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Day Around the Bay: Jane Kim Apologizes For Jon Jacobo Event Invite

Jane Kim was called out by the SF Women's Political Committee for bringing an accused sexual assault suspect to a political event, Berkeley parents are scrambling amid a bus driver COVID outbreak, and someone ripped the Twitch sign off the company's headquarters.

Bubbles' Neighbors Fume At SFPD, New Century Theater Over Still-Unsolved Murder

Of the 10 homicides that have occurred in the Tenderloin this year, arrests have been made in seven of those cases. But one unsolved murder has gained a higher profile the fatal September

Progressive Matt Haney Declares Candidacy For District 6 Supervisor

Residents of San Francisco’s District’s 6, where well-heeled Supervisor Jane Kim is soon to be termed out, could have been rightfully concerned over the lack of established candidates running for that

Facebook Group Calls For Removal Of San Francisco Statue Depicting Prone Native American

Prompted by the recent protests and demonstrations in the southern part of the United States calling for the removal of statues honoring Confederate leaders, a Facebook group is now demanding the removal of

Report: Uber And Lyft Bloating SF Traffic By 15-20 Percent

Rideshare behemoths Uber and Lyft purport to provide convenience for riders, but a new study drives home the point that these two companies in particular are burdening San Francisco with massive and broader

How Does Your Supervisor Kill Time On The Internet? An Analysis

Anyone who’s endured any portion of a weekly San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting knows that these are godawfully long and dull affairs during which no sentient human could ever avoid the

Jane Kim Calls For Needle Disposal Boxes In Public Parks

Progressive Supervisor Jane Kim has been somewhat pointed in her criticism of the Recreation and Park Department for its reticence to install needle disposal boxes in public parks, the Examiner reports. Rec and

Salesforce Tower Officially Tops Off; Top Floor To Be Event Space Available For Community Use

This morning Salesforce Tower had its ceremonial topping off, which included a press conference with the mayor, several supervisors, the developer, and CEO Marc Benioff, and the hoisting of the "final" steel beam

Bracing For Cuts, Jane Kim Drafting Legislation To Ensure Local Birth Control Access

"We are committed to join you to be a wall against hate and we will legislate Trump the hell out of San Francisco!" Jane Kim addressed the crowd at the Women's March in

Mayor, Supervisors Reach Free City College Deal

Mayor Ed Lee has agreed to spend $5.4 million in each of the next two fiscal years on free tuition to City College for city residents, and books for low-income students, in

Supervisors Vote To Allocate $9 Million For Free City College

While advocates for a tuition-free City College took to City Hall yesterday to sing Christmas carols with altered lyrics to fit their cause, the Board of Supervisors voted 9-1 to allocate $9 million

Scott Wiener Narrowly Defeats Jane Kim In Costly State Senate Race

My boss @Scott_Wiener speaking at his election night party. "If Trump wins, we have to fight." pic.twitter.com/ND5natHRVF— Rashad Alaiyan (@rashadalaiyan) November 9, 2016 Supervisor Scott Wiener is celebrating a

Bernie Sanders Lands In SF Saturday, Will Stump For Jane Kim And Prop 61

While he doesn't really need to convince anyone in San Francisco not to vote for Donald Trump that contrarian libertarian IT guy at your office notwithstanding Bernie Sanders will be back in town

SF Supervisors' Threat To Annex Brisbane Seems To Scare City Into Building Housing

Negotiating tactic, empty threat, or real plan, the idea floated last week that San Francisco might annex our southern neighbor city of Brisbane is now moot (if it ever wasn't). #Brisbannex, as surely

Kim And Wiener Kissing Rings For Drag Queen Endorsements

It’s an old rule of politics that “endorsements don’t matter." But the old rules are getting served some new San Francisco realness by an emerging constituency of unexpected political power brokers

Record Company Dings Drag Queens Supporting Scott Wiener For Use Of Katy Perry Song

Did the use of Katy Perry's "Firework" in a video plug for Scott Wiener just explode in the Supervisor's face? As the politician campaigns against Jane Kim for a state senate seat in

Brisbane Could Become A Part Of San Francisco Under New Resolution

San Francisco could use a little more room, couldn't it? The progressive supervisor triumvirate of Jane Kim, Aaron Peskin, and David Campos will present a resolution today that could eventually give it some,

Arts & Entertainment

Photo Du Jour: Jane Kim Does Drag

Juanita MORE!, Polly Tickle (a.k.a. Jane Kim), and Glamamore. Photo via Shot In the City At the Powerblouse party at Powerhouse (link semi-NSFW) on Saturday night in which drag mothers Juanita

Jane Kim Wants YouTube To Remove 'Anti Asian-American' Music Video

Locked in a tight battle for state senate, Supervisor Jane Kim is now seeking headlines in a campaign against a two-year-old music video that she says is "anti Asian-American." In a press release

Peskin Says 'Political Interference' Contributed To Millennium Tower Construction Decision

The plot thickens. In a press conference this afternoon picked up by the Business Times, Supervisor Aaron Peskin spoke to the ongoing controversy surrounding the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower and suggested that

Check Out Colin Kaepernick's Police Pig Socks

Colin Kaepernick is now wearing socks depicting the police as pigs. pic.twitter.com/C1D809YSR2— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 1, 2016 While 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's recent decision to sit during the

Scandal! Jane Kim Maybe Came Between Clinton Advisor Ann O'Leary And Her Husband, Kim's Former Law Professor

A little bit of potential scandal news has entered the otherwise boring race for the state senate seat being fought by Supervisors Jane Kim and Scott Wiener: Kim has been implicated, according to

Arts & Entertainment

Jane Kim Beats Scott Wiener In Pokémon Go Contest

A couple weeks back, Jane Kim challenged Scott Wiener to a Pokémon Go race, and Wiener accepted. The two rivals for one of SF's state senate seats held their contest Saturday, and with

McCoppin Plaza Anti-Homeless Fence Moves Forward With Jane Kim's Support

McCoppin Hub Plaza, the recently renovated public space on Valencia at McCoppin Street, is about to get a whole lot less welcoming. Mission Local reports that the plan to erect a giant fence