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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · March 2026 · 135 stories

Ten Years of Fentanyl and SF Still Can't Quit It

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A decade. That's how long San Francisco has been grappling with fentanyl — and after ten years of task forces…

PoliticsTenderloinMarch 29, 2026

Wiener Wants Your Vote, Just Not Your Questions

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Scott Wiener is running for Congress, and if you're surprised, you haven't been paying attention.

PoliticsMarch 29, 2026

Lights Out at CBS: SF Workers Strike as Bari Weiss Pulls the Plug on National News Radio

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It's a messy week at CBS Bay Area. Workers have walked off the job in San Francisco, hitting the picket lines just as…

CultureMarch 29, 2026

Don't Let the Spin Machine Bury the Truth About SF's Real Estate Tax Measure

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Something predictable is happening around San Francisco's latest real estate tax measure — and if you're not paying…

PoliticsMarch 29, 2026

SF Lets a European Startup Wire the City — What Could Go Wrong?

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San Francisco is letting a European startup install 50 traffic-counting sensors across the city as part of the latest…

TransitMarch 29, 2026

A Child Is Dead in Mission Bay. How Many More Before the City Acts?

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A child is dead in Mission Bay, and if you're waiting for the city to have a come-to-Jesus moment about traffic safety…

TransitMission BayMarch 29, 2026

SF's Street Ambassador Program Is Actually Working — So They're Expanding It

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Here's something you don't hear often enough: a San Francisco city program that actually works, and a city government…

PoliticsTenderloinMarch 29, 2026

Claude Goes to War: Anthropic's Pentagon Deal Is a Mirror, Not an Anomaly

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San Francisco's favorite "responsible AI" company is learning something the rest of us figured out a long time ago: in…

TechMarch 29, 2026

Fielder's Not Going Anywhere — But District 9 Shouldn't Have to Wonder

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It's been a whirlwind 48 hours in District 9, and if you blinked, you missed a full political drama cycle —…

PoliticsMissionMarch 29, 2026

Another Life Lost in Sunnydale: City Can't Keep Ignoring This

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A 24-year-old man named Tertron Johnson is dead after a shooting in the Sunnydale neighborhood, and if you're waiting…

GeneralSunnydaleMarch 29, 2026

Thousands Hit the Streets in SF for 'No Kings' Protest

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San Francisco showed up. Thousands of residents poured into the streets over the weekend for the 'No Kings' protest…

PoliticsMarch 29, 2026

March Is Actually a Great Month to Be a Museum Nerd in SF

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Look, San Francisco has a lot of problems right now.

CultureMarch 29, 2026

Picture This: The Symbols That Make SoMa, SoMa

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If you had to photograph SoMa in a single frame, what would you shoot?

CultureSoMaMarch 29, 2026

VC's Hangover Is Real, But Don't Write the Obituary Yet

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San Francisco's venture capital machine has been running on fumes for a while now, and nobody's pretending otherwise.

TechMarch 29, 2026

One Man's Horrible Road Home: The Ranjit Brar Story

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San Francisco has a complicated relationship with the people who love it most.

CultureMarch 29, 2026