Metro Issue: Jul 11–Jul 17, 2019

Cover Story
The Payoff
Labor unions and now profiteers are using a landmark environmental law to challenge new developments to extract concessions. Is this driving up housing costs and contributing to Northern California’s affordability crisis?
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back to topA-Pot-Calypse

State laws forced dispensaries to empty their shelves by offering steep discounts.
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back to topHidden Truths

Playwright and Watsonville native Jeanne Sakata tells the story of an interned Japanese American’s long fight for his rights in ‘Hold These Truths.’
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‘California Dreamin’’ exhibit explores the idiosyncracies of Left Coast life.
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back to topNot So Little Women

Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska star in ‘Damsel,’ a black comedy masquerading as a Western.
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