A Fan’s Notes: Love and basketball
Valkyries fans showed up for the Embarcadero parade to give the players their much-deserved flowers
Losing cope: The tech right braces for a brave new world
Soaked by the blue wave, Trump-loving tech bros are shivering over what’s in store
Let the right ones in
The vibes were decidedly different at the election night parties for Scott Wiener and Connie Chan
As his favored measures and candidates swept, the mayor boasted of ‘common sense’
At an election night watch party, Daniel Lurie basked in the support of his team and celebrated voters ‘giving us the tools to govern effectively’
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A Fan’s Notes: The view from Section 104
A look back at a WNBA championship years in the making
Tech Twitter’s monster mash
Plus, do AI safety PACs really care about safeguarding the technology?
The future is monthly: More Gazetteer for your buck
This week: The Valks lose, the mayor gets heckled, and the case for Prop 40
Face Time: Hunter Pence is a Giant among men
The beloved right-fielder-turned-broadcaster and Renaissance man is full-throttle in his enthusiasm for baseball, San Francisco, and Magic: The Gathering
Face Time: Monika Bauerlein is too busy to celebrate
As Mother Jones turns 50 this year, its CEO isn’t looking back
Jung people these days
Plumbing the depths of the Mission’s C.G. Jung Institute, where symbols are interpreted and archetypes are interrogated
Founders from Down Under
Hyped up by AI and their own big ambitions, waves of charmingly-accented Australians are making a splash in San Francisco
Drinking Companion: There’s room for one more at Last Rites
A Castro bar with a spooky spin on tiki is the perfect Halloween treat
Prop. D for Divisive
Is a measure that would make it harder to get future propositions onto the ballot a threat to democracy, or a return to legislative integrity?
How AI helps me live with aphasia
On World Stroke Day, the author of ‘Stroke of Genius’ explains how tools like ChatGPT gave him back his voice
The loneliness of the long shot candidate
Undeterred by dogs, billionaires, and other serious obstacles, attorney J.R. Eppler is running for D10 supervisor
Anthropic has filed for IPO. And so it begins
Plus, is demand for compute high enough to justify all these data centers?
Culture
Elizabeth Holmes can’t stop believing
As a court reporter, I spent years puzzling over the Theranos founder’s powerful charisma. It took Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary to make me understand it
Food & Drink
Mandi House broke the curse
Yemeni hospitality, late night hours, and generous portions erase the memory of chronic closures at a Valencia Street storefront
Business
Will success spoil the Richmond?
As the once low-key neighborhood is attracting everyone from Bi-Rite to Zendaya, residents and small business owners are bracing for impact
Technology
More AI researchers defect from Google DeepMind, fueling rumors of a sclerotic strategy inside the company
The three young engineers behind new data startup Data-Limited Regime are claiming they turned down the tech giant’s $300M retention offer
Immigration
Dreamforce protestors demand Marc Benioff ‘defend democracy’
Despite his ICE jokes and closeness to Trump, union organizers and activists believe the Salesforce CEO will still fight for progressive causes
