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COVID Has Catalyzed a Wave of Tenant Organizing That Was Long Overdue
Members of the community attend a rally for tenants rights at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall in Oakland, California, on September 26, 2017.
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Fifty billion dollars. Thatâs the amount of past-due rent accumulated during the first year of the pandemic, according to some estimates. And with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs (CDC) eviction moratorium now facing trouble in court and set to expire at the end of June, the situation for renters in this country has become even more precarious.
April 20, 2021 • Sean J Patrick Carney on the ground in Oakland
5733 San Leandro Street, Oakland, CA. Photo: Kirk Crippens and Torre McQueen. Courtesy of the Oakland Cannery Collective.
WITH FEWER THAN HALF A MILLION RESIDENTS, Oakland’s complex art ecosystem rivals those of cities twice its size. Muralists, art-school grads, experimental musicians, artist-activists, graffiti writers, and Burning Man sectarians live and work throughout Oakland’s deindustrialized shoreline corridor and flatlands. Its DIY cultures are eclectic and often political, owing to the city’s distinctive history of liberation movements, mutual-aid networks, and labor organizing.
Fifteen years ago, Oakland was, relative to tech-gentrified San Francisco, semi-affordable. Today, Oakland artists battle colossal
. 2021 s Hearts in San Francisco are on display in Union Square this week. (Courtesy of @sfghfoundation) 25 Fun Things to Do This Week (2.8.21)
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Feb 07, 2021
There s Valentine s programming galore this week with wine and cookie tastings, cooking class for two with Brandon Jew, and this year s crop of Hearts in San Francisco making their Union Square debut.
Plus, get takeout from a couple of cool new spots, watch SF Ballet s latest digital performances, or head to Healdsburg for an epic outdoor meal at SingleThread in a Ken Fulkâdesign setting.
Nosh on wood-fired meats from Jaranita SF. Housed in Bistro Aix s former Marina digs, this new Peruvian eatery from the restaurant group behind La Mar offers empanadas, grilled beef heart, rotisserie chicken, and an entire roasted cauliflower. // Order online at jaranitasf.com.
Joshua Kosman December 14, 2020Updated: December 17, 2020, 1:28 pm
Composer Pauline Anna Strom Photo: Aubrey Trinnaman
Composer Pauline Anna Strom, who earned a small but devoted following in the early 1980s with a series of probing electronic soundscapes released under the name Trans-Millennia Consort, was found dead in her San Francisco apartment on Sunday, Dec. 13. She was 74.
Her death was confirmed Monday, Dec. 14, by record producer Matt Werth, who reissued her music in a 2017 compilation on his label RVNG Intl. No cause of death was given.
Working alone with low-tech equipment a few elementary synthesizers, a four-track tape recorder Strom created music infused with a keen spiritual edge and an appreciation of nature. Under titles such as “Mushroom Trip” and “Rain on Ancient Quays,” her compositions, which often grew out of marathon solo improvisation sessions, fused psychedelia with an expansive sense of time.