We love to see it — ‘it’ being the ‘Great Sandway’ — The Great Highway, which stretches 3.5-miles along San Francisco’s western neighborhoods, has been a subject of debate since more than two miles of it was closed to vehicular traffic in 2020. Since then, it’s been deemed “The Great Walkway” by many San Franciscans; the upper part of the roadway became…

San Jose came even higher up on the list at #5 — San Francisco is a heavenly slice of Northern California. This seven-mile by seven-mile sliver of the state exists in a state of confounding paradox. On one side of things, SF is a bastion for queerness, urban mobility, and green spaces that overlooks some of the most gorgeous vistas anywhere in…

The San Francisco Standard’s recent display of one-sided journalism is fuel for xenophobia and creates a lack of trust in hyperlocal news — We’re less than three weeks away from an election in San Francisco that features a ballot measure — Proposition H, a.k.a. “Prop H” — that, if backed by a majority vote, will remove SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office. More than $2.7 million dollars has been fueled into the…

On Wednesdays, we only dispose of our trash inside this off-pink receptacle — The massive queer mural being painted outside of OASIS in SoMa is genuinely shaping up. In less than a month since we reported on the collaborated piece of outdoor public art, it’s now begun to don familiar shapes. SF-based painter, muralist, and founder of the event’s company Electroluxx Elliott C…

Philip Anschutz has donated well over a million dollars to anti-LGBTQIA+ organizations and conservative academic institutions since 2014 — When I first glanced at the lineup for Portola — a new music festival slated to descend on San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood in late September— I was smitten. Unlike the current lineup for Outside Lands this year, I didn’t cast a disappointing sigh. Aside from Green Day, Anitta, SZA, and…

One of the city’s summer highlights, Sundown Cinema, will kick off on May 27 — San Francisco’s home to well over 150 public parks and open spaces. In fact — *and I’ll say this again* — the seven-by-seven has the densest amount of City parks per resident of any major metropolis in the country; San Franciscans are no more than a seven-minute walk from a…

It was also an endeavor some people (like yours truly) chose to take sans footwear — Much like consensual group sex, running brings me an immeasurable amount of joy. It’s melodic in its tedium — to put one foot in front of the other in repetition until either a distance is met or the body gives out. It’s also quite biologically straightforward; as a species, we’re…

Zebras, elephants, seals — oh my! — San Francisco’s steady, temperate climate affords it a certain rare niche in regard to animal keeping. Because there aren’t many egregious swings in the mercury, which is only bettered by the relatively regular levels of humidity and lack of any severe weather, zoological institutions are able to keep exotic fauna…

In today’s heart-sinking Redfin listings pick is this cute East Richmond home that looks just darling… so long as you don’t put your contacts in — I’ve been at peace knowing that I’ll never own a piece of Bay Area property, at least any time in my 30s or 40s, for quite some time. My 50s, as well, are already looking like another decade spent renting, barring any given family inheritance I’ve yet to grow aware…