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The best books I read this year

The rest of the newsroom has the week off, so I'm just posting my thoughts in the CMS

December 23, 2024

If your tech company isn’t hiring a magician for your holiday party, do you even work in tech?

Apparently, December is the busiest season for San Francisco’s magician community

December 20, 2024

Happy almost-Carol Day, to all those who celebrate

It’s the most magical time of the year for fans of historical lesbian melodrama (and the women who love them)

December 19, 2024

We figured out why all those tourist shirts say San Francisco was ‘est. 1975’

A brief investigation of a great Fisherman’s Wharf mystery

December 17, 2024

SF’s best-kept dining secret is at a SoMa strip club

Gold Club is famous for their chicken — but absolutely do not sleep on the $15.99 prime rib

December 13, 2024

This Saturday, Parol Lantern Festival will bring a taste of Filipino Christmas to Yerba Buena

The Philippines celebrate Christmas like no other nation

December 12, 2024

Online stores are selling out of Breloom plushies, the Pokémon in Luigi Mangione’s Twitter bio

The toy has been a 'middle-of-the-road' seller until now, one store owner told us

December 10, 2024

Now that they have a roster, let’s all get to know SF’s new WNBA team

Everything we know (so far) about the Golden State Valkyries, the Bay's first WNBA franchise

December 10, 2024

A brief history of Jim’s Guide, the guide to everything named Jim’s in ‘70s SF

One of the last remaining copies of the booklet is selling for hundreds of dollars, for any interested Jims out there

December 5, 2024