Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

A machete-wielding man in crisis charged police. Thanks to his neighbor, he wasn’t killed

News

But lawyers ask why a department that trains officers to de-escalate crisis situations needs others to intervene.

Californians want to use Zoom for court appearances. Will lawmakers let them?

Rather than adopt a permanent law allowing remote video in court, lawmakers have repeatedly extended the pandemic-era program.

‘Barbenheimer’ was a boon for movie theater owners. Now workers are unionizing

Business

Over the past two years, employees have formed or attempted to form unions at the Film Forum and Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan, the Amherst Cinema in Massachusetts and Alamo Drafthouses in San Francisco and Austin, Texas.

Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Downtown rescue plan calls for office-to-housing conversions

Policymakers have pitched updates to the planning code, rezoning Union Square and making pop-ups in vacant storefronts easier.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Bay Area sex club’s two-tiered approach to monkeypox vaccines spurs community outcry

Confusion and accusations of ‘VIP access’ as people waited for seven hours or more outside of Steamworks on Wednesday, hoping for one of 500 scarce doses.

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A machete-wielding man in crisis charged police. Thanks to his neighbor, he wasn’t killed

Californians want to use Zoom for court appearances. Will lawmakers let them?

‘Barbenheimer’ was a boon for movie theater owners. Now workers are unionizing

Downtown rescue plan calls for office-to-housing conversions

Bay Area sex club’s two-tiered approach to monkeypox vaccines spurs community outcry