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Lawsuit against Urban Alchemy alleges assault, sexual harassment, drug dealing in Sausalito

Complaint says employees were involved in meth sales and sexual exploitation of unhoused women

June 6, 2024

Sound bathing at SFMOMA with Mark Ronson

The celebrated producer’s low-key set Saturday — about a mile away from the big Skrillex-Fred Again affair — was a celebration of deep listening

June 4, 2024

Sutter Street Tavern building is a nifty little historic gem 

The two-story structure, rare in Downtown SF, was built right after the 1906 earthquake and was once a boozy hangout for SF Stock Exchange traders

June 4, 2024

Garry Tan’s mudslinging against SFMTA Chief Tumlin is a bizarre battle over the ‘tech singularity’

One of SF’s loudest activists is trying to get Tumlin fired, but it’s bigger than cars, buses and trains — he’s talking “deceleration,” e/acc, and the paranoid fight for human evolution

May 31, 2024

Repping the Tenderloin, one hoodie at a time

Tilted Brim opened up shop on the Larkin retail corridor in 2016. It’s now one of the coolest streetwear stores in the City and subverting dominant narratives with its gear

May 31, 2024

Alleged $11 billion HP fraudster Mike Lynch fought extradition to SF and doesn’t want jury to know, but motion for mistrial fails 

In an unusual move, the man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ testified in his defense last week. Joel Rosenblatt was there to witness the proceedings, including an always entertaining Judge Breyer, discussions of farm animals, and clotted cream

May 30, 2024

San Francisco tech company Okta accused of rampant gender discrimination

Two female ex-employees allege ‘pervasive’ gender bias at platform that powers logging in to major government and corporate websites

May 29, 2024

Campus anti-war encampments may have birthed a new generation of Bay Area activists

The tents are down and negotiations are on pause, but these student protesters say the pro-Palestine encampments have had a profound impact on their beliefs, tactics, and ambitions

May 24, 2024

A 19-year-old SF State dropout is leading a global shoegaze revival

SF native Natalie Lu went big on TikTok with a song she recorded on her phone. Her first homecoming show ever was a family affair that proves her rock star bona fides

May 23, 2024

We retraced the steps of the viral ‘sketchiest walk’ through Mid Market, talked to folks on the street, and made a new friend

A visiting techie from Austin claimed a stroll through Downtown SF was worse than the conditions in Brazil and Colombia. Is this a “tech dystopia,” or just real life? 

May 23, 2024