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NPR and PBS Reframe the Conversation as Trump Cuts Funding
KQED Headquarters, San Francisco – A two-day festival of ideas, innovations, and conversations with some of America’s most impactful journalists and thinkers was interrupted Thursday, with a breaking news announcement that President Trump issued an executive order to cease all federal funding to NPR and PBS. The announcement came as

Best Bay Area Events 5/6-5/26
Come Out to Valencia LIVE! Valencia LIVE! is making Valencia St. jump to life every 2nd Thursday, starting May 8th. Three stages of LIVE music, a free clothing swap, artmaking, and more! Savor local food and delicious drinks! Shop with amazing small businesses and at the American Indian Cultural District IndigenizeSF

San Francisco’s Newest Night Market: Valencia LIVE!
See you in the streets for Valencia LIVE! A FREE, all-ages monthly neighborhood celebration spotlighting local businesses, live music, and art. EVERY 2nd Thursday, May through October of 2025 from 5-10pm! 3 stages of live music curated by The Chapel, Blondies Bar & San Francisco Carnival! A free clothing swap, artmaking and more. Savor

Citywide Earthquake Retrofit Mandate In The Works, *And Why It Won’t Materialize
Corrections: Certain statements made in the original version of this article (published 5/5/25) were disputed by City officials at San Francisco’s Office of Resilience and Capital Planning. The author published these concerns and addressed them sequentially at the bottom of the article. You’ll spot them everywhere once you know what

Lights, Strings, Beats & Soul, at an SF Cathedral
Mercury Soul held a unique concert at Grace Cathedral, combining classical music with electronic dance music, and featuring immersive visuals and dance performances.

Best Bay Area Events 4/29-5/19
It’s Been So Longby Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor Due to life events over the past (quite a few) years, I stopped following Giants baseball as closely as I had in previous years. Thankfully, last season, I attended my first game in seven years. I missed it there at

Could Bilal Mahmood Help The Tenderloin?
For ages, residents of San Francisco’s wealthier, “family-oriented” districts have depended on the Tenderloin to quarantine the homeless. The Tenderloin is by far the highest-density neighborhood in the city, shared predominantly by low-income families of color. Indeed the TL is home to over 4,000 children as of 2023. They are

Will Trump Create More Homelessness In San Francisco?
On 16 April 2025, National Public Radio reported that the Trump regime’s Department of Government “Efficiency” has placed all the employees of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness on administrative leave, effectively gutting the agency. Though the sworn mission statement of DOGE has been to reel in government spending, considering