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Another year, another Portola Festival ticketing disaster

Event promoter Goldenvoice gave diehard fans a collective heart attack on Wednesday with its glitched-out presale. What gives?

May 14, 2025

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

May 7, 2025

Corporate sponsors are fleeing from SF Pride. Good riddance.

Multinational brands throwing money at Pride events was never about supporting a radical future for queer people — it was a marketing scheme all along

March 21, 2025

Don’t vandalize Teslas just because you’re mad, dummy 

It is insane that anyone has to point this out

March 7, 2025

SFGOP all-in on the Trump and DOGE show so far

‘Moderate is not a thing anymore,’ expert says

March 7, 2025

I can’t stop thinking about this local news anchor’s pizza meatloaf

KGO-TV anchor Dion Lim knows the dish she posted to Facebook doesn’t look appetizing, but says it tasted damn good

January 6, 2025

Concerts at Chase Center are a complete nightmare

I can’t believe they spent $1.4 billion on a venue that makes every act sound like absolute shit

October 23, 2024

SFUSD parents deserve better — delay the school closures

The district assured parents that school closures would be decided with public input and only as a last resort. Now, the only way forward is by righting its wrongs

October 9, 2024

An ode to Tommy’s Joynt, the city’s paragon of gloriously okay food

San Francisco’s oldest hofbrau has made its humble home on Geary Boulevard since 1947. Here’s hoping it never changes

September 11, 2024