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Fired for Sexually Harassing Students — Then Allowed to Keep Teaching. This Is the System 'Protecting' Our Kids.
PublishedHere's a question that should make every parent in California furious: How does a teacher get fired by a school…
SF Forms a Working Group to Think About Maybe Possibly Renaming a Street
PublishedIn a move that surprises absolutely no one familiar with San Francisco governance, the city has convened a working…
Nancy Pelosi Gets a Garden at the Obama Center Because Of Course She Does
PublishedIn news that sounds like it was generated by an AI trained exclusively on San Francisco elite social calendars, Nancy…
San Francisco Politics: Now Available for Purchase
PublishedThere's a certain irony in a city that prides itself on progressive values watching a crop of wealthy candidates try to…
San Francisco Wants to Snuff Out Your Bar Patio Smoke — And Neighborhood Bars Are Fuming
PublishedNew legislation introduced at City Hall this month would ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios across San Francisco…
Bilal Mahmood: Supervisor by Day, Restaurant Influencer by Night
PublishedIn a city where politicians love to talk about supporting small businesses, one supervisor is actually doing something…
City Workers Threaten to 'Shut Down' San Francisco — But Who's Really Holding Whom Hostage?
PublishedMayor Daniel Lurie is barely into his tenure and already facing down a threat that no San Francisco mayor has dealt…
UCSF's ER Staffing Crisis Is a Five-Alarm Fire Nobody's Treating
Published"We can no longer pretend." That's the message coming from healthcare providers inside UCSF's emergency room, and it…
Pelosi Won't Endorse Connie Chan, But She'll Wink Really Hard
PublishedIn the political equivalent of "we're not dating, we're just talking," Nancy Pelosi has offered public praise for…
Xavier Becerra Hit With Campaign Finance Complaint — And the Details Are Thin
PublishedAn anonymous complaint has been filed accusing former California Attorney General and current HHS Secretary Xavier…
Wiener's Primary Lead Reveals an Inconvenient Truth for SF Progressives
PublishedSan Francisco's upcoming congressional primary is shaping up to be less of a horse race and more of a coronation — and…
Gubernatorial Candidate's ChatGPT Take Is Cold, But Is He Wrong?
PublishedGubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco is catching heat for comments about the tragic suicide of Southern California…
Daniel Lurie Is America's Most Popular Mayor. But What Has He Actually Done?
PublishedDaniel Lurie is reportedly the most popular mayor in the country right now.
SFPD Is Going All-In on Flock Cameras — And Honestly? It Seems to Be Working
PublishedLove it or hate it, SFPD has become the most enthusiastic adopter of Flock surveillance cameras in the country.
25 Beds and a Prayer: The Mayor's RESET Experiment Isn't Solving the Drug Crisis — It's Relocating It
PublishedTwo weeks into Mayor Breed's RESET center initiative, the early returns are in — and they look a lot like what skeptics…
SF's Last Immigration Court Gets Gutted — And Nobody's Talking About It
PublishedBy the end of this summer, San Francisco will no longer have a fully functioning immigration court.
74% Approval and Counting: Lurie's Honeymoon Phase Shows No Signs of Ending
PublishedLove him or not, the numbers don't lie: Mayor Daniel Lurie is sitting at a 74% approval rating among San Francisco…
Pelosi Finally Weighs In on Her Own Succession — And the Money Race Is Already Absurd
PublishedNancy Pelosi has broken her silence on who should succeed her in California's 11th Congressional District, and the…
Matt Haney Wants to Tell Hotel Owners How to Run Their Business — Again
PublishedAssemblymember Matt Haney is back with another labor bill, and this time he's picking a fight with the travel industry…
Berkeley's Surveillance Whiplash: The Sanctuary City That Almost Watched Everything
PublishedBerkeley — yes, that Berkeley, the city that literally invented the sanctuary city concept — has been flirting with…
A Palo Alto Kid Got Accused of AI Cheating by an AI. Now It's a Lawsuit.
PublishedHere's a nightmare scenario for any student in 2025: you turn in an essay you actually wrote, a flawed algorithm flags…
San Francisco's Jury Duty System: Random Selection or Random Chaos?
PublishedIf you've lived in San Francisco for any length of time, you've probably had one of two experiences with jury duty: you…
London Breed's Favor Factory: The Sherrill Appointment Stinks Exactly Like You Think It Does
PublishedHere's how politics is supposed to work in a functioning democracy: a vacancy opens up, the mayor appoints the most…
A Kaiser Nurse Faces Losing Her Job Over DACA Bureaucracy — And Nobody Looks Good Here
PublishedHere's a story that should frustrate you no matter where you fall on the immigration debate: a Kaiser Permanente nurse…