DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a disgraceful legacy

Last night San Francisco residents overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Running on a platform of “decarceration,” Boudin was elected by razor thin ma... Read More

The battles over abortion are shifting into high gear. Photo: flickr.com/fibonacciblue

District 2 Supervisor

A direct attack on women’s rights and safety

By Catherine Stefani

When, as a sitting senator, Vice President Kamala Harris asked Brett Kavanaugh whether he could think of any laws that specifically governed a man’s body, he couldn’t. He stut... Read More

Left to Right: Detail of Barack Obama by Kehinde Wile; Detail of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald. Photo: Courtesy Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Art World

The Obamas come to San Francisco

By Lynette Majer

When the Obama por-traits were unveiled in February 2018 at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, they attracted record-breaking crowds and made internation... Read More

Union Street Festival in 2019. Photo: Naomi Rose

Community News

Union Street Festival returns

By Leslie Drapkin

Yep, we’re back! Returning after three years, Union Street will once again kick off the summer festival season in San Francisco with a weekend of much-needed celebration. A trad... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Yes on Proposition D

By Catherine Stefani

Every San Franciscan knows that crime is rising, and that means there are more victims that need our support. The current system forces victims to navigate a complicated web of bu... Read More

Installation view of Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy. Photo: Drew Altizer, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Art World

Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy at the Legion of Honor

By Sharon Anderson

Guo Pei’s extraordinary designs are currently on view at the Legion of Honor in the exhibition, Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy. Fusing elements from architecture, the botanical world,... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Yes, sir, it’s time for you to go

Why I support Yes on H and the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

If this case happened anywhere else in the State of California, or the Bay Area for that matter, you likely would be midterm on a prison sentence. Today, you are given a gift. You... Read More

Outside the San Francisco Music Hall of Fame. Photo: San Francisco Music Hall of Fame

Pop Culture

They built Music City on rock ’n’ roll

By Michael Snyder

While traditionally looked upon as a month so merry that it often commences with maidens dancing around a pole, this particular May marks a celebration in our city that should als... Read More

Jim Henson, David Bowie, and Jennifer Connelly on the set of Labyrinth (1986). Photo by John Brown; Courtesy The Jim Henson Company / MoMIyrinth_JHBTS_5559

Art World

‘The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited’ at the CJM

By Sharon Anderson

Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work in film and television will be the subject of an exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, on display now through Aug. 14. His beloved puppe... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Board of Education recalled

If you don’t do the job you were elected to do, the voters will make their voices heard

By Catherine Stefani

In February, San Franciscans resoundingly voted to recall Commissioners Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Fauuga Moliga from the San Francisco Board of Education. Nowhere was th... Read More

Joe Cole in The Ipcress File. Photo: Courtesy AMC NETWORKS

Television

A revised ‘File’ worth investigating

By Michael Snyder

The latest batch of sequels and prequels and remakes have reached screens big and small, as the movie and television industries continue to eagerly finance the tried and true — ... Read More

Hanako Abe before her death on New Year’s Eve, 2020. Photo: instagram.com/hanako_abe

Reynolds Rap

Victimizers over victims

Chesa Boudin didn’t need a crystal ball to see Troy McAlister would reoffend — so why did the district attorney release him?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Let’s give credit where it’s due. There are a few things San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin does very well — like dodging questions, blaming others, and making exc... Read More

Films

Mostly British Film Festival is back in vogue

By Michael Snyder

Cheerio! Pip-pip! Huzzah! Those joyous expletives may be more than a little out of date in England, but they merit revival in San Francisco this month. The Mostly British Film Fes... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Police staffing and public safety in San Francisco

It’s time to address the crime and policing crisis

By Catherine Stefani

In March 2020, an independent study on police staffing levels found that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) needed to hire 330 officers to meet the demand for service at t... Read More

Alice Neel's Robert Avedis Hagopian, 1971. Image courtesy the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd, 1970; Image courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ginny in Blue Shirt, 1969. Image: Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner

Art World

‘Alice Neel: People Come First’

By Sharon Anderson

“For me, people come first. I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being.” — Alice Neel The first comprehensive museum survey of ... Read More

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