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SF Sues Booking Holdings Over 'Imposter' Hotel Sites Alleged to Mark Up Rooms as Much as 85%

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued Booking Holdings and two third-party operators, alleging they disguise…

TechJuly 30, 2026

Tau Robotics Will Rent You a "Humanoid" House Cleaner in SF for $30 an Hour. A Person Is Driving It.

Tau Robotics launched an invite-only $30/hour humanoid home-cleaning service in San Francisco this week — but the CEO…

TechJuly 30, 2026

The Flat‑Fee Brokerages Bay Area Redditors Keep Naming — Only One Has Raised Money

A Fremont tech worker's burner-account vibe check on flat-fee real estate agents named the same three firms the Bay…

TechJuly 30, 2026

A Bay Area Reddit Thread Thanked 'Vacationers' for the Smooth Commute. Then Came the Edit.

A lighthearted r/bayarea post thanking summer vacationers for an easy week of driving added a nervous afterthought — "I…

TechJuly 30, 2026

Visa Cuts 2,600 Jobs — 7% of Its Workforce — a Day After Posting 14% Revenue Growth

Visa told staff it would cut 2,600 jobs — nearly 7% of its workforce — a day after reporting $11.6B in quarterly net…

TechJuly 30, 2026

After Failed Legal Challenge, Great Highway Reopen Measure Makes November Ballot — With a $14 Million Price Tag

A measure to reopen Sunset Dunes to weekday car traffic officially qualified for San Francisco's November ballot this…

PoliticsJuly 30, 2026

On Seabright State Beach, a Rookie's Two Minutes Against the Surf

A teenage lifeguard in his first year pulled a boy from turning surf at Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday…

CultureJuly 30, 2026

Notion's 'AI Dread' Billboards Are a Marketing Play. Its Last Priced Round Was in 2021.

The SF productivity unicorn behind the anonymous "AI Dread?" hotline billboards is an "AI-first" company whose last…

TechJuly 30, 2026

Three Ellis Act Notices, Filed the Same Day on the 1100 Block of Kearny, Point to a Whole Building Leaving the Rental Market

Three eviction notices filed July 20 on the 1100 block of Kearny Street in North Beach all cite the Ellis Act — the…

CultureJuly 30, 2026

Two Capital‑Improvement Evictions Filed the Same Day on the 400 Block of Parker Avenue

On July 22, two capital-improvement eviction notices were filed at a single address on the 400 block of Parker Avenue…

CultureJuly 30, 2026

Snoopy Takes Over SFMOMA This Sunday: A Free Peanuts Screening, One Catch — RSVP First

SFMOMA and SFFILM host a free family screening of two Snoopy specials with a Schulz Studio Q&A, then a paper-folding…

EventsJuly 30, 2026

Shucos Magi Brings Guatemalan Street Food to Foothill Boulevard

Shucos Magi, the Fruitvale shucos vendor Maria Rodas has run for years, has opened its first brick-and-mortar at 3329…

FoodJuly 30, 2026

Kalanick's Atoms Raises $1.7B for Robotics — With No Valuation, No Product, and Uber Back at the Table

Travis Kalanick's Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber — the company that ousted him in 2017…

TechJuly 30, 2026

Cobb's Comedy Club Has Four Free Secret Guest List Nights in August

Cobb's Comedy Club's free RSVP "Secret Guest List" series runs four North Beach nights in August — a showcase, a Roast…

EventsJuly 30, 2026

SF's Free Lunchtime Concert Festival Runs Through September. Here's Where to Catch It.

People in Plazas puts 130-plus free noon concerts in Financial District plazas from July through September.

EventsJuly 30, 2026

Four Artists, One Sketchpad: SFMOMA Turns Its Galleries Into a Drawing Studio Aug. 13

SFMOMA hosts a guided observational Drawing Night on Thursday, Aug.

EventsJuly 30, 2026

SF Pizza, Bagel & Beer Festival Returns to Washington Square on August 15

Tony Gemignani and the SFIAC Foundation bring their pizza benefit back to North Beach's Washington Square on Saturday…

FoodJuly 30, 2026

Why Some Plazas Work and Others Sit Empty: SFMOMA Screens Whyte's Cult Urban‑Design Doc Aug 6

SFMOMA screens the newly restored 1980 documentary "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces" on Thursday, Aug 6, with a…

EventsJuly 30, 2026

Handroll Hawker Brings Australian‑Style Handrolls to Russian Hill's Polk Street This Fall

Romi Trower, an Australian filmmaker who has missed grab-and-go handrolls since moving to SF in 2019, is opening…

FoodJuly 30, 2026

Bruno's Italian Taste Opens on Mission Street, a Calabrese Couple's First Brick‑and‑Mortar

Fabio Brunocilla and Marcella Foti, both from Cosenza, opened Bruno's Italian Taste at 606 Mission St in late June — an…

FoodJuly 30, 2026

Golden Focaccia Swaps in Pinsa Romana Weeks After Opening in Lower Nob Hill

The newly opened Golden Focaccia at 881 Post St.

FoodJuly 30, 2026

The One Downtown Mall That Kept Its Lights On Changed Hands — Through a Default, Not a Sale

The Metreon at 135 Fourth St. — downtown's only Target and IMAX, more than 90% leased — passed to TMG Partners and…

CultureJuly 30, 2026

SF Gateway Is Fully Approved. On Toland Street, the Warehouses Still Stand and Amazon's Trucks Still Roll.

Prologis's 1.6-million-square-foot "San Francisco Gateway" won final city approval in December 2025, but ten months…

CultureJuly 30, 2026

A Burned‑Out Shell at 659 Union Wants to Become 89 Apartments — Over North Beach's Objections

The century-old Verdi Building, gutted by fires in 2013 and 2018, would be demolished for an eight-story, 89-unit…

CultureJuly 30, 2026