Recent / semi-recent

How the fall of Saigon cultivated a culinary legacy in Orange County — and beyond (OC Register)

War weighs heavily on Palestinian owner of Anaheim’s Knafeh Cafe (OC Register)

The case for saving Postmodernism (Bloomberg CityLab)

Some OC restaurants are tacking on surcharges. Here’s what diners did about it (OC Register)

How Heritage Barbecue changed OC’s restaurant landscape (OC Register)

Elon Musk is selling off Twitter’s cafeteria (Curbed)

Here's how the rich and famous get treated at S.F. restaurants (SF Chronicle)

Future of Berkeley’s famed communal hot tub up in steam after death of owner (Berkeleyside)

Design / urbanism

The case for saving Postmodernism (Bloomberg CityLab)

A love letter to a Brutalist BART station [*Curbed SF archives removed in 2026] (Curbed SF)

The ups and downs of livability rankings (Dwell)

Oakland’s newest French spot unearthed 1920s murals behind decades of wallpaper (Nosh)

Manhattanize Palo Alto (San Francisco Chronicle)

A peek inside the controversial ‘Flintstone House’ in Silicon Valley (Curbed SF)

An oral history of the parklet (Dwell)

These ceramists are kiln it (Curbed SF)

Mid-Market needs to find its heart to become a real neighborhood (Curbed SF)

Something’s afoot in the big city (Alta Magazine)

LGBTQ

The Stud is dead; long live the Stud (Curbed SF)

The rise and fall of Laguna Beach, a gay California hotspot (Curbed SF)

Gays in the woods (San Francisco Magazine)

25 small ways to make SF a better place (Curbed SF)

Heterosexuals should join police at the Pride parade—on the sidelines (SF Chronicle)

Future of Berkeley’s famed communal hot tub up in steam after death of owner (Berkeleyside)

Food

Persian pop-up Big Dill Kitchen wants to bring Iranian fare to Berkeley (Berkeleyside)

Here's how the rich and famous get treated at S.F. restaurants (SF Chronicle)

Welcome to the parklet era (Eater)

Raising a glass to an important, if unofficial, Masonic custom (California Freemason)

The Michelin diet (7x7 Magazine)

Loyal customers helped Oaklandia Cafe through the pandemic — and into a new location (Berkeleyside)

Slow streets are good for food business, and should stay put (Eater)

Humor / interviews / guides / et cetera

Elon Musk is selling off Twitter’s cafeteria (Curbed)

I miss a lot about pre-covid life, but mostly the bathroom in the Four Seasons lobby (Curbed SF)

A day in the life of Giants champion Hunter Pence (7x7)

Rent’s due: What to do if you get an eviction notice (Curbed SF)

I turned my bedroom into a minimalist cocoon—and now I can sleep (Curbed SF)

Should you move to San Francisco? [Curbed SF archives removed in 2026] (Curbed SF)

How not to freeze inside your Victorian apartment (Curbed SF)

Appearance

Google Pixel 6A review (in the challenging role of an Android user) (The Verge)