Outside Lands on $16 a plate
Just because your festival tickets cost as much as a new iPhone doesn’t mean your apps have to
Bay Area artists commit to avoiding venues employing surveillance technology
Tune-Yards, Deerhoof, and others are among more than 300 artists who’ve signed a pledge organized by local digital rights activists
How San Francisco gave ‘Rubberz’ its bounce
The rising indie label Empire and a tiny AI music startup helped Fenix Flexin become the summer’s biggest slop star
Fire season brings dangerous risks to wedding season
Northern California wedding venues and their guests hope for the perfect day while dealing with some very imperfect conditions
A parody Connie Chan chatbot is Scott Wiener’s newest tactic
ConnieChan.AI employs Anthropic’s tech for a novel interactive attack ad, but all Chan’s campaign sees is desperation
Yalies raised $17 million this summer in Nob Hill hacker house
For a group of fresh-faced entrepreneurs, securing VC funding was probably easier than finding white clam pizza
Drinking Companion: Fool’s Errand is the wise choice
If you can take some noise and don’t mind the first dates, this buzzy NoPa wine bar is perfect for after-work plots
Ordinary People
San Francisco has been destroyed in a lot of movies (thanks, Hollywood), but 2014’s ‘Godzilla’ reboot made the place feel real
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Jollibee Watch: All (well, most) has been revealed
A Jollibee exec answers some of our pressing questions
Asshole shrugged
A Wall Street Journal op-ed-cum-manifesto by Mark Zuckerberg shows the utter failure of his super intelligence
Tomatoes are for lovers
Bosco’s vine-to-table tasting menu showcases summer’s seeded superstars, including an heirloom sorbet
The Art Agnos way
Daniel Lurie, Nancy Pelosi, Connie Chan and others celebrate the life and progressive legacy of the city’s mayor from 1988 to 1992
Shooting outside of Holy Stitch leaves one hurt with life-threatening injuries
The aftermath of the incident was captured and posted on Instagram
For the Hacker Herren, every day is Oktoberfest
Hoisting a pint with members of the nationwide beer-guzzling men’s club as they train for Munich
Culture
Welcome to the artisanal food media era
The portions may be smaller, but independent restaurant and recipe publications are savoring every morsel
Politics
State Department targets SF figures in new ‘anti-communist’ report
Former district attorney and longtime pro-Palestine activist are among 43 people and organizations called out by the Trump administration
Food & Drink
Philz lets it matcha flag fly
The beloved yet beleaguered private equity-backed caffeine spot sets its sights on a different shade of green
Business
Oasis is too beautiful to die
Saved from closure at the end of last year, the beloved drag venue had a little work done and is better than ever
Technology
Substack adds AI detection tool to its platform
The feature will help make sure the platform doesn’t ‘turn into LinkedIn,’ per CEO Chris Best
Immigration
Video shows woman violently detained by ICE at SFO
A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport says they are not involved in any decisions or operations by the Department of Homeland Security inside terminals
