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
Neighbors dealing with a spike in Richmond District garage burglaries turn to a simple solution from small-town Kansas
When Kansan Liz Shepherd started selling garage door latch shields, she never guessed San Francisco would become her biggest market
The City’s most ‘Bomb-Azz’ tacos are sold from a Mission District garage
Luis Gutierrez is the latest in a dynasty of Mexican restaurant proprietors to discover the joy of feeding people
Gaming the system: Ranked choice voting has become a tool for the city’s most powerful political groups
TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco are teaching voters how to kill Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s odds of a surprise win.
Disgruntled parents criticize SFUSD’s ‘broken’ process for choosing which schools to close
Language barriers, fear of racial disparities have marred community outreach efforts, but district is pushing to move forward
Can Hulu Wa break the Castro’s retail curse?
Family-owned Chinese bistro struggling despite great food, in storefront that’s seen high turnover
Mayoral debate was a scripted snoozefest except for these few funny moments
Breed battles protestors, Farrell’s Market Street delusions, Peskin’s favorite bar… we watched the live stream so you don’t have to!
District 3 supervisor candidate steps out of race after domestic violence accusation
JConr B. Ortega, an activist and well-known gadfly at city meetings, was running on a platform of supporting businesses and cleaning up the city through law and order
Lawsuit against Urban Alchemy alleges assault, sexual harassment, drug dealing in Sausalito
Complaint says employees were involved in meth sales and sexual exploitation of unhoused women
Garry Tan’s mudslinging against SFMTA Chief Tumlin is a bizarre battle over the ‘tech singularity’
One of SF’s loudest activists is trying to get Tumlin fired, but it’s bigger than cars, buses and trains — he’s talking “deceleration,” e/acc, and the paranoid fight for human evolution
Campus anti-war encampments may have birthed a new generation of Bay Area activists
The tents are down and negotiations are on pause, but these student protesters say the pro-Palestine encampments have had a profound impact on their beliefs, tactics, and ambitions