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SF Public Arts Funding Amidst Stalled Private Development
San Francisco is allocating over $14 million in public arts funding for 2025 and 2026, a move that highlights a broader…
TQ Ventures Announced It Backed Ahoy. No Form D Has Followed.
TQ Ventures publicly claimed it backed Ahoy, an AI sales startup that launched with a pirate party inside a San…
Khosla Family's $9.6 Billion Seahawks Bid Lacks Public Filing, Requires 49ers Divestment
The Khosla family's reported $9.612 billion acquisition of the Seattle Seahawks, while announced by the team, lacks…
Chevron to Shift 180 More Employees from San Ramon to Houston by September 2026
Chevron is relocating 180 employees from its San Ramon offices to Houston starting September 1, 2026, a move…
Inertia Announces Livermore Fusion Factory, $450M Round Lacks Public Filing
Livermore-based Inertia Enterprises Inc.
California DMV Orders 11,000 Drivers to Retest. The Agency Won't Say Why.
The California DMV has told 11,000 drivers to retake their knowledge tests within 30 days or lose their licenses…
Bay Area’s Billion‑Dollar Tech Valuations Clash with Ground‑Level Economic Realities
The Bay Area is grappling with a growing economic chasm, as immense tech valuations like Anthropic’s contrast sharply…
Meta Appeals $6 Million Social Media Addiction Verdict, Citing Section 230 and First Amendment
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for a teen's addiction to their platforms in March; a state court…
Oakland Roots Are Leaving the Coliseum — a Building John Fisher Hasn't Finished Buying
The Roots confirmed Thursday they'll play their final season at the Oakland Coliseum in 2026, citing costs and lost…
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Big Sur Retreat Hits Market for $2 Million
The Big Sur property once owned by Beat Generation icon Lawrence Ferlinghetti is on the market for $2 million, marking…
San Jose Is Paying for Its Own Restaurant Promotion — and the Bill Keeps Growing
Nearly 90% of the San Jose Downtown Association's "Dine Downtown" budget comes from city contracts and BID funds — and…
Anthropic Is Worth Nearly $1 Trillion. Its New SF Lab Job Pays $65K.
Anthropic posted a San Francisco bench-science job paying $65,000–$85,000 — below HUD's low-income threshold for the…
Downtown San Jose's 'Vibrant Powerhouse' Claim Meets High Office Vacancy Reality
Downtown San Jose's 'Dine Downtown' promotion is presented as a sign of vitality, but current commercial real estate…
Disney's AI Deepfake for Moana Died in Legal Limbo. SF's ILM Did the Work Instead.
Disney and UK AI firm Metaphysic spent 18 months trying to build an AI digital double of Dwayne Johnson for the…
Five Former xAI Employees Tell the Same Story. The SpaceX IPO Made the Stakes Clear.
A new account of extreme working conditions at Elon Musk's AI lab is consistent with everything already on record — and…
Prologis Wants to Build a 99‑Megawatt Data Center in South San Jose. The Site Was Only Cleared for a Warehouse.
Prologis has filed city planning documents for a 516,000-square-foot, 99-megawatt data center in South San Jose — but…
SFO International Terminal Computers Went Down Wednesday Night, Forcing Manual Check‑ins on Up to 14 Flights
A Wednesday-night computer outage at SFO's international terminal knocked out ticket-counter systems and forced manual…
Startups Claim It, Agencies Deny It: Bay Area's Two‑Sided AI Accountability Problem
Two Bay Area stories from the same week reveal opposite failure modes for AI accountability: a startup launches an…
C&H Sugar's Strike Lands Raw Sugar — and a Health Question — at a Richmond Industrial Terminal
A cargo diversion triggered by a four-week labor dispute at C&H Sugar's Crockett refinery has put raw sugar alongside…
Ahoy Launches AI Meeting App with Pirate Party Inside SF's Pink Painted Lady
An AI startup co-founded by two ex-HubSpot engineers threw a free, pirate-themed open house at Alamo Square's historic…
FasTrak’s Phantom Tolls Expose ALPR Weakness, Alameda County Commission Points to "High Confidence" Misreads
An Alameda County Transportation Commission license plate reader repeatedly misidentified a Los Angeles woman's plate…
Global Stack LLC's Undeclared Backing for Bay Area Data Centers Undermines Grand Pitches
A newly formed company, Global Stack LLC, is actively pitching a network of 8 data centers at Bay Area fairgrounds.
Chronic Tacos Opens Danville Outpost, Franchisees Drive Bay Area Expansion
Chronic Tacos, a Southern California-based Mexican food chain, has opened its first Bay Area location in Danville…
Altman Arson Suspect Found Eligible for Mental Health Diversion — Defense Says No
A court-ordered mental health evaluation found Daniel Moreno Gama eligible for diversion, but his own defense attorney…