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Fake Petitions, Real Grift: The Tenderloin's Signature Scam Goes Viral
PublishedIf you've walked through the Tenderloin — or frankly, anywhere in San Francisco — you've probably been approached by…
SF Rent Control's Bizarre Loophole: Tenants Can Hoard Units, Owners Can't
PublishedHere's a fun little quirk of San Francisco housing policy that perfectly encapsulates why our "housing crisis" never…
A Corner Store Was Allegedly Selling Meth. How Did Nobody Notice?
PublishedA San Francisco convenience store is now facing a lawsuit for allegedly selling methamphetamine — not behind the…
19th Street Got Repaved and Someone Actually Documented It — So We Know It's Real
PublishedIn a city where infrastructure projects often move at the speed of continental drift, someone had the good sense to set…
Safeway's Handle-Free Bags: Paying Premium Prices for a Downgrade Nobody Asked For
PublishedIf you've shopped at a San Francisco Safeway recently — and let's be honest, many of you have because you don't exactly…
QTCON Launches Meetup Series — But What Is It, Exactly?
PublishedThere's a new meetup series hitting San Francisco called QTCON, and if you're wondering what it's all about — honestly…
Chinatown Night Market Returns for 2026 — and It's Exactly What SF Needs More Of
PublishedHere's a radical concept for San Francisco: instead of dumping money into another task force or blue-ribbon commission…
Beauty Bar Is Back — And the Mission Could Use a Win Like This
PublishedThe Mission has lost a lot of good ones.
The Valkyries Are Here — But Can Year Two Deliver?
PublishedThe Golden State Valkyries are back, and if you slept through their inaugural season, here's your wake-up call: 22…
Newsom Can't Be Bothered to Notice the Biggest Race in His Own Backyard
PublishedGovernor Gavin Newsom wants you to know he hasn't been paying attention to the most closely watched congressional race…
The Sunset Is Quietly Becoming SF's Most Interesting Food Neighborhood
PublishedWhile the rest of San Francisco argues about whether to spend another $4 billion on a problem that somehow never gets…
A Love Letter to SF: How to Actually Impress Your Family From Abroad
PublishedGraduation season is here, and with it comes one of the best tests of whether San Francisco is still worth the…
SF's Late-Night Food Problem: Why Can't We Get a Decent $10 Shawarma?
PublishedHere's a question that cuts to the heart of San Francisco's cost-of-living crisis: why is it nearly impossible to grab…
PG&E Can't Keep the Lights On — Or Upgrade Them in Under Two Years
PublishedHere's a fun paradox: PG&E can't maintain its existing infrastructure well enough to prevent 120,000 customers from…
A 1947 Photo Reminds Us What We're Actually Preserving
PublishedThere's a photograph from 1947 — a bridge painter perched on the Golden Gate, captured by the legendary Fred Lyon —…
Golden City FC's $10M Kezar Promise Has Gone Suspiciously Quiet
PublishedRemember Golden City FC? A year ago, the splashy soccer venture rolled into town promising a $10 million facelift for…
$40 Million to Train Workers for the AI Economy — But Will It Actually Work?
PublishedTipping Point Community just raised $40 million to prepare Bay Area workers for the AI economy, anchored by a $25…
The Valkyries Are Here — Now Can They Actually Win?
PublishedThe Golden State Valkyries are heading into their second WNBA season, and owner Joe Lacob has already set the bar…
SF Wants to Ban Smoking on Bar Patios — Because Priorities, Right?
PublishedSan Francisco bar owners are pushing back against a proposed ban on smoking on outdoor patios, and honestly, it's hard…
Legionella at Kaiser Santa Clara: When Hospitals Become the Health Hazard
PublishedHere's a sentence nobody wants to read: the place you go to get better might be making people sick.
Check the Date: Mission District Shoppers Keep Getting Burned by Expired Groceries
PublishedHere's a fun game nobody asked to play: grocery roulette.
Rocco the Pit Bull Is Living in a Motel. Someone in This City Can Fix That.
PublishedWe don't usually do pet adoption stories at The Dissent.
What Are You Actually Doing This Weekend, San Francisco?
PublishedIt's Friday, and if you're anything like us, you're already mentally checked out of whatever Zoom call you're…
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: The Free Cultural Gem That Actually Works
PublishedIn a city that routinely spends millions on programs nobody asked for and events that underdeliver, the Yerba Buena…