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India Basin Fire Reminds Us Why First Responders Matter More Than Ever
PublishedA fire broke out in the India Basin area on Sunday, April 26, drawing a rapid response from San Francisco's fire…
19th Avenue Is Back, Baby: A City Processes Its Collective Trauma
PublishedThe great 19th Avenue repaving project wrapped its first weekend phase, and the Sunset District has emerged, blinking…
SFO Just Unlocked the Airport Terminal for Everyone — No Boarding Pass Required
PublishedRemember when you could walk your grandma all the way to the gate and wave goodbye as she boarded?
Another Day, Another Crash in the Stockton Tunnel
PublishedIf you've ever white-knuckled your way through the Stockton Tunnel, you already know: it's a narrow, loud, slightly…
The Academy of Sciences Is Bleeding Money — And Blaming Everything But the Mirror
PublishedThe California Academy of Sciences — Golden Gate Park's crown jewel of natural history, aquariums, and planetarium…
Bay FC's Revolving Door: Another CEO Gone Before the Ink Dried
PublishedIf you're keeping score at home — and someone probably should be — Bay FC just lost its second top executive in under a…
Oakland Gets to Keep 'San Francisco' in Its Airport Name, and Nobody Wins
PublishedAfter two years of legal wrangling, taxpayer-funded attorneys, and what can only be described as the pettiest turf war…
Billionaire Fight Club: Musk vs. Altman Goes to Trial Across the Bay
PublishedTwo of the most powerful men in tech are now staring each other down in an Oakland courtroom, and honestly, it's the…
SF Wants to Spend $30 Billion Burying a Train. What If We Just… Didn't?
PublishedSan Francisco is in the planning stages for a subway along Geary Boulevard and 19th Avenue, and the projected price tag…
Castro Rally Sounds the Alarm on LGBTQ Health Cuts — But Who's Asking the Hard Budget Questions?
PublishedAdvocates packed the Castro this week to protest proposed cuts to LGBTQ health programs, warning that reductions to…
The SF International Arts Festival Is Back — And Yes, You Can Actually Afford It
PublishedLook, we're not usually in the business of promoting ticket sales.
inkBoat's Latest Show Defies Every Label You'd Try to Slap On It
PublishedSan Francisco's performing arts scene has always been a magnet for the experimental, the weird, and the genuinely…
A Rich Table Vet Is Bringing Hong Kong Café Culture to SF — And We're Here For It
PublishedIn a city where every other new restaurant seems to be a $22 grain bowl concept backed by venture capital, it's…
Mike Krukow at 74: A Reminder That Some Things in SF Actually Get Better With Age
PublishedIn a city obsessed with disruption, optimization, and replacing everything that works with something that doesn't, Mike…
SF Wants to Expand Paid Parental Leave — But Who's Actually Paying for It?
PublishedSan Francisco is at it again — leading the charge on workplace benefits that sound great in a press release but deserve…
SFO ICE Arrest Reveals the Impossible Position We Keep Putting Local Cops In
PublishedWhen ICE agents showed up at SFO to arrest a mother and daughter, things got chaotic fast.
AI Money Is Making SF Housing Even More Unhinged — And It's Spreading
PublishedIf you've tried to buy a home in San Francisco recently, you already know the drill: multiple offers over asking…
When Your Own Staff Gets Caught in Federal Bureaucracy's Black Hole
PublishedHere's a story that perfectly encapsulates why immigration reform has been a bipartisan failure for decades: one of…
So You Want to Plaster SF With Flyers for Your Substack. Here's the Deal.
PublishedA local writer recently posed a simple question: where can you post flyers around San Francisco to promote a Substack…
SF's Comedy Scene Is Alive — And It Doesn't Need a Government Grant to Prove It
PublishedIn a city where seemingly every cultural initiative needs a task force, a feasibility study, and a seven-figure budget…
SF Finally Discovers the Internet, Wants a Medal For It
PublishedThe Mayor's office is taking a well-deserved victory lap this week, celebrating the fact that San Francisco residents…
Skip the Overpriced Gym Membership: SF's Calisthenics Scene Is Quietly Thriving
PublishedSan Francisco loves to make fitness expensive.
SB-63 and the Future of Bay Area Transit: Cool Gadgets Aside, the Math Has to Work
PublishedThere's a neat little gadget making the rounds among Bay Area transit nerds — the Metro Board, a live train tracker for…
Ditch the Car, Catch a Bus to the Redwoods: Big Basin's New Transit Schedule Is Actually Cool
PublishedHere's something government-adjacent that we're not going to complain about: there's a new bus schedule connecting San…