ARTICLES' ARCHIVE

Before December 3, a Chance to Keep King–Garvey’s Elders Home
The Price of Being Poor – Part 15 As residents report renewed eviction pressure, a City Hall hearing offers a path to answers. Mayor Daniel

Keeping the MAGIC Alive
Under Brittany Ford’s leadership, a San Francisco community collaborative carries Jeff Adachi’s vision forward—with backpacks, belonging, and young people learning to give back. Before there

The Record Is Sealed. Our Conscience Cannot Be.
A life lost. A process demanding scrutiny. Austin Metcalf was 17. He went to a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, and never came

The Officer Was Flagged. The Cases Were Not.
A disabled father’s federal appeal and nearly eight years of headlines show a gap in New York’s accountability system: the state can find that an

In the Fillmore, a Congressional Race Meets the Unfinished Business of Black San Francisco
At Third Baptist Church, Connie Chan and Scott Wiener confronted questions about reparations, displaced residents, Black youth, surveillance and the obligations of the next member

“I Can’t Breathe. Please, Sir.”: How San Francisco Police Beat Kevon Gibson Into a Coma — and How the DA’s Office Tried to Keep the City From Knowing
Body-worn camera footage released by the Public Defender’s Office shows three SFPD officers brutalizing a Black man who begged for his life. A jury rejected

The Cloud Has an Address: San Francisco Hits Pause on the AI Boom — and Bayview Says the Fight Has Only Begun
In a defining victory for outgoing District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton, the Board of Supervisors unanimously halted new data centers for 45 days. For environmental-justice

The Weight of a Long Memory
At Providence Baptist Church, the candidates for District 10 supervisor arrived with speeches. The community arrived with decades of unanswered questions — and a single

When a Few Dollars Can Cost You a Home
San Francisco Draws a Line Against Eviction Supervisor Jackie Fielder’s proposal would set a minimum rent debt before a tenant can be evicted for nonpayment.