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Despite 91 felonies, two deaths, and decades of violent crime, the public defender is pushing for diversion/mental-healt...
09/26/2025

Despite 91 felonies, two deaths, and decades of violent crime, the public defender is pushing for diversion/mental-health-drug court for Troy McAlister. A hearing is set for Oct 3. Is this justice—or a dangerous repeat?
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On June 28, 2020, at 11:04 p.m., San Francisco police officers responded to the Ingleside district regarding a residential burglary in progress. The victim stated the suspect was inside her apartment. Officers observed signs of forced entry, including damage to the door. They located an adult male a...

The Senate Education Committee just faced a Jan 6-style mob at its hearing — all around a bill to protect Jewish student...
09/25/2025

The Senate Education Committee just faced a Jan 6-style mob at its hearing — all around a bill to protect Jewish students and uphold democratic norms. Democracy isn’t optional in education.

The process to pass Assembly Bill 715 out of committee should have been a straightforward political debate. The issue at the Senate Standing Committee on Education at the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 10 was safety for Jewish students in California schools, where they’ve been under attack. This is a...

What to do in SF Sept 25–Oct 1? Think night markets, open studios, music, theater & mooncakes 🍜🎭 Get off the couch and i...
09/25/2025

What to do in SF Sept 25–Oct 1? Think night markets, open studios, music, theater & mooncakes 🍜🎭 Get off the couch and into the week.

My picks for getting out and about in the coming week include outdoor festivals, from cultural to a night market, comedic performances, open art studios, a variety of music, and a walk in the woods. Read on. Thursday, Sept. 25 See a preview of Noises Off tonight at the San Francisco Playhouse. The s...

...if free speech and a free press are worth preserving — and Americans on the left and the right say it is — then it’s ...
09/23/2025

...if free speech and a free press are worth preserving — and Americans on the left and the right say it is — then it’s worth thinking more about what free speech really is and how its antagonists aren’t all located on one end of the political spectrum.

Politics can be a funny business. Just ask Will Durst. Or Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. The cancellation of Colbert’s TV show and the suspension of Kimmel’s probably bring as much schadenfreude to some as they bring fear to others. But if free speech and a free press are worth preserving —...

San Francisco ramps up enforcement against dirt bikers abusing city streets — SFPD has made arrests, seized stolen bikes...
09/23/2025

San Francisco ramps up enforcement against dirt bikers abusing city streets — SFPD has made arrests, seized stolen bikes & ATVs, and is using drones, cameras & license-plate readers to crack down. Mayor Lurie and others vow tougher penalties ahead.

San Francisco officials are taking steps to prevent dirt bikers from driving through the city’s streets at high speeds and performing stunt driving maneuvers.  Interim Police Chief Paul Yep announced Monday at a press conference that a dirt bike operation over the weekend led to four arrests and ...

“Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love” opens Sept 27 at SFMOMA — the museum’s first major retrospective of Jackson’s work spann...
09/23/2025

“Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love” opens Sept 27 at SFMOMA — the museum’s first major retrospective of Jackson’s work spanning 6 decades. Expect ethereal washes of pigment, figuration mixed with nature, and new 3D pieces that suspend acrylic mid-air.

For decades, my figurative forms and challenged shapes have pushed paint beyond the expected. With intentional reflective layers and floating luminous pigment, my work pursues alternative ways of seeing and interpreting spatial relationships of historical events, the lives of Black, Indigenous, and....

The trial over the brutal attack on 88-yr-old Yik Oi Huang has entered a new phase. Defendant Keonte Gathron faces charg...
09/23/2025

The trial over the brutal attack on 88-yr-old Yik Oi Huang has entered a new phase. Defendant Keonte Gathron faces charges including murder and elder abuse. Jury selection is done, with opening statements underway.

It took two thousand four hundred forty-nine grueling days after Yik Oi Huang was brutally attacked and left for dead at a Visitacion Valley playground for the criminal trial of the man charged with this and numerous additional crimes to begin.   On Monday, Assistant District Attorney Nathan Quigl...

Nearly 7 years after the 2019 attack on 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang, the trial of Keonte Gathron begins Sept. 22 in SF Hall...
09/22/2025

Nearly 7 years after the 2019 attack on 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang, the trial of Keonte Gathron begins Sept. 22 in SF Hall of Justice. Jury selection is done. Gathron, now 25, has chosen to represent himself. Read more:

With jury selection completed on Friday, the trial of Keonte Gathron for the murder of 88-year-old ‘Grandma’ Yik Oi Huang starts on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, nearly seven years after Gathron’s arrest. The proceedings will take place in Dept. 26 at the San Francisco Hall of Justice (850 Bryant St...

Flower Piano brings music, joy, and community spirit to San Francisco Botanical Garden with twelve pianos set among 8,00...
09/18/2025

Flower Piano brings music, joy, and community spirit to San Francisco Botanical Garden with twelve pianos set among 8,000 blooms. Experience performances, open play, and a magical blend of nature and music now through Sept 21!

Flower Piano returns September 12-21, 2025 to transform San Francisco Botanical Garden of Golden Gate Park to a melodic haven. Twelve pianos are thoughtfully scattered over the 55 acre garden, inviting a symphony of community and professional performances alongside open playtime for anyone bold enou...

Mandated treatment and structured recovery save lives and protect communities from drug-fueled violence and untreated me...
09/18/2025

Mandated treatment and structured recovery save lives and protect communities from drug-fueled violence and untreated mental illness. It’s time to rethink policies that leave vulnerable people and public safety at risk.

This past July, San Francisco mourned the death of Colden Kimber, who shielded kids, ages 8 and 14, from a mentally ill assailant at a Muni stop in Ingleside. Kimber was a 28-year-old, 6’4” avid cyclist, who was fatally stabbed in the neck with a six-inch blade by Sean Collins, a 29-year-old men...

SF supervisors approved a new traffic safety plan with deadlines and dashboards—but will city departments actually follo...
09/18/2025

SF supervisors approved a new traffic safety plan with deadlines and dashboards—but will city departments actually follow through, or is this just another paper promise?

After San Francisco’s policy on traffic safety expired at the end of 2024, city supervisors on Tuesday adopted a new plan to curb traffic fatalities and injuries on city streets. The Board of Supervisors passed the Street Safety Act, sponsored by District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, that includes a...

San Jose cut unsheltered homelessness by 23% by pairing quick-build shelters with a promise: once a site opens, no retur...
09/18/2025

San Jose cut unsheltered homelessness by 23% by pairing quick-build shelters with a promise: once a site opens, no return to tents. Sheltered rate jumped from 16% to nearly 40%. How they did it 👇

“I think about it like this: When a ship is sinking, you don’t start building a brand-new ship — first you get the passengers into lifeboats. People are drowning outside every day — in addiction, in hopelessness, in unsafe conditions. Shelter is the lifeboat that will save them today.”—S...

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