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A 40‑Year‑Old Friendship, a North Beach Café, and the Internet's Best Use Case
In a city that reinvents itself every five years — tearing down what was and replacing it with something shinier, more…
880 Crash Caught on Dashcam Is a Reminder: Stop Swerving, Start Braking
Another morning, another avoidable wreck on 880.
Lafayette Teen Arrested for Shooting Flock Cameras — And the Internet Is Cheering
A Lafayette teenager has been arrested for allegedly going on a vandalism spree targeting Flock surveillance cameras…
The Streets of San Francisco Deserve a Statue — But Can We Cancel‑Proof It First?
Here's a pitch that actually slaps: a public statue in San Francisco honoring Mike Stone and Steve Keller — the…
SF Wants to Expand Paid Family Leave — But Who's Actually Paying?
San Francisco is once again positioning itself as the vanguard of worker benefits.
Gone But Not Forgotten: The BART Fast Pass and the Death of Simple Transit
There's a particular kind of San Francisco grief reserved for the small, tangible things that quietly disappear — the…
Someone Buried Another $10K Treasure Chest in SF and We're Grabbing Our Shovels
San Francisco has a lot of problems — a bloated budget, a struggling downtown, transit that sometimes feels like…
Wiener Leads Pelosi Seat Race by 18 Points — But Check Who Paid for the Poll
Scott Wiener is pulling away in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi in Congress — at least according to a poll that comes…
SF Speed Cameras Are Actually Working — And That's Worth Paying Attention To
Here's something you don't hear very often: a San Francisco government program that appears to be doing exactly what it…
YBCA Bets on Tarot Cards — With Your Tax‑Adjacent Dollars
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is hosting Modern Queer Tarot, an exhibition exploring the intersection of tarot…
The Valkyries Are Building Something — And the Roster Battles Are the Best Part
San Francisco's newest professional sports franchise is doing something refreshingly old-school: making players…
Out With the Croissants, In With the Onigiri: The Mission's Culinary Revolving Door Keeps Spinning
Another chapter in the Mission District's never-ending restaurant shuffle: a French-inspired bakery is closing its…
The Great SF Shoe Dilemma: Looking Good Without Destroying Your Feet
Here's a uniquely San Francisco problem: you want to look like you put in some effort, but you also need to survive…
San Francisco's Best Frolicking Fields, Ranked by Whimsy
Look, we spend a lot of time at The Dissent talking about government waste, transit nightmares, and the cost of…
The Libertarian's Guide to Fries and a Drink: SF's Best Solo Bar Afternoons
There's a beautifully simple pleasure that requires zero government subsidy, no permit from the Planning Commission…
Bay Area Transit Ridership Is Up — But Let's Be Honest About Why
BART, Muni, and Caltrain are all trumpeting major ridership increases this spring, and the agencies are crediting a fun…
The Internet Just Identified a Mystery Street Photo in Record Time — And the Story Behind It Is Peak Bay Area
There's something deeply satisfying about the internet doing what it does best: solving mysteries nobody asked it to…
Why SF Keeps Shrinking Its Own Skyline
Here's a fun quirk of building anything tall in San Francisco: by the time it actually goes up, it's almost certainly…
Chonkers Watch: SF's Favorite Freeloading Sea Lion Goes Off the Grid
In a city where government programs bloat faster than a sea lion on an anchovy buffet, it's fitting that San…
Draft Day Roulette: The 49ers Keep Doing Things Their Way
If there's one thing you can count on from the San Francisco 49ers, it's that they will never do what you expect on…
Gap Founder's Brother Lists Russian Hill Mansion for $17M — Because Of Course It's Russian Hill
If you've ever wondered where the money from all those khakis ended up, wonder no more.
Ex‑SFPD Chief Heads Back to School — On Your Dime, Naturally
Here's a sentence that should make every San Francisco taxpayer do a double take: former interim SFPD Chief Paul Yep…
SF's Packed Weekly Calendar Proves the City's Not Dead — It Just Doesn't Sleep
Every few months, someone on the internet declares San Francisco dead.
California's Billionaire Tax Brawl: Three Bad Ideas for the Price of One
California's political class has done it again.