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Lurie plan uses regressive taxes to ‘save’ Muni, in the short term

Mayor's plan caps the levy on the biggest and richest landlords and only addresses a portion of the longterm budget crisis

Transportation Ian Firstenberg - March 12, 2026

Party Radar: Foghorns, ToonTown, tagging—celebrating SF house wizard DJ Buck

Local legend brought 'The Bells of San Francisco" to global dance floors, and helped introduce the City to rave.

Nightlife Marke B. - March 12, 2026

At Superfair, art is more than what’s on the walls

Lead curator Sharone Levy on art extravaganza's highlights, including 'Disco Mermaid' and Frameline film collab.

Art Joshua Rotter - March 15, 2026

BIG WEEK: Full Queer Wrestling, Pi Day, Alysa Liu celebration, ‘Women Who Ride’…

Plus: Peaches Christ eats the rich, Duserock, Maria BC, Greek and Irish films, Renegade Orchestra, more to do!

Big Week Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2026

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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Kings in their castle—and a queen in her closet

Charles Lewis III - March 11, 2026

'Spamalot' at Golden Gate Theatre rides on familiar laughs; 'The Ache' at Z Below brings music and drama to heel.

Movies

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2026

Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more

Music

Under the Stars: Thank you and goodbye, Sr. Willie Colón

John-Paul Shiver - March 10, 2026

Plus: March gigs from The Kitchenettes and Maria BC, Satya bids adieu, John Tejada's latest interlocking rhythms.

News + Politics

Lurie had a great year—if you’re in the top 20 percent

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2026

For San Franciscans who are not rich, the city's numbers aren't looking anywhere near as good.

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Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show?

Music Marke B. - March 9, 2026

With Roar Shack venue, multiple bands, new LP, and performances galore, contemporary duo continues to push boundaries.

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

Music Joshua Rotter - March 9, 2026

Drummer Gina Schock's personal archive show at Haight Street Art Center is like stepping into a lived memory of the band.

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

Movies Pam Grady - March 9, 2026

Herbert Heller couldn't talk about his Auschwitz experience until his 70s; movie shows how he then inspired younger generation.

How to tax AI when companies replace human workers

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 8, 2026

Plus: Will the supes be serious about protecting rent-controlled housing from greedy speculators? That's The Agenda for March 8-15

Airbnb, under pressure from labor, drops $120 million lawsuit against SF

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - March 5, 2026

After calls for boycott, giant company folds in a win for activists who fight corporate tax cuts

How close are Lurie and SFPD to ICE?

Immigration Tim Redmond - March 5, 2026

Disturbing comments by (former) head of homeland security and SFPOA suggest more cooperation than the Sanctuary City ordinance allows

The North Beach Carol Doda mural will rise again

Art Dorothy O'Donnell - March 5, 2026

After a tribute to the neighborhood's eternal topless queen is unceremoniously pulled off stage, its artist is set on a second act.

Born to the circus, Gypsy Snider brings acrobatic flair to ODC’s ‘Dance Downtown’

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - March 5, 2026

At the meeting of two performance traditions, 'I came here to make bodies move in space'.

Under the Stars: Goldie’s ‘Timeless’—and what it meant for 1990s Bay Area drum and bass

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 5, 2026

Plus: The time has come for local vibe merchants 37 Houses, Lolo Zouaï's Sunset sensibilities, more.

The Audium thrums with Pamela Z’s factory-sampling ‘Arbeitsklang’

Music Marke B. - March 5, 2026

Composer weaves sounds from German worksites—Bayer plant, futon stitchery, Gutenberg press—for latest piece.

Diamond Dave Whitaker, a San Francisco icon and legend, dies at 88

Remembrance Tim Redmond - March 4, 2026

He turned Bob Dylan onto pot and Woody Guthrie. He organized underground poetry and political protest. He was part of the city's radical soul, and we will miss him

Drama Masks: ‘Paranormal Activity’ and other things that go bump in the night

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 4, 2026

Plus: 'All My Sons' proves Arthur Miller's anti-establishment cred and 'Looking For Justice' finds a broken system.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2026

A Detroit techno visionary soundtracks a German sci-fi classic (again)

Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

Music

Party Radar: Foghorns, ToonTown, tagging—celebrating SF house wizard DJ Buck

Local legend brought 'The Bells of San Francisco" to global dance floors, and helped introduce the City to rave.

Nightlife Marke B. - March 12, 2026

Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show?

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

Under the Stars: Goldie’s ‘Timeless’—and what it meant for 1990s Bay Area drum and bass

Art

At Superfair, art is more than what’s on the walls

Lead curator Sharone Levy on art extravaganza's highlights, including 'Disco Mermaid' and Frameline film collab.

Art Joshua Rotter - March 15, 2026

The North Beach Carol Doda mural will rise again

Inspired by Youtube thumbnails, L. Song Wu captures the internet’s insatiability

YBCA’s ‘Conjuring Power’ grounds hope for LGBTQ+ future in shared history

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Housing

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Housing Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues

Politics

How to tax AI when companies replace human workers

Plus: Will the supes be serious about protecting rent-controlled housing from greedy speculators? That's The Agenda for March 8-15

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 8, 2026

When you eat broccolini, remember the farmworkers who harvest it for you

Why is Trump going to war with Iran?

And now, another big tax cut for the developers and speculators in SF

Opinion

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl trafficking panic doesn’t reduce exploitation—it legitimizes policing that harms sex workers and immigrants

Opinion megan hobza - February 7, 2026

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

Optional vaccines? CDC chair’s bizarre views would turn US into deadly experiment

People do not need to ask permission to belong

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Performance

Drama Masks: Kings in their castle—and a queen in her closet

'Spamalot' at Golden Gate Theatre rides on familiar laughs; 'The Ache' at Z Below brings music and drama to heel.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 11, 2026

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