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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.

Lord of the fleas

For indie and emerging vendors, Fog City Flea Trading Post seemed like an ideal place to reach customers and build their brands. The biggest downside: owner James Morelos

March 10, 2026

Noise Pop’s space travel and Muni rides

Jay Som and Sun Ra Arkestra brought their fans to transcendence, but only one shouted out KEXP’s Cheryl Waters from the stage

March 3, 2026

Fog City Flea will temporarily close Ferry Building store for downsizing

The tourist-beloved indie crafts and apparel market will reopen in a smaller space

February 26, 2026

The Strokes are slouching towards Bill Graham

The seminal NYC band returns to SF in April after a legendarily bad Outside Lands performance

February 25, 2026

Marc Benioff makes ‘cruel’ ICE jokes at Salesforce event

The Salesforce CEO joked about ICE agents being at a company gathering in Las Vegas

February 10, 2026

A billion apologies

The founders of this weekend’s March for Billionaires still won’t say if they’re joking, but they did want us to know we can’t count

February 4, 2026

Of course the March for Billionaires website is AI slop

No one knows if the march is the real deal, but its website is definitely pretty fake

February 3, 2026