Drinking Companion: There’s room for one more at Last Rites
A Castro bar with a spooky spin on tiki is the perfect Halloween treat
The future is monthly: More Gazetteer for your buck
This week: The Valks lose, the mayor gets heckled, and the case for Prop 40
Face Time: Hunter Pence is a Giant among men
The beloved right-fielder-turned-broadcaster and Renaissance man is full-throttle in his enthusiasm for baseball, San Francisco, and Magic: The Gathering
Prop. D for Divisive
Is a measure that would make it harder to get future propositions onto the ballot a threat to democracy, or a return to legislative integrity?
How AI helps me live with aphasia
On World Stroke Day, the author of ‘Stroke of Genius’ explains how tools like ChatGPT gave him back his voice
Mandi House broke the curse
Yemeni hospitality, late night hours, and generous portions erase the memory of chronic closures at a Valencia Street storefront
Lurie heckled at D6 open house
‘We have to do better by you all,’ the mayor told vocal residents frustrated by crime, homelessness, and open drug use in their district
Face Time: Monika Bauerlein is too busy to celebrate
As Mother Jones turns 50 this year, its CEO isn’t looking back
Jung people these days
Plumbing the depths of the Mission’s C.G. Jung Institute, where symbols are interpreted and archetypes are interrogated
Founders from Down Under
Hyped up by AI and their own big ambitions, waves of charmingly-accented Australians are making a splash in San Francisco
Anthropic has filed for IPO. And so it begins
Plus, is demand for compute high enough to justify all these data centers?
More AI researchers defect from Google DeepMind, fueling rumors of a sclerotic strategy inside the company
The three young engineers behind new data startup Data-Limited Regime are claiming they turned down the tech giant’s $300M retention offer
Guest Commentary: Thousands of well-paid tech workers already pay tax on unrealized gains. Billionaires can too
The case for Proposition 40
The loneliness of the long shot candidate
Undeterred by dogs, billionaires, and other serious obstacles, attorney J.R. Eppler is running for D10 supervisor
Paul Graham takes on Pope Leo XIV (Biblical fail!)
Plus, AI finally gives us something of value: A fun new meme
Culture
Elizabeth Holmes can’t stop believing
As a court reporter, I spent years puzzling over the Theranos founder’s powerful charisma. It took Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary to make me understand it
Politics
‘He’s blatantly lying about it’: Lurie’s distortion of Prop. I confuses the affordable housing debate
The mayor’s claims about the DSA-backed ballot proposition are ‘unreasonable and alarming’ according to one critic; ‘he’s been corrected numerous times,’ according to another
Food & Drink
Could DoorDash drones actually fly in SF?
While the delivery company tries to get its drone program off the ground in Concord, questions about its local feasibility might keep it on the runway
Business
Will success spoil the Richmond?
As the once low-key neighborhood is attracting everyone from Bi-Rite to Zendaya, residents and small business owners are bracing for impact
Technology
You can learn nothing about a16z’s private ‘You Can See Everything’ showing
Everyone was friendly but notably sketchy at the AMC Metreon, where the VC firm co-hosted a screening with one of the film’s producers
Immigration
Dreamforce protestors demand Marc Benioff ‘defend democracy’
Despite his ICE jokes and closeness to Trump, union organizers and activists believe the Salesforce CEO will still fight for progressive causes
