“I notice the texture of a block — who's been here thirty years, who just moved in.”
The Mystery of Linda Street's Weird Little Zigzag, Solved
PublishedIf you've ever wandered through the Inner Mission and stumbled onto Linda Street, you've probably had the same reaction…
One Desert Rescue, One SF Happy Ending: Why Muttville Gets It Right
PublishedWe don't usually do feel-good animal stories around here.
The Tenderloin's Ha-Ra Club: 70 Years of Refusing to Change, and God Bless Them for It
PublishedIn a city that can't stop reinventing itself — where a perfectly good laundromat becomes a $4 million micro-unit, and…
The Brutalist Fountain Is Dead. Long Live the Brutalist Fountain.
PublishedA judge has ruled that San Francisco can proceed with removing its embattled Brutalist fountain — and depending on…
Art Explosion's Spring Open Studios Is Back — And It's One of the Few Things SF Gets Right
PublishedSometimes San Francisco reminds you why people fell in love with this city in the first place.
Electric Ex Drops 'Analog Therapy' — And Yeah, You Should Probably Go
PublishedIn a city where half the live music venues have been swallowed by rising rents and the other half are drowning in…
SF's Art Scene Is Thriving — And It's Not Costing You a Dime
PublishedSay what you will about San Francisco's struggles with budget deficits and questionable municipal spending, but the…
This 10-Year-Old Chihuahua Has More Energy Than City Hall — And She's Looking for a Home
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time in this space talking about bloated budgets, crumbling infrastructure, and politicians who…
A Stranger's Mother's Day Offer Reminds Us What Community Actually Looks Like
PublishedNo government program built this. No nonprofit grant funded it. No city supervisor held a press conference about it. A…
No, '49er' Is Not Bay Area Slang — And We're Tired of Influencers Making Stuff Up
PublishedSomewhere on the internet, an influencer — whose name we mercifully cannot recall — apparently went viral claiming that…
Why Is It So Hard for New Moms to Find Community in San Francisco?
PublishedHere's a question that shouldn't be hard to answer in a city of 800,000 people: Where can a new mom meet other new moms?
Philz Coffee Pulls Pride Flags, Discovers San Francisco Has Opinions
PublishedPhilz Coffee — the once-beloved, unmistakably San Francisco coffee chain — just made one of the dumbest business…
Palo Alto Dad Uses ChatGPT to Sue 16 Colleges — But His Kid Already Works at Google
PublishedA Palo Alto father is using AI tools to file racial discrimination lawsuits against 16 universities that rejected his…
A Bar Is Doing More for SF Artists Than City Hall. That Should Tell You Something.
PublishedWhile San Francisco spends billions on bureaucratic programs that somehow never quite solve the problems they're meant…
In the Sunset, One Bar Owner Bets on Pints Over Prompts
PublishedWhile half of San Francisco is busy pivoting to AI, launching AI startups, or slapping "AI-powered" on their lunch…
The Internet Did That Thing Again: SF Sleuths Track Down a Mystery Photo Location
PublishedSometimes the internet is a cesspool of bad takes and worse policy ideas.
Bayview-Hunters Point Deserves More Than a Photo Op
PublishedThere's a new black-and-white photography series making the rounds that captures Bayview-Hunters Point in stark…
Left Coast Annual Exhibition Returns — But Who's Footing the Bill?
PublishedThe 2026 Left Coast Annual Exhibition is coming back to San Francisco, and before we get into the details, let's ask…
Elon-Headed Robot Dog Roams SF, Because Of Course It Does
PublishedJust when you thought San Francisco's streets couldn't get any weirder, someone strapped an Elon Musk head onto a robot…
Want to Tie-Dye Like a Kyoto Master? There's a Workshop for That.
PublishedSan Francisco has no shortage of artsy workshops promising to unlock your inner creative — most of them involving…
SFMOMA Drops Admission to $15 — And Yes, That's Actually a Deal
PublishedIf you've ever balked at SFMOMA's regular $25 admission price — and let's be honest, who hasn't — the museum is…
The Best Free Thing in Golden Gate Park You're Probably Overlooking
PublishedHere's a fiscal responsibility tip that doesn't involve cutting government budgets: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden…
Thursday Nights Just Got Better: Inner Circle Takes Over White Rabbit
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's wrong with San Francisco — the budget black holes, the…
Jesus Christ Superstar Hits Woodside — Because Even the Peninsula Needs Saving
PublishedIf you've ever wondered what happens when Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera about the most famous dissident in history…
SF Main Library Hosts Kim Shuck Poem Jam — A Low-Key Cultural Win
PublishedSay what you will about San Francisco's government spending habits — and we say plenty — but the public library system…
A Decade Gone: Remembering What SF Lost When It Stopped Being Fun
PublishedTwelve years. That's how long it's been since San Francisco lost another piece of what made it San Francisco — not a…
Live 105 Is Back — But Is It Really Live 105?
PublishedLive 105 is back on the Bay Area airwaves, and if you grew up moshing in your mom's minivan to the sounds of actual…
The Great Tote Bag Arms Race Has Reached Its Final Form
PublishedThere are exactly two currencies that matter in the Bay Area: equity in a pre-IPO startup and a mini tote bag from the…
The Most Bay Area Economic Indicator: A Hiking Group for the Laid Off
PublishedThere's a new grassroots hiking group making the rounds in the Bay Area, and its existence tells you everything you…
SF's Most Libertarian Bird Is Out Here Solving the Gopher Problem for Free
PublishedWhile the city debates how many millions to throw at its next urban wildlife management study, a great blue heron near…