John-Paul Shiver has been contributing to 48 Hills since 2019. His work as an experienced music journalist and pop culture commentator has appeared in the Wire, Resident Advisor, SF Weekly, Bandcamp ...

Colorful protest at 100 Montgomery drew attention to immigration court abductions, with drag, costumes, and piñatas.

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Hilary Rivers was detained at a routine immigration court date; now she's home recovering from her traumatic ordeal.

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Sex work is big and—unfortunately, yet again—controversial news in San Francisco at the moment, as the city fruitlessly attempts to shut down Capp Street’s thriving trade with actual concrete barriers ...

Our 51st annual Readers' Poll celebrates everything that's Best about the Bay Area—chosen by the people who live here.

Bad history — even when well-intended — gives me a headache, because it so often misses and conceals far more important truths. To wit, in a recent column David Talbot neatly summed up the ...

Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

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