Roll for Governor: A D&D Class Guide to California's Clown Car Election
Rolling those dice to determine how screwed we are.
Life
COYOTE Calendar: May 28-June 3
This week we have several queer proms, air quality, space balloons, miso, water fights, and more.
Culture
What to Catch at the Bay Area Book Festival This Weekend
Learn how to narrate an audiobook or make a zine, or dive into discussions around the politics of sideshow noise and the power of hauntings.
Calendar
COYOTE Calendar: May 28-June 3
This week we have several queer proms, air quality, space balloons, miso, water fights, and more.
Power
Roll for Governor: A D&D Class Guide to California's Clown Car Election
Rolling those dice to determine how screwed we are.
San Francisco
10 Movies to See at the San Francisco International Film Festival
Cinephiles, rejoice: The fest takes over Bay Area theaters from April 24 through May 4.
Oakland
Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, he’d like you to go see ‘I Love Boosters’ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
East Bay
Oakland’s Hottest Influencer Won’t Stop Pooping on Parking Meters
The creator of the Night Herons of Oakland Instagram account shares how she became obsessed with her avian neighbors.
Newsletters
Yap Zone
Music
Merlin Coleman’s ‘DISPATCHES’ Makes Breathtaking Art from a Wildfire’s Rubble
Using found audio and interviews from the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the sound artist processes a tragedy through song.
Food
The Chili Crisps and Handmade Bao Spicing Up Sonoma County's Food Scene
Asian American chefs, farmers, and food makers are reshaping what it means to eat well in Wine Country. It's about time.
Behind the Scenes
Yap Zone: The Civic Joy Fund Story, Director's Cut
The quotes that didn't fit our story about the politics of public funding for the arts in San Francisco.
Eating
The Best Things We Ate in 2025
Today, the COYOTE team is sharing our memories of the best things we ate this year — some in the Bay Area, some in more far-flung locales.
Sports
Art
How Did An AI-Generated Mural Wind Up in This Vallejo Alley?
Searching for the soul in "The Soul of the Bay in Vallejo.”
First Aid Kit
First Aid Kit: What to Do if You Find Feral Kittens
It’s baby cat season in the Bay Area! Here’s our guide on what to do if you encounter a litter of purrfect miniature panthers in your yard.
Activism
Punishing Poor People Won’t Fix Dumping in Oakland
How the hell did we get from bulky trash pickups to AI-powered drones and sky-high fines?
San Jose
Whether You’re in California or Costa Rica, Don’t Skip San José
On a family trip, our reporter finds California and Central America’s unofficial twin cities are both overlooked and misunderstood — with incredible food and culture hiding in plain sight.
Berkeley
The Best Things Our Critic Ate in May
Sidewalk rotisserie chicken, maximalist brussels sprouts, and smoked brisket so good it left me wondering, “is the meat curing me?”
Bay Area Music
LGBTQ
Forget "Redefining Masculinity." These Artists Are Blowing the Whole Thing Up
A Castro gallery show and a new Oakland bar ask what masculinity could look like if we stopped trying to nail it down.
Food Politics
The Chili Crisps and Handmade Bao Spicing Up Sonoma County's Food Scene
Asian American chefs, farmers, and food makers are reshaping what it means to eat well in Wine Country. It's about time.
ICE
Some Google Searches I, a San Francisco Parent, Have Done In the Past Week
I’m sleeping great, how about you
Pet Week
A Pet Week Open Thread (Closed!)
Who are your pets? What are their nicknames? We want to hear from you in the comments!
Service
Books
What to Catch at the Bay Area Book Festival This Weekend
Learn how to narrate an audiobook or make a zine, or dive into discussions around the politics of sideshow noise and the power of hauntings.
Albany
Forget the Zombified Punk Festivals. The Future Is for the Dolls
Doll Fest, a fundraiser and celebration of femmes in punk rock, hits Oakland and Albany March 27–29.
Events
What to Catch at the Bay Area Book Festival This Weekend
Learn how to narrate an audiobook or make a zine, or dive into discussions around the politics of sideshow noise and the power of hauntings.
Queer
COYOTE
The Bay Area Now Has a Web 1.0-style Pet Obituary Site
Welcome to the Rainbow Bay Bridge, little buddy.
North Bay
The Chili Crisps and Handmade Bao Spicing Up Sonoma County's Food Scene
Asian American chefs, farmers, and food makers are reshaping what it means to eat well in Wine Country. It's about time.
Journalism
It’s Time To Kill the Hero
On Cesar Chavez, René Redzepi, and all the men we make excuses for in the name of the greater good.
Hip-Hop
An Open Letter to LaRussell
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.
Good Riddance 2025
Politics
Roll for Governor: A D&D Class Guide to California's Clown Car Election
Rolling those dice to determine how screwed we are.
El Cerrito
What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
Immigration
Sonoma County
The Chili Crisps and Handmade Bao Spicing Up Sonoma County's Food Scene
Asian American chefs, farmers, and food makers are reshaping what it means to eat well in Wine Country. It's about time.
Homeless
SF Hated the Super Bowl in 2016. A Decade Later, What’s Changed?
Ten years ago, protesters took to the streets to slam San Francisco’s Super Bowl City and call for an end to homeless sweeps. As the game returns to the Bay this week, why are things so quiet?
Labor
Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, he’d like you to go see ‘I Love Boosters’ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
History
‘Unsung Heroines’ Is a Rollicking Feminist History of the Bay
Rae Alexandra’s new essay collection celebrates 35 leaders, activists, and rule-breakers we should have learned about in school.
Restaurants
The Best Things Our Food Critic Ate in April
Every month, food writer Soleil Ho recounts the best bites of the Bay Area (and elsewhere).
Cats
An Interview With a Kid Who Loves His 3-Legged Cat
The story of a San Francisco feline who lost a leg and gained his biggest fan.
Yearly Wrap-Up
Eight Stories That Got Away
Surprising sports fans, mysterious hums, and something called “the handshake of monogamy.” These are the stories we didn’t wind up doing, but kind of wish we had.
Education
Meet Holinda, the Fremont High Senior Running a Coffee Cart at Her School
At a barista training program for young immigrants and refugees, Holinda learned how to pull espresso shots and steam milk. Now, the high school senior dreams of opening her own shop.
AI
How Did An AI-Generated Mural Wind Up in This Vallejo Alley?
Searching for the soul in "The Soul of the Bay in Vallejo.”
Local Music
Merlin Coleman’s ‘DISPATCHES’ Makes Breathtaking Art from a Wildfire’s Rubble
Using found audio and interviews from the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the sound artist processes a tragedy through song.
Mutual Aid
Protest
Area Teachers Tired of Bullshit
San Francisco educators continue their historic strike, and parents and kids are on the picket lines alongside them. But don’t worry, Daniel Lurie is making Instagram videos.
Coffee
Philz Coffee Deals Lethal Blow to Gay 'Little Treat' Culture
The beloved coffee chain nixed its Pride flags in the name of “inclusivity.” What the hell?
Housing
SF Hated the Super Bowl in 2016. A Decade Later, What’s Changed?
Ten years ago, protesters took to the streets to slam San Francisco’s Super Bowl City and call for an end to homeless sweeps. As the game returns to the Bay this week, why are things so quiet?
Tech
Asian American
The Chili Crisps and Handmade Bao Spicing Up Sonoma County's Food Scene
Asian American chefs, farmers, and food makers are reshaping what it means to eat well in Wine Country. It's about time.
Guides
So You’ve Finally Gotten Up the Nerve To Visit a Gay Bathhouse. Now What?
You must provide your own shower shoes, and woe betide you if you forget them. That’s the uniform.
Waymo
Animals
Help I'm In a Committed Relationship With a Corporation and I Like It
I can’t stop ordering dog toys with weird names!
Halloween
Remembering the Dead: A Visit to San Jose’s Hacienda Cemetery
With Halloween and Día de los Muertos upon us, we dispatched a local writer to document her favorite cemetery in the Bay — which features a one-arm burial site.
Peninsula
First Aid Kit: Ang Maaari Nating Gawin Tungkol sa ICE
Nasa Bay Area ang ICE. At oo, may magagawa tayong lahat tungkol dito.
Of Course Food Is Fucking Political
Philz Coffee Deals Lethal Blow to Gay 'Little Treat' Culture
The beloved coffee chain nixed its Pride flags in the name of “inclusivity.” What the hell?
Death
Any Dog Can Be an Adventure Dog
Take your small dog into the wilderness, all the way to the trail's end.
Bodies
Carrie Bradshaw, Transition Already!
When the show is at its most queer, it’s also at its most entertaining. It’s too bad the characters themselves don’t seem to see it.
Punk Rock
Taifa Nia Finds His Second Wind
With new EP ‘Invidia’ and two more on the way, the San Francisco musician and prolific collaborator comes into his own as a solo artist.
COYOTE About Town
Vallejo
The Best Things Our Critic Ate in May
Sidewalk rotisserie chicken, maximalist brussels sprouts, and smoked brisket so good it left me wondering, “is the meat curing me?”
Minneapolis
How Racket, Minneapolis’s Worker-Owned Newsroom, Is Covering Its Hometown Fascist Invasion
“This is the worst fucking time. But watching people’s response to ICE has been the most affirming thing in the world.”
Capitalism
Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?
Film
Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, he’d like you to go see ‘I Love Boosters’ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
Literature
What to Catch at the Bay Area Book Festival This Weekend
Learn how to narrate an audiobook or make a zine, or dive into discussions around the politics of sideshow noise and the power of hauntings.
Money
Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?
Gentrification
These Spaceships Weren’t Built For Us
After eight years of grappling with displacement and the loss of community in the Bay Area, I’m publishing a book of poems about it.
2026
In Which I Decide to Liquefy My Body After Death
Water cremation, also known as “aquamation,” is gaining traction as an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional cremation by fire. But what exactly is it?
Public Safety
First Aid Kit: Ang Maaari Nating Gawin Tungkol sa ICE
Nasa Bay Area ang ICE. At oo, may magagawa tayong lahat tungkol dito.
Dogs
Help I'm In a Committed Relationship With a Corporation and I Like It
I can’t stop ordering dog toys with weird names!
Comics
First Aid Kit: I Hosted a Mutual Aid Swap in My Backyard. So Can You!
It’s time to stop waiting around for those in power to save us. We, the people, can get everyone’s basic needs met.
Rave
South Bay
First Aid Kit: Ang Maaari Nating Gawin Tungkol sa ICE
Nasa Bay Area ang ICE. At oo, may magagawa tayong lahat tungkol dito.
Trash
Punishing Poor People Won’t Fix Dumping in Oakland
How the hell did we get from bulky trash pickups to AI-powered drones and sky-high fines?
Essay
It’s Time To Kill the Hero
On Cesar Chavez, René Redzepi, and all the men we make excuses for in the name of the greater good.
Opinion
Philz Coffee Deals Lethal Blow to Gay 'Little Treat' Culture
The beloved coffee chain nixed its Pride flags in the name of “inclusivity.” What the hell?
Homeless to Housed
Homeless to Housed: Stone's Story
A room in a permanent supportive housing unit can offer safety and security, an opportunity to design a space that’s all your own, and the chance to build community.
Crime
Punishing Poor People Won’t Fix Dumping in Oakland
How the hell did we get from bulky trash pickups to AI-powered drones and sky-high fines?
Housing First
Homeless to Housed: Stone's Story
A room in a permanent supportive housing unit can offer safety and security, an opportunity to design a space that’s all your own, and the chance to build community.
Gift Guide
COYOTE’s Guide to Gifts That In No Way Benefit Jeff Bezos
We’ve got dreamy soaps and candles, punk rock organizers, addictive beef jerky, and more.
Holidays
Excerpt: Christmas at the Women's Hotel
Daniel Lavery’s latest novella is all about finding work and love during Christmastime.
A Long December
In the Dark: Who’s Really to Blame for the Great SF Blackout?
‘The fish rots from the head,’ says one expert — and the smell is coming from the governor’s mansion.
Shopping
What's the Weirdest Thing You've Found at Oakland's White Elephant Sale?
Our intrepid correspondent found a haunted clown, a 125-year-old crib, and Boots Riley in the kitchenwares section.
Vengeance for Kit Kat
An Interview With a Kid Who Loves His 3-Legged Cat
The story of a San Francisco feline who lost a leg and gained his biggest fan.
Furries
Mascots
TikTok
Orinda-Raised Social Media Star Debuts Her Cookbook
Easy “go-to” recipes are at the center of Maxine Sharf’s cookbook, with a panoply of healthy dishes inspired by her upbringing in the East Bay.
Leave Your House
Forget the Zombified Punk Festivals. The Future Is for the Dolls
Doll Fest, a fundraiser and celebration of femmes in punk rock, hits Oakland and Albany March 27–29.
California
Any Dog Can Be an Adventure Dog
Take your small dog into the wilderness, all the way to the trail's end.
Civic Joy Fund
Yap Zone: The Civic Joy Fund Story, Director's Cut
The quotes that didn't fit our story about the politics of public funding for the arts in San Francisco.
Beans
In Beans We Trust
In the Bay Area, the humble legume has quietly become a cultural touchstone — and a mirror for how we eat through uncertain times.
Super Bowl 2026
An Open Letter to LaRussell
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.
Feminism
cookbook
In Beans We Trust
In the Bay Area, the humble legume has quietly become a cultural touchstone — and a mirror for how we eat through uncertain times.