The Marina Safeway project is a big distraction
Plus: Major local music players weigh in on their favorites of 2025, and Ashima Yadava's striking photographs of South Asian abuse survivors
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Today's headlines:
The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues
By Fernando Marti
It's not family housing. It's not affordable. It may never get built anyway. Let's talk about serious housing issues
‘2025 sucked, but the music did not’: Local players on how the year sounded
By John-Paul Shiver
Favorite albums, DIY playlists, industry analyses, vibe checks... Here's what topped some great musical minds.
Ashima Yadava’s art documents South Asian survivors—and rebukes hypocritical politics
By Mary Corbin
'I feel complete despair at the brokenness of the system... and the need to fix it,' says photographer-printmaker.
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