Leather bars have a bone to pick with Meta’s moderation machine
LGBTQ businesses and nonprofits raise concerns of an increase in unfair social media censorship
SFUSD exec indicted in New Mexico for alleged criminal sexual activity with child
District labor head is on leave — previously served as principal and assistant principal in San Francisco middle schools
Your guide to local museums
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, September 2026
A big new retrospective at the Asian Art Museum and last weekend to view Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal.
News by neighborhood
Immigration
Mayor Lurie, S.F. officials call for feds to release Ho Yin Mo, state aide detained by ICE
Former Chinese-language TV anchor works for Assemblymember Catherine Stefani and previously served as field organizer for Mayor London Breed.
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
Physicality forms backbone of S.F. exhibit on one of Korea’s most acclaimed artists
Ha Chong-Hyun’s work exemplifies hard work and a response to lived reality, and labor is the thread holding the retrospective together.
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
