The Dissent

On a quiet stretch of Marin County, a building that started as a church, became a recording studio where Janis Joplin…

Along the stretch of Third Street south of Cesar Chavez, the city runs on things most residents never see: the…

At the edge of the lagoon on Baker Street, the swans were doing what they always do — moving slowly past the stone…

On the corner of Fifth and Market, the escalators have stopped.

In a region where most tech projects involve burning through venture capital and promising to "revolutionize" something…

In a city where government programs routinely burn through billions with little to show for it, Camp Mather stands as a…

For weeks, a cryptic poem sent hundreds of Bay Area residents scrambling through the Marin Headlands with shovels…

If you're single in the Bay Area and feel like dating has become an exercise in futility, congratulations — you're not…

Look, we normally cover city budgets, transit meltdowns, and the latest ways San Francisco finds to light taxpayer…

There's something deeply San Francisco about stumbling across fresh art taped to a wall by some anonymous creative who…

Here's a fun little snapshot of life in San Francisco in 2025: asking for an affordable haircut recommendation online…

So you're moving to San Francisco. Congratulations — and condolences to your savings account. Before you get here and…

There's a comedy show called The Ritual popping up in the Mission, and honestly, it's exactly the kind of thing that…

Remember when the LA 2028 Olympics organizers made that feel-good promise?

Oakland's own Boots Riley — rapper, filmmaker, activist, and professional agitator — is making the rounds in San…

Most of us can barely survive a Monday morning commute on Muni.

This isn't our usual beat. We typically spend our time here poking at budgets, questioning City Hall, and wondering why…

If you've got a toddler and a vague plan to "do more stuff this year," you've probably stared at an annual pass signup…

In a city that charges you $18 for avocado toast and wants to tax you for breathing, the Palace of Fine Arts remains…

If you've driven out to Treasure Island lately — past the construction zones, the half-finished developments, and the…

There's no place in San Francisco quite like Dolores Park.

Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's broken in the Bay Area — the spending, the bureaucracy…

Here's a sentence you shouldn't have to read in a major American city in 2025: residents are so fed up with the lack of…

In a city where a mediocre lunch runs you $22 and a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a mortgage in most of…

Sometimes the best things in San Francisco don't cost $1.2 billion, don't require a decade-long environmental review…

While city hall continues to pour millions into "activating" downtown with questionable grants and consultant-driven…

If you glanced toward the Bay Bridge recently and thought the skyline looked a little extra, you weren't imagining…

Somewhere in the winding streets of Chinatown, there's a dive bar with a single pool table and a bartender named Sunny.

In a city where every public amenity seems to come with a waitlist, a permit, or a neighborhood turf war, there's one…

Sometimes the best thing San Francisco can do for you is just get out of the way.