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.Connect
Manny Yekutiel’s failed power grab
What the cafe owner and would-be D8 supervisor’s campaign implosion tells us about how power works (and doesn’t work) in San Francisco
Saikat Chakrabarti is still pumping money into SF’s left
The former congressional candidate wants Connie Chan in DC, and he’s dropped an additional $1.4 million this summer to aid her campaign and others across the country
Gary McCoy is done with half-measures on homelessness
The D8 candidate knows the struggle with drugs and the city’s social safety net firsthand. As the mayor cuts key services and personnel, McCoy is done with ‘Doing the same thing over and over again’
Five years in, Portola heats up
The music festival’s growing pains are over and the party at Pier 80 is a raver’s dream
The hottest tech party we’re happy we missed
Plus, Dario Amodei is being dragged everywhere, so to speak
Meet the hometown heroes of Portola Festival
These local artists are representing at San Francisco’s biggest dance music event at Pier 80
Y Combinator’s PAC is throwing money at a bunch of Republicans across the country
Garry Tan and other leaders at the San Francisco-based tech incubator are trying to build a tech-forward future one donation at a time
What should we make of the AI doomsday campaign?
Plus, Daniel Lurie fumbles a TikTok post (RARE!)
Face Time: Monika Bauerlein is too busy to celebrate
As Mother Jones turns 50 this year, its CEO isn’t looking back
Pramila Jayapal endorses Connie Chan
In a tightening race, Chan gets the backing of a congressional Medicare for All architect, but Scott Wiener still has a longer resume on the matter











