By Richard Ivanhoe, HANC President

Dean Preston launched PUML (Punch Up Media Lab) in March.  Its website (https://pu.ml/) describes itself this way:  “PUML is a San Francisco Bay Area-based media group amplifying working-class perspectives that corporate media ignores. We equip journalists, content creators and our readers with the information to set the record straight.”  An article in another site (https://sf.gazetteer.co/dean-prestons-puml-is-punching-up) listed some of PUML’s collaborators:  48 Hills (https://48hills.org/), Broke-Ass Stuart (  https://brokeassstuart.com/), The Phoenix Project (https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/), Sad Francisco (https://www.patreon.com/cw/sadfrancisco) and Doom Loop Dispatch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHG4Ge-T6Qg).

The progressive perspective is not the only news available in San Francisco.  I tried an internet search for “San Francisco News Media” and found “Top 25 News Websites in 2026” (https://news.feedspot.com/san_francisco_news_websites/).  I don’t know how they determined their ranking, but they put SFGate in their top spot.   Although they were in the bottom half of the list, it was good to see listings for 48 Hills, Mission Local (https://missionlocal.org/), Bay Area Reporter (https://www.ebar.com/), and the San Francisco Bay View (https://sfbayview.com/#).

The Chronicle and Examiner were higher on their list, but surprisingly, so were SFist (https://sfist.com/), SF Weekly, and the Mercury News, along with TV and radio stations.  There was no mention of neighborhood news sources, such as the Westside Observer or the Potrero View.

Which brings us to this article’s headline—where do you get your news?  If there are sources for local news you like that have not been mentioned here, please let us know—by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by mail to HANC, PO Box 170518, San Francisco, CA  94117.