The Dissent

In a city where a burrito costs $18 and a studio apartment runs you $2,800 a month, finding anything at 50% off feels…

We see this question pop up constantly, and it's worth addressing head-on: if you're visiting San Francisco for the…

Here's something to think about the next time you're dodging e-scooters on your way down Market Street: you're walking…

In a city where we spend billions trying to engineer social outcomes through programs, task forces, and bureaucratic…

In a world where every form of entertainment seems to require a Wi-Fi connection, a software update, and your biometric…

San Francisco has always been a city that takes itself too seriously while simultaneously refusing to take anything…

In a city where everything from parking to a mediocre burrito costs you $20, here's something genuinely free and…

Here's a basic market reality that the Peninsula has somehow ignored for years: there's demand for a solid, inclusive…

San Francisco has never been short on creative ways to combine spirituality with caffeine, and the latest entry in the…

Here's something City Hall can't tax, regulate, or screw up: surfers catching waves under the Golden Gate Bridge at…

Here's a fiscal tip they don't teach you in economics class: the best bar crawl in San Francisco costs $2.50.

Sometimes you need a break from writing about budget deficits and bureaucratic incompetence to acknowledge a simple…

Sometimes you need a reminder that San Francisco's best features aren't the ones that cost taxpayers billions of…

Every year, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater rolls into the East Bay, and every year, it reminds us that some…

If you've lived in San Francisco for more than a week, you know the drill: your phone says sunny, the sky says…

San Francisco has long been a city where the walls talk — from the murals of the Mission to the tags of the Tenderloin.

Mission Local, the nonprofit newsroom covering San Francisco's Mission District and beyond, has named Joe Rivano Barros…

Here's a truth nobody in the suburbs wants to say out loud: the East Bay bedroom communities are built for couples with…

The Great San Francisco Friendship Problem Here's a truth nobody warned you about when you moved to San Francisco…

Here's a perennial Bay Area dilemma: you're living in one of the most expensive cities in America, a solid job offer…

Look, we mostly cover government waste and transit nightmares around here, but sometimes a story comes along that…

Sometimes the best things in San Francisco aren't built by city government — they're just hiding behind drywall…

San Francisco is gearing up for the "Space Walk" — a cannabis lounge crawl planned for 2026 that promises to be the…

If you've ever been stuck at SFO with a three-hour delay and nothing but overpriced trail mix and a dying phone battery…