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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

Drama Masks: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?

Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?

Performance Charles Lewis III - February 12, 2026

PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing—and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout

We also got a preview of the lies the company will tell to oppose public power

News + Politics Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest

Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.

Culture Elina Graham - February 12, 2026

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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Summoning abundance at Lawrence Hall of Science’s new Ohlone eatery

Tamara Palmer - February 12, 2026

Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino’s ‘ammatka cafe brings smoked duck, gorgeous salads—and educational tater tots?

Art

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Marke B. - February 11, 2026

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.

Arts + Culture

SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

Emily Wilson - February 11, 2026

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.

Music

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

John-Paul Shiver - February 11, 2026

Plus: Valentine's Day won't suck with Mae Powell and Dinner Date, and a crispy Takuya Kuroda repress.

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Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions

BIG WEEK: Lover’s Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, ‘Always Be My Maybe’…

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - February 10, 2026

Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Horse Meat Disco, Greg Wilson, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more to do.

Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'

Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches

Education Andrew Brobst - February 10, 2026

Union organizers rejected Mayor Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.

How about ‘Pretti Good Hospital?’

News + Politics Serena Finney - February 9, 2026

A move to replace Mark Zuckerberg with the people who died fighting ICE

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Arts + Culture Dennis Harvey - February 9, 2026

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.

Win tickets to Tara Yummy, Fleetmac Wood, Juliana Barwick + Mary Lattimore

Music Marke B. - February 9, 2026

Go see a sweet show on us. Here's how to enter.

Protests, puppets, and a big Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX

Protest 48 Hills - February 9, 2026

Marchers decried ICE outside the stadium, while the Puerto Rican superstar represented the power of culture within.

A soft touch: Victoria Veedell looks to capture ‘the feeling of it’

Art Mary Corbin - February 9, 2026

Pac Heights painter explores 'fleeting shifts of light that transform a landscape for just a breath of time.'

When, oh when, we SF finally take action to get rid of PG&E?

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 8, 2026

Plus: An illegal $40 million giveaway, fighting ICE—and will the supes stand up to AT&T? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-15

A little perspective on the teacher strike

Labor Tim Redmond - February 8, 2026

SF has plenty of money to pay cops. What about teachers?

The Super Bowl, labor, and economic inequality

Labor Dave Meggyesy - February 7, 2026

I played in the NFL for 7 years. If we could change the profit system in something as quintessentially American as professional football, we can change it anywhere.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.

Arts + Culture Dennis Harvey - February 9, 2026

Swinging ’60s icon Twiggy: ‘It happened so fast, and I was so young’

Indiefest giveaway: Score free tickets to new Dennis Peron doc ‘Join the Club’

Screen Grabs: Showings so rare it’s like glimpsing a snow leopard

Music

Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest

Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.

Culture Elina Graham - February 12, 2026

Win tickets to Tara Yummy, Fleetmac Wood, Juliana Barwick + Mary Lattimore

Protests, puppets, and a big Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX

Live Shots: Trish Toledo’s retro soul took Brick & Mortar for a ride

Art

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.

Art Marke B. - February 11, 2026

Between worlds with Sky Hopinka’s visual poetry

Meghna Sharma paints the loneliness and joy of immigrant experience

His suburban idylls teem with the ‘uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional’

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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

Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie

Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

When, oh when, we SF finally take action to get rid of PG&E?

A little perspective on the teacher strike

The Super Bowl, labor, and economic inequality

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: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?

Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?

Performance Charles Lewis III - February 12, 2026

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