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Cruise’s New Self-Driving Car Is a Slap in the Face to San Francisco 

Cruise’s New Self-Driving Car Is a Slap in the Face to San Francisco 

Despite growing public criticism around its fleet of robotaxis, SF-headquartered Cruise recently debuted its new autonomous vehicle — which is designed to transport the most vulnerable among us. 2023 has been a contentious year for self-driving automobiles. They’ve been a topic ...

Feature Articles

In the SF Bay Area, Beyoncé Brings Out Blue Ivy Carter — Under a Blue Moon

In the SF Bay Area, Beyoncé Brings Out Blue Ivy Carter — Under a Blue Moon

Days removed from attending Beyoncé's SF Bay Area stop on her Renaissance World Tour, the profoundness, pyrotechnics, and sheer talent displayed remains in our mind — "deadass." Beyoncé, as a concept, is hard to wrap one’s brain around... let alone Beyoncé as a human being. (The...

News to Know

That San Francisco Sinkhole Was Our ‘War of the Worlds’ Moment

That San Francisco Sinkhole Was Our ‘War of the Worlds’ Moment

On Monday, September 11th, passersby and drivers in SF’s Pacific Heights neighborhood were presented with an ominous, downright dangerous sight: a massive sinkhole. Between Fillmore and Green streets in San Francisco this week, a 74-year-old water main broke causing the earth ar...

Personal Essays

On the Soft, Supple Joy of San Francisco’s Flower Piano Festival

On the Soft, Supple Joy of San Francisco’s Flower Piano Festival

Now in its eighth iteration — the COVID-19 pandemic having stolen a season from our 2020 calendars — San Franciscos' Flower Piano concert series returned this past weekend, filling Golden Gate Park with consoling, cushiony recitals. I'm someone who struggles with the conce...

Food + Drink

The Weekend Catch-Up: Long Live This Cornerstone of San Francisco Matcha

The Weekend Catch-Up: Long Live This Cornerstone of San Francisco Matcha

Plus: San Francisco's "doom loop" tour was an epic failure — and exposed a City committee member as the organizer behind it. In just five short years — two of those years marked by a carousel of pandemic-born closures, reopenings, and stay-at-home orders — Stonemill Matcha helpe...

Mother Nature Signal Boosts

Here’s Your Reminder That It’s Tarantula Szn in the SF Bay Area

Here’s Your Reminder That It’s Tarantula Szn in the SF Bay Area

Though SF is generally tarantula-free due to its climate and topography, thousands of these massive spiders are currently on the move in the Bay Area. Tarantulas are creatures that you either love or hate; there’s little room for ambivalence when one's exoskeleton serves as insp...

Culture and Wanderlust

Here’s a Rare Glimpse of the Old Neon Signs at SF’s Cliff House

Here’s a Rare Glimpse of the Old Neon Signs at SF’s Cliff House

"Hey Siri, Play ‘Neon Lights (Rock Version)' by Demi Lovato." Earlier this week, it was joyfully announced that San Francisco’s beloved now-closed, iconoclastic Cliff House diner — which sits near Lands End, sacred acreage owned by the National Parks Service (NPS) — will reopen ...

Queer Content

The Long Weekend Catch-Up: San Francisco’s Iconic Queer Stud Nightclub to Be Rebirthed in 2024

The Long Weekend Catch-Up: San Francisco’s Iconic Queer Stud Nightclub to Be Rebirthed in 2024

Plus: Dozens of sea lion deaths around the Bay Area are linked to a certain disease — that can be spread to dogs, FYI. San Francisco exists as a nexus for a litany of matters — one intersection being queerness and entertainment. (SF is still widely considered the queer mecca of ...