The original movable type
A visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book where the presses never stop
Waiting for Danko
Tastes have changed a lot since 1999, but Gary Danko and his Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant have not. That’s a good thing. A very good thing
The fight to save Buy Nothing
In the midst of a resources crunch, Facebook shut down Buy Nothing mutual aid groups over an alleged trademark infringement
Goodbye to all that
As we look back on Nancy Pelosi’s 1 of 1 career, we should also look forward to what we actually need next
Mending the fabric of time
Inside the tiny, precise world of a watch repair hobbyist
Number of the beast
How long will San Francisco’s kids be possessed by ‘6 7’? Ask their teachers
Inside the Tape Vault
While artists rack up billions of streams recording tracks in their bedrooms, Chris von Sneidern’s Tenderloin recording studio continues to make music the hard and fun way
Banana Republic still sells jeans with allegedly stolen design
Despite being called out on social media and in the local press, the elevated casuals company sells yet another pair of jeans that looks suspiciously similar to a one-of-a-kind pant design from the Future Past
A table divided
Charting the distance between Sam Altman and Steve Kerr at the Sydney Goldstein Theater
ANALOG CITY
Welcome to Analog City
Kicking off Gazetteer’s new series about the pleasures of the humble, old real world
COMMENTARY
SCENESTER
Everybody loves Dua Lipa
The podcasting pop star sold out two nights at Chase Center and flexed her subtle star power
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYS ITSELF
The way we were
In ‘Sneakers,’ idealistic hackers went head-to-head with evil corporations in 1990s San Francisco. You’ll never guess who won
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Resurrecting the Red Vic
Despite a fight with her partner, a Los Angeles landlord is trying to restore peace to the iconic hippie hotel on Haight
What did Sam Altman and Steve Kerr say at the Sydney Goldstein Theater?
Even a super intelligent bot can learn something when an AI executive and an NBA coach discuss leadership, innovation, & San Francisco
‘I’m the luckiest drag queen in the world’
Per Sia, the city’s newest Drag Laureate, shares a stage with the mayor
When Satan lived at Fisherman’s Wharf
For a few years in the 1970s, the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic cast a spell on San Francisco tourists
If these walls could talk
With an Instagram account you can practically smell, Brooke Janser documents the noble rot of San Francisco dive bar bathrooms
Artificialize your intelligence for $25 an hour
Craigslist is full of calls for ‘research participants’ to help train AI models. You only need to give a bit of your humanity
POLITICS
City, Crankstart to fund SNAP benefits through month of November
A $9 million reserve fund allocation from the city is being matched by billionaire’s foundation
BUSINESS
Beta-testing a new world order
Today, SafetyWing wants customers for its insurance products. Tomorrow, it wants statehood
TECH
Who gets a tattoo at a tech convention?
There’s no better way to remember your TechCrunch Disrupt experience forever than to get a free flash tat
FOOD & DRINK
Leticia Landa still gets goosebumps
After winning a prestigious award, La Cocina’s executive director reflects on her career at the culinary incubator
IMMIGRATION
Inside SFUSD’s response to the troop surge that wasn’t
Principals say they were left to improvise their own responses to threats posed to students, parents, and staff from ICE and other agencies
