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BREAKING: New poll shows Boudin recall is a dead heat
WEBJune 3, 2022. The ballot measure that would recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a a dead heat, with 47 percent of likely voters supporting it and 47 percent opposing, a new poll from the Boudin campaign shows. The poll, of 3,000 likely voters, is a sign that the Boudin campaign is making significant progress; only weeks ago, polling from ...
Screen Grabs: Behind the frock with dishy Merchant Ivory doc
WEBSep 2, 2024 — The Lewton films, directed by several rising talents including future West Side Story and Sound of Music maestro Robert Wise, remain remarkable—among them the original Cat People, The Body Snatcher and I Walked With a Zombie—all the more so for having been made during such a short period, between 1942 and 1946.After that, studio politics and ill health sadly curtailed his activity, until a ...
Oakland group launches non-police mental health hotline
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Mary Corbin, Author at 48 hills
WEBAug 9, 2024 — Mary Corbin is an artist and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She can’t get enough vivid colors, walks in the woods and well-told tales. She recently published her first nonfiction book. Visit her website at marycorbin.com. Art. A mysterious illness led Mona Chiang to the easel. Now, she paints her own way.
Screen Grabs: Did somebody say ‘childless cat ladies’? - 48 hills
WEBAug 1, 2024 — The excavation of consummate MAGA poseur J.D. Vance’s “childless cat ladies” remark, combined with the Presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris—who is indeed childless, although also apparently cat-free—makes this an exceptionally ripe moment for the annual CatVideoFest.With proceeds going to local cat charities and animal welfare organizations, this hour and a quarter of furry ...
Call the ‘Please Force’: Wavy Gravy revisits Woodstock in new doc
WEBMay 28, 2019 — Wavy Gravy reminisces about the three historic days of peace and music at Max Yasgur’s Farm in award-winning director Barak Goodman’s new documentary “ Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation,” which features never-before-seen footage and interviews with organizers, performers, and attendees. I …
Still obsessed with '80s sensation Animotion - 48 hills
WEBAug 27, 2019 — Singer Astrid Plane—she of the famous side-ponytail—talks the ups and downs of synthpop success, before the big Lost '80s Live show. The enduring obsession with ‘80s music isn’t difficult to explain, according to Astrid Plane. Animotion ’s founding frontwoman, who, along with her band, racked up three hit singles — “Obsession ...
‘It’s Brat Summer, turn on the tunes’: 5th FACT/SF Fest steps out
WEBAug 12, 2024 — Launched in 2018 the FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival is part of FACT/SF’s Fieldwork, a set of programs that provide resources and opportunities to contemporary dance artists from the Bay Area and beyond. All artists on the second weekend of the Festival were curated by an eight-person panel via …
A public bank for San Francisco is moving forward, this week
WEBBy Rick Girling. -. May 17, 2022. On Thursday/19 at 3pm, newly-hired public banking consultant HR&A Advisors will join the Reinvest in San Francisco Working Group in formulating a plan to establish San Francisco’s first public bank since the city was founded more than 200 years ago. Last June, the Board of Supervisors took an important step ...