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62 Arrested in SF Drug and Fugitive Crackdown — Now Do It Again Next Week
PublishedSan Francisco law enforcement just swept up 62 suspects in a drug and fugitive crackdown, and honestly?
Memorial Day Weekend Is Here — Go Outside and Enjoy the City You're Paying a Fortune to Live In
PublishedMemorial Day weekend is upon us, San Francisco, and for once the forecast isn't conspiring against your plans.
A Novel That Digs Into SF's Dark History of Reproductive Injustice
PublishedSan Francisco loves to wear its progressive credentials like a badge of honor, but the city's history is far messier…
FBI Probe Throws District 2 Race Into Chaos — And Voters Deserve Answers
PublishedJust when you thought San Francisco politics couldn't get any messier, the FBI has entered the chat.
Evictions Hit a Decade High — And City Hall's Housing Machine Still Can't Build Its Way Out
PublishedSan Francisco evictions have hit a 10-year high in 2025, and the trajectory for the rest of the year looks even worse.
A Google Employee, a Picnic, and the Cake Craze That Proves SF Doesn't Need Permission Slips to Have Fun
PublishedHere's a feel-good story that also happens to be a quiet lesson in how good things actually happen: not through a city…
Xavier Becerra's Scientology Problem Won't Go Away By Pretending It Doesn't Exist
PublishedFormer California Attorney General and current HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is doing that thing politicians do when…
SF Wants to Ignore Out-of-State Criminal Records — What Could Go Wrong?
PublishedSan Francisco is once again positioning itself as the national counterweight to red-state politics — this time by…
SFUSD Hired a Superintendent to Make Hard Decisions. She's Made Zero.
PublishedWhen SFUSD brought on Superintendent Maria Su, the mandate was clear: fix the broken enrollment system and finally…
Bay Area Windstorm Turns Deadly as Falling Branches Kill One, Seriously Injure Another
PublishedA man is dead and a woman is seriously injured after falling tree branches struck them during this week's Bay Area…
The Cliff House: San Francisco's Most Expensive Paperweight
PublishedIf you've driven out to the western edge of the city lately — past the fog, past the surfers, past the point where cell…
An SF Photographer Wants to Show What Chronic Illness Actually Looks Like
PublishedThere's a quiet project taking shape in San Francisco that deserves your attention — not because it involves city hall…
SF's Uncomfortable Truth: A City That Can't Afford Its Own Workers
PublishedThere's a question floating around the Bay Area right now that cuts deeper than any budget report or policy memo: Is…
The SkyStar Wheel: Fisherman's Wharf Gets a Ferris Wheel Because Of Course It Does
PublishedFisherman's Wharf — already the most tourist-trap stretch of real estate west of Times Square — now has a giant Ferris…
Carnaval Is Back — SF's Biggest Street Party Returns to the Mission
PublishedThe 2026 San Francisco Carnaval Grand Parade is set to take over the Mission District once again, bringing with it the…
Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason With 110+ Vendors — Proof That SF Thrives When Government Gets Out of the Way
PublishedIf you want a case study in what happens when you let entrepreneurs do their thing without drowning them in red tape…
HellaSecret's 'Crazy Funny Asians' Showcase Is the Kind of Culture SF Does Best — No Grants Required
PublishedWhile San Francisco's official cultural apparatus burns through millions in public arts funding on installations nobody…
Motown Mondays at Madrone Art Bar: The Best Free Cure for Your Case of the Mondays
PublishedThere's a reason Monday nights in San Francisco don't have to feel like a slow march toward Tuesday's alarm clock.
SF Wants to Keep Artists Housed. Maybe Start by Not Making the City Unaffordable in the First Place.
PublishedSan Francisco is convening a panel to explore ways to keep artists housed in the Bay Area.
Jackie Fielder Hires a City Hall Veteran — Should We Be Impressed or Concerned?
PublishedSupervisor Jackie Fielder, the newest progressive voice on the Board of Supervisors, has brought on a City Hall veteran…
The Wiener Lane: How a Supervisor Catfight Could Hand Him Congress
PublishedHere's a fun little case study in how political ambition eats itself.
Another Bay Area City Kills Its Own Town Square — Because Of Course It Did
PublishedFile this under "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things." A Bay Area city has abruptly scrapped plans for a downtown…
Wind, Heat, and Fire Risk: The Bay Area's Favorite Seasonal Plot Twist
PublishedJust when you thought you could enjoy a nice spring weekend, Mother Nature decided to remind the Bay Area that she…
California's Coastal Towns Are Bleeding Residents — And Sacramento Doesn't Care
PublishedAnother day, another data point confirming what anyone with eyes already knows: people are leaving California's coastal…