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.

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Manic Monday

Corgi hits the Dogpatch

Plus, the Stud ends up in Meta’s crosshairs

Cydney Hayes, Eddie Kim, and Joshua Bote

July 27, 2026

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

Eddie Kim

July 23, 2026

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

Eddie Kim

July 23, 2026

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

Eddie Kim

July 22, 2026

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