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The Baths That Beat Jim Crow: Sutro's Forgotten Civil Rights Legacy
PublishedBefore San Francisco became a city that loves to congratulate itself on progressivism, it actually did something…
SF's Pop-Up Magazine Crew Is Turning Cookbooks Into a Live Show — And It Might Actually Be Worth Your Weekend
PublishedLook, we know your cookbook shelf is mostly decorative at this point.
SF's Music Scene Isn't Dead — You're Just Not Paying Attention
PublishedEvery few months, someone publishes a eulogy for San Francisco's music scene.
Lights, Camera, Confusion: North Beach Residents Baffled by Mystery Film Crew
PublishedNorth Beach has seen its share of characters over the years — beatnik poets, tourist-trap cannoli shops, guys who…
The Dark Side of SF's Social Scene: What Mickey Gerold's Case Says About Power and Accountability
PublishedSan Francisco has always had its social climbers — the type who collect powerful friends like business cards, haunt the…
The Dark Side of SF's Velvet Rope Set
PublishedSan Francisco has always had its social strivers — the guys who collect powerful friends the way others collect…
Dream Gallery, Nightmare Reality: How SF's 'Visionary' Art Philanthropist Allegedly Took Artists for Everything
PublishedThere's a particular kind of predator that thrives in San Francisco's arts scene: the smooth-talking visionary with a…
Hundreds of San Franciscans Paid Nothing to Dig a Hole and That's Kind of Beautiful
PublishedIn a city that will charge you $18 for a kombucha and $3,000 a month to sleep in a converted closet, something…
Free Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming — Don't Sleep on SF's Best Kept Secret Hour
PublishedHere's a rare sentence you don't often get to write about San Francisco: you can do something genuinely beautiful here…
Light Up, SF: Your Complete Guide to Getting High Responsibly (and Beautifully)
PublishedSan Francisco has always had a complicated, passionate, and occasionally transcendent relationship with cannabis — and…
SF's Nightlife Scene Is Alive, Weird, and Worth Protecting
PublishedLet's be honest — San Francisco's nightlife has taken a beating.
SF Theater Right Now: Royalty, Monsters, and the Stories We Can't Look Away From
PublishedIf you've been sleeping on San Francisco's theater scene, these two productions are a decent reason to wake up.
The Maine Are Coming to SF and You Could Score Free Tickets
PublishedIf your emo-adjacent playlist has been getting a workout lately, here's some news that'll make your week: The Maine are…
Lights Out at CBS: SF Workers Strike as Bari Weiss Pulls the Plug on National News Radio
PublishedIt's a messy week at CBS Bay Area. Workers have walked off the job in San Francisco, hitting the picket lines just as…
March Is Actually a Great Month to Be a Museum Nerd in SF
PublishedLook, San Francisco has a lot of problems right now.
Picture This: The Symbols That Make SoMa, SoMa
PublishedIf you had to photograph SoMa in a single frame, what would you shoot?
One Man's Horrible Road Home: The Ranjit Brar Story
PublishedSan Francisco has a complicated relationship with the people who love it most.