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
A parody Connie Chan chatbot is Scott Wiener’s newest tactic
ConnieChan.AI employs Anthropic’s tech for a novel interactive attack ad, but all Chan’s campaign sees is desperation
The new AI billboard locals actually like
Plus, OpenAI did a brand trip for influencers
Asshole shrugged
A Wall Street Journal op-ed-cum-manifesto by Mark Zuckerberg shows the utter failure of his super intelligence
Video shows woman violently detained by ICE at SFO
A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport says they are not involved in any decisions or operations by the Department of Homeland Security inside terminals
State Department targets SF figures in new ‘anti-communist’ report
Former district attorney and longtime pro-Palestine activist are among 43 people and organizations called out by the Trump administration
More than a man with a van: Guy behind the viral ‘Saikat lives in Maryland’ van has money ties to a pro-Wiener PAC
Conor Johnston has been paid nearly $30,000 by the PAC — but allegedly not for the van
Loud explosion in the Financial District draws crowds
First responders say it was a firework; no injuries were reported
Connie Chan is in the driver’s seat
‘There were a lot of people counting us out,’ says the primary winner and D1 supervisor as she downshifts her role as budget chair and kicks her run for Congress into high gear









