The Dissent

The Painted Ladies greeted San Francisco again this morning, same as they have since the 1890s.

In a city obsessed with billion-dollar transit projects that go nowhere and housing plans that never break ground…

Sometimes the best commentary on a city isn't a budget report or a board of supervisors meeting — it's a pastel drawing…

Here's a sentence we shouldn't have to write in 2025: adults without children don't get to commandeer a kids'…

Here's a story that should stop you mid-scroll: A 67-year-old Hong Kong immigrant, living in San Francisco for over…

Just when you think the Bay Area has shown you everything — the naked guys at City Hall, the guy who jogs in a full…

Here's a refreshing headline for a neighborhood that's been starving for good news: DuPree's Barber Studio just opened…

Here's a market problem that doesn't get talked about much: aging alone in a city that's supposedly the most…

There's a version of San Francisco that doesn't make it into the tech press releases or the tourism brochures — and…

If you were strolling through Balboa Park on a recent Saturday afternoon and stumbled upon a squadron of teenagers in…

For all the justified frustration we direct at San Francisco's bureaucratic failures and policy misfires, sometimes…

There's a reason Dolores Park remains one of the few institutions in San Francisco that nobody complains about — and…

There's a reason people keep pulling out their cameras in this city.

Look, we get it. Between rent that requires a second mortgage on your soul and grocery bills that make you question…

Here's a sentence you probably never thought you'd read: a San Francisco establishment is offering dollar beers, free…

Look, we love a good fiscal responsibility sermon around here, but sometimes you just need to treat your mom.

In a city where seemingly everything beautiful requires a $4.7 million feasibility study, a community advisory board…

Here's something you don't hear often enough in a city famous for burning through taxpayer dollars: San Francisco's…

At 6:30 on a recent morning, while most of San Francisco was still asleep — and City Hall was presumably dreaming up…

In a city where the political circus never takes a day off, it's nice to report on an actual wildlife spectacle for…

San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront is one of the most photographed stretches of real estate on the West Coast.

Here's a refreshing thought: San Francisco's nightlife scene is thriving, and nobody had to write a grant proposal to…

San Francisco has long been a pilgrimage destination for LGBTQ+ travelers from around the world, and that hasn't…

Here's something nobody in San Francisco talks about enough: it's actually kind of hard to meet people here.

While San Francisco's elected officials continue their usual circus of spending your money on programs that don't work…

Here's something you won't find in a budget report or a Board of Supervisors meeting: San Francisco is still…

Here's a fun exercise in government transparency: try figuring out whether you can bring a portable pizza oven to Ocean…

There's something about this seven-by-seven-mile peninsula that makes people want to sing about it.

Here's a question more Bay Area gym-goers are asking: Where can I work out without ending up as background content in…

Here's something we see all the time: people who've lived in the Bay Area for years, dropped thousands on rent, and…