Behind the Scenes

Yap Zone: The Songs Getting Us Through... Whatever This Is

A playlist for fall, or whatever.

Yap Zone: Valkyries Beat 🤝 COYOTE

We talk to women's sports reporter Marisa Ingemi about the Valkyries and the stories she's planning for COYOTE.

Yap Zone: What Hundreds of COYOTE Readers Told Us

Yap Zone: Emma Silvers on Growing Up Free Range in Albany

In a staff spotlight, COYOTE’s two Albany kids talk Gordo’s orders, small-town teenage debauchery, and more.

COYOTE Is on Vacay

We are very sleepy and hate capitalism!

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.

Yap Zone: We're Out Here!

A look at why we do what we do, plus some BTS snaps.

How COYOTE Almost Got Slopped by AI

The sordid tale of the freelancer who never was.

Yap Zone: How We Got the Bottom of the Hill Story

Emma Silvers on how we got COYOTE's Bottom of the Hill closure story.

Yap Zone: The One Thing Alan Chazaro Hasn't Written About

The prolific Alan Chazaro has written about pretty much everything — except one very important thing.

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.