Dispatches filed from Japantown, in reverse chronological order.
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Look, we usually cover city budgets and transit disasters around here, but every once in a while a question hits our radar that speaks to a fundamental San Francisco truth: this city is unreasonably expensive…
By The Desk · May 12, 2026
In a city where people swipe through human beings like they're browsing DoorDash menus, someone out there is trying to find a stranger who helped her…
Look, we normally cover city hall fumbles and transit meltdowns around here.
Another small business in San Francisco is getting shown the door — not because it failed, but because the building management decided it was time to…
San Francisco's Cherry Blossom Festival is back in Japantown for 2026, and this year the annual celebration is leveling up with comedian Atsuko…
Look, we spend a lot of time around here talking about budget deficits, crumbling infrastructure, and city hall shenanigans.
Here's a fun little counterpoint to every doom-and-gloom "San Francisco is dead" take you've seen this year: people are still out here, in the wild…
Mark your calendars: the SF Cherry Blossom Festival is back for 2026, spanning two weekends — April 11-12 and April 18-19 — in Japantown.
San Francisco's Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is back in Japantown this weekend, drawing an expected 200,000+ visitors over two days.