The loss of UNRWA’s support, following Israel’s recent vote to sever ties, further jeopardizes humanitarian efforts. UNRWA provides essential services, from health consultations to shelter management, ...

Incumbents Xavier Johnson, Dominique Walker and Andy Kelley will be re-elected, along with YIMBY newcomer Alfred Twu, part of the Tenant Convention slate is in fourth place. Avery Arbaugh in fifth ...

A YES vote was there to punish the AIDS health and housing people who promote rent control. Another big YES vote was there to punish criminals more than we already do. We saw bucketloads of the same ...

Arreguin – Referral to City Manager Equity for Black Berkeley (E4BB) Initiative initiative includes Berkeley Flea Market, African Holistic Center, Black Arts and Cultural District, Black Health Equity ...

In this month I have seven mystery/thriller novels to recommend. (A) Beyond Reasonable Doubt Robert Dugoni (5 stars) A legal thriller set in Seattle. Robert Dugoni’s second Keera Duggan novel finds ...

Opening the 2024-25 Season at San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera brought together a splendid international cast under the baton of Music Director Eun Sun Kim. American tenor ...

Hello dear readers. I am not here to argue with psychiatric wisdom or with established science. If you have a severe mental illness, especially one that involves psychosis, you probably need to be ...

Danish composer Paul Ruders’ opera based on Margaret Atwood’s 1984 novel The Handmaid’s Tale received its first performance in Copenhagen in a Danish-language production. This opera’s first US ...

In the latest batch of votes posted by the Registrar of Voters this afternoon, Adena Ishi surpassed Sophie Hahn by 441 votes, narrowing Hahn’s lead to 633 votes. Hahn has 38.8% to 37.1% for Ishii.