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Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

🐎Lunar New Year, a Book Fair, & Kevin Smith

Feb 17, 2026

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15 min read

🐎Lunar New Year, a Book Fair, & Kevin Smith

Best Bay Area Events 2/17-3/2

Vanessa Gil

On the Picket Line, I Rediscovered the San Francisco That I Love

Feb 17, 2026

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6 min read

On the Picket Line, I Rediscovered the San Francisco That I Love

After a historic week on the picket lines, a teacher reflects on solidarity, working-class San Francisco, and why supporting teachers means supporting students.

Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely

Why The Bay Area's Billionaires Should Save BART

Feb 17, 2026

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5 min read

Why The Bay Area's Billionaires Should Save BART

The Rich Should Subsidize Us For Once

Abraham Woodliff

Drone-Led Arrests: Crime Prevention or Mass Surveillance?

Feb 16, 2026

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7 min read

Drone-Led Arrests: Crime Prevention or Mass Surveillance?

SFPD's recent arrest-by-drone has sinister implications beyond fighting crime.

Jake Warren

What it Was Like As a Parent During the Teachers' Strike

Feb 13, 2026

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4 min read

What it Was Like As a Parent During the Teachers' Strike

We won!

Bunny McFadden

Trump Demands SF Public Housing Residents Prove Citizenship

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

Trump Demands SF Public Housing Residents Prove Citizenship

Trump’s Executive Order 14218, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,” and that “federal housing assistance will no longer be granted to illegal aliens or sanctuary cities.”

James Conrad

The Quiet Resistance of Japanese Internment, at Potrero Stage

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

The Quiet Resistance of Japanese Internment, at Potrero Stage

Sometimes the most powerful show of strength comes in the form of quiet resistance. Two chairs, two rice paper screens, a desk, a suitcase, and a coat rack make up the stark set of Miyoko Sakatani’s In the Spirit of Gaman: The Mitsuye Endo Story.

Vita Hewitt

Why is Burdell Facing Viral Backlash Over a Service Fee?

Feb 11, 2026

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9 min read

Why is Burdell Facing Viral Backlash Over a Service Fee?

As service charges become more common, Burdell’s controversy reveals how tipping culture, misinformation, and social media can collide.

Katy Atchison

Low-Cost Art Classes to Help You Escape Your Existential Dread

Feb 11, 2026

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8 min read

Low-Cost Art Classes to Help You Escape Your Existential Dread

Escape the daily grind through affordable art classes that unleash creativity, get you off the couch, and spark hidden talents across the Bay Area's coolest workshops.

Guest Writer

The Curiosity Guild: Weird History Meets Storytelling Magic

Feb 11, 2026

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6 min read

The Curiosity Guild: Weird History Meets Storytelling Magic

Dive into captivating monthly talks that unearth bizarre historical tales, reviving the spirit of Odd Salon with fresh, delightful storytelling perspectives.

Katy Atchison

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

🐎Lunar New Year, a Book Fair, & Kevin Smith

On the Picket Line, I Rediscovered the San Francisco That I Love

Why The Bay Area's Billionaires Should Save BART

Drone-Led Arrests: Crime Prevention or Mass Surveillance?

What it Was Like As a Parent During the Teachers' Strike

Trump Demands SF Public Housing Residents Prove Citizenship

The Quiet Resistance of Japanese Internment, at Potrero Stage

Why is Burdell Facing Viral Backlash Over a Service Fee?

Low-Cost Art Classes to Help You Escape Your Existential Dread

The Curiosity Guild: Weird History Meets Storytelling Magic

Broke-Ass Stuart