Teacher Strike Looms Over SFUSD Budget 'Crisis'

According to documents distributed by concerned parents, the district isn’t as cash-strapped as they want us to believe. The district is holding tightly onto a sizeable reserve, several times over what is required or recommended as a minimum.

There's a New Payphone in San Francisco, with Messages for the Dead

You pick up the receiver in the phone booth, and you’re greeted by a voice from the past. It’s a ‘Happy Birthday’ voicemail, with that rare, wonderful, and congratulatory tone that one might just save and listen to again, to remember.

Time Written by the Sun: The Works of Chris McCaw at Haines Gallery

The arc of the sun burnt into the curling edges of mural-sized images, landscapes solarized and reversed, hang on the walls of Haines Gallery. The effect is immediate and arresting. Some works revel in a metronomic study of landscapes presented in black and white panels. Reversals and Revolutions marks the second solo exhibition of photographer Chris McCaw’s work at the gallery.

The Artist Forging 'Future Artifacts' in San Francisco

Hand-forged in the fires of San Francisco's SOMA, NYXA infuses myth, chaos, and self-discovery into silver.

A New Site Lets You Know If the Muni Subway is Working