Editors' Picks
Happy 86th Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge!
On May 27th, 1987, you were unveiled to the world — immediately becoming an iconoclast; the supreme element partner. We've never been the same since.
It’s clear you’re drinking your water. Minding your business. Applying SPF regularly — borderline religious with your retinol use...
Feature Articles
A Black Land Steward Is Bringing an Environmental Renaissance to SF’s Bayview-Hunters Point
Isaiah Powell — the all-around ecological tour de force behind the nonprofit DragonSpunk — is putting together a massive farmers market in partnership with the SF Public Utilities Commission that’s set to debut June 1st.
This feature is part of Underscore's ‘San Francisca...
News to Know
This *Is* the Best Place to See California’s Superbloom
From now until early June (at best), California will continue to enjoy a superbloom — and the best place to see it, right, now is probably in the SF Bay Area.
The sheer volume of rain the SF Bay Area received this past fall and winter was historic, helping lift the region out of...
Personal Essays
My Tweet About a Literal Walk Around San Francisco Was Co-opted Into the City’s ‘Doom Loop’ Narrative
What began as digital documentation of my stroll around San Francisco turned into irrational pellets used to slingshot SF's apparent decline.
The simple act of moving my upright body in a forward motion is a kinetic methodology I’ve grown fond of since setting up roots in San Fr...
Food + Drink Kikis
This Oakland Deli Had a Car Smash Into It Over the Weekend
A hit-and-run driver smashed into Oakland’s Wise Sons deli — the Jewish restaurant at 1700 Franklin Street — over the weekend, causing all matter of mayhem
The automotive era might’ve been a terrible, costly, dangerous mistake. In the 100-plus years since their grip on American ...
Mother Nature Upvotes
This Oakland Deli Had a Car Smash Into It Over the Weekend
A hit-and-run driver smashed into Oakland’s Wise Sons deli — the Jewish restaurant at 1700 Franklin Street — over the weekend, causing all matter of mayhem
The automotive era might’ve been a terrible, costly, dangerous mistake. In the 100-plus years since their grip on American ...
Arts and Wanderlust
San Francisco’s Rainbow Lasers Will Return for Pride This Year
The "WELCOME" light display — a miles-long piece of artwork that spans down Market Street — is expected to return on June 23rd, helping cement San Francisco's stance as a safe space for queer people.
It’s Pride Month, which means San Francisco is again proudly displaying its mo...
Queer Stuff
On Unraveling Again Inside Gay Bars in San Francisco
In the months (that have now evolved into years) since SF's bars reopened after pandemic-spun closures, the familiar novelty of dancing in a sea of warm bodies washes over me again.
I’ve been drinking more
sugar-free Red Bull, that is
inside the city’s gay bars.
I...
