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Security officers say they are risking their lives to protect wealthy companies like Salesforce, OpenAI, Anthropic, Goog...
09/04/2026

Security officers say they are risking their lives to protect wealthy companies like Salesforce, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta—and that the companies could easily afford to pay their contractors enough to provide a living wage for guards.

Some of the richest companies in the world are protected by some of the lowest-paid workers.

Now 50 years old, Theatre Bay Area has lost none of its power or drive to support performing artists, weathering several...
09/04/2026

Now 50 years old, Theatre Bay Area has lost none of its power or drive to support performing artists, weathering several of the city’s unnerving arts booms and busts but still showing up for each glorious curtain call.

Surely, that's a

50-year-old arts org helps the local show scene survive and stay accessible—especially with Bay Area Theatre Week.

“I tried to think of a natural sanctuary for all living beings, where the spiritual connection of our ancestors and the ...
09/04/2026

“I tried to think of a natural sanctuary for all living beings, where the spiritual connection of our ancestors and the wisdom of our elders is echoed by nature," Luis E. Garcia wrote of the creation of his painting 'Safe Space.'

A CCSF class in Mesoamerican art history opened his eyes to Indigenous cultures, and sparked his own journey.

The SF Police Commission resisted approving a new order that could have allowed cops to use drones for surveillance of a...
09/04/2026

The SF Police Commission resisted approving a new order that could have allowed cops to use drones for surveillance of activities protected by the First Amendment.

Is the tide turning when it comes the role of surveillance activities by the SFPD?

Community groups, commission members dubious about letting cops use surveillance technology without more guardrails

It's Labor Day weekend! Do you know where you'll be werking? Our arts and culture writers recommend Hiero Day, SF Zine F...
09/04/2026

It's Labor Day weekend! Do you know where you'll be werking? Our arts and culture writers recommend Hiero Day, SF Zine Fest, heavy metal 'Frankenstein,' Bikini Kill and more in

'Frankenstein' goes heavy metal, Samara Joy, Bikini Kill, English Beat, 'Buddy,' Bloghaus, Ensambles Ballet Folklórico, more to do!

On Mon/7, Grahame Lesh & Friends will play at Robin Williams Meadow in a concert celebrating 'Forever Grateful/Golden Ga...
09/03/2026

On Mon/7, Grahame Lesh & Friends will play at Robin Williams Meadow in a concert celebrating 'Forever Grateful/Golden Gate Park,' an immersive exhibition devoted to the Grateful Dead’s music, art, community, and enduring relationship with the city.

With a musical blast, the Grateful Dead scion opens part two of a sprawling exhibit dedicated to the band's memory.

Best of the Bay Editors' Picks are here! Kicking us off, Flower Piano at San Francisco Botanical Garden, on which Lou Fa...
09/03/2026

Best of the Bay Editors' Picks are here! Kicking us off, Flower Piano at San Francisco Botanical Garden, on which Lou Fancher comments, "it’s impossible to think of a more liberating, egalitarian experience"

Planted among the gorgeous blooms of the Botanical Gardens, a dozen pianos tune players and listeners into instant community.

This weekend's wide-ranging, in-person, three-day cinematic spectacle of San Francisco Cinematheque festival CROSSROADS ...
09/03/2026

This weekend's wide-ranging, in-person, three-day cinematic spectacle of San Francisco Cinematheque festival CROSSROADS can be overwhelming at first glance—but no worries, film buff, Ficks’ Picks from Jesse Hawthorne Ficks are here for your choosing ease and pleasure.

SF Cinematheque's annual avant-garde bonanza is haunted by graveyard perversions, pole dance ruminations, spooky homes.

Pushback against Flock can be accurately categorized as a simmering popular revolt—but elected officials and industry le...
09/02/2026

Pushback against Flock can be accurately categorized as a simmering popular revolt—but elected officials and industry leaders have been quick to divert the righteous anger into one singular operator.

The real problem is the surveillance state.

Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better

"The songs off Sour Widows' new album 'Sigil' are said to be “crafted to curve” in unexpected directions and are the mos...
09/02/2026

"The songs off Sour Widows' new album 'Sigil' are said to be “crafted to curve” in unexpected directions and are the most magnetic the band has written yet," writes John-Paul Shiver

Plus: Bad Brains bassist goes jazz, Space Ghost coasts the cosmos, Doohickey Cubicle get downtown, more you must hear

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