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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

The Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres Are Getting a New Boss. Your Tickets Are Fine.

Live events mogul Ari Emanuel's MARI is buying ATG Entertainment, the company behind SF's Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres, in a deal announced…

Drew BennettThings to DoEvents3d ago

Robot Fighting Leagues Backed by VC and AI Sponsors Gear Up in SF

Two San Francisco robot fighting leagues backed by VC and AI sponsors are staging events, but a major announced competition at Kezar Pavilion lacks…

Devon ParkTechTechJuly 2, 2026

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

United Airlines Employee Threatens to Call ICE on Mexican-American Passenger at SFO

A uniformed United Airlines employee at San Francisco International Airport told a Mexican-American U.S.

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsJuly 21, 2026

Naked Guy vs. Park Rangers: Case Dismissed, Questions Remain

In a story that could only happen in San Francisco, charges have been dismissed against Martin Moulton — the man who allegedly stripped down at a Bob…

PoliticsApril 8, 2026

SF Politicians Condemn ICE at SFO — But the Facts Tell a More Complicated Story

San Francisco's elected officials are once again racing to the microphones to condemn federal immigration enforcement — this time over ICE actions at…

PoliticsMay 6, 2026

No Due Diligence, No Accountability: How SF Let an Unvetted Promoter Con City Hall Out of a Civic Center Boxing Bonanza

A British marketing executive with no boxing license and a questionable track record talked his way into a mayoral press conference and nearly staged…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsJune 13, 2026

The Masks in the Square Are Actually a Sales Pitch — for Veganism

At the Geary Street edge of Union Square on a recent Saturday evening, roughly a dozen people stood in a tight outward-facing square, each wearing a…

Casey WongNeighborhoodsCultureMay 24, 2026

Calling All Ducks Fans: Finding Your Flock in a Sharks Town

San Francisco has never been a hockey town in the traditional sense.

SportsMay 1, 2026

1015 Folsom Bouncer Tried to Confiscate a Patron's EpiPen. Yes, Really.

Here's a fun hypothetical: you have a life-threatening nut allergy, you carry an EpiPen everywhere like a responsible adult, and the bouncer at 1015…

CultureMay 19, 2026

Vikings, Rabbits, and Lucha Libre: Exactly the Kind of Chaos SF Needs Right Now

Somewhere in San Francisco, someone is building a show that combines Viking mythology, lucha libre wrestling, occult rituals, comedy, and — yes —…

CultureMay 18, 2026

Flowers Beyond the Dark: SF's Ukrainian Spring Film Marathon Brings Culture Without the Bureaucracy

A Cultural Event That Doesn't Need a Government Grant Speech San Francisco is getting a dose of something refreshing this spring — a film marathon…

CultureApril 25, 2026

The Airport That Generates $85 Billion Says Contractor Wages Are None of Its Business

Two weeks after San Francisco International Airport released a report boasting $85 billion in regional economic impact, the cabin cleaners and…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsJune 24, 2026

Cultura FC Brings Its Football Design Market to Jack London Square This Week

The self-described "Football's Design Conference" takes over Bloc 15 for two days of global football-culture vendors, Oakland Roots exhibitions, and…

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsJune 20, 2026

Lights Out: Power Outage Hits Costco and Stretches Across Neighborhoods

Nothing reminds you how fragile modern life is quite like standing in a darkened Costco, cart full of perishables, wondering if the free samples are…

GeneralApril 21, 2026

A Secret Cowboy Nut Wrestling League Is Apparently a Thing in the Bay Area

Look, we try to keep you informed about the things that matter in this city — housing costs, transit failures, government spending.

CultureMay 10, 2026

The Most Consistent Man in San Francisco Has Always Been at Powell and Market

A throwback photo of Frank Chu at Powell and Market from the 1990s recently made the rounds, and honestly, it hit different.

CultureApril 16, 2026

The Freest Residents of Fort Funston Don't Pay Taxes or Rent

While the rest of us spend our days navigating MUNI delays, parsing ballot measures, and wondering why our rent just went up again, the crows at Fort…

CultureApril 25, 2026

Uber and Lyft Surged Hard Leaving Outside Lands Friday. Here's the Cheaper Way Out Saturday and Sunday.

SFGATE clocked another year of brutal rideshare surges leaving Outside Lands on Friday night.

Drew BennettThings to DoEventsAugust 8, 2026

Muni's $100-a-Month Promise: Buses That Don't Stop, Drivers Who Don't Care

Here's a question for the SFMTA brass who keep asking San Franciscans to ditch their cars and embrace public transit: What exactly are riders getting…

TransitMay 13, 2026

SFPUC Wants You to Pay for Its Electrification Dreams

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has a bold new idea for its citywide electrification push: let the customers foot the bill.

PoliticsApril 29, 2026

Plainclothes ICE Agents Floor SF Resident at SFO; Attorneys Warn Airport Is a Federal Enforcement Trap

Iryna Gorb, a 38-year-old Ukrainian photographer who has lived in San Francisco for sixteen years, was tackled and handcuffed by plainclothes federal…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsJuly 24, 2026

Oakland's Postal Trucks Look Like They Survived a Graffiti War — And Apparently That's Just Fine

There's a certain charm to the United States Postal Service.

GeneralApril 28, 2026

After $2,000 in Sweeping Tickets, a Haight Developer Read the City's Own Data

Alejandro Vizio built CURB — a free, open-source web and iOS tool — after racking up roughly $2,000 in parking tickets with his girlfriend.

Casey WongNeighborhoodsCultureJune 24, 2026

A Is for Alphabet Soup Politics on Potrero Hill

A window display at Potrero and 17th Street is making the rounds: "A is for Abolish ICE" — because nothing says grassroots activism like turning…

PoliticsMay 9, 2026

Oakland Controls Its Airport. It Can't Stop the Weapons.

For nearly a year, activists have documented hundreds of military cargo shipments — including F-35 bomb-release systems bound for Israel — moving…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsJune 23, 2026

Twenty Years on the Wall, Gone Overnight

Sometime Tuesday night, someone reached up and pulled down a banner that had hung at Maggie McGarry's Irish Pub on North Beach's Broadway corridor…

Casey WongNeighborhoodsCultureMay 27, 2026

Teens Are Battling With Foam Swords in Balboa Park and Honestly? Good for Them.

If you were strolling through Balboa Park on a recent Saturday afternoon and stumbled upon a squadron of teenagers in jerseys, wielding foam-covered…

CultureApril 5, 2026

Shipping Container Fire at SFO Sends Black Smoke Over 101, Shuts Down AirTrain

A cargo pallet fire broke out at SFO this afternoon in the United Airlines cargo warehouse yard, sending a plume of black smoke visible from the…

TransitApril 4, 2026