SF Politics Sports Gambling Won’t Make 2024 California Ballot, as Tribes and Betting Apps Are Still at Each Other’s Throats We will not be barraged with sports gambling campaign ads for the November election, as two ballot measures to legalize sports betting in California have been shelved. But we will still be barraged with ads for gambling apps that Californians cannot use.
SF News Annual Alcatraz Sunrise ‘Unthanksgiving’ Happening Thursday, Colin Kaepernick Springing for Breakfast There will once again be a few thousand Indigenous people and allies on Alcatraz for the Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Sunrise Gathering on Thursday, and while Colin Kaepernick may or may not be attending, he’s providing food from a renowned Native American chef.
SF News UC Hastings Reckons With Founder’s Past, Which Is Chock Full of Genocide and Slavery Turns out that Serranus Hastings amassed his fortune by killing some 300 Native Americans and enslaving countless more, but these revelations are not deterring the law school from keeping his name.
SF News Dolores Park Could Become Part of American Indian Cultural District Under Sup. Ronen Proposal Cruelty, subjugation, and much worse took place centuries ago at what we now call Dolores Park, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen wants that remembered as part of the park.
Arts & Entertainment SF Arts Commission Votes To Remove Racist Statue Near City Hall The San Francisco Arts Commission has unanimously voted to remove a Civic Center statue depicting a Spanish vaquero and a missionary standing over a prone Native American figure. As KTVU tells it, dozens
SF News Ohlone Indian Gravesite With 32 Skeletons Could Turn Into Lawsuit For Fremont Developer A few weeks back we learned of a developing situation in Fremont where 32 centuries-old skeletons were unearthed during excavations for a townhouse development there, some of whose units have already been sold
Arts & Entertainment Hanging Out At The Giants' Native American Night (By Angela Zimmerman) Tuesday was Native American Heritage Night at the Park -- a great night to be at a game, really. Fans who bundled up against winds whipping off the Bay saw
SF News Occupy Oakland Erects Teepee Honoring Sioux Indians & AIDS Activists Zachary Runningwolf, the Occupy Oakland tree camper, burns sage after erecting a teepee on the North side of the plaza to honor Sioux Indians, homeless workers and AIDS activists. When Runningwolf and Oakland
SF News American Indian Occupation Gets Permanent Exhibit At Alcatraz Some forty years after a group of protesters which swelled at one point to 800 people occupied the island of Alcatraz for 19 months to protest the unfair seizing of Native American lands,
misc Native American Artifacts Found Under Fourth Street Workers excavating parts of Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom to relocate utility lines for the Central Subway's forthcoming Moscone Station recently came across what could be evidence of the the area's early
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink UPDATE: Being Prepared for Not Being Prepared: Grocery Stores Open Late? Every year at Thanksgiving, you're bound to forget one or two critical items. A shallot, cooking twine, mushrooms, Ketel One -- something will slip your mind and you run the risk of having
SF News Naked People to Speak for the Trees This Saturday, between 10 in the morning and noon, Fine art photographer Jack Gescheidt will take pictures of naked people in the trees. But done artistically, of course so don't expect glossy photos
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Thanksgiving TV This Week Television has become as a much of a Thanksgiving staple as turkey, cranberries, and drunken uncles. Let's face it: when you've just eaten a week's worth of calories, and you've got a house
