Kimberly Alters

Deputy Managing Editor at SFGate

deputy managing editor @sfgate // previously @mic @huffpost @theweek @medillschool // she/her

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'So loud and so good': Why this SF band still might be the world's best

4 days ago | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters |Charles Russo |Dan Gentile |Timothy Karoff

San Francisco is a jungle for its human residents, too, with new sights and sounds lurking behind every tree and along every promenade. To keep track of the city’s thicket of activity, we started Fogcutter, SFGATE’s weekly roundup of events, ephemera and entertainment. Every week, our reporters crawl the city’s sidewalks, studios and shopping centers and write about what they see.
SF Giants minor league team announces new branding with cringey, sexist video

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

Among the more wholesome joys in sports are the consistently creative mascots that dot minor league baseball — the Rumble Ponies and Jumbo Shrimp and Space Cowboys of the world. One San Francisco Giants minor league affiliate team, however, just showed why there sometimes needs to be constraints on creativity. The whole thing started for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats on April Fools’ Day, as so many bad ideas do.
Warriors, Lakers spark epic rant from Charles Barkley about NBA media coverage

Mar 7, 2025 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

The Warriors beat the Nets in Brooklyn on Thursday night, 121-119, thanks to a transcendent performance from Steph Curry, who scored 40 points, including a 38-foot turnaround 3-pointer. The game wasn’t nationally televised, but it ended around when the “Inside the NBA” crew on TNT were preparing for their broadcast of the Knicks-Lakers game.
Elon Musk's mass layoff playbook was tested in the Bay Area

Mar 6, 2025 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

Musk, through his Department of Government Efficiency, has defined the early days of the second Donald Trump administration, slashing personnel and funding and virtually eliminating entire agencies. He’s initiated not one but two rounds of emails to scores of workers requesting they list precisely what they accomplished in the past week, in order to justify their employment. He’s sown chaos, confusion and resentment, all in the name of austerity and truth-telling.
6-second video of Warriors in NYC has Steph Curry fans concerned

Mar 4, 2025 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

The vibes around the Golden State Warriors have been decidedly good of late, with their new superstar Jimmy Butler fitting in and the wins racking up. The team is 8-2 in their last 10 games and, after Monday night’s win over the lowly Charlotte Hornets, took a flight up to New York City for a marquee matchup against the Knicks. Excited fans were lined up outside the Warriors’ hotel to greet them for their late-night arrival, as is typical in New York.
Warriors broadcaster roasted for baffling last-second play suggestion

Jan 16, 2025 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

The Golden State Warriors are thoroughly mediocre. This is evident from the eye test alone, but there are also several pieces of evidence from the literal last second of Wednesday night’s win over the Minnesota Timberwolves to prove it. To set the scene: Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards hit a 3-pointer to bring his team within one point with one second to play.
There is one very convoluted way the 49ers could still win the NFC West

Dec 18, 2024 | fresnobee.com | Kimberly Alters

There is a certain "Dumb and Dumber" movie quote spoken by a certain newly flush-with-cash actor that sums up the 49ers' playoff odds. "So you're telling me there's a chance?"That's where things stand for the physically battered and emotionally bruised 49ers after Sunday's slate of NFL games. Somehow, after losing to the Rams 12-6 in a sorry showing last Thursday, there's still a chance they could sneak into the postseason and even win the NFC West.
There is one very convoluted way the 49ers could still win the NFC West

Dec 17, 2024 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

There is a certain “Dumb and Dumber” movie quote spoken by a certain newly flush-with-cash actor that sums up the 49ers’ playoff odds. “So you’re telling me there’s a chance?”That’s where things stand for the physically battered and emotionally bruised 49ers after Sunday’s slate of NFL games. Somehow, after losing to the Rams 12-6 in a sorry showing last Thursday, there’s still a chance they could sneak into the postseason and even win the NFC West.
San Francisco hit with tornado warning amid 60 mph winds

Dec 14, 2024 | mercedsunstar.com | Kimberly Alters

Residents in portions of San Francisco and San Mateo counties were awoken early Saturday by a tornado warning from the National Weather Service. "Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building," the advisory warned. The region is seeing heavy rains and wind gusts up to 60 mph due to a "strong line of showers and thunderstorms," the agency posted on social media.
'Shelter now': San Francisco hit with tornado warning amid 60 mph winds

Dec 14, 2024 | sfgate.com | Kimberly Alters

Residents in portions of San Francisco and San Mateo counties were awoken early Saturday by a tornado warning from the National Weather Service. "Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building," the advisory warned. The region is seeing heavy rains and wind gusts up to 60 mph due to a "strong line of showers and thunderstorms," the agency posted on social media.