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District 4 Candidates Get the Green Questionnaire Treatment — But Where's the Fiscal One?
PublishedThe District 4 supervisor race is heating up, and candidates are already being asked to lay out their environmental…
San Francisco's Litter Problem: A City That Fines Victims and Coddles Vandals
PublishedWalk through any neighborhood in San Francisco — the Tenderloin, SoMa, even the supposedly pristine Marina — and you'll…
Canvas Goes Down Across the Bay Area, Reminding Us How Fragile Our EdTech Infrastructure Really Is
PublishedIf your kid came home yesterday saying they couldn't do their homework because the internet was broken, they might have…
Firefighter Attacks Sheriff at Original Joe's, Gets the VIP Justice Package
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: imagine you, a regular San Francisco resident, walked into Original Joe's and…
San Francisco Still Howling for Ginsberg — But Who's Actually Listening?
PublishedSan Francisco is throwing itself an all-star centennial celebration for Allen Ginsberg, the Beat poet who first…
Go Outside: SF's Got a Stacked Events Week and Zero Excuses
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken in San Francisco — the budget bloat, the…
SF's New Political Mood: Pragmatism Is In, Excuses Are Out
PublishedSomething interesting is happening in San Francisco politics: the word "pragmatism" is no longer a dirty word.
The Bay Area's Mystery Cough Is Making the Rounds — And No One's Talking About It
PublishedIf you've spent the last few weeks hacking up a lung and wondering if you somehow caught the plague, you're not alone.
Geese Take Over Arques Avenue, Contribute More Honking Than Usual
PublishedIf you've driven down Arques Avenue in Sunnyvale lately and noticed an unusual amount of honking — and we don't mean…
The $3 Dinner Hack Hiding in Plain Sight at Tokyo Central
PublishedIn an era where a mediocre burrito in the city will run you $16 and groceries feel like a second rent payment, the best…
The Great Koi Fish Hotel Mystery: One Family's 30-Year San Francisco Fever Dream
PublishedThere's something deeply charming about the way San Francisco lodges itself in people's brains — especially when you…
West Portal Sandwich Board Delivers Unintentional Comedy Gold
PublishedWest Portal — home to charming storefronts, neighborhood vibes, and apparently, sign writers who could really use a…
The Definitive SF Fry Guide (Because You Deserve Better Than In-N-Out)
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time at The Dissent yelling about budgets and bureaucracy.
SF's Bookworms Want More Than Silent Reading — They Want Tolstoy and a Conversation
PublishedIn a city obsessed with optimizing everything — your commute, your morning routine, your dopamine hits — there's…
Yeah, We're Not Running This One
PublishedEvery now and then something crosses the editorial desk that reminds us: not every conversation happening in San…
Inner Sunset vs. Glen Park: The SF Neighborhood Dilemma Nobody Can Solve for You
PublishedThere's a moment in every San Francisco apartment hunt where you stop comparing square footage and start comparing…
Muttville Hits 14,000 Rescues — And San Francisco Could Use More Wins Like This
PublishedIn a city where we're constantly chronicling government programs that burn through millions and deliver questionable…
A $9.29 Cappuccino Blast at Baskin-Robbins? The Bay Area Tax Strikes Again
PublishedWe need to talk about a $9.29 cappuccino blast.
You Can't Make This Up: SF Official Keeps Getting Booked Into His Own Jail
PublishedThere are stories that sound like satire.
Van Ness & Eddy: Where Infrastructure Meets Chaos
PublishedWater was gushing at the intersection of Van Ness and Eddy on Thursday, initially reported as a water main break —…
The $5.50 Sandwich That Proves the Free Market Still Slaps
PublishedIn a city where a mediocre burrito runs you $16 and a sad desk salad costs $19, one SF grocery store is doing something…
A Love Letter to SF — And a Reminder of What We're Getting Right
PublishedHere's something you don't see every day on your feed: someone genuinely, unironically loving San Francisco.
Filed a 311 Report for a Pothole. The City Actually Fixed It. No, Seriously.
PublishedWe spend a lot of time around here cataloging the ways San Francisco's government fails to deliver basic services for…
Hayes Valley Café Fined for Graffiti on a Table the City Built and Abandoned
PublishedHere's a story that perfectly encapsulates how San Francisco treats its small businesses: like unpaid janitors for the…