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A 19-year-old SF State dropout is leading a global shoegaze revival

SF native Natalie Lu went big on TikTok with a song she recorded on her phone. Her first homecoming show ever was a family affair that proves her rock star bona fides

May 23, 2024

We retraced the steps of the viral ‘sketchiest walk’ through Mid Market, talked to folks on the street, and made a new friend

A visiting techie from Austin claimed a stroll through Downtown SF was worse than the conditions in Brazil and Colombia. Is this a “tech dystopia,” or just real life? 

May 23, 2024

Piranhas and Bond villains show up in SF court for Autonomy-HP trial over ‘largest fraud in history’ of Silicon Valley

Autonomy co-founder Michael Lynch’s love of 007 is emphasized by US prosecutors seeking to paint him as 'master of the universe'

May 22, 2024

San Francisco should brace itself for swagged-out Zuck copycats

Starting with his tasteful $250 Swedish sneakers

May 22, 2024

A night out in North Beach with the Republican Club of San Francisco 

Over eggplant parmigiana at the Italian Athletic Club, Joan Leone details her Democrat-free social circle and former supe Tony Hall hints at mayoral run

May 17, 2024

The true story behind the kid who went 1940s viral for his week at the cinemas in San Francisco

With $20 in his pocket, Richard Allen had a wild week of movies, comic books, and hot dogs. But the tale belies a harsher home life that he wanted to escape, his daughter says

May 16, 2024

Planter helter skelter in the City

A group dubbed Gardens Not Barricades has launched its public effort to stop the spread of what they call ‘hostile’ planters. Meanwhile, the city’s upcoming policy is leaving few stakeholders happy

May 14, 2024

The Bay’s best K-pop shop is reviving City’s beleaguered Parkside neighborhood 

Stans travel from far and wide to SarangHello, a bright spot in a residential neighborhood hit hard by the one-two punch of construction and COVID

May 10, 2024

The last stand of John Dennis 

Contrarian and Libertarian SFGOP boss battles ‘hostile takeover’ by what he calls anti-Trump Briones Society, lawsuit threatened

May 9, 2024

Sexual assault committee member’s former top consultant is being sued for sexual assault 

Supervisor candidate Trevor Chandler has directed the majority of his campaign funds to BaughmanMerrill, whose eponymous founder is facing a sexual assault lawsuit

May 7, 2024