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Patronscan Claims It Doesn't Do Facial Recognition. Its Tagline Calls It "a Bouncer That Never Forgets a Face."

A Castro bar patron was refused service after Patronscan's Guard+ scanner flagged them at the door — the first publicly…

TechJune 28, 2026

Forerunner Leads $27M Into Casa, a Home‑Maintenance Subscription Built by Kalanick's Uber Lieutenants

San Francisco's Casa exits stealth with $27M in Forerunner-led funding, Sheryl Sandberg's VC firm, and a personal bet…

TechJune 28, 2026

The Kapler Rejects: A Band of Discarded Giants Is Haunting Oracle Park

Four men who once wore the orange and black — Mauricio Dubón, Mike Yastrzemski, Dom Smith, and Joey Bart — walked into…

SportsJune 28, 2026

Boston's Iskwelahang Pilipino Rondalla Comes to Oakland — Free at OACC on July 12

The acclaimed Boston Filipino ensemble brings a two-act concert of Philippine folk and musical theater to the Oakland…

EventsJune 28, 2026

The Sharks Spent Their Last Pick on a 7‑Foot‑1 Lottery Ticket From Moldova. Good.

Let me tell you the number that actually matters here, and it isn't the height.

SportsJune 27, 2026

USA vs. Bosnia Is Wednesday. San Pedro Square Has 20,000 RSVPs — and a History of Locking People Out.

The official U.S. Soccer watch party for Wednesday's Round of 32 is free, but prior USA matches filled San Pedro Square…

EventsJune 27, 2026

The SF Dyke March Rolled Through the Mission Saturday — and Its "Dykes Only" Section May Have Seen Its Last Year

Saturday's Dyke March filled Dolores Park and pushed through the Mission, with pole lessons in the lower section and a…

EventsJune 27, 2026

Great America Is Still Open — Don't Write Its Obituary Yet

California's Great America is not closing this year.

EventsJune 27, 2026

At Arepas' San Francisco Location, Donations Are Stacked Seven Feet High — and the Drive Closes Monday

The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has climbed from 235 to more than 900 confirmed dead, with 50,000-plus…

CultureJune 27, 2026

The Public Is 95% on the USMNT in Santa Clara. I'll Take a Half‑Unit on Chaos.

Tuesday the USMNT plays a World Cup knockout game 45 minutes from my apartment, at a stadium currently wearing a white…

SportsJune 27, 2026

California Forever Hired the Democrats Who Built CEQA to Help Dismantle It for Their New City

The tech billionaire-backed plan to build a Bay Area city from scratch has found a new route around local opposition —…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

Contra Costa Has Found a Dengue‑Capable Mosquito Five Times Since 2022. Now Officials Want to Fight It with Bacteria.

Health officials in Contra Costa County are weighing a plan to release thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes into…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

SF Budget Wraps Before Sundown — and That's Not Entirely Good News

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors finished their annual budget fight at 6:30 p.m.

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

SF's Transfer Tax Revenue Faces Twin Threats as Wicks' Backroom Deal Collapses

A California Assembly bill designed to kill an anti-tax ballot measure has instead united progressive housing advocates…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

SF's Glen Canyon Is Officially Low‑Risk for Wildfire. A New Grand Jury Report Says That Might Be Wrong.

San Francisco's Civil Grand Jury has released a report warning that Glen Canyon Park — a 66-acre urban greenspace in…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

SF Cartoon Art Museum Curator Fired After Berkeley Arrest for Filming Party Guests — Including Children — in Bathroom

Andrew Farago, a curator at San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, was arrested on 20 counts of invasion of privacy after…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

A New Lawsuit Says Walmart, 7‑Eleven, and BP Used AI to Fix California Gas Prices. Bay Area Drivers Already Know What That Costs.

A California antitrust lawsuit claims that fuel retailers including Walmart, 7-Eleven, and BP used artificial…

PoliticsJune 27, 2026

Scott Wiener wants 15 debates. The Trans March wanted him gone.

The front-runner in the race to replace Nancy Pelosi spent the week asking for more stages to stand on.

PoliticsThe CastroJune 27, 2026

UCSF and Cigna Reach Deal Four Days After UC Health Issued a Termination Notice

UCSF Health and Cigna announced a new in-network agreement on June 26, averting an out-of-network divorce that would…

TechJune 27, 2026

Bay Area Tech Sorted Its Workers This Week. Not by Title — by Equity.

Five events in one week drew a line that runs not between tech and everything else, but through the industry itself…

TechJune 27, 2026

At SF's Founder Fashion Show, the Merch Was the Marketing

About 50 people gathered in a Financial District alley last Thursday to watch startup employees walk a spray-painted…

TechJune 27, 2026

Line 51 Brewing Sets July 19 as Its Last Pint, Closing After 13 Years in Oakland

The Oakland taproom near Jack London Square confirmed July 19 — World Cup final day — as its last day of service…

FoodJune 27, 2026

Portugal‑Colombia Is the Only World Cup Game Worth Your Saturday. The Over Is the (Small) Play.

Look at today's slate and most of it is paperwork.

SportsJune 27, 2026

Wolfsbane in Dogpatch Earns a Michelin Star on Rupert Blease's Return to Fine Dining

The former Lord Stanley team closed their Polk Gulch room in May 2025, registered the entity behind Wolfsbane two…

FoodJune 27, 2026