Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

Money in politics: Recology spent big on lobbying to beat back threat to garbage monopoly

Politics

San Francisco trash-hauling giant Recology spent nearly $500,000 trying to influence City Hall officials last year after a corruption scandal forced the firm to admit to overcharging customers an astonishing amount and put its decades-old monopoly on local garbage at risk.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

A bike lane moved, and this San Francisco neighborhood erupted

Culture

News

Protesters on Valencia Street in the city’s Mission District demand new, center-striped bike lanes be removed. Do cyclists even want them?

Christina Campodonico

Creative control: Diverse new wave of theater and dance leaders reimagine artistic visions

The Magic Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Joe Goode Performance Group and Z Space all have new leaders.

Hearing to reveal SF’s seriousness about ending unsheltered homelessness

A Board of Supervisors hearing set for March 21 will review a report that will signal its resolve to end unsheltered homelessness.

Maryann Jones Thompson

Star Wars was born 50 years ago in this small Bay Area town

Celebrate ‘May the Fourth’ with a trip to the community where George Lucas made the film and made his home.

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Money in politics: Recology spent big on lobbying to beat back threat to garbage monopoly

A bike lane moved, and this San Francisco neighborhood erupted

Creative control: Diverse new wave of theater and dance leaders reimagine artistic visions

Hearing to reveal SF’s seriousness about ending unsheltered homelessness

Star Wars was born 50 years ago in this small Bay Area town