Who goes AI?
An interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game from the 1940s is updated for our age
San Francisco Standard is going ‘AI-native’
A $150,000 grant from the Lenfest Institute is fueling a new app and more
You can make this cake at home. Don’t.
Frances in the Castro is the only place in the city to get this simply delectable cake
Court dismisses lawsuit alleging abuse by Urban Alchemy workers
A Sausalito man claimed he was attacked for speaking out about unethical behavior, but the nonprofit denies all of it
The mayor’s long-delayed RESET center is a go
Arrests for intoxication will happen ‘at speed and volume,’ Lurie says
The high-fantasy cult of Anthropic
Plus, its fight with the Pentagon, OpenAI and Meta race to deploy AI agents to the masses, and tasteless AI people argue about taste
The New Liberals just want to enjoy their Tax Havens
At The Irish Bank, policy wonks debate the Billionaire’s March and Georgist land taxes
Drinking Companion: In search of lost time at Specs’
Under a flag-draped ceiling and surrounded by history, generations of San Francisco bohos have gathered for Gouda cheese and better conversation
Back to school
With the teachers strike over, the hard work of funding and running SFUSD continues
Paper tiger
The ‘California Post’ covers the Golden State from the point of view of a transplant who hates it here
High and low
In ‘The Organization,’ San Francisco’s glass towers and unfinished tunnels map a city where accountability only runs downhill
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Dial D for dysfunction
San Francisco’s 911 dispatchers are being asked to work with antiquated equipment, crazy hours, poor mental health, and alongside new trainees who aren’t prepared
Strike Diary, Day Two: An unusually calm morning
A feeling of peace has settled into my home, but it’s not all Legos and blueberry muffins for SFUSD teachers
Marc Benioff makes ‘cruel’ ICE jokes at Salesforce event
The Salesforce CEO joked about ICE agents being at a company gathering in Las Vegas
Busy bees
Backyards around the city are all abuzz with hidden micro apiaries
Culture
Slopper Bowl LX
AI’s dark aura was all over the Big Game. Viewers were not fans
Politics
Strike Diary, Day One: Back to lockdown
An (extremely) inside view of parenting, life, and trigonometry during the SFUSD picket
Business
How Jeffrey Epstein advised Minerva university’s early leaders
Newly released emails show how executives of San Francisco’s most ‘elite’ school needed help — and an occasional place to crash — from the disgraced financier
Tech
Substack reports mass data leak: ‘This sucks. I’m sorry’
The popular newsletter platform was breached in October 2025
Food & Drink
Care and feeding of the Super Bowl
How local businesses get tapped to serve at the biggest game of the year
Immigration
What will SF law enforcement do if ICE kicks in your door? Ask again in a few weeks
If SFPD, the Sheriff, and the DA have a plan to protect our Fourth Amendment rights, they’re not sharing it
