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Joshua Bote

Joshua Bote is an associate editor for Gazetteer SF, 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.

Darling Nicki

Five years on, Nicki Jizz’s Reparations remains the city’s boldest, Blackest, and best drag show

June 13, 2025

The robotaxis are scared

Waymo and Zoox are still not operating in certain parts of the city after this weekend’s protests, a sign that discontent around AVs is growing

June 10, 2025

‘You can’t outsource taste’

Inside the subreddit where 12,000 of the city’s most tasteful bitches gather

June 4, 2025

BART knows their new fare gates aren’t working

Trouble using your Clipper? Tap again. See agent. Have patience.

May 28, 2025

Tune-Yards’ love letter to the Bay

The celebrated Oakland duo play Berkeley and Menlo Park in June

May 27, 2025

A modest proposal for the Nintendo store

The new San Francisco flagship store is already attracting visitors, but here’s a better way to catch ‘em all

May 22, 2025

Scale AI gets hit with another labor lawsuit on the same day U.S. Department of Labor dropped investigation into firm

The $14 billion AI training firm headquartered in SF has been hit with a multitude of labor lawsuits in the past year

May 14, 2025

For the weekend, a funk mix from modern greats

The very talented collective Ghost-Note is performing at Mill Valley Music Festival this weekend

May 8, 2025

College student’s job interview goes TikTok-viral as ‘creepy’ AI interviewer goes haywire

The AI interviewer, named 'Alex,' is made by San Francisco startup Apriora

May 5, 2025

Amid ‘a lot of unknown,’ a tech philanthropist comes through for San Francisco arts

One recipient of the grant hopes that it pushes more tech patrons to invest in local arts

May 2, 2025