The Dissent

In a city that never stops talking — about housing policy, about tech layoffs, about whether that new restaurant on…

If you grew up in the Bay Area, there's a near-100% chance that someone — a parent, a teacher, a slightly-too-confident…

Not every story in this city is about dysfunction, budget overruns, or another BART delay.

Golden Gate Park is doing what it does best: being incredible without anyone at City Hall taking credit for it.

San Francisco lost one of its most beloved and unmistakable characters this week.

There's a question floating around the Bay Area that perfectly captures what makes San Francisco special — and what so…

Whatever your reading list looks like heading into summer, here's a local addition worth considering.

Full Moon Temple Trips: SF's Quiet Spiritual Side Deserves a Closer Look San Francisco is a city of rituals — some…

Here's something refreshing: a major corporation doing something genuinely cool for the public without a single cent of…

Manny's is throwing a neighborhood trash cleanup event, complete with $1 beer, free yoga classes, and free fries.

Permission Granted: You Don't Need to Be Fast to Use a Public Track Somewhere in San Francisco right now, a nervous new…

There's a certain kind of audacity that only San Francisco can produce — the kind where a corner liquor store in SOMA…

San Francisco's dating scene is, by most accounts, an absolute warzone.

In a city where a single Board of Supervisors meeting can drag on for six hours to accomplish absolutely nothing, the…

The Burn Book Goes Broadway — Right Here in San Francisco Get in, losers — we're going to the theater.

Here's a small but telling sign of the times: someone in San Francisco recently went looking for a cobbler — an actual…

There's something quietly great about a city where people still want to go out on a random weeknight — alone, if they…

In a region where the news cycle is dominated by budget deficits, housing crises, and transit meltdowns, sometimes the…

Every week, someone from the Midwest visits the Bay Area, sees the Pacific coastline for the first time, and starts…

There's a great blue heron working the ponds of Golden Gate Park right now, and we're pleased to report it requires…

Here's something you don't hear often about San Francisco entertainment: it's actually affordable.

Here's something San Francisco gets right without a single committee hearing, budget overrun, or environmental impact…

Here's a confession that resonated with a lot of people this week: a 45-year-old SF dad — married, two kids, doing fine…

There's a certain magic to living in San Francisco long enough that you lose all perspective on what's normal.