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Lead Foot Alert: This SF Intersection Is a Speed Trap Magnet
PublishedIf you've ever white-knuckled it down Park Presidio Bypass wondering if that parked cruiser had its radar on — yes, it…
When Anti-Tech Rage Turns Into Actual Violence, We All Lose
PublishedSam Altman's home has now been attacked twice.
SF's Billionaire Class: If You Can't Beat Him, Buy His Agenda
PublishedPolitics makes strange bedfellows. San Francisco politics makes absolutely shameless ones. Two of the city's most…
Rain, Sun, and the Weather App That Lies to You: A Love Letter to SF's Chaos Skies
PublishedIf you've lived in San Francisco for more than a week, you know the drill: your phone says sunny, the sky says…
Buying Democracy: Forged Signatures on Pro-Billionaire Petitions Should Alarm Every San Franciscan
PublishedHere's a fun civics lesson they don't teach in school: apparently, if you want to get something on the San Francisco…
Street Art Gets the Gallery Treatment: Williams + Villeglé Land in SF
PublishedSan Francisco has long been a city where the walls talk — from the murals of the Mission to the tags of the Tenderloin.
Mission Local Taps New Executive Editor — Here's Why Local News Leadership Actually Matters
PublishedMission Local, the nonprofit newsroom covering San Francisco's Mission District and beyond, has named Joe Rivano Barros…
400 SF Residents Seek Self-Deportation — And the Story Is More Complicated Than Either Side Wants to Admit
PublishedMore than 400 people in San Francisco have sought voluntary departure from the United States — essentially…
Free Cone Day Is Back: Your Annual Reminder That the Best Things in Life Cost $0 (and 45 Minutes in Line)
PublishedEvery year, Ben & Jerry's reminds us of a beautiful economic truth: people will stand in line for an absurdly long time…
Walnut Creek Is Great If You're Married. What If You're Not?
PublishedHere's a truth nobody in the suburbs wants to say out loud: the East Bay bedroom communities are built for couples with…
Bored in the Bay? Here's How SF Twenty-Somethings Are Actually Making Friends
PublishedThe Great San Francisco Friendship Problem Here's a truth nobody warned you about when you moved to San Francisco…
The Great Irvine Question: When a Good Job Offer Means Leaving SF
PublishedHere's a perennial Bay Area dilemma: you're living in one of the most expensive cities in America, a solid job offer…
Gray Whales Are Dying in the Bay, and Nobody Seems to Have Answers
PublishedSomething is going very wrong in San Francisco Bay.
Forget Overpriced Dinners: The Bay Area's Best Flower Spots to Make Your Move
PublishedLook, we mostly cover government waste and transit nightmares around here, but sometimes a story comes along that…
Wrecking Ball Finally Swings at Potrero Terrace — But Don't Hold Your Breath
PublishedDemolition permits have been filed for several buildings at Potrero Terrace, the aging public housing complex that's…
A Hidden Masterpiece Emerges from Behind the Walls of Pacific Heights
PublishedSometimes the best things in San Francisco aren't built by city government — they're just hiding behind drywall…
SF's 'Space Walk' Cannabis Lounge Crawl: Because Of Course This Is a Thing Now
PublishedSan Francisco is gearing up for the "Space Walk" — a cannabis lounge crawl planned for 2026 that promises to be the…
Free Concerts and Food Trucks at Civic Center? We'll Take It.
PublishedHere's something San Francisco actually got right: Civic Center Soundtrack, a free concert series launching in 2026…
Finally, a Government-Free Solution to Your Tuesday Blues
PublishedWhile City Hall finds ever more creative ways to lighten your wallet, at least one San Francisco business is doing the…
SFO Museum Wants You to Hang Up Your iPhone and Appreciate the Rotary Dial
PublishedIf you've ever been stuck at SFO with a three-hour delay and nothing but overpriced trail mix and a dying phone battery…
The Botanical Garden Is Free Once a Month — Yes, the One Your Taxes Already Pay For
PublishedHere's a fun quirk of living in San Francisco: you help fund a 55-acre botanical garden in Golden Gate Park through…
Volunteers Are Cleaning Up the Bay Trail Because the Government Won't
PublishedHere's your weekend feel-good story with a sharp edge: a group of volunteer "Trash Pandas" is organizing a community…
A Dog Gets Dumped at Santa Clara and 6th — And Strangers Step Up Where the System Doesn't
PublishedA dog was found abandoned at the corner of Santa Clara and 6th Street this week — left behind by someone who apparently…
The Bay Area's Secret Soft Power: Trader Joe's Tote Bags and Pistachios
PublishedHere's something they don't teach you in economics class: the Bay Area's most powerful export isn't software, and it…