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Eddie Kim

Eddie Kim reports on San Francisco news — including politics, crime, commerce, social conflict, and everything in between.

He was a longtime features writer at the critically acclaimed men’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.

Talk of the Tenderloin

A trio of local news vets launched ‘The Tenderloin Voice’ to tell the stories of a frequently covered, but little understood, neighborhood

January 15, 2026

Neighborhood watch

One person’s experience living — and protesting ICE — near 630 Sansome St.

January 12, 2026

What you’ll be fighting about in 2026

Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments

January 9, 2026

The fight for Julie’s Kitchen

Facing eviction, the owners of the popular Crocker Galleria lunch spot want to take their landlord to trial

December 19, 2025

Ghirardelli workers want benefits bigger than a Maraschino cherry

The picket line is happening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, and somebody already called the cops on them

December 16, 2025

Nobody needs ‘People Behaving Badly’

Stanley Roberts’ popular public shaming segment is back on KRON, pettier and more pathetic than ever

December 12, 2025

The California Poach

The West Coast expansion of New York’s tabloid mainstay has scooped up three of the SF Standard’s top staffers

December 8, 2025

Wanna buy Thursday Boots in Hayes Valley? Keep walking

The direct-to-consumer shoemaker has been teasing its San Francisco shop for months but their store remains dark

December 8, 2025

How to steal $11 million: Ask for a pen

As this weekend’s crypto robbery in Mission Dolores shows, you don’t need to be a super hacker to get ahold of someone’s holdings. You just need to show up

November 25, 2025

Sit it off

A street-level view of Mayor Lurie’s new sobering center plan

November 21, 2025