Doloresaurus – An LED Illuminated Dancing Dinosaur Skeleton That Roams Around San Francisco

Laughing Squid 3/11 9:30A Lori Dorn

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Doloresaurus (@doloresaurus_sf) Doloresaurus is a LED illuminated dinosaur skeleton costume equiped with a sound system that was built by Trevor Mead , a San Francisco lawyer who proudly wears it while...

The Tenderloin Fights for Its Life

BeyondChron.org (Mid-Market/Tenderloin) 3/10 4:30A Randy Shaw

City Hall has taken a virtual wrecking ball to San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Now Supervisors face a choice: boost its revival or extend its use as a drug containment zone. Which side are they on? On March 19, the Budget Read More The post The...

Why I love Mission Bay

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A place where a Michelin-star chef works next to a hot dog stand, and where you drop $20 on juice before heading to a free circus show. Photo by Courtney Muro for The Bold Italic. This article is part of I Love San Francisco , a feature series of...

Raymonda wants love and a career — SF Ballet gives her both

The Bold Italic San Francisco 3/6 9:31P Saul Sugarman

Raymonda wants love and a career — SF Ballet gives her both Feminism can take many forms; This one does it in pointe shoes. San Francisco Ballet in Rojo’s Raymonda // © Lindsay Thomas. I always thought ballet would be a music box come to life. A...

My favorite way to bike in Golden Gate Park

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Let’s go for a ride along car-free JFK to the salty Ocean Beach. Photo by Reid Neureiter. This article is part of I Love San Francisco , a feature series of essays that highlight what makes San Francisco iconic and irreplaceable. By Laura Stein...

How Lunar New Year at SF Symphony set the tone for 2025

The Bold Italic San Francisco 2/28 6:46A Saul Sugarman

From a glowing dragon to Mayor Lurie’s rallying words, SF Symphony gave me another Lunar New Year filled with elegance and community. Photo by Drew Altizer. I moved to Mainland China after college, looking for adventure and maybe some stories to...

How HSH Ghosts the Tenderloin

BeyondChron.org (Mid-Market/Tenderloin) 2/24 4:30A Randy Shaw

HSH Refuses Public Meetings, Ignores Community Input San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) has pushed to transform the Tenderloin into a homeless services and drug containment zone. In a city that demands public...

David Klass (1968-2025), Longtime Laughing Squid Partner, Relentless Entrepreneur and Beloved...

Laughing Squid 2/14 6:12A Lori Dorn

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) It is with great sorrow that we share the heartbreaking news that longtime Laughing Squid partner and dear friend David Joseph...

Enclos brings a new era for Sonoma dining

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San Franciscans have long favored Healdsburg for Wine Country, but Enclos is a game-changer. Sonoma finally has a fine-dining spot of its own. Photo via Enclos’ Instagram . By Virginia Miller Healdsburg has long been the favored Sonoma town...

From Tartine to ‘It’s-It’ — these sweet icons define San Francisco dessert

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From Tartine to ‘It’s-It’ — these sweet icons define San Francisco dessert Whether you’re dodging fog or snapping selfies, these desserts are as much a part of the city as the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo via the It’s-It Instagram. By Courtney Muro...

Brave CBS News Team Breaks Into House to Rescue Three Dogs Trapped Inside During the Palisades Fire

Laughing Squid 1/24 5:09A Lori Dorn

While reporting on the Palisades Fire in Southern California , CBS News National Correspondent  Jonathan Vigliotti and his producer Christian Duran found out that three dogs , Hugo, Archie and Alma, were trapped inside a house and broke in (with...

The sci-fi foam party you didn’t know you needed

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San Francisco never looked so strange or entertaining. Michail Michailov’s ‘ Self-Brainwashing’ transforms Minnesota Street Project into a chaotic wonderland. Photos of Self-Brainwashing by Vita Hewitt for The Bold Italic. By Vita Hewitt If a...

SF Ballet’s Nutcracker is a dazzling tradition that’s thankfully not going away

The Bold Italic San Francisco 12/10 9:25A The Bold Italic

As the first U.S. city to perform The Nutcracker in 1944, San Francisco holds a unique connection to the ballet. Fernando Carratalá Coloma in Tomasson’s Nutcracker // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo. By Katie Sweeney The Nutcracker...