48 Hills

48 Hills is an independent news and culture website for San Francisco and the Bay Area, created by ex-editors and publishers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Founded in 2013 by Tim Redmond, this platform is updated every day and now attracts around 30,000 readers each week. It features a wide range of topics, including news, politics, arts, music, nightlife, and various aspects of culture.

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Drama Masks: Finding the comfort zone

2 days ago | 48hills.org | Charles Lewis III

I want to point out a specific moment from the inaugural production of The Blackest Wrench, SF Neo-Futurists new annual Juneteenth one-off, when the concept of “safe space” seemed to manifest perfectly.
John Cameron Mitchell glories in Bowie devotion at 'BLACKSTAR Symphony'

5 days ago | 48hills.org | Joshua Rotter

There’s a moment at every BLACKSTAR Symphony performance that feels like a portal opening. David Bowie‘s spectral voice is absent, but his presence hovers, stitched into every orchestrated phrase. When John Cameron Mitchell takes the stage alongside Donny McCaslin’s band—the very ensemble that recorded Blackstar—and a grand orchestra swells behind them, something shifts in the room. The concert isn’t just a tribute; it’s an invocation.
Funding Muni and BART: Should the very rich also pay?

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Tim Redmond

The Chron had a forum Wednesday with the directors of BART and Muni and state Sen. Scott Wiener to talk about the future of transit in the Bay Area—and I really wanted to ask Wiener a question. The senator typically doesn’t respond to my calls and texts, so I bought a ticket to the event at Manny’s. (It was the second time I’ve ever been there. The first was to see Jane Fonda, who got sick and had to leave.)The prognosis from the two transit leaders was beyond grim.
Under the Stars: Ron Trent convenes boogie royalty for 'Lift Off'

1 week ago | 48hills.org | John-Paul Shiver

Happy Juneteenth, everyone. It’s Under The Stars. A quasi-weekly column that presents new music releases, upcoming shows, opinions, and other adjacent items. We keep it moving, hustling with the changes, thinking outside the margins. We’ve been doing this for five years… Spend some time with us…RON TRENT, LIFT OFF (RUSH HOUR MUSIC)If you tell me that it’s time for a Ron Trent long player, I will pleasantly respond, “Yes.
Bravery among the books: 'The Librarians' fight censorship

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Pam Grady

Florida elementary school librarian Marie Masferrer, one of the subjects of the documentary The Librarians, screening Sat/21 as part of Frameline (tickets are at rush), thought the principal was on her side when it came to the subject of keeping books on the shelves for students to read despite pressure from the state. That is, until the principal pulled several LGBT titles.
The supes will at last have a serious discussion about income inequality and taxing the rich

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Tim Redmond

The San Francisco supervisors are finally going to have a serious discussion about address both economic inequality and the budget deficit by imposing local income and wealth taxes on the very rich. Sup. Chyanne Chen introduced a resolution Tuesday calling on the city’s state representatives to push for legislation that would allow, not require, counties to enact taxes on wealth and income.
Appeals Board hearing raises key issue about protecting existing rental units

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Tim Redmond

In a move that could set a dangerous precedent, the Planning Department wants to allow a property owner in Potrero Hill wants to build an expanded two-unit building that involves the removal of what opponents say was an existing rent-controlled unit. The matter will go before the Board of Appeals Wednesday/18. At issue is a modest building at 695 Rhode Island Street—but if the board allows it, landlords and developers all over town may see a path to eliminating existing rental housing.
Drama Masks: No time to be nice

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Charles Lewis III

Most of the time, I’m surprised to find out anyone reads anything I write. Other times, I can predict, with great accuracy, who will read it and what their reaction will be. As I was writing my last column, I knew that criticizing establishment Dems would lead some to reach out to me with that classic Oprah POV suggesting, “Just be nice to the Nazis. Then they’ll understand your side.”Such finger-wagging hypocrites like to evoke Dr. King.
SFMTA approves rules that would evict most people living in RVs

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Tim Redmond

Despite extensive public opposition and data showing the program will cause more homelessness, the SF Municipal Transportation Authority voted 6-1 June 17 in favor of a program that would set a two-hour limit on parking of all RVs in the city. That could lead to hundreds of people, including families, to lose their homes to citations and tows.
A profoundly important new book exposes the truth behind crime mythology

1 week ago | 48hills.org | Tim Redmond

When Chesa Boudin was elected as San Francisco’s district attorney, a powerful political and communications operation immediately went into effect to try to undermine his policies. Unrelenting news stories talked about huge increases in crime, about a lawless city, about how a progressive DA was making us all less safe. That conflicted with reality: In most categories, crime, especially violent crime, was declining when Boudin was DA. And yet, like other progressive prosecutors, he lost his job.