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.
Love the ones you’re with
Inside a bar on Divisadero leaning into the national fixation on 'Love Island'
Leggo my Labubu!
An epidemic of stolen and tampered packages has Labubu collectors furiously filing police reports and setting up Ring cams
The recession-core burger
Super Duper’s $10 ‘recession burger’ is an accidental smash hit
Queer Prom chic
For certain young folks in the Bay Area, the San Francisco LGBT Center’s fête is the event of the season — and they dazzle accordingly
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Darling Nicki
Five years on, Nicki Jizz’s Reparations remains the city’s boldest, Blackest, and best drag show
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
‘You can’t outsource taste’
Inside the subreddit where 12,000 of the city’s most tasteful bitches gather
BART knows their new fare gates aren’t working
Trouble using your Clipper? Tap again. See agent. Have patience.