Can you actually buy a house with Anthropic stock? Probably not
‘You can’t just say, I’ll sell my house for a thousand almonds, or, in this case, a thousand shares of OpenAI or Anthropic’
Update: Hearing on Lurie’s testimony is postponed as man charged with assault arrives hours late
Tony Phillips will now appear before a judge on June 5 to address the March confrontation with the mayor’s bodyguard in the Tenderloin
Drinking Companion: Bank on the Irish Bank
Office workers, tourists, and children of the Gael flock to this FiDi alley EOD for craic and pints on plastic chairs
Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem
AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that
Judge to decide if Mayor Lurie appears in person as a witness to Tenderloin fight
The lawyer for Tony Phillips, the man accused of assaulting Lurie’s bodyguard, wants the mayor to take the stand; DA doesn’t want a ‘media spectacle’
A fake receipt on Facebook is causing real headaches for one Mission restaurant
Targeted by an AI-generated bill for $456.03, Picaro is fighting back
Your social feed is drowning in Loonen
The Berkeley-based company is selling water filtered through stainless steel and tested for microplastics and forever chemicals. Lots of influencers are totally buying it
Aella wants to know how you’d defile a cow
Could you hack it in a house full of AI doomer rationalist influencers? I’m willing to try
Face Time: Saikat Chakrabarti may be a centimillionaire, but he still dreams of dollar tacos from Pancho Villa
The progressive Democratic congressional candidate has big ideas about housing, AI as a public utility, and taming corporations
SFUSD is extending the school year by five days. That is, if kids actually show up
To make up for days lost to the teachers’ strike, administrators are trying to convince students to give up a week of summer break
Drinking Companion: Mauna Loa Club is a balmy, unpretentious watering hole
This tropical family-owned dive will make even Marina haters say ‘aloha’
Everlane’s fire sale is a race to the bottom
Like many San Francisco success stories, Everlane, whose sale to Shein was just reported, diluted its early ideals in pursuit of hockey-stick growth
A disco historian’s fabulous disco playlist
Ahead of his appearance at Green Apple Books Books on the Park, ‘A Night at the Disco’ author Christian John Wikane’s tunes for your own Good Times
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Hell on Bay Wheels
The Google Gemini ads currently dominating the city’s bike share fleet are the latest targets for culture jamming
Everybody’s confused about the smoking ban
A haze of conflicting information surrounds the D7 supervisor’s effort to snub out smoking on bar patios
An incomplete history of Boots Riley’s incredible hats
The ‘I Love Boosters’ director’s Uptown Yardie hats have gotten almost as much attention as his movies
Scott Wiener’s super PAC is a dark-money mess
A 2024 change in campaign finance law is fueling the congressional hopeful’s outreach efforts
Manic Monday
Jury sides with Altman in OpenAI case
Plus, the Standard gets tech help from journalism’s newest whiz kid
The aestheticization of government secrets
Plus, in shocking news, new college grads don’t like the technology that’s ruining their futures
Culture
The Natural throws San Francisco a curveball
For grown-up punks who love baseball, a Brannan Street batting cage is the ultimate clubhouse
Politics
How many people are actually being brought to the new RESET sobering center?
The mayor boasted of ‘dozens and dozens’ in the first 24 hours; the sheriff’s office cites 320 in two and a half weeks. Yet many of the center’s chairs appear empty
Food & Drink
Market Match connects low income Californians with farmers market produce. Gavin Newsom may be about to cut it
Market operators, food security advocates, and state legislators are scrambling to secure funding for the nutrition program that benefits 674,000 statewide
Business
Everlane owes back rent to another landlord
The clothing company will centralize its operations in LA, but the owners of its SF buildings still want to get paid
Tech
Sergey Brin fled California, but he keeps throwing money at SF politics
Even from Nevada, the Google co-founder is fighting the Overpaid CEO tax and funding a right-wing extremist (among others) for governor
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
