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Bay Area AI: Summit Riches, Street‑Level Resistance

The Bay Area's AI industry, flush with investment and high-profile summits, faces growing skepticism and resistance at…

TechJuly 20, 2026

Haight Street Cafe Put AI Food Images in Its Window. The Neighborhood Spray‑Painted It Back.

A new SF cafe, Grind and Unwind, used AI-generated images on a window menu sign and got two things back: online…

TechJuly 19, 2026

San Francisco Has Rules About Posters on Poles. Do You Know Them?

The casual act of removing flyers from San Francisco's utility poles highlights the city's strict, yet challenged…

CultureJuly 19, 2026

On Florence Avenue in Sebastopol, a Sculptor Kept Giving His Street Away

Since 2001, Patrick Amiot has been welding junk into sculpture and giving the pieces to his neighbors on Florence…

CultureJuly 19, 2026

Four Bay Area Art Installations Are Nominees for World's Best — Voting Closes July 31

Four Bay Area public art works — including a volunteer-built dragon in Golden Gate Park and a light sculpture at UC…

CultureJuly 19, 2026

New Restaurants Signal Lower Nob Hill Retail Resilience Amidst Low Vacancy

Lower Nob Hill sees new food and beverage businesses open amidst a tight retail market, defying broader commercial…

TechJuly 19, 2026

BART's Ashby West Lot, Built on Displaced Black Neighborhood, Will Become 600 Apartments

A four-acre South Berkeley parking lot that BART carved from a predominantly Black neighborhood will be redeveloped…

PoliticsJuly 19, 2026

AGI Summit Draws Major AI, VC Players to SF's Palace of Fine Arts, Plans 2026 Return

The AGI Summit, a recurring industry-focused event at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, concluded its 2024…

TechJuly 19, 2026

Charlie Cunningham, Prolific Marin Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77

Charlie Cunningham, a pioneering mountain bike innovator from Marin County, has died at 77, leaving behind a legacy of…

CultureJuly 19, 2026

Charley Crockett Plays Stern Grove This Afternoon — Lottery Tickets Are Gone, But You Can Still Get In

Charley Crockett performs free at Stern Grove today at 2 p.m.

EventsJuly 19, 2026

El Niño's Uneven Impact: Coastal Flooding Looms for San Francisco

A particularly strong El Niño is expected to form by October, prompting questions about its impact on San Francisco.

CultureJuly 19, 2026

Fleeing Suspect on Electric Scooter Hits 72‑Year‑Old Woman on Powell Street; DA Files Elder Abuse Charge

A 35-year-old man wanted on a federal warrant rode an electric scooter into a 72-year-old woman on Powell Street Sunday…

PoliticsJuly 19, 2026

The Beautiful Argument: What Spain vs. Argentina Will Actually Settle

The World Cup Final comes to Levi's Stadium tonight — to the house where Brock Purdy lives, on the ground where the Bay…

SportsJuly 19, 2026

Free Jazz in Livermore: Mimi Fox and Jeff Denson Play the Library

Guitarist Mimi Fox and bassist Jeff Denson play the Livermore Civic Center Library this Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m.

EventsJuly 18, 2026

Hayes Valley: Online Drama vs. Real‑World Divides on Hayes and Linden Streets

Online chatter suggests Hayes Valley is rife with division, but an examination of local issues, permits, and city data…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

Big Basin Is Open for Summer. Take the Bus — It Gets You In Free.

The Sequoia Trail to Sempervirens Falls reopened in May, giving Big Basin its best day-hike loop since the 2020 fire.

EventsJuly 18, 2026

Oakland Landmarks by Lake Merritt Featured in 2005 Film "Bee Season"

Two Oakland landmarks near Lake Merritt, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Calvin Simmons Theatre, were key…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

Grand Lake Theater Fills Its Main House for 70mm 'Odyssey' — Boots Riley Two Screens Over

The Grand Lake Theater's 3:45pm 70mm showing of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey drew a packed house on July 19 — a…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

Oakland's Zanzi Nurtures a Weekly Amapiano Vibe

Experience the rich sounds of Amapiano, Afrohouse, and Afrobeats every Monday night for free at Zanzi Oakland…

EventsJuly 18, 2026

East Bay Shops and Global Sourcing for Authentic Fulani Hats

For those seeking authentic Fulani hats, resources span from established East Bay stores like Sami African Imports and…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

SF Shuffleboard Is Mostly 21+. One Bar Has a Kids' Window — and Its Website Is Down.

Bar shuffleboard in SF is nearly all 21+.

EventsJuly 18, 2026

San Francisco's Fabled "Convection Straw" Faces an Uncertain Climate Future

Amid intensifying Central Valley heat, San Francisco's unique "convection straw" cooling effect faces an uncertain…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

SF's Rain Gardens Are Removing Pollutants They Were Never Designed to Catch

A San Francisco Estuary Institute study found that rain gardens at four San Francisco sites cut levels of 21 toxic…

CultureJuly 18, 2026

One Trailer Per Parcel: What Off‑Grid Living Actually Looks Like in Sonoma County

Sonoma County legalized one tiny home per unincorporated parcel in 2023, ending a cycle of roughly 200 low-income…

CultureJuly 18, 2026