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Brownstone Shared Housing’s model is pretty dystopian, with single beds in dorms for $700 a month.
State law suggests that the entire model is illegal, and the city shouldn’t have approved it.
State law suggests that the entire model is illegal, and the city shouldn’t have approved it.
The creepy sleeping pods might not even be legal - 48 hills
Apartment bidding wars are a problem, too—and the city can put an end to it
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December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Brownstone Shared Housing’s model is pretty dystopian, with single beds in dorms for $700 a month.
State law suggests that the entire model is illegal, and the city shouldn’t have approved it.
State law suggests that the entire model is illegal, and the city shouldn’t have approved it.
"The proper conclusion came with Keith Hennessy imploring the audience one last time not to step onto the stage, but to destroy it." A review of 'weird inkling' at San Francisco’s Space 124 #DramaMasks
Drama Masks: A visceral crawl through our wild moment in 'weird inkling' - 48 hills
With poignant hullaballoo, Keith Hennessy and Circo Zero literally tore it up at the figure it out dance festival.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"The proper conclusion came with Keith Hennessy imploring the audience one last time not to step onto the stage, but to destroy it." A review of 'weird inkling' at San Francisco’s Space 124 #DramaMasks
“San Francisco has always been supportive of R&B,” says Mario. “I’ve got family here, friends here, businesses here. The views of the water remind me of home.”
'Mood Swings' crooner Mario: 'San Francisco has always been supportive of R&B' - 48 hills
The singer talks to us about his new release, whose title pays homage to a time 'when R&B was in your favorite movies.'
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December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“San Francisco has always been supportive of R&B,” says Mario. “I’ve got family here, friends here, businesses here. The views of the water remind me of home.”
Cuddly UK DJ, music-maker, and often-fascinating collaborator @fredagain.music-social.com dropped into the Cow Palace on Friday night for the ninth stop of his “10 Shows in 10 Cities in 10 Weeks” sprint.
Fred Again surprised SF with ecstatic 'USB002' set—yes, in this economy - 48 hills
Cameras down, hands up, bangers on deck at the UK favorite's Cow Palace reveal. It may have been worth selling that kidney
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December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cuddly UK DJ, music-maker, and often-fascinating collaborator @fredagain.music-social.com dropped into the Cow Palace on Friday night for the ninth stop of his “10 Shows in 10 Cities in 10 Weeks” sprint.
The deputy director of the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs was told his services were no longer needed, and escorted from the building. His email was cut off so he couldn’t contact the people he’d worked with for more than a decade.
SF fires immigrant advocate—and activists are confused and angry - 48 hills
'It's just weird.' Why was Richard Whipple fired from the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs?
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December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The deputy director of the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs was told his services were no longer needed, and escorted from the building. His email was cut off so he couldn’t contact the people he’d worked with for more than a decade.
"So the women fighting for tenants are 'emotional' and not 'serious'?
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
Chan stands up to her male colleagues—and suddenly they are acting all offended - 48 hills
Plus: An attack on formula retail bans, and a way to save Muni—with fair and progressive taxes. That's The Agenda for Dec. 7-14
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December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"So the women fighting for tenants are 'emotional' and not 'serious'?
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
"Talk to women at City Hall and you will hear a lot of concerns about the way the conservative men are treating the progressive women."
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Your suggestions for @bandcamp.com Friday
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The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
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The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Your suggestions for @bandcamp.com Friday
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
“The rise of police brutality signals a national process toward developing a militant and military corps of repressive force in this country,” says Steve Martinot. Catch him Sun/7 at the Howard Zinn Book Fair.
At Zinn Fair, Steve Martinot connects police brutality to US fascism's rise - 48 hills
SFSU Instructor Emeritus has written several books on racism and police; he'll speak at social justice gathering.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“The rise of police brutality signals a national process toward developing a militant and military corps of repressive force in this country,” says Steve Martinot. Catch him Sun/7 at the Howard Zinn Book Fair.
A neighborhood coalition plans to file a lawsuit that could delay the implementation of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan—potentially until after the next elections for Board of Supes, when the majority on that body might change.
Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit - 48 hills
The city relied on a three-year-old EIR for a different project; will that survive a court challenge?
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December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A neighborhood coalition plans to file a lawsuit that could delay the implementation of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan—potentially until after the next elections for Board of Supes, when the majority on that body might change.
Catch Cirque Du Soleil's 'Echo' at Oracle Park! The show runs through January 18 at Oracle Park — and we've got 20% off tickets.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Catch Cirque Du Soleil's 'Echo' at Oracle Park! The show runs through January 18 at Oracle Park — and we've got 20% off tickets.
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Celebrate the retrospective of artist and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party Emory Douglas, framed around his 12-point Political Artist Manifesto. All that and many more arts and culture happenings in #BIGWEEK
BIG WEEK: Emory Douglas, Miss Major, Golden Girls, Glitterbox, Gumby's Junk... - 48 hills
Recombinant Fest, Peter Pan, '1000 Whispers from Our Future,' 'Kill Bill,' Mariah Carey Drag Brunch, 'Cabaret,' more to do!
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December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Celebrate the retrospective of artist and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party Emory Douglas, framed around his 12-point Political Artist Manifesto. All that and many more arts and culture happenings in #BIGWEEK
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For @bandcamp.com Friday @48hills.bsky.social has Bay Area picks
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For @bandcamp.com Friday @48hills.bsky.social has Bay Area picks
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Reposted by 48 Hills
Tortoise on @intlanthem.bsky.social
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tortoise on @intlanthem.bsky.social
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
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BIG WEEK/THIS WEEK @48hills.bsky.social
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BIG WEEK/THIS WEEK @48hills.bsky.social
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
One of Stephen Sondheim's biggest flops has been subject to endless revisions—and now it hits movie theaters. Is 'Merrily We Roll Along' worth the rehash? #ScreenGrabs
Screen Grabs: 'Merrily We Roll Along' rolls onto big screens - 48 hills
Plus: Librarians, feminists, prophets, poets, Plastic Man, Kurosawa, an uncut 'Kill Bill,' and 300-minute 'Castration Movie.'
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December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of Stephen Sondheim's biggest flops has been subject to endless revisions—and now it hits movie theaters. Is 'Merrily We Roll Along' worth the rehash? #ScreenGrabs
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
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@48hills.bsky.social covers what most media won’t: Luries war on the poor.
“Former Sup. Dean Preston points out on Bluesky that the city’s policies on the unhoused these days are remarkably similar to an executive order issued by Donald Trump called “ending disorder on America’s streets.”
“Former Sup. Dean Preston points out on Bluesky that the city’s policies on the unhoused these days are remarkably similar to an executive order issued by Donald Trump called “ending disorder on America’s streets.”
SF's plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump's every day - 48 hills
Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@48hills.bsky.social covers what most media won’t: Luries war on the poor.
“Former Sup. Dean Preston points out on Bluesky that the city’s policies on the unhoused these days are remarkably similar to an executive order issued by Donald Trump called “ending disorder on America’s streets.”
“Former Sup. Dean Preston points out on Bluesky that the city’s policies on the unhoused these days are remarkably similar to an executive order issued by Donald Trump called “ending disorder on America’s streets.”
Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to look for more ways to arrest drug users, and the latest is a forced “sobering center.”
SF's plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump's every day - 48 hills
Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to look for more ways to arrest drug users, and the latest is a forced “sobering center.”
We’ve got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of 'Song Sung Blue', Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s new movie about a reunited Neil Diamond tribute band—on Wednesday, December 10, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF—but act fast! [GIVEAWAY]
Score a free pass to new movie 'Song Sung Blue'! - 48 hills
We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson's new movie—but act fast
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December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We’ve got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of 'Song Sung Blue', Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s new movie about a reunited Neil Diamond tribute band—on Wednesday, December 10, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF—but act fast! [GIVEAWAY]
While perusing the wares and partaking of the delicacies, harken to vendors’ tales of their deep and loving connections to the fair! John Bauer and Patty Riek take in the #DickensFair #LiveShots
Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake—just watch for the squirrel - 48 hills
Vast annual Christmas extravaganza at Cow Palace recreates Victorian London, and comes with some furry friends.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
While perusing the wares and partaking of the delicacies, harken to vendors’ tales of their deep and loving connections to the fair! John Bauer and Patty Riek take in the #DickensFair #LiveShots
The Board of Supes approved Mayor Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan today after rejecting an amendment that would protect all rent-controlled housing.
The vote was 7-4, with Sups. Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton in opposition.
The vote was 7-4, with Sups. Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton in opposition.
Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4 - 48 hills
To say this creates affordable housing is a wild fantasy. Yet Lurie's allies all lined up against tenants and vulnerable communities.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Board of Supes approved Mayor Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan today after rejecting an amendment that would protect all rent-controlled housing.
The vote was 7-4, with Sups. Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton in opposition.
The vote was 7-4, with Sups. Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton in opposition.
Does a wowza pozole featuring lightly fried whole fish sound apt for fingerless glove weather? If so, it might just be time to hit up Merkado in SoMa’s South Beach ✏️ @supermarke.bsky.social
Warming winter's chill at Merkado, with bright Mexican twists - 48 hills
Technicolor ensalada, smoking Do Epic $h!t cocktails, and a pozole to die for at the inviting South Beach spot.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Does a wowza pozole featuring lightly fried whole fish sound apt for fingerless glove weather? If so, it might just be time to hit up Merkado in SoMa’s South Beach ✏️ @supermarke.bsky.social
He's inspired by the Old Masters—but his figurative paintings take shape on an aging laptop. A deep dive into the process of Sacramento's John Tarahteeff:
Old Masters meet old laptop in John Tarahteeff's evocative canvases - 48 hills
East Sacramento artist utilizes digital tools and love for classical painting in process he calls 'chasing surprise.'
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December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He's inspired by the Old Masters—but his figurative paintings take shape on an aging laptop. A deep dive into the process of Sacramento's John Tarahteeff:
Documentary 'The Librarians' paints a damning portrait of what librarians are facing in our authoritarian age. Join us starting Thu/4 at the Roxie for its local run— @supermarke.bsky.social will speak w/ the filmmakers after the Fri/5 screening!
Bravery among the books: 'The Librarians' fight censorship - 48 hills
Documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Documentary 'The Librarians' paints a damning portrait of what librarians are facing in our authoritarian age. Join us starting Thu/4 at the Roxie for its local run— @supermarke.bsky.social will speak w/ the filmmakers after the Fri/5 screening!
“The thing I love most about the Howard Zinn Book Fair is that it helps folks who are feeling helpless and angry get involved and take action,” says an organizer of the event (Sun/7, 10am-6pm on the Mission Campus of CCSF).
Turn that anger into action at this year's Howard Zinn Book Fair - 48 hills
The annual social justice bonanza celebrates the history and possibilities of engagement in an era of despair.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“The thing I love most about the Howard Zinn Book Fair is that it helps folks who are feeling helpless and angry get involved and take action,” says an organizer of the event (Sun/7, 10am-6pm on the Mission Campus of CCSF).