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The Weirdest Things I’ve Seen on Muni
A comic diary by Kelly O’Grady. “The Weirdest Things I’ve Seen on Muni” is published by The Bold Italic Editors in The Bold Italic → Read More
An Open Mic for Every Night of the Week
365 days a year, the Bay Area is a great place to grab a mic and slam. → Read More
Our Favorite Signs from the SFO Anti-Trump Protest (Photos)
Last weekend, thousands showed up at San Francisco International Airport to protest President Trump’s executive order authorizing a travel ban for non-citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries… → Read More
How Two Photographers Captured the Soul of the Tenderloin (Photos)
When Brenton Gieser and Felix Uribe set out to document San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, they didn’t want to simply take some pictures for the day and leave. Rather, they sought to create an… → Read More
The Legend of the Sunset Raccoon Man
The (theoretically) true story of the techie turned wild-animal whisperer → Read More
Peep These Epic Helicopter Shots of San Francisco
The difficulties of city living make it easy to forget San Francisco’s natural beauty. The vistas and scenery offered by our 47 hills have drawn thousands of artists and inspired the counterculture… → Read More
This Week in Trump LOLs
Every hour the Trumpocalypse ticks closer. Some intrepid artists are dealing with the pain by making us laugh. This week we unearthed children’s books, sketch comedy and a Spiderman-Trump mash-up… → Read More
What Are Your Sexual Fantasies?
While eating Cheez-its in bed, Kelly’s partner asks him if he has any sexual fantasies. Comedy ensues. → Read More
The Most Delicious Food Writing from 2016
I guess eating birds’ hearts is a thing now, because you can consume either grilled pigeon’s heart or jerk-spiced duck heart in San Francisco these days. Read more…. We polled our notoriously over… → Read More
The Best Worst Jobs in the Bay Area
“If you can pay money for it, someone will do it,” might be a corrolary to the Internet’s Rule 34. We saw the extent of this truism in 2016 by exposing you (no pun intended, unfortunately) to the… → Read More
The Best of Humor Writing 2016
From children’s commentary on Burning Man to unnecessary bingo cards to techie skewerings, these are the humor articles that our readers loved this year. “It’s a clam with a giant tongue waving out… → Read More
The Best of Politics 2016
Politically speaking, 2016 was a clown-car train wreck in slow motion. We try to bring you more of the clowns and less of the gore. In any case, here are the political stories our readers loved this… → Read More
Your Winter Guide to Northern California Vacations
It’s winter in California, meaning the once-golden hills are now a pleasant green; the night arrives agonizingly early; and the stream of traffic between Tahoe and the Bay Area is pretty much… → Read More
“We Try to Keep You in Debt as Long as Possible”: Confessions of a Collections Agent
It all started with a phone call to my father. I explained to him that I was unsatisfied with my life and that all my grand ambitions had materialized into me serving pizza to rude customers five… → Read More
True Stories of Homelessness in San Francisco
We’re proud to be joining other SF Homeless Project partners for the second Homeless Day of Action. Today, we bring you stories of currently or formerly homeless San Franciscans. “‘I was sentenced to… → Read More
What’s on the Bay Area’s Mind?
Two things: weed and Trump. Since Election Day, the protests have been pretty much nonstop. → Read More
My Body Hates My IUD — But It Was Still Worth It
The doctor points to a tray full of dangerous-looking objects. They’re all really long and narrow and make it seem more like she’s trying to serve me as a shawarma than install a prophylactic. The… → Read More
The Best (and Worst) Museums to Visit While Stoned
Countless San Francisco museum guides exist. In fact, we’ve probably written a few ourselves. But we realized that there was a gaping, smoking hole in our offerings for those of us with legal ways of… → Read More
We Asked a Politics Professor to Explain What Your Life Might Look Like Under a Trump Presidency
Do you like free speech, reproductive rights or Obamacare? I have some bad news for you. → Read More
Berkeley High School Students Just Staged a Huge Walk-Out (Photos)
At 9:30am this morning, students from Berkeley High School in downtown Berkeley staged a walk-out in protest of Trump’s presidential victory last night. The Los Angeles Times is reporting the number… → Read More