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
Community groups demand answers for police response to ICE at SFO
Advocates including the Public Defender’s Office want to investigate SFPD’s interactions with federal authorities
San Francisco is not a sanctuary city
The violent detainment of a mother at SFO is a reminder that ‘sanctuary’ ends at the circle of officers around the armed men and crying child
Must a chef be a tyrant?
San Francisco restauranteurs marinate on the Noma abuse allegations and if thrown pots (or punches) should finally be removed from the fine dining menu
Blockbuster: A $4.95 million price sets the bar for home ownership that much higher
A record-breaking sale of a Richmond house feels like an existential crisis for the neighborhood and the city
Saikat Chakrabarti gets social (but not socialist) with Hasan Piker
The Congressional hopeful joined America's leading socialist streamer for a friendly chat about Marx and World War III
The Chinatown stabbing was scary. The discourse around it may be scarier
Critics like Garry Tan, Susan Dyer Reynolds, and others are adding bias to a senseless act
Nazis in Your Neighborhood: Anti-fascist researchers out an extremist music label operating in the Tenderloin
Based in a supportive housing building, the one-man distributor sells fascist music and merch from all over the world
Brooke Jenkins: Stop making billionaires ‘the enemy’
The District Attorney was anything but moderate in her support of the city’s wealthiest
San Francisco Standard is going ‘AI-native’
A $150,000 grant from the Lenfest Institute is fueling a new app and more
Court dismisses lawsuit alleging abuse by Urban Alchemy workers
A Sausalito man claimed he was attacked for speaking out about unethical behavior, but the nonprofit denies all of it









