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SFO ICE Arrest Reveals the Impossible Position We Keep Putting Local Cops In
PublishedWhen ICE agents showed up at SFO to arrest a mother and daughter, things got chaotic fast.
When Your Own Staff Gets Caught in Federal Bureaucracy's Black Hole
PublishedHere's a story that perfectly encapsulates why immigration reform has been a bipartisan failure for decades: one of…
SF Finally Discovers the Internet, Wants a Medal For It
PublishedThe Mayor's office is taking a well-deserved victory lap this week, celebrating the fact that San Francisco residents…
SFPD Drops GTA-Style Recruiting Ad That Looks Like It Was Made by a Bot — Because It Probably Was
PublishedThe San Francisco Police Department apparently decided that the best way to attract new recruits in 2025 is to cosplay…
Lurie Creates a New Arts Bureaucracy — But Will It Actually Cut Red Tape?
PublishedMayor Lurie has named Matthew Goudeau — a former adviser — as San Francisco's first-ever executive director of arts and…
Aaron Peskin: Not Running in D2, But Living Rent-Free in Its Attack Ads
PublishedAaron Peskin isn't running for the District 2 supervisor seat.
SF Public Defenders Dress in Black to Protest Crushing Caseloads — But Who's Asking the Real Questions?
PublishedOn Thursday, staffers at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office staged a visual protest against what they describe…
Sunset Dunes Turns One — And Some People Still Want Their Highway Back
PublishedSunset Dunes just celebrated its first birthday as a car-free park, and by all accounts, the party was pretty solid —…
District 4's Election Is Already the Loudest Race in SF's Quietest Neighborhood
PublishedDistrict 4 — the Sunset, for the uninitiated — is gearing up for what promises to be San Francisco's most theatrical…
When Thieves Take What They Can't Sell: The Mission's Car Theft Problem Hits Different
PublishedAnother week, another San Franciscan adding themselves to the ever-growing roster of car break-in victims.
The 'Solidarity Economy' Map Has 1,700 Pins — But What Does It Actually Solve?
PublishedA new interactive map from Degrowth California charts over 1,700 locations across the Bay Area that supposedly…
Jury Says 'Not Guilty' After DA Sat on Evidence for 18 Months. Let That Sink In.
PublishedHere's a scenario that should make every San Franciscan's blood boil, regardless of where you fall on the political…
You Can Rent a Cop in San Francisco — And Honestly, Maybe That's Fine?
PublishedSan Francisco has a program that lets private companies hire real, uniformed, armed SFPD officers at hourly rates —…
The D5 Supervisor Race: Where Gotcha Politics Meets Actual Questions Nobody Wants to Answer
PublishedThe District 5 supervisor race is shaping up to be exactly the kind of spectacle that makes you wonder if San…
When the People Guarding Your Safety Can't Guard Their Own Cash
PublishedHere's a question for you: If someone can't be trusted with a union checkbook, should they be trusted as a top aide to…
SFUSD Wants to Overhaul Its Curriculum — But Won't Let Parents See the Playbook
PublishedSan Francisco's public school students are finally getting new history and social studies textbooks.
SF Wants Doctors to Prescribe Parks Instead of Pills — And Taxpayers Get the Bill
PublishedHere's an idea that sounds lovely on a bumper sticker: doctors writing prescriptions for seniors to spend time in parks.
A Tribe, Roger Stone, and the Presidio Walk Into a Bar...
PublishedA Native American tribe is asking the Trump administration to hand over the Presidio — yes, the entire 1,500-acre…
Bay Area Added 35K Jobs Last Year — But Are They the Right Jobs?
PublishedHere's some genuinely good news for once: the Bay Area added nearly 35,000 jobs over the past year, putting…
Lose Your Green Card in SF? Good Luck — USCIS Replacements Are Taking Two Years
PublishedA wallet slipped out of a pocket somewhere between Yerba Buena and the Trader Joe's on 4th Street on Friday, and within…
California's Billionaire Tax Is Heading to the Ballot — And Your Wallet Should Be Nervous
PublishedA proposed billionaire tax has reportedly gathered enough signatures to land on the California ballot, and if you think…
Billionaire Beef: Brin vs. Newsom Shows What Happens When Tech Gets Political
PublishedThere's something almost poetic about a political feud between a tech billionaire and California's governor starting at…
Your Water Bill Is About to Jump 24% — And Nobody's Asking Where the Money Goes
PublishedHope you're sitting down, San Francisco homeowners and renters (yes, landlords pass these costs along).
The Green Vests of the Tenderloin: Who Are They and Are They Working?
PublishedIf you've driven through the Tenderloin recently — or, bravely, walked through it — you've probably noticed them…