Underscore_SF

22/07/2024

🚨San Franciscans🚨

How did you react to hearing that President Biden removed himself from the 2024 presidential race?

Where were you (hyperlocal SF locations are welcome)?

What are your thoughts/hopes now — KHIVE, you there?

Comment or DM us! (It's for an article.)

19/07/2024

By the end of 2025, San Francisco will have not two, but *five* pandas within city limits, making SF one of the world's most panda-populated metros outside of China.

By this time next year, San Francisco might be one of the world's foremost cities to see both giant and red pandas on display to the public.

18/07/2024

A gentle reminder that you can get through hard things — in time, with patience — and remain soft to the world around you.

"On the Otherside (of Ina Coolbrith Park in San Francisco)"

San Francisco’s seemingly petite urban park, which is among the City’s steepest greenspaces, is big on contemplation … sat among gorgeous vistas of downtown San Francisco. I lay my head on clear blue skies that paint Ina Coolbrith Park and remind myself How lucky, (fortunate), I am to have thi...

17/07/2024

The quirky headlines are so back, babes.

Plus: An Oakland-based rapper was killed during a meet and greet and you're not wrong — there a lot of sideshows in San Francisco as of late.

26/04/2024

🦖(🎄)🛻(🪩)

In what is perhaps the most San Francisco thing, a blue-glowing dinosaur recently strolled by a Tesla Cybertruck in Dolores Park.

17/04/2024

Much like (outdoor) movies — we're back (after taking a *slow* two weeks), baby!

Sundown Cinema and PROXY Spring Series Film Fest bring al fresco cinema watching to San Francisco's parks and greenspaces.

12/04/2024

RIP, you glorious and gentle noodle — a limbless who might've been the *oldest* anaconda ever kept in captivity.

"Oliver," a resident male green anaconda in SF at the San Francisco Zoo, passed away at 40 years old this week.

05/04/2024

We can't stress this enough: *BUILD BABY, BUILD.*

The budding up of District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin's preservationism with Mayor Breed's 'build baby, build' philosophy on SF housing will, no doubt, be a point of contention.

03/04/2024

Thankfully (and hella surprisingly, given the crash's proximity to the Valencia Street Center Bikeway), no injuries have been reported.

On Wednesday, April 3rd, around 1:35 p.m. at 18th and Valencia streets, a car crashed into a building along SF’s Velaneica Bikeway.

02/04/2024

The San Francisco Standard now has two acting EICs... 🥲

Plus: Thousands attended San Francisco's Hunky Jesus completion — fluffing conservatives the wrong way for yet another year.

02/04/2024

A construciton and openening still expected to happen on time... in San Francisco? We'll take it! (But still won't hold our breath, tbh.)

San Francisco's Trader Joe's location in Hayes Valley is still scheduled to open by the end of June, offering close access to affordable food.

01/04/2024

Digging these beach holes is like giving Mother Nature the middle finger.

Wanna guess which local publication published a recent piece fawning over the environmental atrocity?

Or any on any beach, for that matter. These massive holes can wreak havoc on microhabitats, cause beach erosion, and even claim a human life. I’m a digital masochist. It’s coming up on two years since I left The Bold Italic after my ownership negotiations fell through in demoralizing, enraging f...

27/03/2024

Looks like SF's giant cat statues inside Patricia's Green ran out of their nine lives... 😭.

The feline monoliths were taken down on Tuesday, March 26th, in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley after over a year of enspelling passersby.

26/03/2024

Yep: SF has the most perilous intersections in all of California. It's news that, unfortunately, should come as no surprise...

Moreover: San Francisco was the only California metro included in the ranked list, according to a recent study.

25/03/2024

What's better than one double rainbow? Two, babes — *two*!

One double rainbow appeared over the Bay Bridge Sunday… with another popping up over Crissy Field just a half-hour later.

21/03/2024

Birch & Rye is officially closing by the end of the month...

On March 30th, Birch & Rye, the Russian eatery in San Francisco, will permanently close after just two years in business.

14/03/2024

Omg the [screenprinting pop-ups] are back!

The San Francisco Parks Alliance is again hosting free screenprinting events, the first of which will be held at Heron’s Head Park.

12/03/2024

Sometimes when nature calls, you gotta bring the nature into the stall with you.

Some lucky public transit riders were shocked last week when they saw a hawk leaving a restroom at BART's El Cerrito del Norte Station.

05/03/2024

"We must band together and fight for our right to fair and equitable housing."

Yes. Yes. Yes.

‘We must band together and fight for our right to fair and equitable housing.’ In 1979 San Francisco passed a rent control ordinance that is enforced by the SF Rent Board. They also offer protection from landlord negligence and eviction; the ordinance covers all rental units in buildings with a ...