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Kaiser Pharmacy Systems Go Down Across Northern California — Good Luck Getting Your Meds
PublishedIf you were planning to pick up your prescription at Kaiser today, turn around.
The Sidewalk Gauntlet: Petition Season in SF Has Become Unbearable
PublishedIf you've walked down Castro Street — or really any commercial corridor in San Francisco — lately, you've noticed it…
Chonkers the Sea Lion: The Only Government-Free Public Service San Francisco Actually Loves
PublishedIn a city where half the public infrastructure is broken, a 2,000-pound sea lion has become our most reliable tourist…
Sutro Tower: The Ugly Landmark We'd Fight Anyone Over
PublishedThere's something deeply San Franciscan about falling in love with a 977-foot steel trident that looks like it was…
Your Tax Dollars Already Paid for It — Might as Well Go: Legion of Honor Free Day Is Every First Tuesday
PublishedHere's a rare case where the city actually gives something back to you without adding a new fee, surcharge, or…
Stop Grading the 49ers Draft Class Before They've Even Put on Pads
PublishedEvery year, like clockwork, the NFL draft ends on a Saturday and by Sunday morning every talking head, podcast host…
San Francisco Loses a Giant: Gap Cofounder Doris Fisher Dead at 94
PublishedDoris Fisher, the San Francisco native who cofounded Gap with her late husband Don Fisher in 1969, has died at 94.
SFPD's New Sobering Center Gets Its First Customer — In Handcuffs
PublishedOn Monday, San Francisco police rolled up to the city's brand-new RESET sobering center at 444 Sixth Street and dropped…
Two Landmarks, One Skyline: What Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge Tell Us About SF's Best Era of Building
PublishedTake a look at Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge sitting side by side against the San Francisco skyline, and you're looking…
SFPD Is Ticketing Cyclists While E-Scooters Terrorize the Sidewalks
PublishedIf you've walked down Market Street lately, you know the real pedestrian menace isn't the lycra-clad road cyclist who…
The Presidio's Best Resident Doesn't Pay Rent and Nobody's Complaining
PublishedHappy May the 4th, San Francisco. While the city grapples with budget deficits, homeless encampments, and a transit…
450 Volunteers, 470 Bags of Trash: The People Doing What City Hall Won't
PublishedHere's a number that should make you both proud and furious: 450 San Francisco volunteers showed up last weekend across…
Broken Clock Alert: Scott Wiener Gets One Right on the Billionaire Tax
PublishedWe never thought we'd say this, but here goes: Scott Wiener is making sense.
Visitacion Valley Is Finally Getting a Grocery Store — And It's Not Your Typical Chain
PublishedIf you want to understand how uneven San Francisco's prosperity really is, consider this: Visitacion Valley, one of the…
BART Closure Talks Are a Brutal Reminder: Don't Build Your Life Around Government Services
PublishedHere's a story that should make every San Franciscan uncomfortable: residents who specifically chose their apartments…
Escape the City, Embrace the Fog: Purisima Creek Preserve Is Your Free Weekend Reset
PublishedHere's a radical idea for your weekend: instead of dropping $18 on a cortado and sitting in a concrete parklet that the…
When Your Lawyer Dumps You and Still Wants a Cut: The 'Lien Trap' Hitting SF Accident Victims
PublishedHere's a nightmare scenario that should concern anyone who drives for a living in San Francisco — or anyone who assumes…
A Decade of Doing It Right: UCSF Family House Turns 10
PublishedIn a city where we spend a lot of ink (rightfully) calling out government waste and bureaucratic dysfunction, it's…
Jerry Brown Is Right About Prop B — And That Should Make Everyone Uncomfortable
PublishedWhen Jerry Brown — a man who served as California's governor four separate times — calls your term-limits measure…
The $2K Work Bag: Peak SF Tech Leadership Energy
PublishedThere's a very specific genre of San Francisco professional that only exists here: someone who needs a single bag that…
Welcome to SF: Where $4K Gets You a Prayer and a Craigslist Listing
PublishedHere's a snapshot of San Francisco's housing market in 2025: a nurse practitioner working at Stanford Hospital — you…
Six Bucks a Gallon: The Bay Area Gas Tax Bonanza Rolls On
PublishedIf you filled up your tank this week and felt a little light-headed, it wasn't the fumes — it was the price.
Golden Gate Park's Best Free Deal and Its Cutest New Residents
PublishedSpring has officially arrived in Golden Gate Park, and it's bringing two things San Franciscans love: free stuff and…
The Hidden Neighborhood Sandwiched Between Freeways That SF Forgot
PublishedSomewhere between Hayes Valley and the Mission, tucked under the hum of freeway on-ramps and bounded by major…