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The U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material detected almost a year ago at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco
According to a notice warning community groups in neighborhoods around the defunct base,
the Navy notified the San Francisco Department of Public Health only this month about elevated levels of plutonium-239 found last November.
Community groups and at least one San Francisco supervisor called the 11-month…

Navy Took 11 Months to Alert SF to Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point Shipyard Site | KQED
San Francisco officials and advocates are demanding answers after the U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material found last November.

49ers LB Fred Warner and his wife Sydney welcome newborn daughter, Bella https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47544383/fred-sydney-warner-san-francisco-49ers-new-baby-born

Almost dropped my phone out the bus window taking pictures of the view I've seen almost every day for 30 years.
#SanFrancisco

A look at an "etiquette camp" for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/07/te…

Tech bros head to etiquette camp as Silicon Valley levels up its style
As Silicon Valley grows in power and prominence, some insiders say it’s time for the tech industry to remake its slobby image. An etiquette camp for founders showed how.

Seeing some cool bands tonight 🎸

Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/unequal-access-to-nature-few-outdoor-spaces-in-europe-and-the-…

Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Sprawled along the Pacific coastline near San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is full of wildflowers, beaches, and old-growth coastal redwoods, shrouded with a thin layer of marine fog that dissipates in sunlight. Visitors fish, hike, camp, and surf, the temperate climate and ocean views providing a boost to their mental and physical health. […]

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

For the past 15 years, I've observed San Francisco leaders talk about how important climate action is - but not actually do a lot. There now a petition asking the Mayor to take meaningful action at
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/mayor-lurie-implement-…

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government
San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, including general fund budget money awarded over the last few years to the SF Environment Department, for the first time ever. But we are now in danger of going backwards in our fight to mitigate climate change. Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors recently approved a 2-year budget that revokes...

only 2 more days to get tickets for the SF Transit Riders gala. see you there?
https://sftransitriders.org/2026-giving/

Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/925815f6-d1d7-46c4-862d-da39acc712a2

Airwallex plots Silicon Valley expansion after securing $8bn valuation
Payments company opens San Francisco base and reduces Tencent’s holding in US pivot

Zahlen, bitte! 250.000 Gummibälle in den Straßen von San Francisco
2005 flogen für einen Sony-Werbespot 250.000 Bälle die Straßen von San Francisco entlang. Um CGI-frei zu bleiben, betrieben die Macher einen enormen Aufwand.

The Trump administration sued two California cities on Monday,
❌seeking to block local laws that restrict natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction.
⭐️The lawsuit is the administration’s latest attack on energy policies that seek to rein in the use of fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis.
California, a Democratic stronghold, has among the most aggressive climate change policies in the world.
Republicans, including Donald Trump, for years have …

As Mamdani rises in New York, San Francisco turns away from the left (Dustin Gardiner/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/02/as-mamdani-rises-in-new-york-san-francisco-turns-away-from-the-left-00701711
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p48#a260102p48

#Requiescat For Bottom of the Hill. Saw so, so many great shows there over the years, especially some incredible KFJC presents events. https://www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisco-…

Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their own terms.

this kind of severe weather is why it costs so much to live in San Francisco.
#SanFrancisco #Weather

Waymo: we'll create traffic and kill your cat
https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/28/waymo-kills-cat-san-francisco/

Source: 49ers rookie DL Williams has torn ACL https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46836227/san-francisco-49ers-dl-mykel-williams-torn-acl

A profile of Replit co-founder Amjad Masad, who was shunned in investor circles for his criticism of Israel's war in Gaza before Replit's AI agent took off (Margaux MacColl/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/07/called-t…

He was called a ‘terrorist sympathizer.’ Now his AI company is valued at $3B
“I must apologize to — absolutely nobody”: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley.

49ers sign veteran linebacker who ditched San Francisco for Cowboys in 2024 https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/news/49ers-sign-linebacker-who-ditched-san-francisco-cowboys-2024/8…

Among things I'm happy to see in the news -
Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/06/pattie-gonia-drag-queen-envir…

Among things I'm happy to see in the news -
Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/06/pattie-gonia-drag-queen-envir…

#WhereIWuz
37 years ago #OTD I saw:
Tooth And Nail / Eskimo
at Klub Komotion
in San Francisco
all ages gig
$5 at the door.
flyer image courtesy Aaron Cometbus Punk and Underground Press Collection, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

https://bsky.app/profile/piquedinthe80s.bsky.social/post/3m5rjmuqicc2l

BryanMichael (@piquedinthe80s.bsky.social)
I am reminded of a famous image, taken for the San Francisco Chronicle by Eric Luse in 1993. The 7 surviving original members — out of 122 — of the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus. The loss cannot be overstated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Sarah Kirsch Zine Collection at the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center:
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8n01fgf

Amerikanerna gillar verkligen att stämma varandra. Vill staten få in pengar här så känns det som att en skatt hade varit mycket rimligare. Så hade pengarna fortsatt komma in varje år med.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/g-s1-100212/san-francisc…

Stromausfall: Waymos in San Francisco bleiben massenhaft auf der Straße stehen
Nach einem massiven Stromausfall in San Francisco stoppten Waymos selbstfahrende Taxis in der Stadt plötzlich ihren Dienst.

Facts: “The report shouldn’t be a shock to anyone...because zoning is just one factor of 100. I’m afraid ‘We’re going to sue the government until the capital markets do what we want’ is basically the textbook definition of San Francisco YIMBYism.” - @…

And on a non- political gripe: Once again, #Google maps directions for walking wants to send me across a busy street, midway between 2 traffic lights.
Why does Google want pedestrians to take risks? Or do they just want to kill me because I'm not taking Waymo?
This is a well mapped area (San Francisco) so they must have the data on both traffic and signals.

On third-and-17, the Seahawks and reality hit the 49ers defense hard https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6938840/2026/01/04/san-francisco-49ers-defense-seahawks-third-and-17-playoffs/

Neuralink returns to South San Francisco as Bay Area neurotech regroups https://www.neurofounders.co/post/neuralink-returns-to-south-san-francisco-bay-area How does a patient registry of roughly 10,000 people compare to well over 500,000 Android app i…

Neuralink Returns to South San Francisco as Bay Area Neurotech Regroups
Neuralink has leased a 144,000-square-foot building at 499 Forbes Boulevard in South San Francisco, placing the company back inside the region’s biotech belt after a period of Texas-focused expansion. The move lands alongside a patient registry of roughly 10,000 people, an initial paper submitted to The New England Journal of Medicine, and ongoing first-in-human work. The signals point to a company accelerating rather than slowing.Details on how the new site will be used have not been disclos…

Trump promised a San Francisco crime crackdown. His administration did the opposite. (Brad Heath/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-promised-san-francisco-crime-crackdown-his-administration-did-opposite-2025-12-02/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p23#a251202p23

TIL that the famous ILM special effects studio isn't in LA/Hollywood, as I though it was, but in San Francisco.
Go figure.

49ers connected to Raiders’ Maxx Crosby, and it makes too much sense to ignore https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/news/49ers-connected-raiders-maxx-crosby-makes-much-sense-ignore/…

Where to watch 49ers vs. Rams: TV channel, live stream and preview for Week 10

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-to-watch-49ers-vs-rams-tv-channel-…

Robotaxis von Zoox sind in San Francisco im Einsatz
Die Amazon-Tochter Zoox startet mit seinen Robotaxis in San Francisco. Vorerst ist der Dienst aber noch eingeschränkt.
https://www.heise.…

I couldn't agree more with this essay from Quintin Mecke, director of CCHO, a group of community affordable housing non-profits. When SF "moderate" politicians underfund housing, it's not something they're forced to do. It's not fiscal responsibility. It's a political choice and a disastrous one.

The Fiction of Scarcity: Why San Francisco Must Choose Action Over Austerity in 2026
San Francisco Has the Wealth. It Lacks the Will.

A look at Nvidia's Level 2 driving system, set to roll out to more carmakers in 2026, after a ~40-minute drive around San Francisco in a Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/852880/nvidia-autonomous-driving-demo…

I tested Nvidia’s Tesla Full Self-Driving competitor — Tesla should be worried
Nvidia’s new point-to-point automated driving system is coming in 2026. The company hopes to challenge Tesla and Waymo in the race for self-driving vehicles.

Would that those looking at San Francisco paid attention to this.
https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social/post/3m4vpcch5jc22

Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social)
“Call it a comeback.” I was asked by a reporter this week if New York’s clear success with de-congestion pricing could change the political & community conversation [and media coverage] about the proven public policy idea in other cities around the world. Hell ya. It should. It needs to. It will. https://gothamist.com/news/call-it-a-comeback-manhattan-foot-traffic-finally-tops-pre-pandemic-times

Trump calls off San Francisco ‘surge,’
but East Bay braces for action as protests erupt
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-23/trump-federal-forces-surge-san-francisco-east-bay

Trump calls off San Francisco 'surge,' but East Bay braces for action as protests erupt
President Trump called off a planned "surge" of federal forces to San Francisco, but officials in the East Bay said they were still gearing up for major immigration enforcement operations in their cities.

49ers fear first-round pick Mykel Williams tore his ACL, San Francisco prepares to lose yet another starter

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-f

Why Sam Darnold's quiet performance could be a good sign for Seattle: Quick Outs https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6945134/2026/01/07/sam-darnold-seahawks-49ers-playoffs-quick-outs/

Would that those looking at San Francisco paid attention to this.
https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social/post/3m4vpcch5jc22

Brent Toderian (@brenttoderian.bsky.social)
“Call it a comeback.” I was asked by a reporter this week if New York’s clear success with de-congestion pricing could change the political & community conversation [and media coverage] about the proven public policy idea in other cities around the world. Hell ya. It should. It needs to. It will. https://gothamist.com/news/call-it-a-comeback-manhattan-foot-traffic-finally-tops-pre-pandemic-times

Uber plans to launch its first robotaxi in the San Francisco Bay Area in late 2026, built on Lucid's Gravity SUV, after testing 100 cars in the coming months (Dee-Ann Durbin/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/uber-robotaxi-…

Uber to deploy Lucid-powered robotaxi fleet in San Francisco
Uber said Wednesday that the San Francisco Bay Area will be the first market for its specially built autonomous taxi, which is expected to launch in late 2026. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company said in July it was developing a robotaxi with the electric car company Lucid and the self-driving technology company Nuro Inc. Uber said it plans to have 100 test vehicles on the road in the coming months. Within six years, Uber plans to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid-based autonomous taxis in m…

Female ownership group behind San Francisco live music club Bottom of the Hill announcing that they're entering their final year of bookings...
Here's a sampling from my own website, some live videos I shot there over the last few decades... Ranging from Japanese metal to neo folk... Dirtbombs to Flipper, Sarcrawler to Bell Rays
https://

Rams change kicker to Mevis for 49ers game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46884097/rams-switch-mevis-vs-49ers-kicking-woes

Protests erupted nationwide as the U.S. attacks Venezuela and kidnaps President Maduro and his wife.
San Francisco was no exception.
As the recent days of rain let up for a grateful pause, activists of all ages from the Answer coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Democratic Socialists of American, Revolutionary International Youth, Refuse Fascism, and just people with home made signs rallied at Powell and Market.
They then marched down Market Street to …

Protests Throughout as U.S. Attacks Venezuela to Grab Country's Oil : Indybay
Blatant criminality characterized by NY Times as "some in Washington are concerned."

Why 1 'Fairytale' Trade Involving Raiders Is Bogus https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-maxx-crosby-san-francisco-49ers

Mac Jones to start again for 49ers vs. Rams with Brock Purdy still dealing with toe injury https://www.nfl.com/news/mac-jones-to-start-again-for-49ers-vs-rams-with-brock-purdy-still-dealing-with-toe-injury

San Franciscans! Here's a petition you can sign asking Mayor Lurie and the board of supervisors to fund social housing. You might have seen the flyers around the city.
We voted to fund it with 2020's Prop I, but for obscure reasons of state law, the use of the revenue wasn't legally binding, only intended. And then-Mayor Breed refused to do it. But we can fund it now!

Fund San Francisco's Social Housing Program with Prop I Property Transfer Tax Revenue, as Promised!
In 2020, San Francisco voters passed Prop I which levied a transfer tax on properties worth over $10 million dollars. The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution assuring voters it was their intention to spend the revenue from the new tax on a Social Housing Program. Social Housing is housing that is municipally-owned (or non-profit owned), permanently affordable, and available to a wider mix income than traditional public housing. Mayor Breed overruled the Board of Supervisors a…

Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after a blackout, and says most active trips were completed before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/21/waymo-robotaxi-san-francisco-blackout.html

Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected
As power outages spread Saturday, videos shared on social media appeared to show multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in traffic in different parts of San Francisco.

The US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco
for almost a year
before it alerted city officials
after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year, public health advocates allege.
The plutonium levels exceeded the federal action threshold
at the navy’s highly contaminated, 866-acre Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
It was detected in an area adjacent to a residential neighborhood fil…

The San Francisco Housing Wonk Trying to Become the Next Pelosi (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/who-is-scott-wiener-san-francisco-california-27a26d76
http://www.memeorandum.com/251225/p22#a251225p22

Has anyone else compared the daily weather forecasts from www.weather.gov, Google Weather and Wunderground?
And is there something unique about San Francisco that makes it so hard to predict, or have models produce such different results?

Pretty City 💕 (although I'm not sure how we have an eastern sunset).
#SanFrancisco

Seahawks silence 49ers' offense in Week 18, win NFC's No. 1 seed https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47496166/nfl-san-francisco-49ers-seattle-seahawks-win-nfc-west-sam-darnold-brock-purdy

Waymo, which paused its service during blackouts in San Francisco on December 20, says it is updating its fleet to improve navigation during widespread outages (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/waymo-updating-fleet-af…

Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages
Three days after blackouts in San Francisco brought down Waymo's service, the company said it's implementing changes for when "infrastructure fails."

Has anyone else compared the daily weather forecasts from www.weather.gov, Google Weather and Wunderground?
And is there something unique about San Francisco that makes it so hard to predict, or have models produce such different results?

Trump says he canceled plans for a "surge" of National Guard to San Francisco after speaking to "great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others" (Kate Rogers/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/trump-san-francisco-national…

Trump backs off federal deployment in San Francisco after Huang, Benioff phone calls
Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie said Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed that plans for a deployment were called off.

"You scored 9 out of 10. Nicely done! Your knowledge is impressive. But there's still room to improve! Of everyone who has taken the quiz, 6 percent had more correct answers, and 91 percent had fewer correct answers."
Got a lucky guess on one.
https://missionl…

The Trump administration appeared poised to send dozens of federal agents to the San Francisco Bay Area for a major immigration enforcement operation,
prompting condemnation from California leaders.
Details of the deployment were still emerging, but it will reportedly involve more than 100 federal agents.
The agents are reportedly set to begin using the US Coast Guard base in Alameda,
a city located across the bay from San Francisco.
It remained unclear whether …

Will Brandon Aiyuk return for the 49ers this season? Answering five top questions https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47172027/will-brandon-aiyuk-return-san-francisco-49ers-season-faq

Trump says federal deployment to San Francisco called off after conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie (Tim Fang/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-trump-says-federal-deployment-called-off-mayor-daniel-lurie-conversation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p134#a251023p134

😢 Claude, Beloved Albino Alligator at SF’s Cal Academy, Dead at 30 | KQED https://www.kqed.org/news/12065763/claude-beloved-albino-alligator-at-sfs-cal-academy-dead-at-30

Claude, Beloved Albino Alligator at SF’s Cal Academy, Dead at 30
The iconic California Academy of Sciences resident brought joy to visitors of the San Francisco museum for nearly two decades.

Battle for the NFC's No. 1 seed: Biggest questions for Seahawks-49ers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47484418/seattle-seahawks-san-francisco-49ers-nfc-no-1-seed-nfc-west-playoffs

More than 20,000 still without power after massive San Francisco blackout
Roughly 110,000 PG&E customers have service again following a major power outage Saturday in San Francisco
that left homes in the dark,
stalled traffic
and shut down restaurants, shops and holiday lighting displays.
PG&E said on social media that the remaining 21,000 without power on Sunday morning are concentrated in
Golden Gate Park,
the Presidio,
the Richmond…

More than 20,000 still without power after massive San Francisco blackout
After Saturday's power shutdown, PG&E said 21,000 are still without power in areas including Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Richmond District and small areas downtown.

SF's Local Agency Formation Commission "LAFCo" is hiring a policy analyst. This role would be key in the development of a green public bank, which will be on the ballot next year, and potentially in starting a social housing program!
https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374399

LAFCo Policy Analyst - Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) - Board of Supervisors - (1823 Senior Administrative Analyst)
Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:Application Opening: November 25, 2025Filing Deadline: December 31, 2025 Recruitment ID: RTF0162212-01148363APPOINTMENT TYPEPermanent Exempt (PEX), Category 18: The San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) Policy Analyst position is exempt from Civil Service Rules and serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Officer, the Executive Officer of LAFCo. This is a limited term position with a maximum of one (1)…

Amazon's Zoox announces that users in San Francisco can now sign up for its Zoox Explorers program to take free rides in its robotaxis in select neighborhoods (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/zoox-begins-offering-robotaxi-rid…

Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo
Riders can sign up to join the "Zoox Explorers" program to take free rides on the company's box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

I'm curious - what San Francisco media has covered this? Admittedly something I have not been looking for. But a quick search doesn't find many news articles - but it appears to be a nationwide problem. Sure, FDA has published their alert (2022) but that's not a great tool to reach people who need to know about risks.
The FDA has warned against this ‘natural remedy’ for joint pain. San Francisco immigrants still trust it

Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/federal-immigration-enforcement-san-francisco-e6729ae2d696cdc881003efa1966a3d2
http://www.memeorandum.com/251023/p98#a251023p98

I'm curious - what San Francisco media has covered this? Admittedly something I have not been looking for. But a quick search doesn't find many news articles - but it appears to be a nationwide problem. Sure, FDA has published their alert (2022) but that's not a great tool to reach people who need to know about risks.
The FDA has warned against this ‘natural remedy’ for joint pain. San Francisco immigrants still trust it

Seahawks-49ers takeaways: Seattle's defense snuffs out San Francisco to claim NFC's top seed https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6938392/2026/01/03/seahawks-49ers-score-result-takeaways-nfc-west/

A cat's killing by a Waymo robotaxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don't get the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.htm…

Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.

SF protest against the bombings in Venezuela, via a group chat. 1pm at Market and Powell

Dangerous Cancel Culture Precedent Following Kirk’s Murder
The Trump administration continues to counter the First Amendment rights that Kirk so often referenced and arguably died defending.
For example, the Pentagon has promised to “address” federal employees who are deemed to mock or celebrate Kirk’s death.
(The Pentagon has also in recent days announced that it will require credentialed journalists to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been …

The ‘Right to Offend’ and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk - San Francisco Bay Times
The day before right-wing activist and Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10, 2025, he texted the following to civil rights advocate and CNN host Van Jones: “Hey, Van, I mean it, I’d love to have you on my show to have a respectful conversation about crime and race. I would […]

Inside the Tech CEO Campaign to Stop Trump From Sending Troops to San Francisco (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/san-francisco-troops-tech-ceos-45623a7f?st=pDfZxT&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251025/p3#a251025p3

49ers lose Fred Warner's replacement for playoffs, two other LBs questionable before wild card game vs. Eagles

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-lose-fred-warner-nfc-w…

49ers LB Bethune out for playoffs with torn groin https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47516974/injured-49ers-linebacker-tatum-bethune-miss-playoffs

A US appeals court on Friday ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state was unconstitutional.
A panel of the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals sided 2-1 with a gun owner in ruling that the state’s ⭐️#prohibition against #open

Oh my god, the 19th Avenue repaving project is going to be going on through the November 2026 election, when must-pass transit funding is on the ballot. "...will be completed by December 2026." 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
https://

Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and growing impatient with pedestrians as the company seeks to make them "confidently assertive" (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/…

A power outage in San Francisco on Saturday,
which left 124,000 of 414,000 customers in the dark.
🔥also caused a widespread Waymo meltdown,
with apparently all active Waymo robotaxis in the affected parts of the city stuck in robotic comas
-- blocking intersections and choking traffic on some streets.

Blackout in San Francisco Litters Streets with Traffic-Blocking, Deactivated Waymos
Robot chaos in the tech capital of the U.S.

Are you kidding me? Taking away the rule that gets us new street trees when sidewalks are being torn up anyway? Daniel Lurie is a cartoon villain. https://abc7news.com/post/san-francisco-considering-changes-building-code-require…

San Francisco considering changes to Public Works code that requires tree planting
San Francisco city officials are hoping to give builders the option to pay a fee instead of planting the required trees.

Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you and, as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God.
In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.
There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.
And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry fa…

Full Transcript of the 2025 Inauguration Prayer Service Address by the Rt. Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop of Washington - San Francisco Bay Times
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of all our hearts be acceptable in your sight, oh God, for you are our strength and our Redeemer. Amen. Please be seated. Again, my warm welcome to all who have gathered in this House of prayer for all people and for those who are joining […]

Panthers-49ers on 'Monday Night Football': What We Learned from San Francisco's 20-9 win https://www.nfl.com/news/panthers-49ers-on-monday-night-football-what-we-learned-from-san-francisco-s-20-9-win

The AI boom has pushed SF's residential rents up by the most in the US over the past year, as AI companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10…

Renting a San Francisco Apartment in the A.I. Boom? Good Luck.
The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.

Over 100 people from Bay Area faith communities
🔥 shut down ICE’s San Francisco Field Office at 630 Sansome Street this morning,
chaining themselves across the two main entrances to stop ICE from kidnapping community members at their immigration check-ins.
 
Between May and October 2025, ICE arrested over 120 immigrants at the San Francisco ICE Field Office and San Francisco immigration court.
 
"We can no longer stand by and watch as our neighbors a…

Bay Area Faith Communities Shut Down ICE’s San Francisco Field Office : Indybay
Call for an End to ICE Kidnappings

A widespread power outage in
San Francisco that led to Waymo robotaxis stalling and snarling traffic earlier this month
has raised concerns about the readiness of autonomous vehicle operators to tackle major emergencies like earthquakes and floods

49ers streaking into the playoffs: Why Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco look primed to break Super Bowl drought

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-playoffs-kyle-shanaha…

Here in the Bay Area of San Francisco, some of the world’s biggest companies are fighting it out to gain some kind of an advantage.
And, in turn, they are competing with China
This race to seize control of a technology that could reshape the world
is being fuelled by bets in the trillions of dollars by the US’s most powerful capitalists.
The computer scientists hop off at Mountain View for Google DeepMind,
Palo Alto for the talent mill of Stanford University, <…

Marc Benioff says President Trump is "doing a great job" and believes National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco to help reduce crime in the city (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send National Guard to San Francisco
Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump.

A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily (Rya Jetha/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/san-franci…

San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom
Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.

Niners-Colts on 'Monday Night Football': What We Learned from San Francisco's 48-27 win https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-colts-on-monday-night-football-what-we-learned-from-san-francisco-s-48-27-win

Brandon Aiyuk landing spots: Where 49ers wide receiver could go next with split from San Francisco looming

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brandon

The "People Over Billionaires" March Tours San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood
Activists assembled in Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco's billionaire epicenter, on November 15
for a rally and march to demand,
"housing, healthcare, and food for all," from the ultra-wealthy.
During the rally,
Socialists and Communists set up literature tables,
and people distributed kits containing a whistle and ICE reporting instructions.

People Over Billionaires Rally and March in San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood : Indybay
Frogs, an octopus, a squid, a school of orcas and activists bring their "People Over Billionaires" demands to the ultra wealthy in colorful march and rally

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Seahawks clinch No. 1 seed, first NFC West title since 2020 with win over 49ers https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-clinch-no-1-seed-first-nfc-west-title-since-2020-with-win-over-49ers

NFL DFS picks for Bucs-Panthers, 49ers-Seahawks: Top daily Fantasy lineups for Week 18 Saturday

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-dfs<…

49ers top Panthers, as Christian McCaffrey beats former team https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47085489/nfl-carolina-panthers-san-francisco-49ers-bryce-young-christian-mccaffrey

San Fransisco 49ers void Brandon Aiyuk's contract guarantees for 2026, per reports

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/san-fransisco-49ers-brandon-aiyuk-contract/

Seahawks stroll past 49ers, snag NFC No. 1 seed https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47497275/seattle-seahawks-secure-nfc-no-1-seed-13-3-victory