Fog City Flea will temporarily close Ferry Building store for downsizing
The tourist-beloved indie crafts and apparel market will reopen in a smaller space
The Strokes are slouching towards Bill Graham
The seminal NYC band returns to SF in April after a legendarily bad Outside Lands performance
The spiritual center of the Financial District
Temple of Soma, a new psychedelic church on Kearny Street, wants to lovingly guide you in mushroom-enabled worship
Guerrilla outdoor campaign decrying ‘GROK CHILD PORN’ appears around the city
The mysterious marketing push comes amid public uproar and international investigations into sex abuse material generated by Elon Musk’s chatbot
Who (allegedly) runs tech?
Two magazines investigate. Plus, the people want a ‘Silicon Valley’ reboot
How the uncanny valley could kill the Valley
Porn performer Siri Dahl and others have started sounding the alarm about AI's impacts on privacy, free speech, and legal sex work
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
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
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
Busy bees
Backyards around the city are all abuzz with hidden micro apiaries
Culture
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
Politics
Back to school
With the teachers strike over, the hard work of funding and running SFUSD continues
Business
Marc Benioff makes ‘cruel’ ICE jokes at Salesforce event
The Salesforce CEO joked about ICE agents being at a company gathering in Las Vegas
Tech
Slopper Bowl LX
AI’s dark aura was all over the Big Game. Viewers were not fans
Food & Drink
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
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
