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There are worse ways to spend a Friday evening than partying with a Filipino DJ on the San Francisco Bay Ferry: sf.gazetteer.co/rock-the-boat
Rock the boat
DJs JP Breganza and Justin Colonia are turning the Bay Ferry into Bangka sa Bay, a floating Filipino dance party
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January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
There are worse ways to spend a Friday evening than partying with a Filipino DJ on the San Francisco Bay Ferry: sf.gazetteer.co/rock-the-boat
Say hello to the Tenderloin Voice, a new indie news outlet that aims to cover the much-maligned neighborhood with a simple principle:
Why not ask readers exactly what they want to see?
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Why not ask readers exactly what they want to see?
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Talk of the Tenderloin
A trio of local news vets launched ‘The Tenderloin Voice’ to tell the stories of a frequently covered, but little understood, neighborhood
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January 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Say hello to the Tenderloin Voice, a new indie news outlet that aims to cover the much-maligned neighborhood with a simple principle:
Why not ask readers exactly what they want to see?
GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/talk-of-the-...
Why not ask readers exactly what they want to see?
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CA is in the midst of its deadliest mushroom season in decades, with 35 poisonings since Nov. across 8 counties.
The recent death in Sonoma marks the 3rd this year. A standard season would expect to see 5 poisoning cases statewide, and roughly 3 deaths nationwide.
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The recent death in Sonoma marks the 3rd this year. A standard season would expect to see 5 poisoning cases statewide, and roughly 3 deaths nationwide.
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Toxic mushroom ‘super bloom’ brings death count to 3
California health officials have ramped up their messaging amid the deadliest mushroom season in decades
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January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
CA is in the midst of its deadliest mushroom season in decades, with 35 poisonings since Nov. across 8 counties.
The recent death in Sonoma marks the 3rd this year. A standard season would expect to see 5 poisoning cases statewide, and roughly 3 deaths nationwide.
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The recent death in Sonoma marks the 3rd this year. A standard season would expect to see 5 poisoning cases statewide, and roughly 3 deaths nationwide.
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Art critic Max Blue on what the closure of CCA means for San Francisco’s arts community: sf.gazetteer.co/negative-space
Negative space
What the canvas of San Francisco loses when CCA is erased
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January 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Art critic Max Blue on what the closure of CCA means for San Francisco’s arts community: sf.gazetteer.co/negative-space
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One of the points I tried to make clear in having this conversation was: I’m not a radical. I am a *boring middle-aged dad*, who’s raised tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, and worked in tech for decades. I have not lost my mind, or become an extremist. THEY DID.
"This isn’t even venture capital anymore. Venture capital means you take a risk. High risk, high reward. If there’s no risk, that’s not venture capital." —@anildash.com sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickl...
‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’
Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash speaks with Gazetteer on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
One of the points I tried to make clear in having this conversation was: I’m not a radical. I am a *boring middle-aged dad*, who’s raised tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, and worked in tech for decades. I have not lost my mind, or become an extremist. THEY DID.
"This isn’t even venture capital anymore. Venture capital means you take a risk. High risk, high reward. If there’s no risk, that’s not venture capital." —@anildash.com sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickl...
‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’
Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash speaks with Gazetteer on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"This isn’t even venture capital anymore. Venture capital means you take a risk. High risk, high reward. If there’s no risk, that’s not venture capital." —@anildash.com sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickl...
How would you feel if your school announced it was shutting down mid-way through your program? sf.gazetteer.co/as-vanderbil...
As Vanderbilt takes over CCA, students ask WTF?
City Hall is excited about the Tennessee university replacing California College of the Arts. Students less so
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January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
How would you feel if your school announced it was shutting down mid-way through your program? sf.gazetteer.co/as-vanderbil...
The new @mcsweeneys.net event calendar provides a set of recs collected and presented by people, not by automated web scraping or algorithmic aggregation.
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San Francisco: Dead and loving it
A new listings site from McSweeney’s doesn’t quite prove that nothing ever happens in this city
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January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
The new @mcsweeneys.net event calendar provides a set of recs collected and presented by people, not by automated web scraping or algorithmic aggregation.
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We talked to the anti-ICE protester who got pepper-sprayed at a downtown protest on Friday for the full story of how it went down.
Turns out, he lives in the area, sees the violence regularly, and has thoughts on fighting back.
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Turns out, he lives in the area, sees the violence regularly, and has thoughts on fighting back.
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Neighborhood watch
One person’s experience living — and protesting ICE — near 630 Sansome St.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
We talked to the anti-ICE protester who got pepper-sprayed at a downtown protest on Friday for the full story of how it went down.
Turns out, he lives in the area, sees the violence regularly, and has thoughts on fighting back.
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/neighborhood...
Turns out, he lives in the area, sees the violence regularly, and has thoughts on fighting back.
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/neighborhood...
A longtime Dead fan remembers Bob Weir: sf.gazetteer.co/guitar-wizard
Guitar Wizard
From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy
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January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A longtime Dead fan remembers Bob Weir: sf.gazetteer.co/guitar-wizard
CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil dropped into San Francisco today to ask residents an urgent question:
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CBS News drops its anchor in the Bay
Tony Dokoupil is in San Francisco to ponder the future
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January 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil dropped into San Francisco today to ask residents an urgent question:
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The Lurie-Trump files, another round of Great Highway brawling, the endless search for less crime in SF, and more: Here are the six things you'll be arguing about in 2026.
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What you’ll be fighting about in 2026
Yes, it’s a new year, but we’ll all be having these same old arguments
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January 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The Lurie-Trump files, another round of Great Highway brawling, the endless search for less crime in SF, and more: Here are the six things you'll be arguing about in 2026.
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Meet Union Square's newest small business owners, an energetic pair of former tech reporters who Mayor Daniel Lurie teasingly called 'overwhelming': sf.gazetteer.co/move-fast-an...
Move fast and sell books
Former tech reporters Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr are running The Best Bookstore in Union Square like a startup
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January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Meet Union Square's newest small business owners, an energetic pair of former tech reporters who Mayor Daniel Lurie teasingly called 'overwhelming': sf.gazetteer.co/move-fast-an...
Happy January 6 to Ariel Pink, who, for whatever reason, is playing The Chapel in San Francisco this Friday: sf.gazetteer.co/happy-januar...
Happy January 6, Ariel Pink
The musician was condemned for attending President Donald Trump’s pre-insurrection rally five years ago. This week, he’s playing The Chapel.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Happy January 6 to Ariel Pink, who, for whatever reason, is playing The Chapel in San Francisco this Friday: sf.gazetteer.co/happy-januar...
The opening of San Francisco’s “sobering center” to treat people struggling with addiction has been postponed until spring. Sheriff Paul Miyamoto sees it as a model for “what we can do on a larger scale.”
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The city’s sobering center won’t open until March or April
Called RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage), the facility is part of a larger plan by the mayor’s office to help chronic drug users get treatment
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January 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The opening of San Francisco’s “sobering center” to treat people struggling with addiction has been postponed until spring. Sheriff Paul Miyamoto sees it as a model for “what we can do on a larger scale.”
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Miguel Marchese was filmed, yelled at, cursed out, punched, and pulled by his hair during a shift last month.
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Hazie’s bartender fired after viral incident
Miguel Marchese was terminated from his position over email on Saturday
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January 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Miguel Marchese was filmed, yelled at, cursed out, punched, and pulled by his hair during a shift last month.
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Wowee zowee! Pavement to headline this summer’s Mosswood Meltdown: sf.gazetteer.co/pavement-to-...
Pavement to headline Mosswood Meltdown
The dream of the ‘90s is alive in Oakland
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January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Wowee zowee! Pavement to headline this summer’s Mosswood Meltdown: sf.gazetteer.co/pavement-to-...
These are the best songs of 2025, as chosen by some of the Bay Area's finest culture writers and critics. sf.gazetteer.co/the-bay-area...
The Bay Area’s best music critics pick the best songs of 2025
A selection of hits from a fabulous group of local writers and editors
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December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
These are the best songs of 2025, as chosen by some of the Bay Area's finest culture writers and critics. sf.gazetteer.co/the-bay-area...
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Gazetteer SF’s most-read stories of 2025
We appreciate your eyeballs and hope to see them again next year
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December 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This year, Gazetteer added photography to our editorial mix, in collaboration with CatchLight Local and their tremendous roster of photographers. These are our favorite photos of the year: sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-sf...
Gazetteer SF’s best photos of 2025
This year, Gazetteer added photography to our editorial mix. Many of our best photos were created in collaboration with CatchLight Local and their roster of photographers, but many were also shot by o...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This year, Gazetteer added photography to our editorial mix, in collaboration with CatchLight Local and their tremendous roster of photographers. These are our favorite photos of the year: sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-sf...
Unrealistic perfection has always been a part of food advertising, but this may be the new frontier of deception.
@cydhayes.bsky.social and @livpeluso.bsky.social on the rise of AI-generated food images:
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@cydhayes.bsky.social and @livpeluso.bsky.social on the rise of AI-generated food images:
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Server farm to table
AI-generated images are rising in popularity on delivery apps and menus across SF. How far will we take this race to the bottom in food photography?
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December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Unrealistic perfection has always been a part of food advertising, but this may be the new frontier of deception.
@cydhayes.bsky.social and @livpeluso.bsky.social on the rise of AI-generated food images:
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@cydhayes.bsky.social and @livpeluso.bsky.social on the rise of AI-generated food images:
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'In the isolating, brain-melting age of AI, all sorts of people across the Bay Area are turning — or, returning — to print,' writes @cydhayes.bsky.social.
Read our feature on the print wave, now available online: sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-for...
Read our feature on the print wave, now available online: sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-for...
Print is forever
As AI rises, the Bay Area is awash in a full-on print revival, from magazines to books to this website’s own quarterly paper
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December 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
'In the isolating, brain-melting age of AI, all sorts of people across the Bay Area are turning — or, returning — to print,' writes @cydhayes.bsky.social.
Read our feature on the print wave, now available online: sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-for...
Read our feature on the print wave, now available online: sf.gazetteer.co/print-is-for...
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had some big wins in 2025, and a surprising, self-inflicted loss that may haunt him:
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Daniel Lurie’s 2025 wins and losses
From family zoning to dead mice, an assessment of the mayor’s first year in office
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December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had some big wins in 2025, and a surprising, self-inflicted loss that may haunt him:
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Max Blue looks back at @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and Susan Schwartzenberg’s prescient ‘Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism’ 25 years after it was published by @versobooks.bsky.social: sf.gazetteer.co/memories-of-...
Memories of overdevelopment
Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg’s ‘Hollow City’ at 25
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December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Max Blue looks back at @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and Susan Schwartzenberg’s prescient ‘Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism’ 25 years after it was published by @versobooks.bsky.social: sf.gazetteer.co/memories-of-...
The owners of beloved downtown lunch spot Julie's Kitchen say their landlord at Crocker Galleria is illegally trying to evict them — despite them never missing rent.
Is it a play to push them out before redevelopment? Julie + Jisoo Yoo say they need a trial, ASAP.
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Is it a play to push them out before redevelopment? Julie + Jisoo Yoo say they need a trial, ASAP.
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The fight for Julie’s Kitchen
Facing eviction, the owners of the popular Crocker Galleria lunch spot want to take their landlord to trial
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December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The owners of beloved downtown lunch spot Julie's Kitchen say their landlord at Crocker Galleria is illegally trying to evict them — despite them never missing rent.
Is it a play to push them out before redevelopment? Julie + Jisoo Yoo say they need a trial, ASAP.
sf.gazetteer.co/the-fight-fo...
Is it a play to push them out before redevelopment? Julie + Jisoo Yoo say they need a trial, ASAP.
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