SF Bay Area

Oakland’s Amy Schneider’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Run Ends, with 40 Win Streak
Heading into Final Jeopardy, Schneider was leading Chicago librarian Rhone Talsma. Her score was $27,600, while Talsma had $17,600.

Missed Connections: A Bay Area Tinder Tale
I had found him online. He was a kooky sketch comedian, and he maintained an incredibly honest, introspective blog littered with cultural references I loved. He was beautiful in a wicked, ethereal way, but he wasn’t beholden to his beauty. His life seemed like one long, fascinating lurch towards the

New ‘Visual History’ Book Celebrates the Legacy of SF-based Experimental Group The Residents
“I’ve been creating coffee-table books for bands largely from the ’80s for the last few years,” says Aaron Tanner, a visual artist known for his design work with Ween and the Pixies. “When the opportunity presented itself to do a book with one of the most inspiring visual groups ever,

SF Witnesses A Decline in Drug Overdose Deaths for the First Time in 3 Years
According to the SF Department of Public Health (SFDPH), San Francisco is seeing a decline in accidental drug overdose deaths for the first time in three years. Last Wednesday, January 19, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) released a year’s worth of monthly reports that show promise for

Can Austin Or Portland Replace San Francisco?
While I am the first person to scream San Francisco is dead, I’m also the first person to admit I’m a fucking idiot and I am absolutely an idiot. Will San Francisco ever live up to its own standards or our collective nostalgia? Probably not, but San Francisco is unique

Did SFPD Mishandle The Death Of Jaxon Sales?
It’s no secret that San Francisco has long been a haven for the LGBT community, but despite this reputation, instances of abuse and harm in the community are underreported. The relationship between law enforcement and the LGBT community has been strained since the founding of America when being gay was

Here’s A Map To Find Open Streets In SF For All Your Pedestrian Dreams (January 2022)
Jane Jacobs wrote in The Death and Life of Great American Cities that “lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration.” One seed, nourished by SF’s Shared Spaces, is the confluence of people, strangers and neighbors alike, neighborhoods, and public streets. Through Shared Spaces, temporarily car-free streets

Over A Thousand Applications for 91 Below-Market-Rate Units At The George
The full superlative is a bit of a mouthful: the-highest-percentage-of-middle-income-below-market-rate-units-included-in-a-market-rate-building, in San Francisco’s history. Potential renters could submit applications to the housing lottery on DAHLIA, SF Housing’s Portal up until Dec. 2, 2021. As listed on the portal, qualifying incomes range from $54,192 for a single person household up to