S.F. unions pledge to fight ‘every one’ Mayor Lurie’s proposed layoffs
Lurie says layoffs are necessary for the city’s recovery. City workers say there’s no recovery without them.
25-story Marina Safeway behemoth, inconceivable even to sci-fi futurists, looking very real
District 2 supe and San Francisco mayor can shake fists at proposed high-rise, but little else. Neither joined a call for Safeway boycott.
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, April 2026
A new show at the Asian Art museum takes you into a web, Monet and Venice at de Young and Mary TallMountain at the Tenderloin.
News by neighborhood
Trouble
S.F. filmmaker Kevin Epps sentenced to 6+ years in prison for 2016 killing
The documentary filmmaker was convicted of manslaughter last year for the shooting at his Glen Park home, which he says was in self-defense.
Government
Michael Levine, Massachusetts Medicaid exec, to head S.F. homeless dept.
Levine, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s choice, worked with health department head Daniel Tsai on Massachusetts Medicaid for four years.
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Arts & Culture
Shuttered Mission Cultural Center could reopen by summer
The new temporary leadership is working to comply with guidelines mandated by the city to access funds that could reopen the center by summer.
Restaurant Reviews
Restaurant review: Sushi Easy offers affordable sushi in the Mission
Sushi Easy was opened by former employees of the beloved Mission restaurant We Be Sushi. With whimsical wall décor, the spirit lives on.
Restaurant review: Hi Hat, your neighborhood pizza joint
Hi Hat opened in about mid-2025 in the space of former pizza parlor, Pi Bar. They employed a magical being our server called “the Wizard.”…
People We Meet
People We Meet: Nigel Poor’s prison-life podcast is coming to S.F.
The artist-cum-podcast host has spent a lifetime thinking about San Francisco’s discarded objects — and its people.
My Excelsior: Jay Pham knows his dive bars and his late-night burritos
In a first of the series “My Excelsior,” read local bar owner Jay Pham’s take on the Excelsior District, his favorite neighborhood.
Covering the Police
San Francisco probation department’s new van hits the streets
Mobile van aims to connect those on probation to reentry services in areas like Bayview and the Mission.
