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<p>Gazetteer SF publishes original San Francisco news written by humans and delivers it directly to subscribers via email and text, bypassing algorithms.</p>


A very Gazetteer gift guide

<p>Joshua Bote is an associate editor for <em>Gazetteer SF</em>, focusing on the nexus of culture, trends, and digital phenomena within San Francisco.</p>
<p>Previously, he covered technology for <em>The San Francisco Standard</em> and <em>SFGate</em>. He’s also served as a trending news reporter at <em>USA Today</em>, and as a music writer at <em>NPR</em>. His work has been published in places like <em>New York Magazine</em>, <em>Billboard</em>, and <em>Paste</em>.</p>


Joshua Bote

Commentary

Waymo has a precarious road ahead

<p>Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for <em>Gazetteer SF</em>. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for <em>The Drift</em>, <em>Architectural Digest</em>, <em>Baltimore</em>, <em>Entertainment Weekly</em>, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.</p>


Cydney Hayes

Wrapped is washed

Dear Abby: Enough is enough

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<p>Matt Haber is editor-in-chief of <em>Gazetteer SF</em>. He started his journalism career in 1995 as a freelance writer for <i>Wired</i>. He’s worked for <i>The Village Voice</i>, <i>The New York Observer</i>, <i>The Atlantic</i>, <i>Fast Company</i>, <i>Inc.</i>, <i>Alta Journal</i>, and others. His writing has appeared in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>New York</i>, <i>The San Francisco Chronicle</i>, and <i>The Guardian.</i></p>
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Matt Haber

A modest proposal for Warner Bros. Discovery

<p>Joel covers the forces in San Francisco — money, business, personalities, local law, and politics — that bind the city and pull it apart. He most recently worked for Bloomberg News reporting on state and federal courts.</p>
<p>Previously, he covered the crime beat for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was a freelancer in New York City. Before that, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. He was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, studied public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and has a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School.</p>
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Joel Rosenblatt

Somewhere between jail and a hospital

<p>Eddie Kim reports on San Francisco news — including politics, crime, commerce, social conflict, and everything in between.</p>
<div>He was a longtime features writer at the critically acclaimed men&#8217;s magazine Mel, and has contributed to major publications including Vice, Slate, The Guardian and Paste Magazine. He began his career doing hyperlocal journalism at L.A. Downtown News, where he won multiple awards from the L.A. Press Club and California News Publishers Association.</div>
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Eddie Kim

Goodbye to all that

A table divided

<p>A.I. Algorithm is a program based in the Bay Area. It has previously output content for <em><a href="https://hmmdaily.com/2019/05/22/in-a-constantly-changing-san-francisco-change-is-constant/">HmmDaily</a></em>.</p>


A.I. Algorithm

What did Sam Altman and Steve Kerr say at the Sydney Goldstein Theater?

<div>Margot Seeto is a freelance writer and third-generation San Franciscan. She’s lived many lives in different countries and has had even more jobs. Her introduction to journalism was at alt-weekly <em>Honolulu Weekly</em>. She’s written for <em>Lonely Planet</em>, <em>DK Travel</em>, <em>Thrillist</em>, <em>Hyphen</em>, <em>Esquire</em>, <em>SF Chronicle</em>, and has penned The Dumpling Report column at <em>SFGATE</em> since 2022, which has won two SF Press Club Awards.</div>
