The Phoenix company behind the Giants’ viral ‘Jesus Won’ shirts
By tapping into sports, the brand’s cofounders are bringing their message to the masses and putting another ‘W’ on the board for Christ
Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees
The ‘demeaning’ website was spun up by a local founder with no relationship to the company
Consider the oyster
Oakland’s Lo-Fi Oyster Co. is taking its jazz and oyster fusion event to church in SF tonight
Tyga’s ‘$tarface’ is full of the AI Fenix Flexin used
The hip-slop summer jam continues as the LA rapper’s critically panned album shows signs of AI
Brother, can you spare $5,500?
Oakland author Ishmael Reed is raising funds to mount ’King Ludd’s Revenge,’ a new play featuring Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Adolf Hitler
‘Members of the LGBTQ+ community have legitimate reasons to be sensitive about privacy’
After backlash, Badlands and Toad Hall management is ‘pausing’ surveillance of patrons in San Francisco but continues to employ it in Portland and Sacramento
Sunday sundae at JouJou
Pastry chef Yesenia Castañon has regulars that come every week for her special Sunday sundaes
Drinking Companion: Fool’s Errand is the wise choice
If you can take some noise and don’t mind the first dates, this buzzy NoPa wine bar is perfect for after-work plots
Ordinary People
San Francisco has been destroyed in a lot of movies (thanks, Hollywood), but 2014’s ‘Godzilla’ reboot made the place feel real
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Fire season brings dangerous risks to wedding season
Northern California wedding venues and their guests hope for the perfect day while dealing with some very imperfect conditions
The non-Marin teens’ guide to Outside Lands
The city’s biggest music festival was a celebration of music, food, and good vibes that even the cheapskate media people and those darn teenagers couldn’t harsh
Bay Area artists commit to avoiding venues employing surveillance technology
Tune-Yards, Deerhoof, and others are among more than 300 artists who’ve signed a pledge organized by local digital rights activists
Outside Lands on $16 a plate
Just because your festival tickets cost as much as a new iPhone doesn’t mean your apps have to
How San Francisco gave ‘Rubberz’ its bounce
The rising indie label Empire and a tiny AI music startup helped Fenix Flexin become the summer’s biggest slop star
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Culture
For the Hacker Herren, every day is Oktoberfest
Hoisting a pint with members of the nationwide beer-guzzling men’s club as they train for Munich
Politics
A parody Connie Chan chatbot is Scott Wiener’s newest tactic
ConnieChan.AI employs Anthropic’s tech for a novel interactive attack ad, but all Chan’s campaign sees is desperation
Food & Drink
Jollibee Watch: All (well, most) has been revealed
A Jollibee exec answers some of our pressing questions
Business
Oasis is too beautiful to die
Saved from closure at the end of last year, the beloved drag venue had a little work done and is better than ever
Technology
Yalies raised $17 million this summer in Nob Hill hacker house
For a group of fresh-faced entrepreneurs, securing VC funding was probably easier than finding white clam pizza
Immigration
Video shows woman violently detained by ICE at SFO
A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport says they are not involved in any decisions or operations by the Department of Homeland Security inside terminals
