The French-born, Sunset-raised singer Lolo Zouaï is releasing a new album next week. In commemoration, she has made an exclusive playlist for Gazetteer featuring songs she "blasted in my Red Honda as a teenager in San Francisco." Give it a listen: sf.gazetteer.co/lolo-zouais-...

At last night’s District 4 supe debate, the only losers were Alan Wong and the mayor. Here's what went down after the incumbent supervisor failed to show up. (Hint: Wong's opponents blitzed him on all fronts.) sf.gazetteer.co/at-last-nigh...

Sam Altman's crypto project World is sponsoring a "humans only concert" tonight at The Midway. To get tickets, step 1 is "Prove you're a human at an Orb near you." Normal! In January, @cydhayes.bsky.social checked out the Orb — a biometric data collector — at the Marina Gap store. Read the report:

After the CEO of Philz Coffee announced that all Pride and other flags must be removed from the chain's stores, Gazetteer SF spoke to Suzanne Ford, the executive director of SF Pride. She wondered, with so much going on in the world, whether the fight was worth it. sf.gazetteer.co/san-francisc...

At a rally opposing San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s cuts of city workers and programs, the words of a therapist at an elderly clinic rose above the rest: sf.gazetteer.co/he-knows-tha...

SF-founded Reaper’s Remedies is attempting to up-end the usual sunny promises of wellness brands by offering a product that is defiantly boring. “I think the honest goal of a multivitamin is not immortality,” founder Zach Canfield said. sf.gazetteer.co/reapers-reme...

Last week, manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate had the #1 bestselling Substack. The runner-up just so happened to be the preeminent historian on the rise of the modern American right. We thought that was ironic enough to give @rickperlstein.bsky.social a call. Read the Q&A:

Chat Room: Money is 4/29! Will you be there?! Subscribe to Gazetteer by May 1 to get 3 months of access to everything — all digital articles! print issues! parties! — for 3 months for only $2. (And Chat Room is open bar, so that's open bar for $2... )

Oscar-nominated costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers has worked with Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Ryan Coogler. But it was Steven Spielberg who didn’t approve of her cursing. A Q&A by @zackruskin.bsky.social: sf.gazetteer.co/aggie-guerar...

Gazetteer SF turned two earlier this month. Over the past 24 months, we’ve published 736 totally original stories, hosted seven amazing events, and bought two billboards, while covering one extraordinary city. Now, we want you to join us.

In his latest San Francisco Plays Itself column, @yourprotagonistwt.bsky.social looks at two SF-set films written by Joe Eszterhas: ‘Basic Instinct’ (1992) and ‘Jade’ (1995): sf.gazetteer.co/carnal-knowl...

The first fissure in SF Mayor Lurie’s plan to layoff workers and cut programs was revealed after a Supervisor pushed back against the proposed closure of a youth clinic in the Tenderloin: sf.gazetteer.co/mahmood-push...

For food lovers with some money to spend, SF Restaurant Week offers deals on delicious prix fixe meals, but for business owners the promotional event can represent a ton of work and tighter margins. sf.gazetteer.co/every-night-...

It's Manic Monday ⚡️ This week, we're breaking down the discourse on this weekend's attacks on Sam Altman's home, the AI-run shoppy shop in Cow Hollow, pro-Iran Lego slop, and more. Read the rundown: sf.gazetteer.co/slop-is-trut...

ICYMI: Philz CEO ordered that all flags, including pride ones, be taken down from the company's stores to promote an "inclusive environment." SF Pride Executive Director Suzanne Ford weighs in: sf.gazetteer.co/san-francisc...

Small businesses are the beating heart of San Francisco, but keeping them alive today is no small feat. How do our mighty little shops manage to survive it all? Join us as we discuss all this and more at Chat Room: Money on April 29 at the Swedish American Hall: sf.gazetteer.co/small-busine...

San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain has been climbed, skateboarded, slept in, graffitied – and loved and hated for 55 years. Deemed a public safety risk, it will now be dismantled: sf.gazetteer.co/a-brutal-set...

RuPaul's idea of a perfect day in San Francisco, for whatever reason, includes a helicopter ride around the city: sf.gazetteer.co/rupauls-perf...

“Do they know who works for them?” sf.gazetteer.co/philz-ceo-or...

District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder is officially taking a leave of absence until June 30. We've got a timeline so you can understand exactly what's going down, with some context from a former Board of Supervisors president: subtxt.to/SBb0FUp

Since 2016, Shepard Fairey's mural of Cesar Chavez has overlooked San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. What happens to it, in light of highly credible allegations of abuse made public against Chavez last month, still remains unclear: sf.gazetteer.co/why-is-the-h...

In the first wave of San Francisco Mayor Lurie’s layoffs of city workers, nurses at Laguna Honda, and hospital clinics, will be cut: sf.gazetteer.co/mayor-lurie-...

A flood of shitcode on app stores, Sam Altman lying a bunch, and a peek at X's biggest (read: most nauseating) influencers... All that and more on another edition of Manic Monday. subtxt.to/Ia3sB2l

The BAS Dinner Club, which launches April 16, aims to help Brokelings make new friends now that everyone cool is being priced out or moving to Petaluma to have a baby and their own kiln. sf.gazetteer.co/why-cant-we-...

Trump is once again seeking $152M to reopen Alcatraz as a functional prison. Oakland writer Richard Faulk, who grew up on the island, knows just how devastating that move would be. sf.gazetteer.co/growing-up-o...

Everlane confirmed to Gazetteer that they are closing their San Francisco headquarters — but are not getting evicted: sf.gazetteer.co/everlane-con...

In a lawsuit accusing an Uber driver of sexual assault that will serve as a template for thousands of other cases, a San Francisco judge is likely to rule that if the driver is found liable, the company is, too: sf.gazetteer.co/is-uber-resp...

Join us at Chat Room: Money for a discussion of supply, demand, wealth, and scarcity with San Francisco chief economist Ted Egan. sf.gazetteer.co/econ-101-wit...

Everlane faces eviction from its San Francisco headquarters after failing to pay rent to its landlord, according to a complaint filed Thursday: sf.gazetteer.co/everlane-fac...

Once you spot 'em, you can't unsee 'em. Meet the sleek little e-moped flocking SF's streets, thanks to a wave of delivery drivers. HMP's got big plans for the local market, including some brand-new infrastructure coming to SoMA. subtxt.to/EFmUsVv

We checked out Corgi Cafe, a new 24-hour coffee shop on Claude Lane (yes, really). What it lacks in actual corgis it makes up for in $14 smoothies and AI founders in absolute grind mode. sf.gazetteer.co/come-for-the...

Roughly 160,000 people have never logged into accounts to access their employee health benefits overseen by the city, leaving more than $240 million in unused funds on the table. In May, this money will be absorbed by City Hall: sf.gazetteer.co/san-francisc...

Nicole Daedone, the founder of "orgasmic meditation" startup OneTaste, was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday. Read Charna Cassell's look back on her time as an early member of OneTaste: sf.gazetteer.co/an-early-tas...

San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s support for another drug treatment center is testing the patience of his constituents: sf.gazetteer.co/matt-dorseys...

Over the weekend, police, family, friends, and community members canvassed and passed out flyers amid a dayslong search for Amy Hillyard. The 52-year-old Oakland resident, who owns the Farley’s coffee shops with her husband, has been missing since Wednesday. sf.gazetteer.co/the-bay-area...

It's Monday, and we're manic again! This week: Sora conspiracies, gaming woes, White House app slop, and more... subtxt.to/OTye7ue

Money. Moolah. Bread. Dough. Cheddar. Clams. Scratch. Scrilla. On April 29th, we'll explore the awkward topic of money at another wonderful Chat Room gathering. Program to be announced!

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The killing of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee by Antoine Watson in 2021 fueled a firestorm of Asian American anger and a political recall. Today, Watson received his sentence: subtxt.to/YlcByVl

Gazetteer got an unexpected peek inside SF’s unfinished RESET sobering center, and learned it won’t open until May: sf.gazetteer.co/one-reset-af...

AI pornslop was all over the news this week — from OpenAI's decision to shelve its erotic chatbot (via @financialtimes.com) to porn stars using AI clones (via @wired.com). How else will AI impact the adult industry, and internet users at large? Read our story from last month:

Wow Oracle Park has really gone downhill... We ordered the 9-9-9 challenge but it only came with 8 dogs?? 📸 @eddiekimx.bsky.social

Good morning, friends ☕️ Tune into Roll Over Easy on BFF.fm this morning until 9:30 am to hear Gazetteer editor @habermatt.bsky.social talk about our latest print issue, on newsstands now!

It’ll be another beautiful day in the City by the Bay tomorrow! Turn on your radio 📻 and join us is chatting with Matt Haber of @sf.gazetteer.co! It’s BYO coffee, but we’ll provide the optimistic takes on San Francisco! Forever in your hearts and only on BFF.fm!

It's wild, but perhaps completely unsurprising, how white supremacist messaging has become normalized in America under the guise of "speaking truth." The whole point of a dogwhistle is that some people won't notice it. Great work by @cydhayes.bsky.social

A coalition of community advocates, including the Public Defender’s Office, is investigating SFPD’s involvement with ICE at the airport on Sunday. They filed a formal complaint today and are demanding public records on how the police response went down. Here's what to know: subtxt.to/cAFXf9M

Have you seen those two Iryna Zarutska murals downtown? Here's what you should know about where they came from — and why white nationalists love them. sf.gazetteer.co/downtown-mur...

Have a gardening-related question for our in-house green thumb Thomas Abbott? Email [email protected] with the subject line “City Roots," text your question to (415) 787-6570, or DM us here! Please include your name so that we can reach back out to you.

Four San Francisco restaurants were added to the Michelin Guide on Wednesday, including some of Gazetteer SF’s recent favorites... sf.gazetteer.co/four-sf-rest...