The Dissent

Here's a truth that doesn't make it into the tourism brochures or the tech recruiting pitches: San Francisco can be one…

Sometimes the best perspective on your own city comes from someone who doesn't live in it.

We spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken — the budget, the bureaucracy, the general dysfunction…

There's a version of San Francisco that doesn't show up in budget reports or Board of Supervisors meetings — the…

San Francisco is throwing itself an all-star centennial celebration for Allen Ginsberg, the Beat poet who first…

There's something deeply charming about the way San Francisco lodges itself in people's brains — especially when you…

West Portal — home to charming storefronts, neighborhood vibes, and apparently, sign writers who could really use a…

In a city obsessed with optimizing everything — your commute, your morning routine, your dopamine hits — there's…

In a city where we're constantly chronicling government programs that burn through millions and deliver questionable…

Here's something you don't see every day on your feed: someone genuinely, unironically loving San Francisco.

In a city that loves to talk about supporting the arts — usually right before raising fees, adding permits, and burying…

The Bayview is getting a new makers space.

There's a particular kind of heartbreak that comes with loving San Francisco — the slow realization that the city you…

In an age where everything is a subscription, an app, or a PDF, there's something beautifully defiant about walking…

Here's a small but telling sign of how San Francisco treats its younger residents: if you're under 21 and want to play…

Look, we get it. Your closet is bursting, your dresser drawers won't close, and somewhere in the back there's a blazer…

Sometimes, amid all the policy fights, budget debates, and endless bureaucratic hand-wringing, it's worth remembering…

We spend a lot of time around here talking about the ways San Francisco wastes your money.

San Francisco has a well-earned reputation for being expensive.

Here's something you don't hear often enough in a city that charges you $18 for avocado toast and $3,000 for a studio…

Look, not every editorial has to be about Muni delays or the Board of Supervisors lighting taxpayer money on fire.

Two posts caught our eye this week that, taken together, paint a portrait of life in the Bay Area that no tech…

Let's settle something: San Francisco has corner stores.

In a city where public art budgets balloon into the millions and bureaucratic committees debate murals for years, it's…