After moving to the City in 2013, my husband and I settled in beautiful Bernal Heights. We loved everything about it. Everything, of course, except some of the neighbors. One time, we witnessed a yelling match between the people next to us and the people behind us about whether or

If you’re trying to piss off a San Franciscan, here are six ways to do it. I’ve no doubt there are more. Several more. You’re encouraged to add to the list. 1. Openly support Trump (or Biden, or Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, London Breed…) “Frisco” doesn’t get much of a

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street

Imagine you’re a gang member in the most stereotypical sense possible. Like you’re a caricature for Fox News to scare boomers from ever stepping foot outside of the suburbs. You’re sitting in your house. There’s a gun stashed under the bed, a shoebox stuffed with roughly $6,000 in cash and

Martin Luther King famously said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” I think anyone with common sense can recognize the validity

London Breed is falling down. A recent poll conducted by the San Francisco Standard found the mayor of San Francisco’s approval rating had sunk by thirteen percent since May. From city school districts to its beleaguered police department, disapproval of London Breed’s performance is mutual among typically disparate sectors. Only

By Ian Firstenberg In a year, Mayor London Breed has effectively insulated herself and consolidated her political power through a series of influential appointments, most recently appointing Brooke Jenkins to succeed the recently recalled Chesa Boudin. Jenkins, the face of the Boudin recall, was sworn in as San Francisco’s new

EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS STORY WAS BASED OFF OF A PIECE WRITTEN BY IAN FIRSTENBERG ENTITLED “SFPD Officer arrested on multiple charges of insurance fraud has a messy history.” You were supposed to read his article, but I fucked up. lol I’ve always said the best and most annoying criminals are

If one word in the English language could succinctly describe San Francisco, what would it be? For me, the word that most accurately describes San Francisco is contradiction. We want to have it all. San Francisco outwardly wants to be a city that is a safe haven for the disenfranchised,