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Go Bananas: SF's Best Banana Desserts Are Worth Every Penny
PublishedLook, we usually spend our time here railing against budget overruns and bureaucratic bloat.
BTS Hits Stanford Stadium and the Bay Area Is Losing Its Mind
PublishedBTS is playing Stanford Stadium this weekend, and if you somehow missed the memo, just look at the frenzy happening…
Angel Island: The Best Hike You're Not Taking
PublishedHere's a free piece of advice that doesn't require a $7 oat milk latte or a $200 monthly gym membership: get yourself…
Xavier Becerra Hit With Campaign Finance Complaint — And the Details Are Thin
PublishedAn anonymous complaint has been filed accusing former California Attorney General and current HHS Secretary Xavier…
Wiener's Primary Lead Reveals an Inconvenient Truth for SF Progressives
PublishedSan Francisco's upcoming congressional primary is shaping up to be less of a horse race and more of a coronation — and…
Gubernatorial Candidate's ChatGPT Take Is Cold, But Is He Wrong?
PublishedGubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco is catching heat for comments about the tragic suicide of Southern California…
Another One Gone: Beloved Castro Sushi Spot Eiji Quietly Closes Its Doors
PublishedIf you wandered past Eiji in the Castro recently hoping for some of the neighborhood's best sushi, you were met with a…
The 'My Bad' Wave Is Dead, and Your Phone Killed It
PublishedThere was a time — not that long ago — when the social contract of Bay Area driving still held together.
The Definitive (and Totally Unsettled) Guide to Bay Area Hawaiian BBQ
PublishedThere are debates in the Bay Area that will never be resolved.
415 Forever: When One Area Code Ruled the Entire Bay
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: What if the entire Bay Area — San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Walnut Creek, all of…
Academy of Art Dumps Fisherman's Wharf Property — Will Housing Actually Follow?
PublishedThe Academy of Art University has sold one of its Fisherman's Wharf properties — a site that's been earmarked for…
Fire Breaks Out in Bernal Heights — Details Still Scarce
PublishedA fire broke out in Bernal Heights on Tuesday, visible from the area above Mission Street, sending smoke into the skies…
Love Letters to SF Are Nice — But Let's Talk About What It Actually Costs to Live Here
PublishedEvery few weeks, someone from out of town posts a breathless love letter to San Francisco.
Daniel Lurie Is America's Most Popular Mayor. But What Has He Actually Done?
PublishedDaniel Lurie is reportedly the most popular mayor in the country right now.
50,000 Steps, One Friend, and a City That Still Knows How to Remember
PublishedWe spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken in San Francisco — the budget bloat, the bureaucratic…
The Freaky Little Fotomat That's Quietly Reviving SF Nightlife
PublishedSan Francisco's nightlife has been on life support for years.
Making Friends in SF Shouldn't Require an App — But Here We Are
PublishedThere's something quietly telling about a city where people routinely turn to the internet to ask strangers to be their…
Bay to Breakers Is Back, and SF Is Already Being Beautifully Weird About It
PublishedBay to Breakers hasn't even started yet and San Francisco is already doing what San Francisco does best: organizing…
SF Rents Are Back With a Vengeance — And Your Credit Score Might Not Save You
PublishedIf you're thinking about moving to San Francisco right now, we have good news and bad news.
Bay Area Drivers Have Declared War on Each Other (and the Zipper Merge)
PublishedEvery time you think Bay Area drivers can't get worse, someone in a blue Mercedes proves you wrong.
Expired Tags, Zero Consequences: The Bay Area's Honor System for Vehicle Registration
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: What if the government charged you hundreds of dollars a year for something, then…
An EV Festival in Silicon Valley Drew Almost Nobody — And That Actually Tells You Something
PublishedSunnyvale hosted an "Electrify Your Life" festival this past Saturday, promising free test drives of Rivians, Teslas…
E-Bikes on Sidewalks: Already Illegal, Completely Unenforced
PublishedHere's a fun fact that might make your blood boil: riding an e-bike or electric scooter on a San Francisco sidewalk is…
SFPD Is Going All-In on Flock Cameras — And Honestly? It Seems to Be Working
PublishedLove it or hate it, SFPD has become the most enthusiastic adopter of Flock surveillance cameras in the country.