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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · May 2026 · 1,948 stories

62 Arrested in SF Drug and Fugitive Crackdown — Now Do It Again Next Week

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San Francisco law enforcement just swept up 62 suspects in a drug and fugitive crackdown, and honestly?

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

Memorial Day Weekend Is Here — Go Outside and Enjoy the City You're Paying a Fortune to Live In

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Memorial Day weekend is upon us, San Francisco, and for once the forecast isn't conspiring against your plans.

EventsMay 18, 2026

A Novel That Digs Into SF's Dark History of Reproductive Injustice

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San Francisco loves to wear its progressive credentials like a badge of honor, but the city's history is far messier…

CultureMay 18, 2026

FBI Probe Throws District 2 Race Into Chaos — And Voters Deserve Answers

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Just when you thought San Francisco politics couldn't get any messier, the FBI has entered the chat.

PoliticsMarinaMay 18, 2026

Evictions Hit a Decade High — And City Hall's Housing Machine Still Can't Build Its Way Out

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San Francisco evictions have hit a 10-year high in 2025, and the trajectory for the rest of the year looks even worse.

HousingMay 18, 2026

A Google Employee, a Picnic, and the Cake Craze That Proves SF Doesn't Need Permission Slips to Have Fun

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Here's a feel-good story that also happens to be a quiet lesson in how good things actually happen: not through a city…

CultureMission DistrictMay 18, 2026

Xavier Becerra's Scientology Problem Won't Go Away By Pretending It Doesn't Exist

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Former California Attorney General and current HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is doing that thing politicians do when…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

SF Wants to Ignore Out-of-State Criminal Records — What Could Go Wrong?

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San Francisco is once again positioning itself as the national counterweight to red-state politics — this time by…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

SFUSD Hired a Superintendent to Make Hard Decisions. She's Made Zero.

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When SFUSD brought on Superintendent Maria Su, the mandate was clear: fix the broken enrollment system and finally…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

Bay Area Windstorm Turns Deadly as Falling Branches Kill One, Seriously Injure Another

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A man is dead and a woman is seriously injured after falling tree branches struck them during this week's Bay Area…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

The Cliff House: San Francisco's Most Expensive Paperweight

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If you've driven out to the western edge of the city lately — past the fog, past the surfers, past the point where cell…

GeneralOuter RichmondMay 18, 2026

An SF Photographer Wants to Show What Chronic Illness Actually Looks Like

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There's a quiet project taking shape in San Francisco that deserves your attention — not because it involves city hall…

CultureMay 18, 2026

SF's Uncomfortable Truth: A City That Can't Afford Its Own Workers

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There's a question floating around the Bay Area right now that cuts deeper than any budget report or policy memo: Is…

HousingMay 18, 2026

The SkyStar Wheel: Fisherman's Wharf Gets a Ferris Wheel Because Of Course It Does

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Fisherman's Wharf — already the most tourist-trap stretch of real estate west of Times Square — now has a giant Ferris…

CultureFisherman's WharfMay 18, 2026

Carnaval Is Back — SF's Biggest Street Party Returns to the Mission

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The 2026 San Francisco Carnaval Grand Parade is set to take over the Mission District once again, bringing with it the…

EventsMission DistrictMay 18, 2026

Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason With 110+ Vendors — Proof That SF Thrives When Government Gets Out of the Way

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If you want a case study in what happens when you let entrepreneurs do their thing without drowning them in red tape…

FoodMarinaMay 18, 2026

HellaSecret's 'Crazy Funny Asians' Showcase Is the Kind of Culture SF Does Best — No Grants Required

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While San Francisco's official cultural apparatus burns through millions in public arts funding on installations nobody…

CultureMay 18, 2026

Motown Mondays at Madrone Art Bar: The Best Free Cure for Your Case of the Mondays

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There's a reason Monday nights in San Francisco don't have to feel like a slow march toward Tuesday's alarm clock.

CultureLower HaightMay 18, 2026

SF Wants to Keep Artists Housed. Maybe Start by Not Making the City Unaffordable in the First Place.

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San Francisco is convening a panel to explore ways to keep artists housed in the Bay Area.

HousingMay 18, 2026

Jackie Fielder Hires a City Hall Veteran — Should We Be Impressed or Concerned?

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Supervisor Jackie Fielder, the newest progressive voice on the Board of Supervisors, has brought on a City Hall veteran…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

The Wiener Lane: How a Supervisor Catfight Could Hand Him Congress

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Here's a fun little case study in how political ambition eats itself.

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

Another Bay Area City Kills Its Own Town Square — Because Of Course It Did

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File this under "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things." A Bay Area city has abruptly scrapped plans for a downtown…

PoliticsMay 18, 2026

Wind, Heat, and Fire Risk: The Bay Area's Favorite Seasonal Plot Twist

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Just when you thought you could enjoy a nice spring weekend, Mother Nature decided to remind the Bay Area that she…

GeneralMay 18, 2026

California's Coastal Towns Are Bleeding Residents — And Sacramento Doesn't Care

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Another day, another data point confirming what anyone with eyes already knows: people are leaving California's coastal…

HousingMay 18, 2026