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Giants and food vendor tried to get workers to waive COVID rights

The Giants Opening Day was Friday, April 9.  The organization had been doing a full court press (sorry to mix in basketball metaphors) for days on end about how safe the stadium would be for the fans’...

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Screen Grabs: Senior directors up to newer tricks

In eternally youth-obsessed and -targeting Hollywood, directors have long complained of being “aged out” of the business, judged too old to serve modern audiences’ (or perhaps just studio executives’)...

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When bosses lie, workers die

In Yakima County in Washington state, where a mutant coronavirus is fueling a deadly fourth wave, Superior Court Judge Blaine Gibson has just relaxed COVID protections for farmworkers.Key to Judge...

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Giants honor Tom Ammiano as Honey Mahogany sings the national anthem

A really great Saturday evening at the ballpark: The SF Giants honored Tom Ammiano for his decades of service to the LGBT community and talked about his 60-year-delayed varsity letter. And then the...

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The indigenous struggle to save trees — and sacred spaces — in Humboldt

“Caltrans comes and just takes everything you have.” Pomo Elder Priscilla Hunter was standing next to a sacred Pomo rock — they call the Mama Rock — near the shore of a California coastal beach long...

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The folly and foibles of New Belgium’s new Mission Bay taproom

Back in 2013, the Giants rolled out their plans to develop the Port of SF-owned Mission Rock—right in the backyard of AT&T… errr… Oracle Park. The crown jewel of the effort (unless you get excited...

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Screen Grabs: Perilous quests in ‘The Green Knight’ and ‘Stillwater’

Last weekend brought the wide release of two unusually ambitious and ambiguous new mainstream movies, a species seldom seen these days, particularly in the popcorn fields of summer. Tom McCarthy’s...

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Screen Grabs: Modern-day art mystery explored in ‘The Lost Leonardo’

The death 16 months ago of Bruce Baillie at age 88 was a major loss to the film world in many ways, as he was venerated not just for his own films (particularly those made in US avant-garde cinema’s...

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‘Don’t be a Giant idiot’—workers demand better COVID safety at ballpark

While the rock band Green Day was blasting out their hit “American Idiot” at the San Francisco Giants ballpark on Friday, August 27 to a huge crowd, UNITE HERE Local 2 workers and staff inside and...

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Giants ballpark workers set strike vote

Just as the San Francisco Giants enter what looks to be a heated pennant race, with potentially huge crowds, members of the union that represents workers at Oracle Park are taking a vote that could...

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Why no COVID vaccine requirements for Giants fans?

The number of reported COVID deaths in the USA has now surpassed the 655,000 military and civilian deaths we suffered in the Civil War – the deadliest war in our history. In fact, we are several...

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Giants food-service workers take job action, demanding safety

More than 200 food service workers at the Giants’ Oracle Park, walked off the job briefly this morning, and demanded to meet with the Giants about deteriorating safety conditions at the ballpark....

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Giants workers get record contract

The San Francisco Giants are having a record year, taking the National League West title with the most wins of any team in baseball.During the final week of the title run, ballpark food service...

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Recalls are for losers

Californians are finally learning that “recall” initiatives are for losers. Losers with no political future. The easily defeated Recall of Governor Newsom—which included a coalition of labor and...

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Screen Grabs: A ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’… of influencers?

It’s been close to half a century since the initial release of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a low-budget, low-profile feature from an unknown filmmaker (Tobe Hooper had previously only...

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Stern Grove to Erykah Badu: our guide to the best summer shows

With the days growing longer and the weather warming up—and Karl The Fog tweeting out appropriate clothing options, alongside snarky Dad joke humor—live music is poised for a comeback in the Bay and...

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