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Cydney Hayes

Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for Gazetteer SF. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for The Drift, Architectural Digest, Baltimore, Entertainment Weekly, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.

Burning Man dirt costs first-time laundromat owners hundreds of dollars in damage

Local laundromats are forced to deal with broken machines and filthy floors every year when Burners return to the city

September 11, 2026