A sandwich to rival Philly’s best
It takes Matt Kosoy three days to achieve perfection at Jerry’s Roast Pork and one lunchtime to ask, jeet yet?
Table for 400
A group of young Bay Area Muslims is hosting a free outdoor dinner to break bread, pray, and teach their neighbors about Ramadan
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
San Francisco Standard is going ‘AI-native’
A $150,000 grant from the Lenfest Institute is fueling a new app and more
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
Who goes AI?
An interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game from the 1940s is updated for our age
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
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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
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
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
Culture
Slopper Bowl LX
AI’s dark aura was all over the Big Game. Viewers were not fans
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
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
