The Dissent

The Bay Area — home to world-class tech companies, elite universities, and some of the most expensive real estate on…

Here's something that should be absolutely basic for any functioning municipality: clean water coming out of the tap.

Well, it's official: the county has declared mountain lions an "imminent threat." If you've been nervously eyeing the…

In a city where solving property crime often feels like an afterthought — San Francisco's clearance rate for burglaries…

If you needed a metaphor for San Francisco's waste management situation, here it is: a Recology truck literally fell…

Three people are dead and five more are injured after a car struck a group of people outside a store in Oakland.

San Francisco: where you can't afford eggs, but you might find a whole chicken wandering into traffic.

If you were anywhere near Stonestown this week and felt your phone buzz with a breathless emergency alert, you might…

Spring in San Francisco means fog, tourists in shorts, and the annual reign of terror by the city's most aggressive…

Here's a fun exercise: try Googling "rhinoplasty Bay Area" and see how fast your wallet starts sweating.

Here's a story that has nothing to do with city budgets, BART delays, or the latest supervisorial circus — and it might…

A person was fatally shot in the Outer Sunset — a neighborhood that routinely makes the list of San Francisco's…

16th and Mission is one of those intersections that politicians love to talk about and rarely do anything meaningful to…

Nothing says "world-class utility" quite like warning millions of customers that you're going to deliberately cut their…

Here's a sentence that perfectly captures the San Francisco experience: you need couples therapy, you're willing to do…

If you've been hacking your lungs out for the past few weeks, congratulations — you're not alone, and no, it's not just…

If you walked down California Street today and felt like the city was personally trying to knock you off your feet, you…

Owning a pet in San Francisco is a joy — until the vet bill hits and you briefly consider whether your cat would accept…

In a city where we spend a lot of time talking about what's broken — the budget, the bureaucracy, the endless cycle of…

In a city where public discourse usually revolves around billion-dollar budget shortfalls, fentanyl policy, and whether…

We talk a lot in this city about mental health resources, community care, and building support networks.

Here's a sentence that should make your blood boil: A Bay Area woman found a large mass near her ovaries, got an…

NAMIWalks San Francisco is back, and if there's one city that should be paying attention to a mental health awareness…

Here's something you don't see every day in the Bay Area: a major institution actually building something that…

While municipalities across the Bay Area spend millions on consultants, environmental impact reports, and multi-year…

A San Francisco resident's parked car was smashed in a hit and run near 24th and Cypress on Thursday afternoon, and the…

We've all had that moment in a parking garage where you wander around clicking your key fob like a desperate divining…

If you've stepped outside this week and immediately had your hair rearranged, your coffee splashed, and your will to…

We don't usually do pet adoption posts, but this one hit different.

Bay Area trash monopoly Recology is rolling out cameras on its garbage trucks to catch residents with overfilled bins —…