New study shows private market can’t and won’t create workforce housing in SF

I have been talking to folks at the City Planning Department to follow up on my analysis of the numbers in the Housing Element, and after a good amount of research, I think can fairly conclude the following:. The state, thanks to the likes of Sen. Scott Wiener, has totally...

Liz Hernández draws from her Mexican cultural heritage to document an autobiographical synergy of memory, present day existence, everyday domestic objects, and supernatural symbolism. Merging dual worlds, Hernández shares her story in mixed material paintings, clay sculpture, and the written word. “I like to incorporate some mysticism into...

There was an abundance of awe in Berkeley on January 23. A mere two blocks from the UC Berkeley campus at the First Presbyterian Church on Dana Street, it was somehow visible in a long, long queue of jacketed people, all huddled together over cell phones on which they scrolled in search of proof of vaccines and digital tickets. Action worthy of awe arrived courtesy of the Booksmith staff, who scurried up and down this line, feverishly checking audience members’ credentials for the Berkeley Arts & Letters event co-sponsored by the bookstore and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. The awe only found in nature was available to the rare individual who bothered to look up from a phone to appreciate a blossoming leaf bud on a nearby tree teasing the arrival of spring or the crescent-shaped, brilliantly silver sliver of the moon that hung in the vast, inky night sky, at last clear of clouds after three weeks of torrential rains.

Welcome back to Good Taste, your weekly menu of food finds, restaurants, and happenings around the Bay Area. Today, we highlight three local companies making quick, plant-based meals in a box. Instant foods and meals in a box have come a long way over the years, and the Bay Area...

The horrifying footage out of Memphis came from the body cameras of the cops involved, but over the years, particularly in San Francisco, some of the most important evidence of police misconduct has been caught on private cell phones. That is: People were watching the cops, and filming the cops.

Under the Stars is a quasi-weekly column that presents new music releases, upcoming shows, opinions, and a number of other adjacent items. We keep moving with the changes, thinking outside the margins. In this edition, we salute Sade, Snoop Dogg, and Teddy Riley on being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. We also outline some SF JAZZ-Noise Pop options, and make our first Bandcamp Picks of 2023. So many good things.