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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.

Love the ones you’re with

Inside a bar on Divisadero leaning into the national fixation on 'Love Island'

July 2, 2025

Leggo my Labubu!

An epidemic of stolen and tampered packages has Labubu collectors furiously filing police reports and setting up Ring cams

July 1, 2025

The recession-core burger

Super Duper’s $10 ‘recession burger’ is an accidental smash hit

June 25, 2025

June 24, 2025

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

June 20, 2025

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