S.F.’s trailblazing pretrial program is closing. Its replacement isn’t ready.
The SF Pretrial Diversion Project is no longer taking new clients and the city’s defendants are paying the price.
Uncle Walter’s Mystery House: Mission Local’s exclusive tour
Secret passageways, a secret floor — the former inner sanctum of deposed fixer Walter Wong is full of strange and terrible surprises
Your guide to local museums
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, September 2026
Last weekend for the Etruscans at the Legion of Honor and many beautiful objects at Museum of Craft and Design
News by neighborhood
Immigration
Fast-tracked and without a lawyer, Modesto family’s asylum case ends in denial
“The court doesn’t believe the harm you describe rises to the level of past persecution,” said Judge Michael Rapizo.
Trouble
Javier Campos sentenced to 25 years for 2023 Mission District mass shooting
Campos injured nine people in a drive-in shooting near 24th Street and Treat Avenue in 2023.
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Arts & Culture
Museum of Craft and Design honors exhibit that inspired its existence
The Smithsonian’s 1969 “Objects: USA” is the template for a new show pairing contemporary with original makers.
Restaurant Reviews
Restaurant Review: Sungho Korean Soul Food
Chef Seongho features homey, traditional dishes he remembers from his childhood,.
Restaurant review: Chang’s Kitchen in the Sunset
The free-range chicken wings came beautifully hot and crispy, and stayed so until the very last finger-licking nibble.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Dr. Murnane, the Presidio bird whisperer
John Murnane rescued an injured great horned owl in 2025. Now an owl keeps turning up in his Inner Richmond backyard.
People We Meet: A Talent for Mischief, S.F. duo’s genre-bending band
Meet A Talent for Mischief, a local band made up of two music lovers.
Covering the Police
S.F. sheriff opens up county jails to Discovery Channel treatment
A new episode of 120 Hours Behind Bars gives viewers a dramatized view inside S.F.’s largest jail
