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What happened in the 2024 elections—and what we need to do next
Dec 17, 2024 · Instead of being focused on the ever increasing share of the economy being controlled by fewer and fewer people and, enhanced by the end of the counter weight of a nuclear armed Soviet Union that required those in power to form a “united front” with the working class to keep them loyal, political action has been centered, …
Judge refuses new trial in Tenderloin shooting case where jurors …
Nov 24, 2024 · A Superior Court judge has refused to grant a new trial to a man convicted of manslaughter in a 2021 Tenderloin shooting, despite affidavits from four jurors who now say they should not have voted for that verdict.. In a Nov. 13 ruling, Judge Michael McNaughton concluded that the evidence was not strong enough to suggest juror misconduct.
Four jurors in Tenderloin shooting case say they wrongfully voted …
Oct 23, 2024 · In a highly unusual move, the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office is seeking a new trial in the case of Jhacorey Wyatt, who was convicted of a 2021 Tenderloin shooting and could face years in prison.. In a motion heard Wednesday morning, Public Defender Mano Raju and Deputy Public Defender Bao Doan argued that four of the jurors in the case voted for the guilty verdict only under time ...
Poetry, Conspiracies, and much great music at SF Leonard Cohen …
Nov 11, 2024 · Filling the Swedish American Hall for all three nights November 8-10, the fifth San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival honored the great Canadian singer and writer’s legacy, and explored how his work resonates in contemporary poetry and music. While not an articulated aim of the show, opening night offered the added benefit of providing group solace for many audience members still reeling from ...
San Francisco Election 2024: Live Updates, Results, and Analysis
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Why London Breed lost - 48 hills
Nov 10, 2024 · Breed resisted working with the supes to put unhoused people into empty hotel rooms during the pandemic.She blocked affordable housing in D5 because she didn’t want to work with Preston.When she showed up for Question Time and progressives tried to engage with her, she was hostile and dismissive. Breed sowed the seeds of her own defeat when Chesa Boudin was elected district attorney.
Screen Grabs: Don’t lose your head—here’s our spooky season …
Oct 10, 2024 · Once again written and directed by Damien Leone (who is also a special makeup FX expert, natch), 3 has mute unstoppable-killing-machine Art (David Howard Thornton) and victim-turned-demon-possessed-henchwoman Vicky (Samantha Scaffidi) coming back to life, or undeath, or whatever, five years after the events of 2.High on their Yuletide wish list are the lives of that last film’s surviving ...
In spare strokes, Sandra Wong Orloff takes on big subjects like …
Nov 24, 2024 · With an uncomplicated approach, artist Sandra Wong Orloff creates figure drawings in ink, charcoal, and watercolor on paper that contain familiar gesture and presence. Her sparse backgrounds of spiraling lines of color create a …
At this year’s SOMArts Día de Los Muertos show, ofrendas for …
Oct 16, 2024 · The annual monthlong Día de Los Muertos show at SOMArts always brings stunning artwork, poetic themes, and fabulous activations—nothing less could be expected from an event launched by late, beloved Mission artist-activist René Yañez.Now, his son Rio is a curator of the tradition, which commissions local artists to create eye-popping and often immersive altars to the dead that connect ...