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Actually those AI billboards are no laughing matter

San Francisco is blanketed in AI ads that make no sense – and most of us have stopped reading them. But others are fighting back.

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SF Standard

Actually those AI billboards are no laughing matter

SF Standard

From broken arms to brain injuries: The alarming toll of SF’s e-bike boom

Doctors at SF General and Kaiser are seeing a surge of patients, many without helmets, as ridership booms and regulators scramble to catch up.

40 minutes ago

SF Standard

From broken arms to brain injuries: The alarming toll of SF’s e-bike boom

Mission Local

Highlands

At Kite Hill Park. Photo by Alex H. Highlands

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Mission Local

Highlands

SF Standard

Outside Lands turns 18. Its founder is dreaming of BTS and Bad Bunny

Allen Scott, president of Another Planet Entertainment, dishes on the festival’s origins, its evolution, and how he wants to make it even bigger.

40 minutes ago

SF Standard

Outside Lands turns 18. Its founder is dreaming of BTS and Bad Bunny

SF Standard

The Brock Purdy deep ball: With unknown receivers, the 49ers’ ‘layer king’ tests his arm

Despite injuries to Mike Evans, De’Zhaun Stribling, and Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers’ quarterback is still excelling throwing to Malik Turner and KhaDarel Hodge.

40 minutes ago

SF Standard

The Brock Purdy deep ball: With unknown receivers, the 49ers’ ‘layer king’ tests his arm

SF Standard

The summer my son and I were both on Hinge

He was looking for forever. I was finally ready to stop searching for it.

40 minutes ago

SF Standard

The summer my son and I were both on Hinge

Today

Mission Local

After crowded candidate forums, District 10 voters push back on giving everyone the mic

Nine of the 10 candidates slated to appear on the ballot attended last week’s forum; some admitted they lacked knowledge of major issues. After crowded candidate forums, District 10 voters push back on giving everyone the mic

2 hours ago

Mission Local

After crowded candidate forums, District 10 voters push back on giving everyone the mic

SF Standard

Wiener built an AI chatbot to mock Chan’s politics. Pelosi says it’s ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’

The race between state Sen. Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to succeed Pelosi in Congress is taking a turn for the personal.

11 hours ago

SF Standard

Wiener built an AI chatbot to mock Chan’s politics. Pelosi says it’s ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’

SFiST

Car Crashes Into Back of Muni Bus, Catches Fire In NoPa

A car crashed into the back of a Muni bus, causing little apparent damage to the bus, but crushing the front end of the car which then caught fire on McAllister Street Thursday evening.

11 hours ago

SFiST

Car Crashes Into Back of Muni Bus, Catches Fire In NoPa

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Woman Struck In East Oakland Crosswalk By 7-Year-Old Driving Car With 4-Year-Old Brother

A young boy who took the keys to his parents' car reportedly struck a woman in a crosswalk in East Oakland who suffered life-threatening injuries, and he and his four-year-old brother, who was a passenger in the car, were also injured.

15 hours ago

SFiST

Woman Struck In East Oakland Crosswalk By 7-Year-Old Driving Car With 4-Year-Old Brother

SFiST

Report: Volare Captain Said Boat Was on Autopilot When It Capsized, Admitted Having Shot of Whisky Hours Earlier

It may or may not prove consequential for the investigation into the sinking of the Volare in San Francisco Bay last month, which took the lives of four passengers, but a police report suggests that the captain had the boat on autopilot at the time that it sank.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Report: Volare Captain Said Boat Was on Autopilot When It Capsized, Admitted Having Shot of Whisky Hours Earlier

Mission Local

Meet the District 10 candidates: What is your No. 1 priority?

We asked the three frontrunner candidates to replace Supervisor Shamann Walton what their top priority is. Here's how they responded. Meet the District 10 candidates: What is your No. 1 priority?

16 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the District 10 candidates: What is your No. 1 priority?

SFiST

North Bay Residents Demand FAA Keep Quieter Flight Path Used During Bohemian Grove Gathering

West Sonoma County residents, who’ve been flooding the FAA with complaints over a change in 2024 that led to a large influx of planes flying over their homes, are outraged the FAA temporarily reverted to the old flight path for elite Bohemian Grove visitors last month.

16 hours ago

SFiST

North Bay Residents Demand FAA Keep Quieter Flight Path Used During Bohemian Grove Gathering

SFiST

Charli XCX Fan Event at Amoeba Rescheduled for Day She's Not Performing at Outside Lands

A fan event and Q&A at Amoeba Music in the Upper Haight that had caused much consternation among Charli's Angels or the Brat Pack or whatever her fans are called because of its timing. But the new time comes with its own conflict.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Charli XCX Fan Event at Amoeba Rescheduled for Day She's Not Performing at Outside Lands

SFiST

Los Altos Woman Who Tried to Kill Husband In 2011 Deemed Eligible For Parole

A Bay Area woman who's been serving a sentence of 11 years to life for the 2011 attempted murder of her estranged husband has, for the first time since her incarceration, been found suitable for parole.

17 hours ago

SFiST

Los Altos Woman Who Tried to Kill Husband In 2011 Deemed Eligible For Parole

Mission Local

Life of a Valkyrie in development: $6,136 a game — when you play

Miela Sowah made a splash in Golden State’s lone preseason game when she shot 5-for-6 with 14 points against Seattle. Life of a Valkyrie in development: $6,136 a game — when you play

21 hours ago

Mission Local

Life of a Valkyrie in development: $6,136 a game — when you play

Mission Local

Wigs and Guerrero

At 18th and Guerrero Streets. Photo by Jake Hanft. Wigs and Guerrero

24 hours ago

Mission Local

Wigs and Guerrero

Mission Local

There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why can’t the city use them to house people?

While the city spent over a year trying to address homelessness at the 16th Street BART plaza, many rooms at SROs in the area remained empty. There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why can’t the city use them to house people?

1 day ago

Mission Local

There are dozens of empty rooms near 16th and Mission. Why can’t the city use them to house people?