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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City’s controversial window-replacement policy finally gets a change

Changing old windows and frames to newer, more eco-friendly options used to be a giant pain. After years and years of complaints, City Planning debuted its new policy this week

Eddie Kim

May 9, 2025

Commentary

Charlie Kirk’s right-wing takeover of SF left me so, so bored

The Christian nationalist pundit brought out a nominal fandom at San Francisco State University on Tuesday. Turns out, fascism creep feels a lot like a shitty debate club

Eddie Kim

May 7, 2025

Footage from a Tenderloin nonprofit shows potential abuse of an unhoused person

CCTV footage shows a worker at a GLIDE facility harassing a sleeping figure in 2024, and the organization won’t answer our questions about what happened

Eddie Kim

May 1, 2025

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