In the early morning, Kristin Benson, a 40-year-old mother of four, woke up from her sleep in a bedroom suffocated in smoke. The flames were coming from the apartment of an elderly resident she and other...
On May 30, 2020, thousands of peaceful protesters filled the streets of San Francisco following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. That night, shortly before 9 p.m., a group...
On the stretch of 24th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness, where murals line the walls and Latin music pours out of car speakers, San Francisco’s only Latin record store is reviving a piece of...
The nightlife scene in San Francisco is evolving through the city’s new entertainment zones and with the closure and opening of venues. In May 2024, San Francisco established California’s first official...
In June, San Francisco residents will vote in a top-two primary election for the 11th Congressional District to decide which two candidates will be on November’s general election ballot to replace former...
Margaret Martinez steps past a wall layered in paint — tags over murals, colors bleeding into one another, some fresh, some fading. She sees public art as something that brings the street to life, adding...
The SFMTA announced in April that it had secured a budget for the next two years, avoiding cuts of up to 20 lines and more while the agency faces a financial crisis. But for riders with physical disabilities,...
The fitness industry has historically been male-dominated, with places like Muscle Beach perpetuating the idea that weightlifting and developing muscles were solely masculine traits. Most gym equipment...
Cherry blossom trees, stone benches and bronze idle fountains surround the intersection of Post and Sutter Street — one of the many heartbeats of San Francisco’s Japantown. Historic businesses and...
Performers wearing fishnets and corsets dance on stage in front of a screen playing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” leading the audience through songs they all know by heart. In the dark, fans throw...
Inside Rikki’s in San Francisco’s Castro District, every screen is tuned to a game — but not the ones you might traditionally expect. Whether it’s women’s college basketball during March Madness...
It was supposed to be like any average day. Driving down the streets of Santa Rosa, with her itemized grocery list and kids buckled in the back seat. But, out of her peripheral vision she notices a truck...
