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Your SF Summer Reading List: The Books That Actually Capture This City
PublishedSo you're moving to San Francisco. Congratulations — and condolences to your savings account. Before you get here and…
Juniper Bakery's Mulberry Lemon Danish: Worth Every Penny?
PublishedLook, we don't usually do pastry reviews at The Dissent.
The Mission's DIY Comedy Scene Proves SF Culture Doesn't Need a City Grant
PublishedThere's a comedy show called The Ritual popping up in the Mission, and honestly, it's exactly the kind of thing that…
Grammy-Winning Jazz Legend Peter Erskine Brings His Trio Across the Bay
PublishedIf your weekend plans currently consist of doom-scrolling through City Hall budget proposals and wondering where your…
ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in California — Here's What We Actually Know
PublishedImmigrants held in ICE detention in California have launched a hunger strike, citing what they describe as inhumane…
The Free Market Is Doing What Government Can't: Feeding the Bay Area
PublishedWhile San Francisco's politicians spend their time dreaming up new ways to regulate small businesses into oblivion, the…
The Giants Are a Dumpster Fire, But Luis Arráez Is Out Here Playing Like a Star
PublishedLet's not sugarcoat it: the 2025 Giants have been tough to watch.
BTS's Suga Crushed Bay to Breakers Between Back-to-Back Stadium Shows Because Apparently He's a Machine
PublishedLook, most of us need a full recovery day after attending a concert.
SF's Permit Tech Is From the Stone Age, But Don't Worry — the Union Will Make Sure It Stays That Way
PublishedIf you've ever tried to pull a permit in San Francisco — for a home renovation, a small business, a lemonade stand…
A 6-Story Housing Project for American Indians Is Coming to the Mission This Fall
PublishedA new six-story housing project specifically serving American Indians is set to break ground in the Mission District…
SF Bay Gets a Whale Alert System — And It's Actually a Good Use of Technology
PublishedA new real-time whale detection network is now live in San Francisco Bay, designed to alert ships to the presence of…
SF Socialists Discover Their Favorite Governor Candidate Is a Billionaire. The Irony Writes Itself.
PublishedThere's something deeply, almost poetically hilarious about San Francisco's socialist wing lining up behind a…
The Valkyries Are Building Something — But Will SF Actually Show Up?
PublishedThe Golden State Valkyries are putting in work.
Your Memorial Day Weekend Cheat Sheet: What's Actually Worth Doing in SF
PublishedMemorial Day weekend is here, and San Francisco is doing what it does best — packing a holiday weekend with so many…
The $28 Olympics Ticket Was a Marketing Gimmick All Along
PublishedRemember when the LA 2028 Olympics organizers made that feel-good promise?
Sauerkraut Fish Is Taking Over the Bay Area, and SF Chefs Are Finally Paying Attention
PublishedIf you've driven through Milpitas or Cupertino lately, you've probably noticed the proliferation of Chinese restaurant…
The Gas Crisis Is Coming for Your Ice Cream Truck
PublishedOf all the casualties of rising fuel costs, here's one that hits different: the ice cream truck might be pricing itself…
Your SF Apartment Is an Oven. Here's How to Fix It Without Begging Your Landlord.
PublishedHere's San Francisco's dirty little secret that no one mentions when you're signing that $3,200/month lease: most…
Toxic Workplaces Don't Get a Pass Just Because They're 'Scary'
PublishedAnother week, another San Francisco worker trapped in a job that's gone sideways — afraid to even name the employer…
43, Gay, Recently Single, and Thinking About SF? Here's the Real Talk.
PublishedThere's a particular strain of anxiety that hits people considering a move to San Francisco later in life: Did I miss…
The Sidewalk Poop Problem Is a Governance Problem
PublishedA 30-year San Francisco resident watched a man let his bulldog drop a massive, wet deuce directly in front of his…
Boots Riley Is Here to Boost You — But Should SF Be Boosted?
PublishedOakland's own Boots Riley — rapper, filmmaker, activist, and professional agitator — is making the rounds in San…
A Chronicle Legend Stared Down Death 16 Times and Lived to Write the Memoir
PublishedMost of us can barely survive a Monday morning commute on Muni.
A Restaurant Manager Shouldn't Have to Scramble Like This
PublishedHere's a story that's become painfully ordinary in San Francisco: a skilled restaurant manager with eight years of fine…