By Peter Hartlaub, Culture CriticUpdated Dec 30, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article Children play in the calendar pages, phone messages and memos thrown out of high-rise windows in the Financial District on Dec. 31, 1976.Bill Young, Staff / The Chronicle It was Dec. 31, 1977, and San Francisco’s strangest holiday had arrived: Downtown… Continue reading
CNBC-TV18 Started streaming 87 minutes ago NEW YORK LIVE: Mamdani Swearing In Ceremony | Zohran Mamdani is sworn in by Sen. Bernie Sanders | NYC | N18G New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is sworn in by Senator Bernie Sanders in a public ceremony on the steps of New York’s… Continue reading
Public power is cheaper, more reliable, and would make money for the city. Just look at the numbers By Tim Redmond December 28, 2025 (48hills.org) The power went out in the Sunset on Christmas Eve, and then for a fifth time Dec. 27. Neither was as bad as the earlier… Continue reading
US Air Force personnel prepare an MQ-9 Reaper drone for a mission on the tarmac at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on December 27, 2025. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images) One expert called the reported drone strike a “violation of Article 2(4) of the… Continue reading
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Frank Bisignano looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks in the White House in Washington, DC on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) In-depth reporting from the Washington Post found the Social Security Administration is dealing with “record backlogs… Continue reading
People attend the funeral of Dr. Hussein Najjar, a member of the Doctors Without Borders team who was killed by shrapnel from an Israeli airstrike, in Deir al Balah, Gaza on September 16, 2025 (Photo by Alaa Y. M. Abumohsen/Anadolu via Getty Images) “The humanitarian response in Gaza is already… Continue reading
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought speaks at the White House on Monday, September 29, 2025. (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) “If the CFPB is not there, people have nowhere to turn when they get cheated,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Brad Reed Dec 30,… Continue reading
A woman cools herself off using a fan at a bus stop showing a temperature of 37°C—or 99°F—during a heatwave in Madrid, on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images) “2025 was full of stark reminders of the urgent need to cut climate pollution, invest in clean… Continue reading
