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  Don't box Isaac Mizrahi in—or turn off his mic - 48 hills

  By Joshua Rotter Verified

  Apr. 17, 2025

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  Community re-telling of Compton's Cafeteria riot storms Tenderloin stage

  By Joshua Rotter Verified, SF Weekly

  Apr. 10, 2025

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  Don't box Isaac Mizrahi in—or turn off his mic - 48 hills

  By Joshua Rotter Verified

  Apr. 17, 2025

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48 Hills

48 Hills is San Francisco's largest daily, independent community news and culture site, launched by the editors of the legendary SF Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper. For almost a decade, 48 Hills has covered local and global music, arts, nightlife, and cultural events from a deep and fiercely independent point of view, as well as reporting on vital news stories and issues with diverse community voices. OUR MISSION: Our mission at 48hills (the publication of the San Francisco Progressive Media Center) is to amplify marginalized Bay Area community voices, uplift local arts and culture, employ local writers and editors, and deliver in-depth reporting, breaking news, and analysis of city issues from a non-corporate, hyperlocal angle. 48 Hills does not discriminate regarding race, age, gender, orientation, abilities, or socioeconomic backgrounds. OUR STORY: Bernal. Potrero. San Miguel. Telegraph. There are 47 named hills in San Francisco – and as those of us who have spent their lives fighting for social and economic justice know, there's always one more hill to climb. 48hills is a new kind of newspaper – the progressive daily that San Francisco always needs. Not a blog, not a content aggregator, but a place where you can read original work by reporters and critics who know the city. Breaking news, analysis, investigative reporting, cutting-edge arts, and culture … that's 48 Hills. We are a nonprofit venture under the auspices of the San Francisco Progressive Media Center, formed by former Bay Guardian editors with a community-based board and a mission to serve a city battered by evictions, displacement, and economic inequality. We are unafraid of controversy, proud of our politics, owned by no investors, driven not by profit but by a passion for journalism that matters.