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The dream of the ‘90s is dead at Gap

All the Cranberries needle drops in the world can’t bring back what made us (or our moms) linger at the basics brand’s stores back in the day

July 15, 2026

Once again, Pride is a riot

The tension around Pride and who gets to celebrate it boiled over this weekend

July 1, 2026

Steve Hilton is the Del Taco of Republican candidates

The Atherton-dwelling, mid-tier Fox News talking head running for governor is more super bad than supervillain

June 15, 2026

Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem

AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that

May 29, 2026

Everlane’s fire sale is a race to the bottom

Like many San Francisco success stories, Everlane, whose sale to Shein was just reported, diluted its early ideals in pursuit of hockey-stick growth

May 19, 2026

San Francisco’s power players want to cash in on BTS fandom

With BTS at Stanford and a mini-fleet of branded Waymos rolling through the city, K-pop fandom is at risk of being fully co-opted

May 12, 2026

Come with me to try another app that’s robbing you of life’s magic

If Claude could bite your food to see if it’s cooled down enough to eat, would you let it?

May 8, 2026

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

March 23, 2026

Fatiguing fascism

The outrage over Greg Bovino’s ‘Nazi chic’ outfit in Minnesota ignores the reality that in a society of the spectacle, we’re all fighting for stage time

March 13, 2026

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

March 10, 2026