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What Is Pacifica Without Its Pier?
Officials shut down Pacifica Pier after a huge structural crack appeared in June. For anglers, whale watchers, and Pacifica residents, the loss is about more than the pier itself.
Why Coyotes Have Sunk Their Fangs into This Author
Coyotes have become a Bay Area icon. In ‘Trickster at the End of a World,’ author and artist Helen Shewolfe Tseng shares what they could teach us.
Dick Vivian Knew the Right Record Could Change Your Life
The beloved owner of Rooky Ricardo’s Records died in July at 78. But the Haight St. shop’s new owners — and Vivian’s countless musical disciples — say his legacy lives on.
A Gay Situationship in a Doom Loop: A 2,000-Year-Old Play Makes Everything New Old Again
‘Satyricon’ brings sex, excess, and the decline of an empire to a historic San Francisco leather bar.
Get Handsy With Weird Instruments at the New Parkway
No audiophiles were hurt in the making of Dogbotic’s July 25 instrument petting zoo.
COYOTE Scene Report: Resisting Psychic Death at Mosswood Meltdown
A notebook dump from Sunday at the Oakland music festival where punk rock keeps you young.
A Sapphic Fairy Tale For All The Monster Lovers
A comic for lesbians, monsterfuckers, and everyone in-between.
To Artist Ton Mak, Whimsy and Weirdness Are the Point
The artist Ton Mak retraces her creative journey, ahead of debuting a new exhibit at Empire Seven Studios in San Jose’s Japantown.
A Home for Queer Chinese Stories Opens in Chinatown
‘It’s rare to see Chinese LGBT people or to hear their stories.’ Lesbian artist Xiangchi Chen shares the origin story of the OUT Museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
What Is a Dad, Anyway?
Our provocative ‘Dadliest Band’ bracket inspires deep questions — and a Soleil apology tour.