Supes skeptical of PG&E exec's blackout explanations
Plus: Community love for Bad Bunny look-alikes; despite Trump, SF Ballet sticks with Kennedy Center; and is this the end of the abundance agenda?
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Today's headlines:
PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing—and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout
By Tim Redmond
We also got a preview of the lies the company will tell to oppose public power.
Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest
By Elina Graham
Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.
Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’
By Tim Redmond
Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong?
Drama Masks: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?
By Charles Lewis II
Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?
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