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The 'My Bad' Wave Is Dead, and Your Phone Killed It
PublishedThere was a time — not that long ago — when the social contract of Bay Area driving still held together.
The Definitive (and Totally Unsettled) Guide to Bay Area Hawaiian BBQ
PublishedThere are debates in the Bay Area that will never be resolved.
415 Forever: When One Area Code Ruled the Entire Bay
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: What if the entire Bay Area — San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Walnut Creek, all of…
Academy of Art Dumps Fisherman's Wharf Property — Will Housing Actually Follow?
PublishedThe Academy of Art University has sold one of its Fisherman's Wharf properties — a site that's been earmarked for…
Fire Breaks Out in Bernal Heights — Details Still Scarce
PublishedA fire broke out in Bernal Heights on Tuesday, visible from the area above Mission Street, sending smoke into the skies…
Love Letters to SF Are Nice — But Let's Talk About What It Actually Costs to Live Here
PublishedEvery few weeks, someone from out of town posts a breathless love letter to San Francisco.
Daniel Lurie Is America's Most Popular Mayor. But What Has He Actually Done?
PublishedDaniel Lurie is reportedly the most popular mayor in the country right now.
50,000 Steps, One Friend, and a City That Still Knows How to Remember
PublishedWe spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken in San Francisco — the budget bloat, the bureaucratic…
The Freaky Little Fotomat That's Quietly Reviving SF Nightlife
PublishedSan Francisco's nightlife has been on life support for years.
Making Friends in SF Shouldn't Require an App — But Here We Are
PublishedThere's something quietly telling about a city where people routinely turn to the internet to ask strangers to be their…
Bay to Breakers Is Back, and SF Is Already Being Beautifully Weird About It
PublishedBay to Breakers hasn't even started yet and San Francisco is already doing what San Francisco does best: organizing…
SF Rents Are Back With a Vengeance — And Your Credit Score Might Not Save You
PublishedIf you're thinking about moving to San Francisco right now, we have good news and bad news.
Bay Area Drivers Have Declared War on Each Other (and the Zipper Merge)
PublishedEvery time you think Bay Area drivers can't get worse, someone in a blue Mercedes proves you wrong.
Expired Tags, Zero Consequences: The Bay Area's Honor System for Vehicle Registration
PublishedHere's a fun thought experiment: What if the government charged you hundreds of dollars a year for something, then…
An EV Festival in Silicon Valley Drew Almost Nobody — And That Actually Tells You Something
PublishedSunnyvale hosted an "Electrify Your Life" festival this past Saturday, promising free test drives of Rivians, Teslas…
E-Bikes on Sidewalks: Already Illegal, Completely Unenforced
PublishedHere's a fun fact that might make your blood boil: riding an e-bike or electric scooter on a San Francisco sidewalk is…
SFPD Is Going All-In on Flock Cameras — And Honestly? It Seems to Be Working
PublishedLove it or hate it, SFPD has become the most enthusiastic adopter of Flock surveillance cameras in the country.
Mercor: Where $10 Billion Buys You 2 AM Shifts and a Survey Asking You to Snitch on Coworkers
PublishedThere's a special kind of Silicon Valley hubris that comes with being a 23-year-old billionaire — the kind that…
Anchor Brewing Rises From the Dead — And Potrero Hill Can Smell It
PublishedSomething is brewing on Potrero Hill. Literally. Workers have been spotted inside the iconic Anchor Brewing facility…
25 Beds and a Prayer: The Mayor's RESET Experiment Isn't Solving the Drug Crisis — It's Relocating It
PublishedTwo weeks into Mayor Breed's RESET center initiative, the early returns are in — and they look a lot like what skeptics…
A Reminder That San Francisco Is Still Beautiful — If You Bother to Look
PublishedHere's a take that won't generate angry comments or a Board of Supervisors hearing: San Francisco is still a gorgeous…
Safeway Is Robbing You Blind and They Know It
PublishedSan Francisco is the second most expensive city in the world for groceries.
Golden Gate Park's Coolest Residents Just Grew by Three
PublishedForget the tech founders, the housing developers, and the city supervisors — the most productive residents in San…
Buster Posey's Front Office Gambles Are Busting — Now What?
PublishedLet's talk about accountability — not at City Hall for once, but at 24 Willie Mays Plaza.