie, candidate for CCSF Community College Board of Trustees
- John Rothmann: Selling property works in the short term but what about the long term?
- Voice Weekly: Jared Klickstein on Addiction, Survival and Recovery on the Streets
- Plus more (and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible or everywhere else you get your favorite podcasts)
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