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If these walls could talk

With an Instagram account you can practically smell, Brooke Janser documents the noble rot of San Francisco dive bar bathrooms

October 24, 2025

Veteran Black SFJAZZ director sues for discrimination

The San Francisco musical institution has acknowledged 'systemic racism and bias' in the past

October 24, 2025

Pay to play

'Relationships company' 222 wants to solve the loneliness problem with an algorithm

October 23, 2025

So funny we forgot to laugh

AI slop billboards have gotten so absurd that even an obvious satire is being taken seriously

October 22, 2025

All quiet on the Castro front

Residents and workers in the city’s most storied neighborhood wonder what a National Guard deployment might look like

October 22, 2025

Dancers in the dark

With screenings across the city, the San Francisco Dance Film Festival blends movement, music, and the movies

October 22, 2025

Beta-testing a new world order

Today, SafetyWing wants customers for its insurance products. Tomorrow, it wants statehood

October 17, 2025

A bold approach

Writer and editor Lauren Markham introduces her print-only ‘organizing pamphlet-meets-literary magazine’ The Approach tonight at City Lights

October 15, 2025

It’s Broke-Ass Stuart’s city, we just live in it

The scrappy nightlife mascot on his new book, falling in and out of love with San Francisco, and why he can’t quit MS Word

October 15, 2025

Everybody loves Dua Lipa

The podcasting pop star sold out two nights at Chase Center and flexed her subtle star power

October 14, 2025