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
Dial D for dysfunction
San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers are being asked to work with antiquated equipment, crazy hours, poor mental health, and alongside new trainees who aren’t prepared
How Jeffrey Epstein advised Minerva university’s early leaders
Newly released emails show how executives of San Francisco’s most ‘elite’ school needed help — and an occasional place to crash — from the disgraced financier
What will SF law enforcement do if ICE kicks in your door? Ask again in a few weeks
If SFPD, the Sheriff, and the DA have a plan to protect our Fourth Amendment rights, they’re not sharing it
These SF Bay Area companies have ICE and CBP contracts
A handful of small Bay Area firms are profiting handsomely by assisting ICE
Crashing out
D4’s Alan Wong says that Sunset Dunes is impacting ‘street safety.’ A new data analysis suggests otherwise
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
Neighborhood watch
One person’s experience living — and protesting ICE — near 630 Sansome St.
What you’ll be fighting about in 2026
Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments
The fight for Julie’s Kitchen
Facing eviction, the owners of the popular Crocker Galleria lunch spot want to take their landlord to trial
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









