As the years go by, the world looks more and more like a science fiction dystopia than what we all know, or at least used to know as real life. We have all the ingredients to create whatever kind of society we want, and it seems that the well-financed elite

The Bay Area is arguably the most economically unique region in the United States. Most metropolitan areas only have one city center and suburbs that sprawl somewhere between 20 and 50 miles in every direction of it. The San Francisco Bay Area has three city centers: San Francisco, Oakland and

We Wanna Send you to see “Peaches Goes Bananas” on Opening Night of The San Francisco Documentary Festival at The Roxie Theater on May 29th! We want to send you to Opening Night of SF DocFest to see “Peaches Goes Bananas” at The Roxie Theater on May 29th. The 24th

Last year was San Francisco’s deadliest for pedestrians since 2007. 24 people died in roadway incidents throughout the city, including a family of four struck and killed near West Portal. Now, not yet six months into 2025, six pedestrians have lost their lives on San Francisco streets. Will this year’s

BART is praising the efficiency of its hulking new fare gates, part of the agency’s effort to recoup lost revenue. The $90 million project, initiated in early 2024, takes credit for dramatic reductions in fare evasion where gates are installed. Last February, BART announced a 17% drop in crime at

In The Pacific Circuit, journalist Alexis Madrigal explores the intersection of policy, power, and people in Oakland, revealing the transformation of Seventh Street from a vibrant Black cultural hub to a neglected industrial corridor, and the impact of global systems on local communities.

D5 will be the first district to paint every curb that’s getting daylighted according to California law. But is paint enough? What else can be done to make street intersections safer for pedestrians? Far away, in what we can only imagine to be a vast breezy chamber in the mythical