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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · May 2026 · 1,948 stories

Mercor: Where $10 Billion Buys You 2 AM Shifts and a Survey Asking You to Snitch on Coworkers

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There's a special kind of Silicon Valley hubris that comes with being a 23-year-old billionaire — the kind that…

TechMay 11, 2026

Anchor Brewing Rises From the Dead — And Potrero Hill Can Smell It

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Something is brewing on Potrero Hill. Literally. Workers have been spotted inside the iconic Anchor Brewing facility…

CulturePotrero HillMay 11, 2026

25 Beds and a Prayer: The Mayor's RESET Experiment Isn't Solving the Drug Crisis — It's Relocating It

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Two weeks into Mayor Breed's RESET center initiative, the early returns are in — and they look a lot like what skeptics…

PoliticsMission DistrictMay 11, 2026

A Reminder That San Francisco Is Still Beautiful — If You Bother to Look

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Here's a take that won't generate angry comments or a Board of Supervisors hearing: San Francisco is still a gorgeous…

CultureMay 11, 2026

Safeway Is Robbing You Blind and They Know It

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San Francisco is the second most expensive city in the world for groceries.

FoodMay 11, 2026

Golden Gate Park's Coolest Residents Just Grew by Three

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Forget the tech founders, the housing developers, and the city supervisors — the most productive residents in San…

CultureGolden Gate ParkMay 11, 2026

Buster Posey's Front Office Gambles Are Busting — Now What?

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Let's talk about accountability — not at City Hall for once, but at 24 Willie Mays Plaza.

SportsMay 11, 2026

A Bakery That Actually Survived SF's Permit Gauntlet Just Opened in SoMa

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After what's described as "years of delays" — a phrase so common in San Francisco small business stories it should be…

FoodSoMaMay 11, 2026

The Valkyries Are Here, and So Are the Fans Who've Been Waiting

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The Golden State Valkyries officially christened their home court this week, and whatever you think about the WNBA's…

SportsMay 11, 2026

SF's Last Immigration Court Gets Gutted — And Nobody's Talking About It

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By the end of this summer, San Francisco will no longer have a fully functioning immigration court.

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

74% Approval and Counting: Lurie's Honeymoon Phase Shows No Signs of Ending

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Love him or not, the numbers don't lie: Mayor Daniel Lurie is sitting at a 74% approval rating among San Francisco…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

Pelosi Finally Weighs In on Her Own Succession — And the Money Race Is Already Absurd

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Nancy Pelosi has broken her silence on who should succeed her in California's 11th Congressional District, and the…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

Matt Haney Wants to Tell Hotel Owners How to Run Their Business — Again

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Assemblymember Matt Haney is back with another labor bill, and this time he's picking a fight with the travel industry…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

Berkeley's Surveillance Whiplash: The Sanctuary City That Almost Watched Everything

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Berkeley — yes, that Berkeley, the city that literally invented the sanctuary city concept — has been flirting with…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

A Palo Alto Kid Got Accused of AI Cheating by an AI. Now It's a Lawsuit.

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Here's a nightmare scenario for any student in 2025: you turn in an essay you actually wrote, a flawed algorithm flags…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

A San Francisco Legend Goes Out on Her Own Terms at 91

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There's no better way to say it: a San Francisco activist lived exactly the way this city used to promise everyone they…

CultureMay 11, 2026

Wavy Gravy Turns 90: San Francisco's Most Lovable Counterculture Icon Is Still Standing

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Love him or scratch your head at him, Wavy Gravy — born Hugh Nanton Romney, clown prince of the counterculture…

CultureMay 11, 2026

San Francisco's Jury Duty System: Random Selection or Random Chaos?

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If you've lived in San Francisco for any length of time, you've probably had one of two experiences with jury duty: you…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

Six Years, Zero Promotions: The Career Trap Nobody Talks About

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Here's a story that should make every San Francisco worker uncomfortable: a fintech professional — six years at the…

TechMay 11, 2026

London Breed's Favor Factory: The Sherrill Appointment Stinks Exactly Like You Think It Does

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Here's how politics is supposed to work in a functioning democracy: a vacancy opens up, the mayor appoints the most…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

Sunnydale Market: A Grocery Store That Might Actually Let You Keep Some of Your Paycheck

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Here's a sentence you don't hear very often in San Francisco: a new grocery store is coming, and it's going to be…

FoodVisitacion ValleyMay 11, 2026

A Kaiser Nurse Faces Losing Her Job Over DACA Bureaucracy — And Nobody Looks Good Here

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Here's a story that should frustrate you no matter where you fall on the immigration debate: a Kaiser Permanente nurse…

PoliticsMay 11, 2026

The Wasian Meetup: Peak San Francisco or Just a Normal Day at Dolores Park?

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If you've spent any time in the Marina or Dolores Park on a sunny afternoon, you already know: San Francisco might just…

CultureMissionMay 11, 2026

The Art of Doing Nothing (Productively) in San Francisco

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Here's a radical idea in a city obsessed with hustle culture and $12 oat milk lattes: take a week off for absolutely no…

CultureMay 11, 2026