The Dissent

Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's broken — the budget, the bureaucracy, the bizarre…

In a city where seemingly every public project turns into a decade-long saga of budget overruns, community meetings…

Here's a dirty little secret that no one moving to San Francisco wants to believe: you don't actually have to spend $18…

Another week, another plea from a Bay Area tech worker trying to make friends.

Look, we spend a lot of time in this space talking about what San Francisco gets wrong.

Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about budget shortfalls, transit meltdowns, and the latest creative…

Sometimes the best things in San Francisco are the ones City Hall had absolutely nothing to do with.

Here's something you don't hear often enough in San Francisco: a free cultural experience that doesn't come with a…

Here's a question that shouldn't be controversial but somehow is: Is beauty important?

There's something almost quaint about the phrase "90s grunge" in 2025.

San Francisco's social calendar keeps humming along with its usual mix of high culture, old-school political charm, and…

Here's something your tax dollars are actually doing right for once: the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park offers…

Every April 18th, before most of San Francisco has hit snooze for the first time, a small crowd gathers at Lotta's…

Every few months, the eternal debate resurfaces: what are the best San Francisco movies of all time?

The debate has surfaced again: Is San Francisco the most picturesque city in America?

Here's a radical concept: a government-funded institution giving something back to the people who actually fund it.

Every year, a small crowd gathers in Dolores Park to slap a fresh coat of gold paint on a fire hydrant.

Art Without the Gatekeepers Forget sterile white-walled galleries where a velvet rope separates you from a canvas some…

Here's something you won't read in the doom-scroll headlines about San Francisco: people still come here to have fun.

A historic photograph of San Francisco's Financial District has been making the rounds among local history buffs, and…

Here's a fiscal conservative's dream: one of the most beautiful spots in San Francisco costs exactly zero dollars…

While most tourists — and honestly, most San Franciscans — flock to Baker Beach or Ocean Beach for their coastal fix…

If you've hiked the trails up from Stinson Beach on Mt.

Say what you will about San Francisco — the budget deficits, the bureaucratic bloat, the endless cycle of ballot…

There's something beautifully libertarian about free jazz.

In a city where a night out can easily run you $150 before you've even ordered a second drink, Grace Cathedral is doing…

Here's a radical concept that apparently still exists in San Francisco: neighbors getting together to clean up their…

Here's a feel-good story that doesn't involve a ballot measure, a committee hearing, or a single dollar of taxpayer…

If you haven't already snagged SFMOMA's $15 spring admission deal, today is your last chance — and honestly, it's worth…

Look, we love our visitors. Tourism dollars keep this city's tax coffers from being even more catastrophically…