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Remembering Max Kirkeberg: The Man Who Documented San Francisco in 60,000 Slides

San Francisco lost one of its quiet chroniclers this week.

CultureApril 7, 2026

Citizens Are Installing Bus Benches Because the City Won't — And It's Glorious

Here's a sentence you shouldn't have to write in a major American city in 2025: volunteers are building and installing…

TransitApril 7, 2026

Tipsy Putt's Masters Tournament: Where Your Golf Game and Your Dignity Go to Die

While the actual Masters in Augusta wraps up with pristine greens and hushed crowds, the Bay Area has its own version —…

EventsApril 7, 2026

SFO Museum Wants You to Hang Up Your iPhone and Appreciate the Rotary Dial

If you've ever found yourself stuck at SFO with a two-hour delay and a dying phone battery, the airport's in-house…

CultureApril 7, 2026

The Black Cat Has Quietly Become One of SF's Best Jazz Rooms

The Black Cat is doing something refreshingly simple: putting on great jazz and letting people enjoy themselves.

CultureTenderloinApril 7, 2026

It Took a Cultural Center Dying for City Hall to Start Paying Attention

The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) is gone.

CultureMission DistrictApril 7, 2026

Someone's Decorating San Francisco With Doll Heads Again, And Honestly, We Have Questions

Look, we love art. We love free expression. We love the weird, wonderful creative energy that makes San Francisco…

CultureApril 7, 2026

BART's Worst‑Case Scenario Is Worse Than You Think — And You're Paying For It

If you've been riding BART lately and thought, "This feels like it's held together with duct tape and optimism,"…

TransitApril 7, 2026

SF's 'Overpaid CEO' Tax: Because Punishing Success Is Easier Than Fixing a Budget

San Francisco's so-called "Overpaid CEO" tax — officially Proposition L from 2020 — levies an extra surcharge on…

PoliticsApril 7, 2026

SF's RV Ban Housed 82 People. The Rest? Good Luck.

Five months into San Francisco's ban on oversized vehicles — the policy largely aimed at clearing RV encampments from…

HousingApril 7, 2026

30 Sober Housing Beds for American Indians Coming to 24th Street — Here's Why It Matters

A new 30-bed sober housing facility geared toward American Indians is headed to 24th Street, and it's the kind of…

HousingMission DistrictApril 7, 2026

Forget DoorDash Markup: The Bay Area's Best Takeout Orders, According to the People Who Actually Pick Them Up

Here's a radical concept in 2025: get in your car, drive to the restaurant, and pick up your own food.

FoodApril 6, 2026

Ghost Ship: Another Abandoned Boat Drifts Into the Bay, and Nobody's Coming to Clean It Up

There's a boat rotting at South Sierra Point in Brisbane, just off the waterfront trail.

GeneralApril 6, 2026

Thanksgiving 1900: When Free Football Seats Came at the Worst Price Imaginable

San Francisco has no shortage of harrowing historical episodes — earthquakes, fires, plagues — but one of the city's…

CultureApril 6, 2026

Same City, Different Era: What SF's Then‑and‑Now Photos Really Tell Us

There's something quietly powerful about a side-by-side photo of the same San Francisco spot taken decades apart.

CultureApril 6, 2026

SFPD Launches Bike Sting Operations While Cars Keep Killing People

San Francisco has a traffic safety problem.

TransitApril 6, 2026

Traffic Laws Are Apparently Just Suggestions Now

If you drive, bike, or even walk in San Francisco, you've probably noticed something unsettling: the roads have gone…

TransitApril 6, 2026

DHS to SFO: Drop Sanctuary Policies or Lose International Flights

The Department of Homeland Security is threatening to revoke SFO's ability to process international travelers unless…

PoliticsApril 6, 2026

Alcatraz Stays a Tourist Trap, Not an Actual Trap

In news that somehow needs to be reported in the year 2025, federal officials have declined to reopen Alcatraz Island…

PoliticsApril 6, 2026

Monday Night Comedy in the Richmond: Cheap Laughs, Cheaper Drinks

If your Monday evenings typically involve doom-scrolling through City Hall budget reports and wondering where your tax…

EventsRichmond DistrictApril 6, 2026

SF Is Closing Shelter Beds While Oakland Pushes People Back to the Streets. This Is the Plan?

Let's walk through the Bay Area's latest homelessness strategy: San Francisco is set to lose over 450 shelter beds in…

HousingTenderloinApril 6, 2026

Caltrain's Ultimatum: Pass Our Tax or We'll Close Your Station

Caltrain is playing hardball with Bay Area riders: pass a new regional transit tax, or watch stations start…

TransitApril 6, 2026

You Want Bike Parking at Ocean Beach? Good Luck Figuring Out Who's in Charge

Here's a simple question: How do you get more bike parking at Ocean Beach?

TransitOuter SunsetApril 6, 2026

Cherry Blossom Festival Hits Japantown This Weekend — Minus the Cherry Blossoms

San Francisco's Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is back in Japantown this weekend, drawing an expected…

EventsJapantownApril 6, 2026