San Francisco has struggled with homelessness longer than any of us have likely been alive. The Tenderloin has been anything but tender since the city’s founding and various leaders have come and gone, yet one thing stays consistent, and that’s the Tenderloin’s everlasting status as the city’s downtown destination for

San Francisco is facing a tricky situation as it prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the city’s biggest international event since 1945. On one hand, they’re rolling out the red carpet for foreign leaders, CEOs, and a horde of journalists. On the other, they’re dealing with a

4 PM production // Shutterstock Cities with the fastest growing home prices in San Francisco metro area It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic sparked a wave of uncertainty across myriad industries, and no other market has quite felt its impact like that of real estate. The pandemic became

It’s been one of the greatest fortunes of my life to call the Sunset home since the early summer of 2018. I had just ended a rollercoaster of a year and was glad to get to know the sprawling yet cozy, immense yet familiar district. The only thing about our

Drag performance may be getting its moment in the pop cultural spotlight thanks to the likes of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”  However, that spotlight’s mainly shining on drag queens, not drag kings.  Instead of waiting for some mainstream media outlet to notice the talent of drag kings, local director Rae Dawn

Robert Gumpert moved to the Potrero Hill neighborhood in 1983 and has lived in the same house for 39 years. In his 48 years of journalism, Gumpert gravitated towards long term projects

In an increasingly uncertain world, the conventions of yesteryear begin to falter. In 2022, when nearly a third of the American workforce earns less than $15 an hour, the notion of securing stable employment and purchasing a home to populate with your very own nuclear family seems almost quaint in its

Written By: J.E. Vigil Perhaps I ended up homeless due to my own negligence. Maybe it was my parents or the rise in gentrification or  the inflated price of apartments that I couldn’t quite understand. Why was it that a small studio apartment cost nearly $2,000? Frankly, I really didn’t