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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.

Dial D for dysfunction

San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers are being asked to work with antiquated equipment, crazy hours, poor mental health, and alongside new trainees who aren’t prepared

February 11, 2026

How Jeffrey Epstein advised Minerva university’s early leaders

Newly released emails show how executives of San Francisco’s most ‘elite’ school needed help — and an occasional place to crash — from the disgraced financier

February 6, 2026

What will SF law enforcement do if ICE kicks in your door? Ask again in a few weeks

If SFPD, the Sheriff, and the DA have a plan to protect our Fourth Amendment rights, they’re not sharing it

February 2, 2026

These SF Bay Area companies have ICE and CBP contracts

A handful of small Bay Area firms are profiting handsomely by assisting ICE

January 26, 2026

Crashing out

D4’s Alan Wong says that Sunset Dunes is impacting ‘street safety.’ A new data analysis suggests otherwise

January 22, 2026

Talk of the Tenderloin

A trio of local news vets launched ‘The Tenderloin Voice’ to tell the stories of a frequently covered, but little understood, neighborhood

January 15, 2026

Neighborhood watch

One person’s experience living — and protesting ICE — near 630 Sansome St.

January 12, 2026

What you’ll be fighting about in 2026

Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments

January 9, 2026

The fight for Julie’s Kitchen

Facing eviction, the owners of the popular Crocker Galleria lunch spot want to take their landlord to trial

December 19, 2025

Ghirardelli workers want benefits bigger than a Maraschino cherry

The picket line is happening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, and somebody already called the cops on them

December 16, 2025