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Motown Mondays Is Great — But What If You Can't Do Mondays?
PublishedIf you've never been to Motown Mondays at Madrone Art Bar in the Lower Haight, you're missing one of San Francisco's…
Bay Area Millennials Aren't Having Kids — And It's Not Just the Vibes
PublishedHere's a question that shouldn't be controversial but somehow still is: why aren't Bay Area millennials having kids?
California's Budget Plan: Pray for Tech IPOs
PublishedHere's the state of fiscal governance in California: Sacramento has spent itself into a roughly $70 billion deficit…
Man in Three-Piece Suit Goes Off-Roading on Powell Street, Takes Out Cable Car Turnaround Pillar
PublishedIf you were stuck waiting for your Powell Street cable car this week, wondering if Muni had somehow gotten even slower…
Stop Buying Piroshki at Safeway: A Richmond District Field Guide
PublishedLook, we're all about free markets here at The Dissent.
BART's Financial Crisis Is a Math Problem — So Why Is Nobody Doing the Math?
PublishedLet's talk about BART's money pit. Ridership is hovering around 40% of pre-pandemic levels. Revenue has cratered…
Oakland Tenants Fight Negligent Landlord — And Actually Win
PublishedHere's a story that should make every renter's blood boil — and every landlord think twice about cutting corners.
The City Between the Lights: Why SF's Street Painters Deserve Your Attention
PublishedThere's a version of San Francisco that doesn't make the news.
Someone Wants to Start an Album Club in SF and Honestly, We're Into It
PublishedIn a city that spends billions trying to engineer "community" through government programs and nonprofit grants…
The Balboa Theater: Preservation or Just Preservation Theater?
PublishedThe Balboa Theater is one of those San Francisco landmarks that everyone says they love but nobody seems willing to…
Muni's 'Operational' Historic Fleet: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
PublishedRemember when Muni's vintage streetcars were actually part of the city's charm?
SF's STD Rates Are Plummeting — And It's Not Because We All Became Monks
PublishedHere's some genuinely good public health news for a change: sexually transmitted disease cases in San Francisco dropped…
Ghost Landlords: Should SF Crack Down on Non-Resident Property Owners?
PublishedHere's a fun little riddle: How can a city have a housing crisis and thousands of units owned by people who don't even…
Rain Returns to SF and We're Already Acting Like It's a Natural Disaster
PublishedLast Sunday, the skies opened up over the Embarcadero and reminded San Francisco that, yes, it does actually rain here.
The State of SF Tech Media: Who's Actually Telling the Truth in 2026?
PublishedLet's talk about the elephant in the room — or rather, the graveyard of elephants that used to be San Francisco's tech…
The SF Art Fair Returns This April — Here's Why You Should Actually Go
PublishedThe San Francisco Art Fair is back April 16–19, and if you've never gone — or worse, if you've written it off as…
Cole Valley's Spring Fling: A Neighborhood That Still Knows How to Show Up
PublishedIf you want evidence that San Francisco neighborhoods can still function like actual communities — not just collections…
POJ Studio Is Popping Up in SF — Here's What We Know
PublishedPOJ Studio is bringing a pop-up to San Francisco in 2026, and if you're into the brand's aesthetic, you're probably…
Dining Out For Life Returns to the Bay Area — Here's Why You Should Actually Go
PublishedMark your calendars: Dining Out For Life is back in the Bay Area for 2026, and it remains one of the rare charity…
SF Teens Hit the Streets Over Internship Cuts — But Who's Really to Blame?
PublishedMore than 320 paid city internships for low-income high schoolers are on the chopping block in San Francisco, and the…
The Eggy French Toast Diners Are Disappearing — And No One's Talking About It
PublishedThere's a particular kind of grief that sneaks up on you in San Francisco.
A Reminder That San Francisco Still Looks Incredible When It Tries
PublishedSay what you will about the city — and we say plenty — but San Francisco after a rainstorm is still one of the most…
A 2-Year-Old Is Dead From Fentanyl. Her Parents Have Been Charged With Murder.
PublishedThere is no gentle way to write this story.
The City Is About to Pocket $240 Million That Might Be Yours
PublishedHere's a fun one: San Francisco is sitting on roughly $240 million in healthcare funds that belong to workers — and if…