6 huge local stories the news didn't cover in 2025
Plus: Let's not follow failed housing policies, 8 delicious reasons to welcome 2026, and the best plays of last year.
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Today's headlines:
Six big stories you might not have seen in local news media in 2025
By Tim Redmond
Everyone's talking about the biggest stories of 2025. Here are some that the local media ignored
In 2026, let’s not follow failed housing policies in progressive San Francisco
By Jennifer Friedenbach
Housing First works. So why is SF siding with Trump to try do undo it?
Good Taste: 8 delicious reasons to welcome 2026
By Tamara Palmer
Ferry Building additions, Presidio newcomers, and a “no holds barred” supper club: Next year is looking tasty already.
Drama Masks: Year on Stage 2025, part 2—the good stuff
By Charles Lewis III
When times got tough, our best artists got fierce: Golden Thread, OTP, Mime Troupe, Marga Gomez were standouts.
In Case You Missed It:
Screen Grabs: Our favorite films of 2025
Year in Music 2025: The Bay made magical noise
Year in Music 2025: We will not be dumbed down
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