Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Downtown San Francisco is full of secret spaces. Here are the best, worst and weirdest

Culture

Food & Drink

The city’s core has dozens of privately owned, public open spaces, ranging from beautifully maintained terraces to subterranean urban crevasses. 

This SF microhood feels like the city at its best—and it’s led by women

Scruffy and livelier than ever, a two-block stretch of 16th Street in the Mission seems to have escaped all the doom and gloom.

Culture Reporter 

Sam Mondros

‘She’s still at it’: An SF art dealer is accused of forgeries, swindles, and unpaid debts

News

By acting as a trusted liaison between muralists and patrons, Lisa Brewer became the matriarch of SF street projects. She is accused of swindling artists and investors. 

Matthew Kupfer

Investigations Editor

Matt Smith

How a mega-rich oligarch linked to Putin derailed a Bay Area homeless shelter

Business

The site was supposed to be the first homeless center in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. Instead, it became part of a network of secret assets controlled by one of Russia’s richest men.

San Francisco gives tenants access to lawyers in evictions. Should other cities do the same?

As evictions soar across California, tenant advocates are pushing for more cities to follow San Francisco’s lead.

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Downtown San Francisco is full of secret spaces. Here are the best, worst and weirdest

This SF microhood feels like the city at its best—and it’s led by women

‘She’s still at it’: An SF art dealer is accused of forgeries, swindles, and unpaid debts

How a mega-rich oligarch linked to Putin derailed a Bay Area homeless shelter

San Francisco gives tenants access to lawyers in evictions. Should other cities do the same?