Lurie’s tenant protection plan won’t really protect many tenants
Plus: Organizers fight back against Palantir, curtain falls at SF Opera, Golden Thread Productions is Best.
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Today's headlines:
Lurie’s tenant protection plan won’t really protect many tenants
By Tim Redmond
But hey: At least he admit there's a crisis—caused to a great degree by his embrace of the AI industry
Up against Palantir: A community forum confronts threats to privacy
By Ian Firstenberg
Activists from around the country converged in Oakland, strategizing efforts to fight back against the corporate surveillance state
Drama Masks: The curtain falls at SF Opera
By Charles Lewis III
Plus: A giant cucumber enchants in 'Manning' and 'African Stew' captures Black American and Black African divide.
Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Golden Thread Productions
By Charles Lewis III
In the shadow of war, the company devoted to staging complex MENA stories once again finds its work all too relevant.
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