The Dissent

Somewhere in the annals of community center management, there's a handbook chapter titled "Emails You Never Want to…

San Francisco is a city where you can see just about anything on any given day — a guy riding a unicycle down Market in…

A Bay Area father is facing up to three years in prison after firing a gun at a car full of teenagers — teens who had…

Here's a situation that should make every San Franciscan pause before they act on impulse — even well-meaning impulse.

Fifty beagles from a Wisconsin research lab are now settling into Bay Area homes and foster care, which is genuinely…

There are a lot of questionable decisions being made in San Francisco on any given day, but bringing a domestic rabbit…

A section of a Santa Clara park has been closed after suspected rat poison pellets were discovered — and at least one…

Here's a scene you've probably witnessed this week: a 13-year-old blasting down the Embarcadero on a souped-up e-bike…

There's a cat stuck in a tree somewhere in the Bay Area, and despite the best efforts of the fire department, it…

Gap is shutting down its only remaining store in Oakland, and the reaction from the community tells you everything you…

Here's a scenario that's probably more common than any of us want to admit: You're lying in bed at midnight, it's 53…

Another day in San Francisco, another hit-and-run driver who apparently decided that accountability is optional.

You know the drill. You order a $7 drip coffee, the iPad swivels toward you, and suddenly you're choosing between 20%…

You know things are rough when losing a tooth in San Francisco means choosing between your smile and your savings…

A fire broke out in Bernal Heights on Tuesday, visible from the area above Mission Street, sending smoke into the skies…

Sometimes a story cuts through the noise of budget fights and bureaucratic failures and reminds you what matters.

Here's a mystery that won't show up in any city budget report but is quietly bugging a surprising number of San…

Here's a fun exercise in property rights: try owning a Miata with a soft top in San Francisco and parking it on the…

A Santa Clara County resident has been exposed to Hantavirus and is currently being monitored by the California…

Residents near the Tenderloin were rattled recently by what sounded like a solid minute of consecutive explosions and…

San Francisco will cheerfully separate you from every dollar you earn if you let it.

There's a photo making the rounds of a dog casually strolling past a construction barrier in San Francisco, and…

If you ventured up to Twin Peaks this weekend, you already know: Mother Nature was not messing around.

An SF man has been convicted of fraud as part of a rogue tow truck operator's scheme — a racket that apparently…