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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.

Jollibee Watch, September 12, 2025: We have a door

The soon-to-open Filipino fast food place on Market Street now has something for hungry fans to beat down

September 12, 2025

Everyone is talking about the Waymo Portola ticket discount except Waymo

Early festival ticket buyers are not happy about the 25% off sale; Waymo isn’t even advertising it

September 10, 2025

Fiber optics

Feeling logy after months of proteinmaxxing? You may wanna sit down: now it’s all about fibermaxxing

September 5, 2025

Do androids dream of biang biang noodles?

‘Automatic Noodle’ author Annalee Newitz on SF, Chinese food videos, and whether bots should be allowed into labor unions

September 4, 2025

A Stanford dropout turned indie pop talent

ROHAN is playing the Brick and Mortar Hall Friday

August 29, 2025

Performative males didn’t do much for matcha sales

The city’s most aesthetic matcha shop had no idea its bright green drinks were signifiers for a new brand of maleness

August 27, 2025

Demon Huntermania

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ has taken over streaming, theaters, the pop charts, and kids’ imaginations. These Bay Area parents are along for the ride

August 26, 2025

Under the influencers

Taylor Lorenz explains how content creators killed traditional media and why that might not be a bad thing

August 25, 2025

TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parker’s royal hamsters

An AI-generated hamster isn’t cool. You know what is? A billion AI-generated hamsters, all speaking in a vaguely Irish accent

August 20, 2025

At Chase Center with young Asian America’s favorite crooner

Keshi had what felt like every college-aged Asian person from the Bay Area singing and crying last night

August 13, 2025