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El Niño Is Coming. Again. Maybe This Time It'll Actually Do Something.
PublishedEvery few years, the climate world rolls out its favorite recurring character: El Niño.
A Scooter Crash, a Sweatshirt Bandage, and a Reminder That SF Still Has Heart
PublishedWe spend a lot of time on this site talking about what's broken in San Francisco — and there's plenty.
A Lost Engagement Ring, a TSA Line, and the Best of the Bay Area
PublishedHere's one that has nothing to do with budgets or bureaucracy — just a human moment worth sharing.
North Beach's Newest Resident Has Better Real Estate Instincts Than Most of Us
PublishedA coyote was spotted sunbathing on a North Beach rooftop this week, living the kind of unbothered, rent-free lifestyle…
Something Lit Up the Sky Over the Presidio Last Night and Nobody Knows What It Was
PublishedIf you were out and about around 10 PM last night and happened to glance skyward near the Presidio, you might have…
D9 Beautification Day: When Citizens Do What City Hall Won't
PublishedThis weekend, residents in the Mission and Bernal Heights rolled up their sleeves for D9 Neighborhood Beautification…
Lost Dog Spotted on Eureka Street — Still Looking for Its Owner
PublishedA lost dog was spotted Friday evening near the corner of 21st Street and Eureka in the Castro, and as of the latest…
"Free" Doesn't Mean Free: A Bay Area Laundry Service's Asterisk Problem
PublishedHere's a concept that apparently requires an MBA to understand: if you charge money for something, it is not free.
The Mystery Machine Off Dumbarton Bridge Is Almost 90 Years Old — And Still Working
PublishedIf you've ever crossed the Dumbarton Bridge and wondered about that rusted, seemingly abandoned hulk sitting in the…
Oakland's Trash Crisis Isn't a Lifestyle — It's a Government Failure. These Volunteers Are Done Waiting.
PublishedSince 2021, volunteers with the Urban Compassion Project have cleared millions of pounds of illegal dumping across…
SF 311 Actually Works? One Homeowner's Sewer Saga Has a Surprisingly Happy Ending
PublishedWe don't often get to write headlines about city services actually working, so savor this one.
Safeway Security Isn't Playing Nice Anymore — And Honestly, Good
PublishedClips have been circulating online showing security guards at various San Francisco Safeways getting decidedly hands-on…
Safeway's Handle-Free Bags: Paying Premium Prices for a Downgrade Nobody Asked For
PublishedIf you've shopped at a San Francisco Safeway recently — and let's be honest, many of you have because you don't exactly…
Legionella at Kaiser Santa Clara: When Hospitals Become the Health Hazard
PublishedHere's a sentence nobody wants to read: the place you go to get better might be making people sick.
Rocco the Pit Bull Is Living in a Motel. Someone in This City Can Fix That.
PublishedWe don't usually do pet adoption stories at The Dissent.
A Photo Walk Through SF Reveals What City Hall Doesn't Want to Talk About
PublishedSometimes you don't need a policy paper or a budget spreadsheet to understand what's going wrong in San Francisco.
Your Tax Dollars at Work — And For Once, You Can Actually See Them
PublishedHere's something you don't hear us say often: a San Francisco government program that's actually transparent —…
Jenny the Chihuahua Goes on an Unauthorized Adventure — SF Brings Her Home
PublishedSometimes the best San Francisco stories aren't about budget deficits or bureaucratic bloat.
San Francisco's Two-Layer Weather: A City That Can't Pick a Season
PublishedIf you stepped outside today and couldn't decide whether you needed a jacket or sunglasses — congratulations, you're…
The Bay Area's Mystery Cough Is Making the Rounds — And No One's Talking About It
PublishedIf you've spent the last few weeks hacking up a lung and wondering if you somehow caught the plague, you're not alone.
Geese Take Over Arques Avenue, Contribute More Honking Than Usual
PublishedIf you've driven down Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale lately and noticed an unusual amount of honking — and we don't mean…
Yeah, We're Not Running This One
PublishedEvery now and then something crosses the editorial desk that reminds us: not every conversation happening in San…
Van Ness & Eddy: Where Infrastructure Meets Chaos
PublishedWater was gushing at the intersection of Van Ness and Eddy on Thursday, initially reported as a water main break —…
Filed a 311 Report for a Pothole. The City Actually Fixed It. No, Seriously.
PublishedWe spend a lot of time around here cataloging the ways San Francisco's government fails to deliver basic services for…