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The Skyline Still Slaps — Even If the City Can't Get Its Act Together

Say what you will about San Francisco — and we say plenty — but this city at dusk is still one of the most breathtaking…

CultureDowntownApril 12, 2026

Your Instacart Shopper Does Not Care About Your Strawberries

Here's a scene that played out recently at a San Francisco Costco that should surprise absolutely no one: An Instacart…

FoodApril 12, 2026

The San Jose Flea Market Is Still the Best Free‑Market Experience in the Bay

Want to see capitalism working exactly the way it should?

CultureApril 12, 2026

Berkeley's Gilman Brewery Throws the Craft Fair Punk Rock Actually Deserves

If your idea of a craft fair involves doilies and passive-aggressive comments from someone's aunt about her hand-poured…

EventsApril 12, 2026

Berkeley Jam's Spring Fling Returns for 2026

Spring is here, and so is Berkeley Jam's Spring Fling 2026.

EventsApril 12, 2026

SF Restaurant Week Returns April 10‑19: Your Wallet's Favorite Time to Eat Out

San Francisco Restaurant Week is back for its Spring 2026 run, stretching from April 10 through April 19, and if you've…

FoodApril 12, 2026

$6 Tasting Tickets? Taste of Thrive City Might Be SF's Best Food Deal This Year

Here's something you don't hear often in a city where a bowl of ramen can set you back $22: a food event with $6…

FoodMission BayApril 12, 2026

North Beach Is Throwing a Giant Garage Sale and Block Party — And Honestly, This Is How Community Should Work

Mark your calendars, North Beach lovers.

EventsNorth BeachApril 12, 2026

North Beach and Beyond: Where to Actually Find Great Italian in SF

Look, if you live in North Beach, you already know the neighborhood is practically Little Italy's West Coast cousin.

FoodNorth BeachApril 12, 2026

California's Governor Candidates and the Bullet Train to Nowhere: Nobody Has a Real Answer

The California governor's race is heating up, and candidates are being asked the question that's haunted Sacramento for…

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

The Valkyries Just Made Their Boldest Move Yet

The Golden State Valkyries aren't messing around.

SportsApril 12, 2026

The Banana Slug: Nature's Most Efficient Government Worker

Sometimes you need a break from city hall scandals and budget deficits to appreciate the simpler things — like watching…

CultureApril 12, 2026

The Great Stockton Migration: When Fiscal Reality Hits the Bay Area Bubble

There's a recurring character in the Bay Area story that doesn't get enough airtime: the person who finally does the…

HousingApril 12, 2026

One Guy With a Stick Did What East Bay Public Works Couldn't Be Bothered To

A massive street flooding event hit the East Bay this week.

PoliticsApril 12, 2026

Bernal Heights Gets Pelted by Hail Because SF Weather Has No Rules

If you were in Bernal Heights earlier today, you might have thought the sky was having a minor existential crisis.

GeneralBernal HeightsApril 12, 2026

Surprise Fireworks at Pier 27 Rattle Half the Bay — And Nobody Got a Heads Up

If you heard what sounded like a small war breaking out along the Embarcadero last night, congratulations — you…

GeneralEmbarcaderoApril 12, 2026

Rain Falls, Brain Cells Don't: SF Drivers Are a Menace and Everyone Knows It

It rained this week. Not a biblical deluge — just regular rain, the kind that falls from clouds and hits the ground, as…

GeneralApril 12, 2026

Thinking About Ditching Tokyo for SF? Here's the Honest Math

A young American expat and his Japanese wife are weighing a move from Tokyo to San Francisco, and the reasons he's fed…

HousingApril 12, 2026

Equator Fires a Shot at Philz, and the Castro Is Here for It

The Castro coffee scene just got spicy — and for once, we're not talking about a seasonal latte.

CultureCastroApril 12, 2026

The Cherry Blossom Festival Returns to Japantown for Two Weekends in April

Mark your calendars: the SF Cherry Blossom Festival is back for 2026, spanning two weekends — April 11-12 and April…

EventsJapantownApril 12, 2026

Sunday Assembly: Silicon Valley's Church of No Church

There's a community gathering happening in Mountain View that's part TED Talk, part potluck, and part Sunday morning —…

CultureApril 12, 2026

Double Rainbows and Electric Skies: The Bay Area's Free Show

In a region where a studio apartment can run you more than a mortgage payment in most of America, it's nice to be…

CultureApril 12, 2026

The Diggers Dug Their Own Graves — Then Bought Property on Top of Them

The Diggers were the radical anarchists of 1960s Haight-Ashbury — the ones who gave away free food, free clothes, and…

CultureHaight-AshburyApril 12, 2026

Sam Altman Gets Attacked, Then Asks Washington to Regulate His Competition

A man allegedly firebombed Sam Altman's San Francisco home because he feared AI would destroy humanity.

TechApril 12, 2026