Cloudflare CEO: Resistance to Gemini is coming from inside Google
It’s the latest shot fired by Cloudflare amid concerns over the search giant’s use of its monopoly to hoover up AI control
Welcome to City Hall, Alan Wong
The new District 4 Supervisor wants to work with everybody; that strategy may not please anybody
Dear Abby: Enough is enough
Abby Connect is the latest AI company to resort to ragebait for a billboard campaign. It may also be the most ridiculous
Nima Momeni sues San Francisco Standard, Los Angeles Times for defamation
The $17 million suit appears to be over photos of Momeni inside a jail cell
Rest in peace to the best Claude in San Francisco
Cal Academy’s wonderful gator Claude died at the age of 30, according to a Tuesday announcement from the institution
Deep cut
Tariffs be damned, Bernal Cutlery and Flour + Water take an artisan spin on the pizza wheel
Tierra Vegetables wants to buy the farm
Even as they plan for retirement, the beloved sibling farmers are racing to secure the land they’ve cultivated for two decades
Montgomery BART hit with a bout of pepper spray
Another BART incident took place in downtown SF Tuesday evening
ANALOG CITY
Pulps unbound
For three decades, Kayo Books has sold the kinds of books your grandparents wouldn’t be caught dead reading
COMMENTARY
Somewhere between jail and a hospital
The Mayor is trying to learn some new moves as he tries 'going hard' on the drug crisis
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYS ITSELF
Wild in the streets
With a little zaniness and a lot of Streisand, Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘What’s Up Doc?’ brought chaos to a city that was trying to tidy itself up
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Waiting for Danko
Tastes have changed a lot since 1999, but Gary Danko and his Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant have not. That’s a good thing. A very good thing
How to steal $11 million: Ask for a pen
As this weekend’s crypto robbery in Mission Dolores shows, you don’t need to be a super hacker to get ahold of someone’s holdings. You just need to show up
Civic Center BART reopened after blown insulator
The fire department and BART police were all over Market Street Tuesday following the incident
Conversation starters
In the 1970s, a Bay Area couple started a business to get people talking. Panned at the time, it feels prescient today
Exit, pursued by ChatGPT
Adam Strauss’s ‘Before I Forget’ puts AI centerstage whether audiences want it there or not
My sad lunch at the San Francisco Centre
A final meal where brick and mortar went to die
CULTURE
Becca Bloom is the gift that keeps on giving
San Francisco’s favorite TikToker is on a charm offensive after (finally) catching some heat for her ludicrous wealth
POLITICS
SF sues Department of Justice over police funding
The Department of Justice demands fealty in exchange for $6.25 million earmarked for more cops and addressing the mental health of officers
BUSINESS
Strange bedfellows
ConnectedSF, ‘not just one more SF group,’ hosted Mayor Lurie to speak for six and half minutes at its Celebrating the Power of People gathering Monday
TECH
Department of Public Health reached out to local tattoo artist about permitting after TechCrunch Disrupt
Tattd, a tattoo app, put a Hayes Valley artist and her clients at risk for an off-the-books pop-up last month
FOOD & DRINK
Jollibee Watch, November 21, 2025: A very unofficial look inside
Someone got inside the downtown SF Jollibee’s and gave us a first look, but there’s still no word on an official opening date
IMMIGRATION
Inside SFUSD’s response to the troop surge that wasn’t
Principals say they were left to improvise their own responses to threats posed to students, parents, and staff from ICE and other agencies
