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Eddie Kim reports on San Francisco news — including politics, crime, commerce, social conflict, and everything in between.
<div>He was a longtime features writer at the critically acclaimed men&#8217;s magazine Mel, and has contributed to major publications including Vice, Slate, The Guardian and Paste Magazine. He began his career doing hyperlocal journalism at L.A. Downtown News, where he won multiple awards from the L.A. Press Club and California News Publishers Association.</div>
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Eddie Kim

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What you’ll be fighting about in 2026

Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for Gazetteer SF. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for The Drift, Architectural Digest, Baltimore, Entertainment Weekly, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.

Cydney Hayes

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Move fast and sell books

Joshua Bote is an associate editor for Gazetteer SF, focusing on the nexus of culture, trends, and digital phenomena within San Francisco.
Previously, he covered technology for The San Francisco Standard and SFGate. He’s also served as a trending news reporter at USA Today, and as a music writer at NPR. His work has been published in places like New York Magazine, Billboard, and Paste.

Joshua Bote

Happy January 6, Ariel Pink

Joel covers the forces in San Francisco — money, business, personalities, local law, and politics — that bind the city and pull it apart. He most recently worked for Bloomberg News reporting on state and federal courts.
Previously, he covered the crime beat for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was a freelancer in New York City. Before that, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. He was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, studied public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and has a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School.
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Joel Rosenblatt

The city’s sobering center won’t open until March or April

Olivia Peluso is a food and drink reporter for Gazetteer SF.
Previously, she covered young founders and changemakers for Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. She has contributed coverage on business, technology, and climate to publications including Vogue Business, Business Insider, and Travel + Leisure.

Olivia Peluso

Hazie’s bartender fired after viral incident

Zack Ruskin is a <a href="https://zackruskin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">freelance reporter</a> living in San Francisco.  His bylines include Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Alta Journal, and San Francisco Chronicle.

Zack Ruskin

Pavement to headline Mosswood Meltdown

The Bay Area’s best music critics pick the best songs of 2025

Gazetteer SF’s most-read stories of 2025

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Matt Haber is editor-in-chief of Gazetteer SF. He started his journalism career in 1995 as a freelance writer for Wired. He’s worked for The Village Voice, The New York Observer, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Inc., Alta Journal, and others. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Guardian.
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Matt Haber

Five for 2025

Gazetteer SF publishes original San Francisco news written by humans and delivers it directly to subscribers via email and text, bypassing algorithms.

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