The Dissent

For those of you who occasionally put down your phones long enough to crack open an actual book — or at least attend a…

Say what you will about San Francisco's spending habits and bureaucratic bloat — this city still knows how to put on an…

The Castro is kicking off 2026 with a recurring reason to actually leave your apartment on a Sunday morning.

Every few weeks, some variation of the same post surfaces: "Is SF nightlife really dead?" And every few weeks, people…

A recent post from a couple of trans men visiting from Salt Lake City reminded us of something San Francisco still does…

In a world of dating apps, algorithmic matchmaking, and whatever fresh hell Zuckerberg is cooking up in the metaverse…

Someone dug a KFOG bumper sticker out of an old box recently, and if that sentence just hit you with a wave of…

San Francisco lost one of its most enduring and unapologetic characters this week.

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…