Bolt, the SF startup with permanent 4-day workweek, lays off 1/3 of employees

"It’s no secret that the market conditions across our industry and the tech sector are... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

How Brian Eno composed the Windows 95 startup sound (1996)

On his last visit to San Francisco, in 1988, Eno erected a fascinating soundscape called... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

Thousands of workers at Salesforce stop working with NRA

"We aim to protect humans from direct harm from the use of our technology,” the... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

Everybody has Covid in Bay Area but hospitalizations are flat

COVID-19 rates are up, but there hasn't been a dramatic rise in hospitalizations yet,... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

All the biggest Bay Area tech companies that have paused hiring

Even the most well-known tech companies are facing stagnating growth and stalled hiring. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

SF musicians are turning to video games to make ends meet

“I was supposed to write music and die poor.” | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month

Blackout curtains are provided at the end of each pod for privacy. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

'Buy now, pay later' is sending the TikTok generation spiraling into debt

“Buy now, pay later” may be jeopardizing Gen Z's financial future in just four easy... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

Blood is spilling in a fight between Impossible Foods and Motif FoodWorks

Whose burger is the bloodiest?! | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

Bay Area-based tech company Robinhood has lost millions of merry memestock men

"Engagement" is a strange metric to see in a broker-dealer's results. But Robinhood... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

San Francisco’s specialty, the clam chowder bread bowl, is not good

It’s just too much bread. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 1 year ago

San Francisco April Fool's Tradition [St Stupids Day Parade]

The Saint Stupid's Day Parade marches on, at least in spirit. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

How grocery delivery apps are affecting SF corner stores

“I think we're going to be sacrificed by those apps,” said one SF liquor store... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Ansel Adams never photographed his Central Coast home of Carmel

Ansel Adams lived out his last two decades in Carmel, but he chose not to capture it on... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Anti-tech bro flyers posted in SF

“YOU LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO NOW, ITS TIME TO START ACTING LIKE IT.” | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

San Francisco VC firm required job applicants to take online IQ test

Requiring job applicants to take IQ tests was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Pat Montandon and the last party on Lombard Street

At the bottom of San Francisco’s famous street stands a home with a terrifying... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Epic Games acquires Oakland-based Bandcamp and music fans are quite worried

Will your favorite musician become a playable character in Fortnite? | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

'Windowless bunker': First reviews of Disney's $5k 'Star Wars' hotel are in

"Liminal spaces, like hallways and stairwells, feel particularly sterile, like wandering... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Nvidia hit by malicious cyber attack

The attack has not been confirmed to be by Russian forces. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

New revelations around SFPD's DNA database

An expert said the practice was "contradictory to any professional ethics." | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Peeling away the myth about how the Golden Gate Bridge is painted

Is the Golden Gate Bridge painted from end to end each year? | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Controversial rent-free boat living in the Bay Area

"Living Rent-Free Next to Millionaires" documents the anchor-out community. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food – and they’re furious

'I didn't sign up for this.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Mormon billionaire leaves faith, rebukes LGBTQ rights stance

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

We’re blaming the wrong things for San Francisco retail theft

'These knee-jerk reactions are short-sighted,' Boudin argues in an op-ed for SFGATE. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

California sues Walmart over disposal of hazardous waste

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Retail giant Walmart illegally dumps more than 1 million... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Controversial plan to drop poison on the Farallon Islands gets green light

'This poison will inflict pain and suffering on a great many sentient animals.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

California's poison oak problem may be getting much, much worse

'It's a really sneaky compound.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Does Gavin Newsom believe in a 'zero Covid' future?

How Newsom views the endgame of COVID-19 has many policy implications. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul/Pixar looking for second big hit in A Bug's Life (1998)

Steve Jobs bounces giddily on a sofa in his modest office at Pixar Animation Studios,... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Aaron Swartz dropped out of high school after one year to study on his own

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@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Paycheck-to-paycheck making $300K in San Francisco

'It's not an extravagant lifestyle ... There are no private jets in this budget.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Startup valued at $7B gets flack as CEO lays off hundreds over Zoom

'The last time I did this, I cried,' the CEO said. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

If London Breed thinks San Francisco's mask mandate is a joke, she should say so

SFGATE politics editor Eric Ting argues that London Breed should stop equivocating on the... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Today’s Disneyland is a price gouge, not a magical experience

With VIPs and app-only experiences, the park feels like the club.  | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Gray wolf who broke records on a historic journey found dead in California

He was found near the town of Lebec.  | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Death Valley Junction, the California town with two residents and an opera house

'We walk in. The door slams closed behind me and everything is black.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Why San Francisco homes still have ceiling medallions

Today, those ceiling medallions are there for purely decorative purposes, but that... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

October rainfall in San Francisco was 750% above average

Rainfall totals for October 2021 were impressive for locations around the San Francisco... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Bay Area rage rooms are helping residents relieve stress

'I destroy a wooden bookcase with a force that surprised me.' | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Are Craigslist vacation rentals always a scam?

We tried to find out. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

San Francisco Safeway cuts hours, allegedly due to 'off the charts' theft

The Safeway was previously open 24 hours a day. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Nintendo to close Bay Area office

It's the latest high-profile company to drop its Bay Area offices. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

The brief history of San Francisco's most dangerous (and absurd) secret society

In 1977, anarchy was in the air. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Remembering the halcyon days of Sizzler, the cheapest steakhouse in California

You have to see the incredible 1991 Sizzler promotional video. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

130,600 PG&E customers without power as storm drenches Bay Area

A storm pummeling the Bay Area continued to flood roads, knock down trees and down power... | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago

Can San Fransisco Survive Itself?

San Francisco is a city defined entirely by change. | Continue reading


@sfgate.com | 2 years ago