The Dissent

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

In a city where the Board of Supervisors seems determined to make your blood pressure spike on a weekly basis, it's…

In a city that seemingly can't stop complaining about how nobody knows their neighbors, one San Francisco couple is…

Philz Coffee, the San Francisco-born chain beloved for its handcrafted pour-overs and aggressively chill vibes, is…

Here's something we don't get to write about often enough: a city program that costs you absolutely nothing and…

Here's a fiscal responsibility tip that doesn't involve yelling at City Hall: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate…

There's something poetically fitting about a pastel drawing of the Camera Obscura — a 19th-century optical device that…

Look, we usually spend our time here railing against runaway budgets and bureaucratic incompetence.

It's that time of year again — when your favorite nonprofit newsrooms flood your inbox begging for cash, complete with…

There's a certain kind of person — usually living somewhere with a Chili's as the cultural centerpiece — who hears…

Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates how San Francisco treats the people and businesses that actually make the…

Mission Local, the neighborhood news outlet born out of UC Berkeley's journalism school, is expanding its coverage…

In a city where we regularly light money on fire for questionable "programs" and bureaucratic bloat, it's worth pausing…

Here's something that won't cost you a dime in a city where everything else costs you a small fortune: free passes are…

San Francisco has always been a city that punches above its weight in the arts — a place where scrappy, independent…

There's a familiar script in San Francisco politics: neighborhood group opposes new thing, protests ensue, bureaucrats…

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

San Francisco lost one of its quiet chroniclers this week.

If you've ever found yourself stuck at SFO with a two-hour delay and a dying phone battery, the airport's in-house…

In a city where every other cultural initiative seems to come with a six-figure arts commission budget and a nonprofit…

The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) is gone.

Look, we love art. We love free expression. We love the weird, wonderful creative energy that makes San Francisco…

San Francisco has no shortage of harrowing historical episodes — earthquakes, fires, plagues — but one of the city's…

There's something quietly powerful about a side-by-side photo of the same San Francisco spot taken decades apart.