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Rents Are Skyrocketing and Building Is Still Impossible — Welcome to San Francisco
PublishedHere's a brain teaser for you: What happens when rents keep climbing but it's still too expensive to build new housing?
SFO: The Rare Government-Adjacent Thing That Actually Works
PublishedWe spend a lot of time around here pointing out where Bay Area institutions fall short.
Karl the Fog: SF's Most Beloved Influencer Is Losing His Audience
PublishedSan Francisco has no shortage of local celebrities, but none have achieved the cultural staying power of Karl the Fog —…
16th & Mission Gets an Open Mic Night — Minus the Mic
PublishedSomewhere in the grand tradition of San Francisco's DIY spirit — the same city that gave you poetry slams in North…
Thursday Nights Just Got Better: White Rabbit's Inner Circle Keeps the Midweek Party Alive
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's going wrong in San Francisco — the budget disasters, the…
Measure B: When Everyone From Left to Right Agrees Something Stinks
PublishedHere's something you don't see every day in San Francisco politics: a broad coalition — spanning the ideological…
The National Queer Arts Festival Returns — Here's What to Know
PublishedThe National Queer Arts Festival is back in San Francisco, and love it or not, it's one of those cultural institutions…
The Ancient Queen Behind One Sculptor's Modern Vision
PublishedThere's something quietly radical about an artist who looks past the endless churn of contemporary trends and finds…
Another SF Institution Loses Its Leader After Slashing Staff
PublishedScott Sampson, the head of the California Academy of Sciences, has resigned — and the timing tells you everything you…
SF's Rental Market Is a Hunger Games Nobody Signed Up For
PublishedA newcomer relocating from New York — someone with excellent credit, stable income, no pets, no kids, and earnings well…
When San Francisco Actually Looked Like a City Worth Fighting For
PublishedSometimes you need to look backward to understand just how far we've drifted.
SF's Underground Comedy Scene Is Thriving — And It's Free
PublishedWhile San Francisco's city government continues to spend millions on "activating" downtown with consultant-designed…
Recology Straps Cameras to Garbage Trucks Because Apparently Your Trash Is Their Business Now
PublishedBay Area trash monopoly Recology is rolling out cameras on its garbage trucks to catch residents with overfilled bins —…
Kars4Kids Finally Gets Towed: Court Bans Their Ads in California
PublishedIf you've ever listened to the radio in the Bay Area — or really anywhere in America — you know the jingle.
SF Schools Chief Gets Her Congressional Close-Up
PublishedSan Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and Their Families chief Maria Su has been called to testify before…
46 Displaced After Fire Rips Through Tenderloin Affordable Housing — Who's Accountable?
PublishedA fire tore through an affordable housing building in the Tenderloin this week, displacing 46 residents and raising…
A Good Nurse Almost Lost Everything Because Washington Can't Get Its Act Together
PublishedA Kaiser nurse right here in San Francisco — someone who shows up every day to take care of patients, pays her taxes…
Mark Twain Was Right: A Survival Guide to SF's Coldest Season (Summer)
PublishedEvery year, thousands of transplants arrive in San Francisco expecting sunshine, flip-flops, and rooftop cocktails from…
A Love Letter to Bay Area Architecture, One Old Photo at a Time
PublishedHere's something that doesn't involve a budget scandal, a transit meltdown, or a supervisors' meeting that makes you…
Pedestrians Playing Frogger With Their Lives — And We're All Just Supposed to Be Cool With It?
PublishedIf you've driven through San Francisco recently — particularly anywhere near the Tenderloin — you already know…
Super Duper Heads to Union Square — And Some People Still Can't Be Happy
PublishedHere's a sentence you don't hear enough these days: a business is opening in Union Square.
When Striped Bass Ran Beneath the Golden Gate
PublishedThere's a photograph floating around from the 1930s that should make every San Franciscan stop scrolling for a second…
The Castro, Captured in Chalk: When Art Reminds Us What We're Fighting to Keep
PublishedThere's something quietly powerful about seeing a San Francisco neighborhood rendered in pastel — soft, warm, almost…
Seven Hours of Hitler: Because San Francisco Film Culture Has Never Heard of 'Less Is More'
PublishedSan Francisco's art-house film scene is bringing back Hitler, A Film From Germany, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's legendary —…