The Dissent

The New York Times, America's paper of record, recently turned its journalistic gaze upon...

We spend a lot of time in this column talking about what's broken — the budget holes, the bureaucratic bloat, the…

We don't say this often, but here's a case where the federal government got something right: the Golden Gate National…

It's that time of year again. The Golden Mimosa trees — formally Acacia baileyana — are lighting up neighborhoods…

San Francisco has always prided itself on being a city of freaks, misfits, and iconoclasts.

Here's a dirty little secret about San Franciscans: most of us have never actually done San Francisco.

There's something quietly powerful about a stranger posting an old photograph online and asking the internet for help.

In a city where squatters' rights are practically a religion, nobody does it better than the sea lions of Pier 39.

In a city where a public toilet can cost $1.7 million and a bus shelter takes years to install, there's one piece of…

Bay Area Dance Week is here, and honestly?

Happy 4/20, San Francisco — the unofficial holiday of our fair city, where the smell of weed is basically municipal…

Here's something that costs zero taxpayer dollars, requires no permits, no committee approvals, and no environmental…

There's something almost poetically on-brand about choosing San Francisco as your post-breakup destination.

There's something quietly defiant about someone showing up to San Francisco in 2025 and pulling out oil paints instead…

San Francisco is one of the most photographed cities on Earth, and yet somehow the bureaucratic obstacle course…

In a city that prides itself on compassion and community, it's striking how little we talk about foster care and…

If you've spent any time in the East Bay hills lately, you've probably encountered the area's most ungovernable…

Twenty years ago, Maker Faire launched with a simple premise: give people space to build things, and they will.

Look, we spend a lot of time in this space talking about budget deficits, bureaucratic incompetence, and the myriad…

Here's a fun little snapshot of how San Francisco operates in 2025: you can't even elope without running into a…

San Francisco is gearing up for the 2026 Vegan Earth Day March, because apparently regular Earth Day wasn't niche…

Here's a sentence you didn't expect to read today: a San Francisco bar is doing a better job of keeping the streets…

In a city where artist studios are disappearing faster than affordable rent, Doug Rhodes is holding the line —…

Here's a question that apparently a lot of Bay Area residents are quietly asking (emphasis on quietly): Where can you…