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Opinion: How one CA law created 1.2 million new headaches

AB 339 was supposed to stop California agencies from quietly outsourcing government jobs. A year in, it’s mostly produced paperwork.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

Opinion: How one CA law created 1.2 million new headaches

Mission Local

Positively 6th Street

On 6th Street. Photo by Walter Mackins. Positively 6th Street

3 hours ago

Mission Local

Positively 6th Street

SF Standard

The 3 most anticipated SF openings in August

Handrolls, ube sourdough, and jazz are all on the menu next month.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

The 3 most anticipated SF openings in August

SF Standard

The Giants won one Robbie Ray trade. Now they’ll try to win another

The left-hander is due nearly $8 million the rest of the season, but the Giants might be willing to eat some of the salary to land a better prospect.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

The Giants won one Robbie Ray trade. Now they’ll try to win another

SF Standard

Why Deebo Samuel’s fit with the 49ers is different this time

After trading Samuel to the Commanders after the 2024 season, the 49ers are bringing the former second-round draft pick back on a one-year deal.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

Why Deebo Samuel’s fit with the 49ers is different this time

SF Standard

Why San Francisco can’t have nice things: The 6-year Jollibee permitting saga

The Filipino chain is finally open in Mid-Market. It had to jump through a Byzantine permitting process to welcome its starved fans.

3 hours ago

SF Standard

Why San Francisco can’t have nice things: The 6-year Jollibee permitting saga

Mission Local

People can’t stop AI-generating visions of San Francisco

The strange new medium for SF’s decades-old debate between YIMBYs and NIMBYs has, if nothing else, amused the professionals. People can’t stop AI-generating visions of San Francisco

5 hours ago

Mission Local

People can’t stop AI-generating visions of San Francisco

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Anthropic Says Three of Its AI Models Hacked Into External Businesses

SFO is getting private sleep lounges in the fall of 2027; SF City Attorney David Chiu is suing two hotel booking sites alleging they gouge customers; and some of Anthropic’s AI models hacked into the systems of three businesses.

14 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Anthropic Says Three of Its AI Models Hacked Into External Businesses

SF Standard

More details about Harrison Bader’s late-night scooter crash. Giants seek info

The outfielder, who has a history of scooter incidents, was involved in a collision outside the Marina’s Balboa Cafe that further hurt his injured foot.

15 hours ago

SF Standard

More details about Harrison Bader’s late-night scooter crash. Giants seek info

SFiST

Outside Lands Set Times Revealed, With the Usual Conflicts Galore

Music festivals on the scale of Outside Lands are not designed for people with broad or varied tastes, and once again, the set-time schedule reveals a variety of moments when fans will have to make difficult choices, and likely miss an act or two who they'd otherwise like to see.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Outside Lands Set Times Revealed, With the Usual Conflicts Galore

SFiST

[Update] Woodside Fire Grows to 75 Acres In Western Sonoma County, Smoke Spreading East

A wind-driven wildfire that began Thursday is burning into an area of heavy timber along the Sonoma County coast near Highway 1, north of Jenner and Fort Ross.

17 hours ago

SFiST

[Update] Woodside Fire Grows to 75 Acres In Western Sonoma County, Smoke Spreading East

SFiST

SF Robotics Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Unpaid Wages

Following an earlier lawsuit over a damaged Airbnb rental, former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt's startup Botco is now facing a class-action lawsuit from former contract workers who allege unpaid overtime and termination pay.

17 hours ago

SFiST

SF Robotics Startup Run By Ex-Cruise CEO Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Unpaid Wages

SFiST

Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports

At least a dozen immigrants have been detained by federal agents at Bay Area airports over the past month — many over expired visas rather than active removal orders, leading advocates to suspect ICE is accessing flight information.

19 hours ago

SFiST

Immigrants Urged to Avoid Air Travel Amid Rise In ICE Arrests at Bay Area Airports

SFiST

Waymos Set to Return to SF Freeways Following Mishaps, Recall

Waymo robotaxis are going to be popping back onto Bay Area freeways in the coming days, following a voluntary six-week recall in which the company's software was updated to better handle emergency road closures and construction.

20 hours ago

SFiST

Waymos Set to Return to SF Freeways Following Mishaps, Recall

Mission Local

Sunset Buzz: New vintage shop, indoor playground, and Lomo Libre closes

One of the few Peruvian restaurants in the Sunset closed after five years. Also: an indoor playhouse for young kids. Sunset Buzz: New vintage shop, indoor playground, and Lomo Libre closes

21 hours ago

Mission Local

Sunset Buzz: New vintage shop, indoor playground, and Lomo Libre closes

Mission Local

Reem’s restaurant in Mission District to close for 2 months after hit-and-run

Reem's California owner calculates that as much as $200,000 in work is needed. The incident came during slow summer months. Reem’s restaurant in Mission District to close for 2 months after hit-and-run

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Reem’s restaurant in Mission District to close for 2 months after hit-and-run

Mission Local

Nice socks!

On the 33-Ashbury bus. Photo by Walter Mackins. Nice socks!

1 day ago

Mission Local

Nice socks!

Mission Local

S.F. fire dept. quietly announced it will cut peer counselors from street crisis teams

On July 8, the handful of peer counselors that have worked with the SFFD to respond to mental health-related emergency calls found out that SFFD is terminating their contract S.F. fire dept. quietly announced it will cut peer counselors from street crisis teams

1 day ago

Mission Local

S.F. fire dept. quietly announced it will cut peer counselors from street crisis teams