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Joshua Bote

Joshua Bote is a reporter focusing on the nexus of culture, trends, and digital phenomena within San Francisco.

Previously, he covered technology for The San Francisco Standard and SFGate. He’s also served as a trending news reporter at USA Today, and as a music writer at NPR. His work has been published in places like New York Magazine, Billboard, and Paste.

How Santa Rosa’s ‘Peanuts’ museum became the Bay Area’s trendiest tourist trap

Gen Z would die for Snoopy. They’ll even go to Santa Rosa

November 15, 2024

Someone peed in the pit at Chase Center during the Sabrina Carpenter show this weekend

We spoke to several witnesses about the incident

November 12, 2024

San Francisco Chronicle staffers asked to sign buyout agreement that likely includes an illegal clause

About five percent of the Chronicle's staff were approved to take a buyout, first offered at the beginning of the month

October 31, 2024

Dregs One’s second annual History of the Bay Day was a love letter to Bay Area rap

With performances from Kamaiyah and Souls of Mischief, the festival was a crucial celebration of the Bay’s one-of-one hip-hop scene

October 21, 2024

Fake Fleet Week ads on bus stops around the city call out US role in Gaza violence 

One of the ads shows a photo of Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell lighting himself on fire in protest of Israel’s killing of civilians

October 15, 2024

Exclusive: The San Francisco Chronicle offers voluntary buyouts to staff 

The city’s paper of record is making the offer in anticipation of a ‘challenging’ 2025, according to memos viewed by Gazetteer

October 11, 2024

Chatbot service Character.ai takes down school shooting, ‘Diddy party’ simulators after Gazetteer inquiry

The company was valued at $1 billion last year, and recently announced a harder pivot into chatbots

October 2, 2024

To hell with Portola and Folsom — this weekend, I got my kicks at a yo-yo party thrown by a folk star

This weekend, a quieter fun was had, far from the loud noises of Portola Festival

September 30, 2024

The Dare is a lot of fun — but illustrates the letdown of indie sleaze 2.0

Some nostalgia is maybe better left in the past (even if you weren’t old enough the first time)

September 27, 2024