Save humanity: Terminate the AI IPOs
Plus: 10 fall must-read books, SF Bay Popfest rocked, Destiny Muhammad and Ina Coolbrith Park are best
Have you voted for Best of the Bay?
Only two weeks left! Vote now and tell your friends
Lurie discovers a rent emergency—but his proposals aren't going to fix it
Until he overturns the Ellis Act and Costa Hawkins, the rest is just words.
'I was a few blocks from Ground Zero. I didn't know what happened'
Plus: The Breeders and Castro Theatre, RIP Jim Balderston, a Best of the Bay illusionist
🍁 Fall's best films, food, and festivals
Where to eat, what to see, and all the culture you need. Plus: Cruising Chinatown, vroom.
A (temporary) win for science and sanity
Plus: Alysa Liu's sweet tribute, abracadabra's '80s funk, Killing My Lobster goes to the Gold Rush, more
Fall Arts Preview: Live music, theater, art you've gotta catch
Plus: A notorious landlord builds luxury housing in Lower Haight, and an overload of big screen sci-fi
Lurie and Mamdani could not be more different
Plus: Bratmobile spills the riot grrrl tea, and VOTE for BEST OF THE BAY!
Scary SFPD spy drone policy faces backlash
Plus: Best Bay Area rap albums of 2026, Luis E. Garcia's vital paintings, an operatic message of trans power
Free jams and ‘Forever Grateful’: the Dead rise again
Plus: Tech security guards fight for fair contract, CROSSROADS film fest picks, Big Week agenda, Theater Week Bay Area
The SF Democratic Party has become a total embarrassment
Plus: Flock's competitors are just as bad, DIY space Bric-A-Brac rules, Sour Widows are back, Flower Piano is a Best of the Bay
Violence, fear, overcrowding: Here's why SF jails are so shockingly bad
Plus: Public Bank kicks off campaign, Herbie Hancock grooves at 86, 'We're gonna smash!'