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Citizens Are Installing Bus Benches Because the City Won't — And It's Glorious
PublishedHere's a sentence you shouldn't have to write in a major American city in 2025: volunteers are building and installing…
Tipsy Putt's Masters Tournament: Where Your Golf Game and Your Dignity Go to Die
PublishedWhile the actual Masters in Augusta wraps up with pristine greens and hushed crowds, the Bay Area has its own version —…
SFO Museum Wants You to Hang Up Your iPhone and Appreciate the Rotary Dial
PublishedIf you've ever found yourself stuck at SFO with a two-hour delay and a dying phone battery, the airport's in-house…
The Black Cat Is Proof That Not Everything in SF Needs a Government Grant to Thrive
PublishedIn a city where every other cultural initiative seems to come with a six-figure arts commission budget and a nonprofit…
It Took a Cultural Center Dying for City Hall to Start Paying Attention
PublishedThe Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) is gone.
Someone's Decorating San Francisco With Doll Heads Again, And Honestly, We Have Questions
PublishedLook, we love art. We love free expression. We love the weird, wonderful creative energy that makes San Francisco…
BART's Worst-Case Scenario Is Worse Than You Think — And You're Paying For It
PublishedIf you've been riding BART lately and thought, "This feels like it's held together with duct tape and optimism,"…
SF's 'Overpaid CEO' Tax: Because Punishing Success Is Easier Than Fixing a Budget
PublishedSan Francisco's so-called "Overpaid CEO" tax — officially Proposition L from 2020 — levies an extra surcharge on…
SF's RV Ban Housed 82 People. The Rest? Good Luck.
PublishedFive months into San Francisco's ban on oversized vehicles — the policy largely aimed at clearing RV encampments from…
30 Sober Housing Beds for American Indians Coming to 24th Street — Here's Why It Matters
PublishedA new 30-bed sober housing facility geared toward American Indians is headed to 24th Street, and it's the kind of…
Forget DoorDash Markup: The Bay Area's Best Takeout Orders, According to the People Who Actually Pick Them Up
PublishedHere's a radical concept in 2025: get in your car, drive to the restaurant, and pick up your own food.
Ghost Ship: Another Abandoned Boat Drifts Into the Bay, and Nobody's Coming to Clean It Up
PublishedThere's a boat rotting at South Sierra Point in Brisbane, just off the waterfront trail.
Thanksgiving 1900: When Free Football Seats Came at the Worst Price Imaginable
PublishedSan Francisco has no shortage of harrowing historical episodes — earthquakes, fires, plagues — but one of the city's…
Same City, Different Era: What SF's Then-and-Now Photos Really Tell Us
PublishedThere's something quietly powerful about a side-by-side photo of the same San Francisco spot taken decades apart.
SFPD Launches Bike Sting Operations While Cars Keep Killing People
PublishedSan Francisco has a traffic safety problem.
Traffic Laws Are Apparently Just Suggestions Now
PublishedIf you drive, bike, or even walk in San Francisco, you've probably noticed something unsettling: the roads have gone…
DHS to SFO: Drop Sanctuary Policies or Lose International Flights
PublishedThe Department of Homeland Security is threatening to revoke SFO's ability to process international travelers unless…
Alcatraz Stays a Tourist Trap, Not an Actual Trap
PublishedIn news that somehow needs to be reported in the year 2025, federal officials have declined to reopen Alcatraz Island…
Monday Night Comedy in the Richmond: Cheap Laughs, Cheaper Drinks
PublishedIf your Monday evenings typically involve doom-scrolling through City Hall budget reports and wondering where your tax…
SF Is Closing Shelter Beds While Oakland Pushes People Back to the Streets. This Is the Plan?
PublishedLet's walk through the Bay Area's latest homelessness strategy: San Francisco is set to lose over 450 shelter beds in…
Caltrain's Ultimatum: Pass Our Tax or We'll Close Your Station
PublishedCaltrain is playing hardball with Bay Area riders: pass a new regional transit tax, or watch stations start…
You Want Bike Parking at Ocean Beach? Good Luck Figuring Out Who's in Charge
PublishedHere's a simple question: How do you get more bike parking at Ocean Beach?
Cherry Blossom Festival Hits Japantown This Weekend — Minus the Cherry Blossoms
PublishedSan Francisco's Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is back in Japantown this weekend, drawing an expected…
A Bowl of Soup, A Restaurant Owner's Heart, and the Question SF Keeps Dodging
PublishedHere's a story that cuts right to the tension at the heart of San Francisco's homelessness crisis — and it starts with…