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As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, San Francisco tech workers making six figures say they cannot compete with the new AI elite and may have to leave (Emmy Martin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite. Some doubt they can afford to stay.

Betting the 49ers in 2026: See how San Francisco's win total, Super Bowl odds are trending and our best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/betting…

peace to ronnie davis. still can't believe the san francisco mime troupe, founded in 1959, pronounce their name "meme troupe." an origin point for both the diggers & bill graham. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/theater/ronald-g-davis-dead.html

Ronald G. Davis, a Mime Who Spoke Out, Dies at 92
At the height of the psychedelic era, he guided the very vocal San Francisco Mime Troupe’s pointed satire of American militarism, racism and bourgeois values.

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/02/america-s-250th-empire-founded-sf-has-warning/

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us
San Francisco turns 250 alongside America — as the last outpost of a Spanish empire that collapsed shortly after. The parallels to today are hard to ignore.

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/02/america-s-250th-empire-founded-sf-has-warning/

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us
San Francisco turns 250 alongside America — as the last outpost of a Spanish empire that collapsed shortly after. The parallels to today are hard to ignore.

Adobe is a hopeful material. It cannot be worked alone.
Once built, it takes many people to maintain.
When properly tended to, adobe buildings will stand for hundreds of years, through wars, floods, droughts and border changes.
To build something from adobe is to also place confidence in those who inherit it. 
In some places, enjarradoras are in charge of this continued care. -- These women fill the cracks and replaster what’s broken.
At San Francisco de Asís M…

The history of adobe in southern Colorado stretches back well beyond 150 years
As Colorado and the U.S. prepare to celebrate anniversaries, a new exhibit highlights timeless nature of clay, fiber and the work of many hands

San Francisco, please vote no on D, E, and F. This mayor and his billionaire buddies already think they're above the law when it comes to public records requests, let's not give them even more power.
https://sfstandard.com/2026/09/01/dani…

New evidence suggests Lurie’s office is concealing or destroying public records
Lurie pledged in 2025 to hand over his work messages. Now his office says it has none in instances where other departments readily produce them.

Betting the 49ers in 2026: See how San Francisco's win total, Super Bowl odds are trending and our best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news…

Betting the 49ers in 2026: See how San Francisco's win total, Super Bowl odds are trending and our best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news…

San Francisco 49ers vs. Las Vegas Raiders Highlights https://www.49ers.com/video/san-francisco-49ers-vs-las-vegas-raiders-highlights-preseason-week-3

Job position for a software engineer at Neuralink Next Gen for working on robotic arms (CONVOY), visual prostheses (Blindsight), and medical imaging data pipelines https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-next-gen-at-oneclick-smart-res…

CarbonSix, which is developing AI automation and robotic intelligence tech for manufacturing, raised a $40M Series A co-led by DSC Investment and LB Investment (FinSMEs)
https://www.finsmes.com/2026/07/carbonsix-raises-40m-in-series-a-funding.html

CarbonSix Raises $40M in Series A Funding
CarbonSix, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based Physical AI company focused on the manufacturing sector, raised $40m (approx. KRW 60 billion) in Series A funding

If you live in San Francisco,
there’s a good chance that somebody knocked on your door today from the Saikat Chakrabarti campaign.
An early employee at Stripe, the payments processing company,
Chakrabarti spent $8.8 million of his own money trying to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress.
Several hundred people fanned out around the city to knock on voters’ doors canvassing for him.
His campaign says they cumulatively visited 5,000 homes per hour.

California Primary Elections 2026 Live Updates: Polls Close in Races for Governor and LA Mayor
The nonpartisan primaries will determine which candidates make the fall ballot, though quick results are unlikely.

this week’s grateful deadcast covers a favorite topic: the feral young dead of 1966. we use the new july ’66 fillmore auditorium release to get into the san francisco ballrooms, wild acid parties at rancho olompali, lost owsley tapes, the dead’s 1st single & more. https://www.dead.net/deadcast/independence

Después del Partido: San Francisco 49ers vs. Las Vegas Raiders https://www.49ers.com/video/despues-del-partido-san-francisco-49ers-vs-las-vegas-raiders

An interview with Brian Stelter about the Murdoch family's moves to boost their political influence in California, including the launch of the California Post (Emily Dreyfuss/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standar

Can Rupert Murdoch turn California red? He’s going to try
The Murdochs are courting California, through media, politics, and tech.

49ers Urged to Sign Recently Released Cowboys Edge Rusher https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/edge-rusher-sam-williams-new-team/

Good to see that #SFPL is doing this. I had no idea that #radon might be a concern in San Francisco (I knew it's a major problem in some areas - Pennsylvania, for example)
San Francisco library branches offer detector loan program | Public Health | sfexaminer.com

SF Library launches free detector loan program
Branches helping residents test for and minimize exposure to radon, a radioactive gas.

Good to see that #SFPL is doing this. I had no idea that #radon might be a concern in San Francisco (I knew it's a major problem in some areas - Pennsylvania, for example)
San Francisco library branches offer detector loan program | Public Health | sfexaminer.com

SF Library launches free detector loan program
Branches helping residents test for and minimize exposure to radon, a radioactive gas.

I don't think San Francisco wants A.Vs on our streets Laurie. Maybe we should do a ballot prop..oh wait he wants to make that way harder.

Ferry Building and Bay Bridge lights look great tonight. #SanFrancisco

Thank you SF Young Democrats for endorsing Prop I!! The kids are alright!
Join these beautiful young people in supporting our campaign to build affordable housing with no new taxes: #sfpol

Fair Housing, Yes on I - San Francisco Ballot Measure | Join the Movement
Prop I dedicates existing tax revenue to its intended purpose of funding affordable housing, social housing, and eviction defense.

Interesting counterpoint to the MLB #Pride Cap fiasco.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bible-verse-san-francisco-giants-190136366.html

That Bible verse San Francisco Giants players wrote on Pride caps does not say what they think it does
Genesis 9:12-16, the verse some players inscribed on their hats, teaches the opposite of what these de facto anti-LGBTQ activists wanted us to hear.

Niners WR Ricky Pearsall to undergo knee surgery, will miss 2026 season https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-wr-ricky-pearsall-knee-surgery-will-miss-2026-season

Antes del Kickoff: Pretemporada Semana 3 | San Francisco 49ers vs. Las Vegas Raiders https://www.49ers.com/video/antes-del-kickoff-pretemporada-semana-3-san-francisco-49ers-vs-las-vegas-raiders

I haven’t been to San Francisco for 8 years, so I’d forgotten this is like the one place on earth where all the billboards are for tech companies.
Of course in 2026, that means they’re all for AI companies.

Safe Street Rebel 5 year birthday!! Come to our celebration ride Sunday Aug 16.
Meet at 1:30pm @ JFK yolk (Conservatory Dr East)
Roll at 2pm
Ride down Slow Lake, Cabrillo, back to JFK to Sunset Dunes!
Arrive at Pacheco Surf Perch around 3:30pm
https://www.safestreetrebe…

San Francisco 49er Nick Bosa's pro-MAGA advocacy & subsequent celebration of Ryan Clark's firing at ESPN is absolutely classless douchebaggery.
And not unexpected.
▶️ The Ryan Clark Situation Was Worse Than We Thought - Mikerophone
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zmEyy0c-sK

Question for travelers - Say you needed to go to San Francisco from Vermont for a trip on a Weds-Sat. It's about 9 hours of flying. Then you need to be back in SF a week later (flying on the next Friday). DO YOU FLY HOME IN BETWEEN? Or just stay in SF for the week?
I was just planning to fly home on Saturday and then fly out the next Friday, spending 5 days at home. (It's just plane trips!) But so far most people, including my family, seem to think I'm crazy!
Fly home and fly back
Stay in SF

This year is the 250th Anniversary of the founding of San Francisco, as the #AnzaExpedition arrive in SF, and the #PresidioOfSanFrancisco was founded. To commemorate this event, Luis Valle retraced the exhibitions route by

Anza 250: A Documentary Film
Every start has its end, every journey its revealsPresented by the Presidio Historical Association250 years ago, explorer Juan Bautista de Anza arrived with an

This year is the 250th Anniversary of the founding of San Francisco, as the #AnzaExpedition arrive in SF, and the #PresidioOfSanFrancisco was founded. To commemorate this event, Luis Valle retraced the exhibitions route by

Anza 250: A Documentary Film
Every start has its end, every journey its revealsPresented by the Presidio Historical Association250 years ago, explorer Juan Bautista de Anza arrived with an

Yay! So happy Jackie is back and ready to go. I've never had someone better represent me in government.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/jackie-fielder-return-to-office-san-francisco/

S.F. supervisor Jackie Fielder to return to City Hall after mental health leave 
The Mission District supervisor Jackie Fielder is back to San Francisco City Hall after a doctor-recommended three-month rest.

Deebo Samuel: Return to 49ers was 'just a matter of time' https://www.nfl.com/news/deebo-samuel-return-to-49ers-was-just-a-matter-of-time

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Sylvester:
🎵 You Are My Friend
#Sylvester
https://sylvester.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-my-friend-live-at-the-san-francisco-war-memorial-opera-house-march-11-1979

The Giants Pride Night protest MLB couldn't tolerate (Zachary Faria/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4613390/san-francisco-giants-pride-night-protest-mlb/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p32#a260619p32

San Francisco sends legal notices to Apple and Google demanding they take down 13 AI apps used to make deepfake nude images; Google says it has deleted the apps (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-demands-ap…

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.

San Francisco 49ers at Las Vegas Raiders: Live Score, Game Stats https://www.si.com/nfl/san-francisco-49ers-at-las-vegas-raiders-live-score-game-stats

Elon Musk Robot Dog Found Wandering Streets Of San Francisco
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/elon-musk-robot-dog-found-wandering-streets-of-san-francisco

Elon Musk Robot Dog Found Wandering Streets Of San Francisco

Plainclothes Fascists claim to be ICE while abducting an Ukrainian woman inside of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (San Francisco, CA, 7/23/26)
Source:
#ice

Der Matchtag-Ticker - Rot-weiß-roter Fanmarsch durch San Francisco #News #Nachrichten

Teams, athletes poke fun at Daejon Love, man who posed as 49ers player, on social media https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49779308/san-francisco-49ers-sports-teams-poke-fun-daejon-love-federal-charges

Winners and losers from the entire NFL preseason: Cowboys hype, Browns chaos and three teams raising red flags https://fansided.com/nfl/winners-and-losers-from-the-entire-nfl-preseason-cowboys-hype-browns-chaos-a…

CBRE: NYC becomes the top tech talent market for the first time with ~394K jobs, beating the Bay Area's ~375K, amid SF job cuts and finance sector tech hiring (Diana Olick/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/new-york-san-francisco-tech-talent-cbre.html

New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent, CBRE reports
AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S., per the new CBRE report.

50 years ago today, the grateful dead in the studio, likely at his master’s wheels in san francisco, probably making a demo for arista records, “dancing in the street” with *only* donna jean on vocals & mini-jam. via the dead.net tapers section: http://rhino.edgeboss.net/dow…

The Lurie administration and its allies are disbanding San Francisco's Bicycle Advisory Committee. I plan to go to its final meeting tonight at 6:30, city hall room 416.
FYI, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood, Dorsey, Wong, and Mandelman voted to get rid of it. May they all lose their next elections and be replaced by better candidates who'll restore the BAC.

San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee to Hold Final Meeting - Streetsblog San Francisco
It will cease to exist after this month

49ers QB Mac Jones content with current role as backup: 'My feet are in San Francisco' https://www.nfl.com/news/49ers-qb-mac-jones-content-with-current-role-as-backup-my-feet-are-in-san-francisco

Firefighters rescued a small dog that had been missing for weeks after finding it swimming into the San Francisco Bay.
The dog had gone missing over the Fourth of July weekend, according to the Menlo Park fire protection district.
But someone called 911 on 16 July to say they had seen a dog enter the bay near the Dumbarton Bridge in East Palo Alto.
The dog “just kept swimming”, according to a Menlo Park fire district Instagram post.
The Menlo Park fire protection distri…

Small dog missing for weeks rescued while swimming in San Francisco Bay
Team of firefighters saved the pup from the water near East Palo Alto in a mission that utilized boats, trucks and a drone

I very much disagree with the author of this piece- a big part of the dislike of chains in SF is their tendency to be only about profit and no longer about the art of the food. It is also telling that her ex-husband (disclosed in article) is the Tacolicious guy. The Standard leans very moderate-capitalist. https://

The C-word restaurant owners never want to be called
Why does San Francisco worship its scrappy little restaurants — until they grow?

San Franicsco 49ers @ Las Vegas Raiders Preseason Live Blog https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/onsi/san-franicsco-49ers-las-vegas-raiders-preseason-live-blog

The Waymo effect. More affluent workers in SF are switching from sustainable transit to unsustainable ride-hails, with Mayor Lurie's Waymo boosterism pouring fuel on the fire. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/public-transit-dem…

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York pleads no contest to two misdemeanor charges in Ohio https://www.nfl.com/news/san-francisco-49ers-owner-jed-york-pleads-no-contest-to-two-misdemeanor-charges-in-ohio

San Francisco Voters Appear to Reject Tax Hike on Highly Paid C.E.O.s (Soumya Karlamangla/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/politics/san-francisco-tax-proposition-d.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p2#a260609p2

San Franciscans: We have Yes on I window signs now! Show your support for affordable housing:
#sfpol

Request Window Sign — Fair Housing, Yes on I - San Francisco Ballot Measure

Looks like the FCC is going after a local San Francisco station, and public comment in support of ABC7/KGO-TV's license renewal is needed.
San Francisco ABC affiliate KGO-TV at risk of losing FCC license
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/abc-kgo-t…

Looks like the FCC is going after a local San Francisco station, and public comment in support of ABC7/KGO-TV's license renewal is needed.
San Francisco ABC affiliate KGO-TV at risk of losing FCC license
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/abc-kgo-t…

Game Recap: Big decisions await Raiders following preseason finale vs. 49ers https://www.raiders.com/news/game-recap-big-decisions-await-raiders-following-preseason-finale-vs-san-francisco-49ers

Their landlord tried to evict them without warning over supposed housekeeping issues.
Meanwhile, the building's sales listing touted “224% rental upside achievable through unit turnover.”
Shoutout to 1120 Jackson tenants for unionizing and fighting back! ✊
https://ww…

Pushing Back Against Evictions, Nob Hill Apartment Building Tenants Unionize
Long-term tenants of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco have formed a union to fight evictions at the 16-unit building.

In the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes in San Francisco sold for at least $1 million above their asking price,
44 of them in June alone.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/san-francisco-home-sale-prices-ai?CM…

‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom
Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarce

Game Recap: Big decisions await Raiders following preseason finale vs. 49ers https://www.raiders.com/news/game-recap-big-decisions-await-raiders-following-preseason-finale-vs-san-francisco-49ers

San Francisco Rejects a Tax Hike on Companies With Well-Paid Executives (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/san-francisco-rejects-a-tax-hike-on-companies-with-well-paid-executives-1e0504fc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p121#a260609p121

2026 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year: 49ers' De'Zhaun Stribling has zoomed up odds board with most action

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news…

Raiders' unofficial depth chart for final preseason game vs. San Francisco 49ers https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-unofficial-depth-chart-preseason-game-vs-san-francisco-49ers-082726

Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …

Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boat disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday

(Insert your own snarky comment about integrity in politics)
SF election money is growing. City ethics watchdogs are waning.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/big-money-in-san-francisco-elections-is-growing-but-city-wat…

Money in San Francisco elections is growing. City watchdogs are getting cut. 
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff amid a growing torrent of money in city elections.

(Insert your own snarky comment about integrity in politics)
SF election money is growing. City ethics watchdogs are waning.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/big-money-in-san-francisco-elections-is-growing-but-city-wat…

Money in San Francisco elections is growing. City watchdogs are getting cut. 
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff amid a growing torrent of money in city elections.

the majestic & dreamy & elemental heart trio is going on a rare tour next month. parker, drake, & cooper-moore have a really special connection, plugging into something like the don cherry/organic music society continuum. #jazz

The Warning to headline halftime show at Mexico City game between Vikings, 49ers in Week 11 https://www.nfl.com/news/the-warning-to-headline-halftime-show-at-mexico-city-game-between-vikings-49ers-in-week-11

Raiders DE Maxx Crosby Shares Telling Response to 49ers Trade Idea https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-49ers-fan-trade/

A typo by California police led to violent arrest of innocent man who later died, officials say
San Francisco officers smashed a driver’s window, dragged him to the pavement and pepper-sprayed his face
after mistyping a license plate and wrongly flagging his car as stolen.
A city watchdog found the officers used unnecessary force and violated multiple policies,
while prosecutors pursued reckless driving and resisting arrest charges against the motorist until his app…

Typo by San Francisco police led to violent arrest of innocent driver
A police watchdog found that San Francisco Police officers threw a man to the ground and pepper-sprayed him after they entered the wrong license plate into their computer.

A local artist designed some sweet t-shirts and posters featuring the SF Bay Area Bench Collective, and is donating profits towards installing more community bus benches in SF and the East Bay:
https://unnaturalhabitats.com/pages/sfba-bench-collective
Mor…

SFBA Bench Collective
The San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective is decentralized collaboration of local neighbors who build, install, and maintain much-needed benches, mainly at bus stops.

Live Game Updates: Raiders vs. 49ers https://www.raiders.com/news/live-game-updates-las-vegas-raiders-vs-san-francisco-49ers-preseason-finale-nfl-082726

The intersection of many man-made actions - #ClimateCrisis, excessive #ResourceExtraction, #Wetlands "reclamation" - all in the interest of profit, now starting to show the actual costs.…

The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive
San Francisco is building a $175 million seawall meant to protect a threatened sewage plant. Scientists say it might destroy the beach.

The intersection of many man-made actions - #ClimateCrisis, excessive #ResourceExtraction, #Wetlands "reclamation" - all in the interest of profit, now starting to show the actual costs.…

The mystery eating Ocean Beach alive
San Francisco is building a $175 million seawall meant to protect a threatened sewage plant. Scientists say it might destroy the beach.

Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area’s already expensive market are
skyrocketing as employees at leading artificial intelligence companies come into gargantuan sums of money
thanks to a boom in initial public offerings.
With San Francisco’s OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as SpaceX, which operates a major facility in the Los Angeles area, eyeing debuts on the stock market,
the hot housing market may not abate soon.
If their initial public offering (IPO) is we…

Amazon shutters its AGI Lab as part of layoffs in its AGI unit earlier this week; the lab's former head David Luan left in February (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/amazon-shuts-ai-agent-research-lab-agi-layoffs…

Amazon Shuts AI Agent Research Lab In AGI Layoffs
Amazon this week closed its AGI Lab, a San Francisco-based research and product team that was developing software to improve the usefulness of AI agents, according to an Amazon spokesperson. The lab was shuttered as part of Amazon’s layoffs in its artificial general intelligence unit earlier this week. AGI Lab was founded in December 2024 and initially included several dozen employees that

And this was in the "secure" area. If highly trained #ICE agents (/s) make this mistake, (choose you own ending for this sentance_
ICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom | The San Francisco Standard
https://

ICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom
A flight attendant found the weapon a day before agents arrested a Ukrainian woman at the airport in a viral incident.

And this was in the "secure" area. If highly trained #ICE agents (/s) make this mistake, (choose you own ending for this sentance_
ICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom | The San Francisco Standard
https://

ICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom
A flight attendant found the weapon a day before agents arrested a Ukrainian woman at the airport in a viral incident.

NFL Network: Deebo Samuel reuniting with 49ers on 1-year, $7 million deal https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-deebo-samuel-reuniting-with-49ers-on-1-year-7-million-deal

"this isn’t just knee-jerk tax avoidance. It’s an attempt to nullify a competing vision of the city before it gains momentum. If San Francisco successfully builds social housing at scale, rents will finally come down as a result. That would be good news for everyone — except this tiny group of extremely wealthy investors, who much prefer the current situation in which they alone dictate how much new housing is built"
Well put, @…

To solve The City’s housing-affordability crisis, listen to voters
San Franciscans already chose a housing solution; City Hall should follow through

A US NLRB judge ruled that Amazon violated federal law by not recognizing the Teamsters union at a SF warehouse and must collectively bargain with the workers (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

The SF Democratic Party overrode the California Democratic Party to oppose the billionaire tax, and somehow, that's only the second-worst thing they did today.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/sf-dems-oppose-billionaire-tax/

S.F. Dems overwhelmingly vote to oppose billionaire tax, defying state party
Meanwhile: San Francisco Dems back public bank and Sunset Dunes, but go against affordable housing measure.

Where Raiders Showed Future Promise in Final Preseason Game https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-where-showed-future-promise-final-preseason-game

As AI salaries intensify competition in San Francisco's rental market, CoStar says average asking rent is up 18% in under two years to $3,728/month, passing NYC (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/…

San Francisco Arts Action
Artistic Free Speech Day Celebrated in Lafayette Park
Saturday , Aug 7, 2026
The Event honors SF Mime Troupe Founder Ron Davis in the place where he was arrested, in Lafayette Park, on August 7, 1965 for performing without a permit from the San Francisco Recreation and Park department.
About twenty five people met in the small, secluded amphitheater next to the Lafayette Tennis Courts.
Some protest posters lined the perimeter and a …

Artists Free Speech Day Celebrated in Lafayette Park : Indybay
Event honors SF Mime Troupe Founder Ron Davis in the place where he was arrested, in Lafayette Park, on August 7, 1965 for performing without a permit from the San Francisco Recreation and Park department.

Where Raiders Showed Future Promise in Final Preseason Game https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-where-showed-future-promise-final-preseason-game

Brandon Aiyuk appears to mock Kyle Shanahan after 49ers coach was involved in car accident

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brandon-aiyuk-mocks-kyle-shanahan-49ers-coach…

“We want a house, we want a garage, we want storage,” she said.
“And that just doesn’t feel attainable here.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite. Some doubt they can afford to stay.

Raiders Handed Compelling Message Amid Ashton Jeanty Injury https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/austin-ekeler-message-ashton-jeanty-injury/

49ers: 23 players missing from final camp practice https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49427696/san-francisco-49ers-training-camp-2026-intel-updates

Omg. Need. I mostly don't miss living in New York City, but I gotta hand it to them on two areas they've got SF beat: 1) having a socialist mayor and 2) doubles.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/trinidad-doubles-popup-san-francisco/

Pop-Up Brings a Rare and Beloved Trinbagonian Snack to S.F.
The Trini doubles humbles you, then leaves you wishing for more.

Are the 49ers back in win-now mode for 2026?: 'I t... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49435780/are-san-francisco-49ers-back-win-now-mode-2026

The correct left critique of YIMBYism is not "building massive amounts of housing won't lower rents," but rather "for-profit investors won't build massive amounts of housing because they'll stop investing once rents stop rising." https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/s…

Who killed housing affordability in San Francisco? 
Despite what the most vitriolic keyboard warriors on the internet would have you believe, this is a complicated question

"We failed to act for three months to remove this guy for cause. That's why we need to be able to remove people without cause."
That's it, that's their argument for Prop F. Hell No on F!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lur

Niners HC Kyle Shanahan takes blame for car crash that left him with concussion https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-hc-kyle-shanahan-takes-blame-for-car-crash-that-left-him-with-concussion

It's really important that people across California know the SF Democratic Party has been taken over by a pro-plutocrat faction.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/sf-dems-dccc-billionaire-tax/

Rucci Connects with Martinez for a First Down vs. Raiders https://www.49ers.com/video/rucci-connects-with-martinez-for-a-first-down-vs-raiders

Eddy Piñeiro's 59-Yard Field Goal Gives 49ers the Lead vs. Raiders https://www.49ers.com/video/eddy-pineiro-s-59-yard-field-goal-gives-49ers-the-lead-vs-raiders

Aldon Smith, former All-Pro LB for San Francisco 49ers, dies at 36 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7358371/2026/06/13/aldon-smith-death-news-49ers-raiders-cowboys-mizzou/

Raiders’ Jack Bech Doesn’t Hold Back on Fernando Mendoza https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jack-bech-on-fernando-mendoza/

3 Key Takeaways From Raiders' Final Preseason Game Against 49ers https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-3-key-takeaways-final-preseason-game-against-49ers