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20 May 2025

Drug Overdose Deaths Skyrocket In San Francisco

San Francisco has been fighting on the front lines of the Fentanyl crisis for nearly a decade now, and while there has been some success in recent years curbing its fatality, all of that progress has seemed to disappear as drug overdose deaths skyrocketed 50% since Daniel Lurie has taken

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19 May 2025

Housing Conversion Bill May Right Century-old Wrong

It appears San Francisco is finally getting the message: commuter commerce is dead and it isn’t coming back. Now, what to do with the leftover skyscraper graveyard? The practical solution has been obvious since in-office culture collapsed in 2020: turn those highrises into homes. We have the square footage. Even

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19 May 2025

Community Action in SFUSD Layoffs Prevails

Last week, SFUSD’s LGBTQ+ Student Services program was on the verge of elimination. First of its kind, it was in jeopardy because R35 LGBTQ+ School Climate Coordinator Kena Hazelwood’s position was tentatively terminated. Hazelwood (ey/em) was among the 34 counselors and 117 paraeducators within the San Francisco Unified School District

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15 May 2025

Using Mushrooms to Clean Hunters Point?

Bayview-Hunters Point were targets of radioactive pollution and the US Navy still hasn’t cleaned their mess up. Could mushrooms and fungi help? Why It’s STILL Toxic Bayview-Hunters Point is, first and foremost, a strong community built brick by brick by people who are often overlooked or mischaracterized. Some of the

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15 May 2025

A Celebration of Sight: Tracy Piper’s Vibrant Eye Portraits

Tracy Piper’s SEEN: Volume 4 exhibition at Voss Gallery features 50 new vibrantly colored portraits of eyes, showcasing each subject’s unique personality and celebrating their individuality.

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15 May 2025

San Francisco’s Artists Struggle on, Despite a City Failing in Support

What Happens When a City Stops Holding Space for Its Artists? Many artists and arts organizations across the Bay are still reeling from the sudden cessation of NEA grants mid-project last week. But the story of artists struggling to stay afloat isn’t new to multidisciplinary artist, producer, filmmaker, and dancer

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15 May 2025

LINES Ballet Spring Season Explores Themes of Dissolution and Transformation

Alonzo King LINES Ballet opened its spring season on May 10 with a powerful double bill. The evening featured the world premiere of The Beauty of Dissolving Portraits, a mesmerizing new work created in collaboration with Oakland-born jazz virtuoso Ambrose Akinmusire. It was paired with a revival of King’s 2009

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