Daniel Lurie has quietly done away with a cornerstone promise of his entire mayoral campaign. It’s partly what cinched the deal for voters desperate for some form of intervention in the city’s homelessness crisis. Lurie pledged 1,500 new shelter beds—within his first six months in office at that. Now Lurie’s

The Mechanix, a new production from Thrillride Mechanics, is a soulful and magical realism show that explores the theme of identity and enchantment.

Before the riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969 and at the Compton’s Cafeteria at Turk Street in San Francisco three years prior, San Francisco’s LGBT community experienced a pivotal moment in which they had to fight for their rights in the face of police harassment and intimidation.

Fort Point has transformed into an immersive exhibition reclaiming buried narratives and honoring the contributions, struggles, and resilience of Black individuals during California’s early statehood. Curated by FOR-SITE’s Cheryl Haines, Black Gold: Stories Untold sheds light on long-overlooked stories of African Americans in California through contemporary art. “Fort Point is

Alcatraz, a former prison, has become a park, attracting over 5,000 visitors a day, and providing an environment that maximizes curiosity and curiosity, with a staff of musicians, writers, immigrants, and formerly incarcerated people, offering a unique opportunity for personal growth and self-reflection.

San Francisco has long taken a socially open-minded attitude toward homosexuality. Its earliest settlers were mostly men who migrated west to make their fortune prospecting for gold, resulting in a disproportionately high ratio of men to women. Over the decades however, tensions arose between the gay community and the City’s

In the Richmond District this May, two separate children’s playgrounds were deliberately set on fire and burned to the ground, along with an elementary school’s storage shed. Arson was clearly suspected, and neighborhood residents were on edge. But on Monday, San Francisco police arrested a man for arson and drug

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive lost $260,000 in funding due to Trump’s cuts, but held a successful gala to honor artists Trevor Paglen and Cheryl Dunye, who’s works explore themes of race, gender, and sexuality.