Toxic mushroom ‘super bloom’ brings death count to 3
California health officials have ramped up their messaging amid the deadliest mushroom season in decades
‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’
Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going
As Vanderbilt takes over CCA, students ask WTF?
City Hall is excited about the Tennessee university replacing California College of the Arts. Students less so
San Francisco: Dead and loving it
A new listings site from McSweeney’s doesn’t quite prove that nothing ever happens in this city
Neighborhood watch
One person’s experience living — and protesting ICE — near 630 Sansome St.
Guitar wizard
From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy
CBS News drops its anchor in the Bay
Tony Dokoupil is in San Francisco to ponder the future
Move fast and sell books
Former tech reporters Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr are running The Best Bookstore in Union Square like a startup
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Gazetteer SF launches quarterly newspaper
There’s no better place than the printed page to restore value to the written word
COMMENTARY
What you’ll be fighting about in 2026
Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments
SF PLAYS ITSELF
It’s a wonderful life
In ‘The Game,’ David Fincher turned San Francisco into a trap for a man who thinks he owns the place
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La Cigale is Fire
The multicourse dinner at Glen Park’s newest hot spot is cooked over a wood-burning grill
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Print is forever
As AI rises, the Bay Area is awash in a full-on print revival, from magazines to books to this website’s own quarterly paper
Happy January 6, Ariel Pink
The LA musician was widely condemned for attending Trump’s pre-riot rally five years ago. This week, he’s playing the Chapel
The city’s sobering center won’t open until March or April
Called RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage), the facility is part of a larger plan by the mayor’s office to help chronic drug users get treatment
Hazie’s bartender fired after viral incident
Miguel Marchese was terminated from his position over email on Saturday
Memories of overdevelopment
Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg’s ‘Hollow City’ at 25
POLITICS
Daniel Lurie’s 2025 wins and losses
From family zoning to dead mice, an assessment of the mayor’s first year in office
BUSINESS
Server farm to table
AI-generated images are rising in popularity on delivery apps and menus across SF. How far will we take this race to the bottom in food photography?
TECH
Tech holiday parties are getting smaller
Holiday parties used to feature Greek gods and Gatsby themes. Now they’re lucky to have a magician or inflatable shark
FOOD & DRINK
Five favorite food moments of 2025
A short list of what I ate up in the world of food this year
IMMIGRATION
Inside SFUSD’s response to the troop surge that wasn’t
Principals say they were left to improvise their own responses to threats posed to students, parents, and staff from ICE and other agencies
