Top Stories

Supervisors Send List of Demands to New Director of Mental Health Reform

"To say we are frustrated is an understatement," stated the letter, which was sent to Dr. Anton Nigusse Bland by four supervisors — including the Board president.

 

S.F. Reacts to the Bin-sanity of the New Recycling Landscape

Barely six months before S.F. was supposed to meet its Zero Waste goals, the plastic and cardboard recycling industry turned into a paper tiger, and Recology is sorting out the ways to deal with a new recycling crisis.

 

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News

Shooting at Sixth and Mission Injures Two

Both victims are listed in life-threatening condition.

 

PG&E Pledges to Move Paradise Power Lines Underground

California is seriously considering implementation of this tactic — which is commonplace in Europe — in high-fire risk areas.

 

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Slideshows

The Tea Party – Black River Tour at Slim’s, Friday May 17, 2019

 

Mac DeMarco With the Garden at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on May 18, 2019

 

Now, Now and Foxing at August Hall, Wednesday, May 15, 2019

 

Hollywood Vampires (Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry) at The Warfield, Sunday, May 12, 2019

 


Music

Review: In Dark Times, Shannon Shaw is a Light We Can All See

When it comes to Shannon Shaw, there’s no need for a spotlight.

 

Elastic Fantastic: Little Feat at 50

The proto-jam band's formation is tied up with classic rock history.

 

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Culture

The Lonely Island Drops Visual Album Spoofing Oakland A’s Bash Brothers

Bay Area nostalgia runs rampant in the Berkeley natives' surprise Netflix special imagining Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as rappers.

 

The Struggle to Find Faith and Meaning in The Good Book

An atheist and a gay teenager each question their relationship to the Bible in this Berkeley Rep production.

 

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Dining

Let’s Talk About the Opening of Virgin Hotels San Francisco For a Sec

Sir Richard Branson rolled up in an art car, Lance Bass was also present, and things at this supremely posh new hotel only got wackier from there.

 

Let Izakaya Sushi Ran Introduce You to Awamori

The follow-up to the Castro's Nomica, both of them offshoots of Sausalito's Sushi Ran, emphasizes this distilled rice spirit from Okinawa.

 

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Film

Non-Fiction

Many spoken words about the fate of the printed word — with Juliette Binoche!

 

Nureyev

The life of the man who danced through the Iron Curtain.

 

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How to Successfully and Easily Run Your Restaurant

 

Best of 2019: People & Places (Readers’ Poll Winners)

 

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