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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · May 2026 · 1,948 stories

Kaiser Pharmacy Systems Go Down Across Northern California — Good Luck Getting Your Meds

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If you were planning to pick up your prescription at Kaiser today, turn around.

GeneralMay 4, 2026

The Sidewalk Gauntlet: Petition Season in SF Has Become Unbearable

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If you've walked down Castro Street — or really any commercial corridor in San Francisco — lately, you've noticed it…

PoliticsCastroMay 4, 2026

Chonkers the Sea Lion: The Only Government-Free Public Service San Francisco Actually Loves

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In a city where half the public infrastructure is broken, a 2,000-pound sea lion has become our most reliable tourist…

CultureFisherman's WharfMay 4, 2026

Sutro Tower: The Ugly Landmark We'd Fight Anyone Over

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There's something deeply San Franciscan about falling in love with a 977-foot steel trident that looks like it was…

CultureTwin PeaksMay 4, 2026

Your Tax Dollars Already Paid for It — Might as Well Go: Legion of Honor Free Day Is Every First Tuesday

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Here's a rare case where the city actually gives something back to you without adding a new fee, surcharge, or…

CultureRichmond DistrictMay 4, 2026

Stop Grading the 49ers Draft Class Before They've Even Put on Pads

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Every year, like clockwork, the NFL draft ends on a Saturday and by Sunday morning every talking head, podcast host…

SportsMay 4, 2026

San Francisco Loses a Giant: Gap Cofounder Doris Fisher Dead at 94

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Doris Fisher, the San Francisco native who cofounded Gap with her late husband Don Fisher in 1969, has died at 94.

CultureMay 4, 2026

SFPD's New Sobering Center Gets Its First Customer — In Handcuffs

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On Monday, San Francisco police rolled up to the city's brand-new RESET sobering center at 444 Sixth Street and dropped…

PoliticsSoMaMay 4, 2026

Two Landmarks, One Skyline: What Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge Tell Us About SF's Best Era of Building

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Take a look at Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge sitting side by side against the San Francisco skyline, and you're looking…

CultureTelegraph HillMay 4, 2026

SFPD Is Ticketing Cyclists While E-Scooters Terrorize the Sidewalks

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If you've walked down Market Street lately, you know the real pedestrian menace isn't the lycra-clad road cyclist who…

TransitMay 4, 2026

The Presidio's Best Resident Doesn't Pay Rent and Nobody's Complaining

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Happy May the 4th, San Francisco. While the city grapples with budget deficits, homeless encampments, and a transit…

CulturePresidioMay 4, 2026

450 Volunteers, 470 Bags of Trash: The People Doing What City Hall Won't

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Here's a number that should make you both proud and furious: 450 San Francisco volunteers showed up last weekend across…

GeneralMay 4, 2026

Broken Clock Alert: Scott Wiener Gets One Right on the Billionaire Tax

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We never thought we'd say this, but here goes: Scott Wiener is making sense.

PoliticsMay 4, 2026

Visitacion Valley Is Finally Getting a Grocery Store — And It's Not Your Typical Chain

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If you want to understand how uneven San Francisco's prosperity really is, consider this: Visitacion Valley, one of the…

FoodVisitacion ValleyMay 4, 2026

BART Closure Talks Are a Brutal Reminder: Don't Build Your Life Around Government Services

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Here's a story that should make every San Franciscan uncomfortable: residents who specifically chose their apartments…

TransitMay 4, 2026

Escape the City, Embrace the Fog: Purisima Creek Preserve Is Your Free Weekend Reset

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Here's a radical idea for your weekend: instead of dropping $18 on a cortado and sitting in a concrete parklet that the…

CultureMay 4, 2026

When Your Lawyer Dumps You and Still Wants a Cut: The 'Lien Trap' Hitting SF Accident Victims

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Here's a nightmare scenario that should concern anyone who drives for a living in San Francisco — or anyone who assumes…

GeneralMay 4, 2026

A Decade of Doing It Right: UCSF Family House Turns 10

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In a city where we spend a lot of ink (rightfully) calling out government waste and bureaucratic dysfunction, it's…

GeneralMission BayMay 4, 2026

Jerry Brown Is Right About Prop B — And That Should Make Everyone Uncomfortable

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When Jerry Brown — a man who served as California's governor four separate times — calls your term-limits measure…

PoliticsMay 4, 2026

The $2K Work Bag: Peak SF Tech Leadership Energy

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There's a very specific genre of San Francisco professional that only exists here: someone who needs a single bag that…

CultureMay 4, 2026

Welcome to SF: Where $4K Gets You a Prayer and a Craigslist Listing

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Here's a snapshot of San Francisco's housing market in 2025: a nurse practitioner working at Stanford Hospital — you…

HousingBernal HeightsMay 4, 2026

Six Bucks a Gallon: The Bay Area Gas Tax Bonanza Rolls On

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If you filled up your tank this week and felt a little light-headed, it wasn't the fumes — it was the price.

TransitMay 4, 2026

Golden Gate Park's Best Free Deal and Its Cutest New Residents

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Spring has officially arrived in Golden Gate Park, and it's bringing two things San Franciscans love: free stuff and…

CultureGolden Gate ParkMay 4, 2026

The Hidden Neighborhood Sandwiched Between Freeways That SF Forgot

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Somewhere between Hayes Valley and the Mission, tucked under the hum of freeway on-ramps and bounded by major…

HousingHayes ValleyMay 4, 2026