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
SF Dems are looking for key hires in effort to confront sexual crimes
The governing body is especially interested in people with little to no ties to local politics
City ruling opens door for much-delayed ‘pod homes’ to rise (again) downtown
After nearly two years of disputes with the city, Brownstone Shared Living sees a green light to expand dorm-style living in former office buildings. Is it the right fit?
Y Combinator backtracks from controversial AI factory surveillance startup
Optifye.ai promises to make factory floors more efficient, but Y Combinator has pulled supportive posts amid a torrent of mockery
Can an AI-powered app ‘Solve SF’ and its 311 woes?
A new app offers a faster way to report issues like graffiti to the city’s 311 line by just taking a photo. Here's the lowdown — and some lingering concerns
Do Park Rangers really need to be fingerprinting hot dog vendors?
Amid a terrifying national deportation crisis, San Francisco is still trying to crack down on immigrant vendors, to little avail
Elon Musk’s DOGE is a problem. But Bay Area techies are cheering it on
Support from some of S.F.'s biggest tech figures, including Garry Tan, shows the ideology fueling tech culture
I want to get off the Muni carousel of cuts and deficits
Amid a nationwide crisis of transit, S.F. is stuck with a 1970s mentality that could wreck the agency for the future
Malls are dead. It’s time to figure out what comes next.
Every upheaval has its victims, but real estate experts see a new dawn ahead
San Francisco’s Innocence Commission seems to have been on hiatus for nearly a year
The commission, tasked with looking for wrongful convictions on behalf of the District Attorney, hasn’t met since April 2024
Saying goodbye (temporarily?) to Sam Wo, a Chinatown institution
The beloved little restaurant, which first opened around 1912, is losing its chef-owner after four decades