San Francisco may be a bellwether for November’s midterms, and the future of the Democratic Party. Last November, when U.S. Representative and former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced her long-anticipated retirement, she vacated a seat held for nearly four decades, and gave San Franciscan voters a once-in-a-generation choice. As the growing shadow of […]
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San Francisco’s Fleet Week Should Have Been Cancelled
The ongoing federal government shutdown threatened to cancel San Francisco’s annual celebration of the United States military. But with the aid of international allies, Fleet Week prevailed. Over Italian Heritage Weekend, four military jet fleets and one commercial airline team roared across the Bay Area skies. Rather than the traditional parade of ships that grace […]
A Utopia for Billionaires, a Nightmare for Residents
In 2017, a mysterious company began buying large plots of land in Solano County, California. The company has since spent $900 million purchasing around 70,000 acres of farmland in what is currently the most rural part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Then, in August 2023, after speculation began to mount around the project, the […]