The Dissent

Sometimes the internet is a cesspool of bad takes and worse policy ideas.

There's a new black-and-white photography series making the rounds that captures Bayview-Hunters Point in stark…

The 2026 Left Coast Annual Exhibition is coming back to San Francisco, and before we get into the details, let's ask…

Just when you thought San Francisco's streets couldn't get any weirder, someone strapped an Elon Musk head onto a robot…

San Francisco has no shortage of artsy workshops promising to unlock your inner creative — most of them involving…

If you've ever balked at SFMOMA's regular $25 admission price — and let's be honest, who hasn't — the museum is…

Here's a fiscal responsibility tip that doesn't involve cutting government budgets: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden…

Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's wrong with San Francisco — the budget black holes, the…

If you've ever wondered what happens when Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera about the most famous dissident in history…

Say what you will about San Francisco's government spending habits — and we say plenty — but the public library system…

Twelve years. That's how long it's been since San Francisco lost another piece of what made it San Francisco — not a…

Live 105 is back on the Bay Area airwaves, and if you grew up moshing in your mom's minivan to the sounds of actual…

There are exactly two currencies that matter in the Bay Area: equity in a pre-IPO startup and a mini tote bag from the…

There's a new grassroots hiking group making the rounds in the Bay Area, and its existence tells you everything you…

While the city debates how many millions to throw at its next urban wildlife management study, a great blue heron near…

In a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a luxury car and a burrito somehow runs you $18, it's worth…

Here's a radical thought for a Wednesday: sometimes the best thing a city can do is maintain what it already has.

Somewhere in San Francisco right now, a pair of wild parrots is landing on someone's balcony, screaming at each other…

In a city where beloved small businesses vanish faster than your paycheck after rent, the Balboa Theater just hit a…

In a move that sounds like it was cooked up during a Silicon Valley brainstorm session — because it literally was —…

We spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken — the budget, the bureaucracy, the buses that never…

Sometimes the best editorial we can write is the simplest one: go outside.

Look, we get it — when you think "hotel lobby comedy show," you probably imagine a sad open mic night with a two-drink…

Twice a year, the sun rises in perfect alignment with California Street and the Bay Bridge, creating a golden corridor…