Express Desk Reporter

Max Harrison-Caldwell

‘I’m obviously a radical centrist’: Cities by Diana says how she really feels

News

Diana Regan, famous for her viral videos about West Coast archetypes and transportation, weighs in on housing, highways, and the true borders of the Bay Area.

Culture Reporter 

Zara Stone

Inside the Bay Area think tank using memes to fight AI doom

Culture

Foresight Institute’s Existential Hope Meme Prize wants memes to inspire optimism about AI and the future.

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

News Reporter

Tomoki Chien

Cops are sharing ‘vicious’ memes. Now SFPD is investigating

Meme accounts that appear to be run by cops have churned out hundreds of posts since 2022.

Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Food Editor 

Lauren Saria

Sam Mondros

The annoying cultural trends we’re happy to leave behind in 2024

From celebrity lookalike contests to QR code menus, our resolution is to forget these things existed. 

Culture Editor

Emily Dreyfuss

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

2024 in memes: Our year in trash internet culture

From Waymos in the streets to "very mindful" in the sheets, these were the memes that shaped the year.

Memes

‘I’m obviously a radical centrist’: Cities by Diana says how she really feels

Inside the Bay Area think tank using memes to fight AI doom

Cops are sharing ‘vicious’ memes. Now SFPD is investigating

The annoying cultural trends we’re happy to leave behind in 2024

2024 in memes: Our year in trash internet culture