The Dissent

In a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a luxury car and a burrito somehow runs you $18, it's worth…

Here's a radical thought for a Wednesday: sometimes the best thing a city can do is maintain what it already has.

Somewhere in San Francisco right now, a pair of wild parrots is landing on someone's balcony, screaming at each other…

In a city where beloved small businesses vanish faster than your paycheck after rent, the Balboa Theater just hit a…

In a move that sounds like it was cooked up during a Silicon Valley brainstorm session — because it literally was —…

We spend a lot of time in this space talking about what's broken — the budget, the bureaucracy, the buses that never…

Sometimes the best editorial we can write is the simplest one: go outside.

Look, we get it — when you think "hotel lobby comedy show," you probably imagine a sad open mic night with a two-drink…

Twice a year, the sun rises in perfect alignment with California Street and the Bay Bridge, creating a golden corridor…

Sometimes you need to get a few hundred feet off the ground to remember just how beautiful the Bay Area actually is.

Nigel Poor has spent her career as an artist examining the things — and people — that San Francisco would rather not…

Here's something we don't say often enough: when a public institution actually offers something free and culturally…

The Cartoon Art Museum — one of SoMa's quietly cool cultural gems — is hosting a screening of Women Laughing followed…

Summer in most cities means sunshine and warmth.

The Tenderloin doesn't get a lot of feel-good headlines.

Here's a telling snapshot of San Francisco in 2025: local businesses and residents are bribing each other with free…

Here's something the San Francisco Public Library does that we actually don't hate: free film screenings.

Twice a year, San Francisco pulls off something genuinely spectacular — and for once, the city government had…

In a city where everyone's glued to a screen — doom-scrolling through housing policy debates and BART delay alerts —…

San Francisco has over 220 parks, and most residents could probably name about six of them.

In a city where a one-bedroom apartment runs you $3,200 a month and a mediocre sandwich somehow costs $18, it's worth…

In a city where a cup of coffee can run you seven bucks and a studio apartment requires a blood oath to your landlord…

Look, you finally have a random Tuesday off.

San Jose put on a show this week, and for once it wasn't a tech keynote or a city council budget hearing that makes you…

In a city where a one-bedroom apartment runs you $3,500 on the low end and sales tax bites at 8.63%, free anything…

In a city where "making things" usually means pushing code to a GitHub repo, there's a quiet little rebellion happening…

Here's a feel-good story that perfectly illustrates what happens when people just… do things themselves.

If you ride MUNI through the Brannan station, you've probably noticed it: a massive, gorgeous building with matching…

Here's something you don't hear us say often: a publicly subsidized program that actually works and delivers real value…

SF Pride President Joshua Smith wants you to know that this year's celebration isn't just rainbow floats and corporate…