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You Lost the Stern Grove Draw All Summer. So Did 80% of Everyone Else.

A 12,000-seat meadow drew an average of 100,000 entries per show this season.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsJust now

Prop 50 Dissolved Kevin Kiley's District Six Ways. Now He's the Redistricting War's Loneliest Bet.

The conservative congressman that a heartbroken Placer County retiree can no longer vote for has quit the Republican Party, entered a district Kamala…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics1h ago

The Bears Ears Mining Claims Are a Courtroom Bet, Not a Mining Rush

A mining outfit rushed to stake seven claims in what used to be Bears Ears National Monument barely a day after President Trump moved to shrink it —…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics2h ago

The Lead Leg: Half a Unit on Kauê Fernandes, After the Value Already Left

I already have UFC 330 on the record — half a unit on Ian Garry at +290 in the main event, posted yesterday.

Sal MorenoSportingSports23h ago

Jokeland's Free Comedy Night Turns a South Berkeley Art Gallery Into a Testing Ground

A no-cover, roughly-monthly variety comedy show runs Saturday at 8 p.m.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsYesterday

The Chalk Keeps Sliding: A Half-Unit on Ian Garry at +290

Let me tell you what I actually am here: a guy who's spent three days reading other people's homework on a fight I'm genuinely excited to watch, not…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsYesterday

Skip the Small Talk Brings Its Anti-Networking Night to Fluid510 — and It Sells Out

A ticketed, structured conversation event where strangers trade deeper prompts instead of surface chatter lands at Fluid510 in downtown Oakland on…

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsYesterday

The Giants Get the Right Pitcher Against the Worst Road Team in Baseball

Let me get the confession out of the way first: four days ago I told you to take the under at Oracle because the Giants can't score.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsYesterday

The Mess Hall Opens Aug. 15 in the Presidio, Three Concepts Sharing One Kitchen

A 6,200-square-foot food hall at Presidio Tunnel Tops opens Saturday — three fast-casual concepts, a bar, a café and a market splitting one kitchen.

Jules MartinezFoodFood5d ago

The Giants Can't Score. Take the Under at Oracle.

I've written the Giants' funeral so many times this summer the priest knows my order.

Sal MorenoSportingSports5d ago

Oakland Sticker Club's 4th Sticker Faire Hits Lovely's This Weekend — and Sunday's the All-Ages One

The Oakland Sticker Club's fourth annual Sticker Faire runs two sessions at Lovely's in Oakland — a Saturday night market for grown-ups and an…

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsAugust 6, 2026

The Giants Continue to Sell: Heliot Ramos to the Yankees and the Rebuild Continues

The San Francisco Giants have signaled a full commitment to their rebuilding efforts by reportedly trading outfielder Heliot Ramos to the New York…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsAugust 3, 2026

Webb Owns Texas. Take the Giants at Even Money While Buster Sells Around Him.

Here's the tell in the number: a 47-65 team, on the road, in a hitter's box in Arlington, and the market makes it a coin flip.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsAugust 3, 2026

A Cannabis Café on Valencia, and the Ordinance That Rescued a 10-Year Bet

San Francisco could be home to the Bay Area's first Amsterdam-style cannabis café by next summer — the payoff of a decade-long gamble that only…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsAugust 2, 2026

Padres Have a Reason to Show Up. The Giants Have a Countdown Clock.

Here's the situation, and it's not complicated.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsAugust 2, 2026

A Rave Is Taking Over Eastridge Mall's Center Court on Sept. 5

MALLORAMA, a one-night rave from LA's Brownies & Lemonade and local crew San Jose Foos, hits Eastridge's Center Court on Sept.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsJuly 31, 2026

A Beautiful Night in a Sold-Off Summer: Susac Homers Again, Ray Wins Again, and the Clock Runs Out

The Giants beat the Padres 4-1 on Thursday night: a rookie catcher named Daniel Susac homered for the third time in two days, and Robbie Ray won his…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 31, 2026

ChoreoFest Closes Out at Yerba Buena Gardens This Saturday — Free, No Ticket

The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival wraps its two-day ChoreoFest outdoor dance showcase this Saturday, August 1, 2:00–4:00 PM.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsJuly 26, 2026

Logan Webb's July Is Costing His Team Money. Take the Angels.

Logan Webb has been the San Francisco Giants' one non-negotiable reason for hope this season.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 24, 2026

The Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival Is This Weekend. Park at the Community Center.

The 47th edition of one of the South Bay's biggest street festivals hits downtown Los Altos on July 11–12.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsJuly 13, 2026

The Return on Investment: How Gabby Williams' Career Year Validates the Valkyries' Star-Studded Bet

The Golden State Valkyries' aggressive recruitment of Gabby Williams, featuring owner Joe Lacob and Draymond Green, is being validated by Williams'…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 12, 2026

France's Midfield is Broken. Spain Advances.

I'll be honest with you: I am not a soccer guy.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 12, 2026

Dodgers to Pound Diamondbacks with Yamamoto on the Mound

The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to face the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight, and all signs point to a dominant performance from the home team.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 11, 2026

Rockies at Oracle: The Altitude Hangover Is Real

It's July 11th, the LeBron news cycle is still spinning, and I have no edge on where he lands.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 10, 2026

Fifty-One Runs of Reason: White Sox ML Over the A's Tonight

There's a number that's been gnawing at me all day while everyone was busy processing the Porzingis news: 51 runs.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 10, 2026

Robbie Ray Is the Hottest Pitcher Nobody's Talking About. Tonight He Draws Tanner Gordon and the Rockies.

The Brandon Aiyuk drama is still steaming — the YouTube video, the ex-agent, the John Lynch best-man conspiracy — but there's no market for that soap…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 10, 2026

Giants to Cover the Runline at Home Against Rockies

The initial assignment had me looking into LeBron James' free agency, but that story has been thoroughly explored, and there's no betting market for…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 9, 2026

Giants at Home: A Rocky Mountain High for San Francisco's Moneyline

The Dissent does not chase news, we report it.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 9, 2026

Dodgers-Rockies: Hammer the Over as Pitching Woes, Debut Jitters Collide

Sal Moreno, Sporting here, and if you're looking for fireworks tonight, Chavez Ravine is the place to be.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 8, 2026

Rockies to cover against struggling Sasaki

The Dodgers are a public team, always heavily favored, especially at home against the Colorado Rockies.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 8, 2026