The Dissent

In a city where a $7 latte barely raises an eyebrow and every other storefront is either a dispensary or a pop-up…

One of San Francisco's most iconic waterfront properties just changed hands, and almost nobody saw it coming.

Whatever your reading list looks like heading into summer, here's a local addition worth considering.

Full Moon Temple Trips: SF's Quiet Spiritual Side Deserves a Closer Look San Francisco is a city of rituals — some…

Every first Sunday of the month, a stretch of Noe Street in the Castro transforms into something San Francisco…

Here's something refreshing: a major corporation doing something genuinely cool for the public without a single cent of…

Manny's is throwing a neighborhood trash cleanup event, complete with $1 beer, free yoga classes, and free fries.

Mark your calendars: the SF Tea Festival is back at the Ferry Building on May 2-3, 2026, and if you've never been, this…

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are airing their dirty laundry in court, and the rest of San Francisco's AI industry is…

Permission Granted: You Don't Need to Be Fast to Use a Public Track Somewhere in San Francisco right now, a nervous new…

There's a certain kind of audacity that only San Francisco can produce — the kind where a corner liquor store in SOMA…

San Francisco's dating scene is, by most accounts, an absolute warzone.

Forget ranked-choice voting — NoPa is hosting the only head-to-head matchup that actually matters: Prince vs.

In a city where a single Board of Supervisors meeting can drag on for six hours to accomplish absolutely nothing, the…

Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about how San Francisco wastes your money.

The Burn Book Goes Broadway — Right Here in San Francisco Get in, losers — we're going to the theater.

Here's a small but telling sign of the times: someone in San Francisco recently went looking for a cobbler — an actual…

There's something quietly great about a city where people still want to go out on a random weeknight — alone, if they…

Sacramento loves to pass housing bills with triumphant press releases and zero grasp of a spreadsheet.

In a region where the news cycle is dominated by budget deficits, housing crises, and transit meltdowns, sometimes the…

Every week, someone from the Midwest visits the Bay Area, sees the Pacific coastline for the first time, and starts…

There's a great blue heron working the ponds of Golden Gate Park right now, and we're pleased to report it requires…

Remember when Aaron Peskin pushed through that 18-month moratorium on evicting legacy businesses back in November 2024?

There's a new building going up at 750 Golden Gate Avenue in the Western Addition, and on the surface, it's hard not to…