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
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
The city is expanding a program that helps small businesses fix broken windows and other vandalism. Is it enough?
The grant gives thousands of dollars to fix smashed storefronts, and demand is increasing — but some shop owners are hoping for further relief
Two of the city’s biggest political groups are merging — but it looks more like crisis response than evolution
TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better SF spent millions on the November election, with little to show for it. Will joining forces get them any more?