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Pouting about state transgender law, Elon Musk says X will leave San Francisco for Austin
Elon Musk announced on X that the company formerly known as Twitter will move its San Francisco headquarters to Austin, Texas. Musk did not reveal a timeline for the move. The company answered a request for comment with an automated response. His post was in response to news that Gov....
Sam Altman’s $27m mansion is plagued with a flooded infinity pool and raw sewage dumps
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is reportedly having problems with his San Fransisco home. In a lawsuit filed to the Superior Court of San Francisco, lawyers allege 950 Lombard Street has “been plagued by shoddy construction, corner cutting, and development efforts to save money, all which lead to pervasive defects in the building.”
A San Francisco politician has a plan to flip its ‘ghost town’ status—and it involves four days a week in the office
The Golden Gate city can’t get back on its feet if its most valuable earners keep logging on from home, mayoral candidate Mark Farrell says. It’s a bad time to be a business in the Bay Area, but one mayoral candidate gunning to oust incumbent San Francisco mayor London Breed has a plan to turn that around. It’ll just take two decades.
City Gives Final Approval to Massive Stonestown Redevelopment Project, With 3,500 Housing Units
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors made it official-official on Tuesday, voting unanimously to approve a huge new project on what is currently parking lots surrounding the Stonestown Galleria mall. Originally built in 1952 and called Stonestown Shopping Center, the mall on SF's west side has been through a number...
Bay Area RNC delegates ecstatic about Trump's VP pick JD Vance, who has SF ties
California has sent the largest delegation to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. On Monday, many of them applauded Donald Trump's decision naming J.D. Vance as his running mate. The VP candidate has strong ties to the Bay Area.The Golden State has 166 delegates at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin.They say they're excited about Donald Trump accepting the party nomination and they believe Trump's VP pick will truly help turn things around for the country.The Republican National Convention is underway, and delegates say they are pumped."The energy is absolutely palpable," said John Dennis, the Chairman of the San Francisco...
London Breed ‘should be too ashamed to run' for re-election as SF mayor, Andrew Yang says
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Former United States presidential candidate Andrew Yang has some strong opinions about San Francisco and its mayor, he shared on KRON4 News Monday. When asked if any of this year’s mayoral candidates interested him, Yang responded with criticism of London Breed. “I would say that if you’re a city that’s undergone […]
Millbrae councilmembers who backed affordable housing targeted in recall
Millbrae citizens, angry over the potential conversion of a hotel into a permanent supportive housing project, are in the middle of a special election that could recall two councilmembers who support it. Millbrae Vice Mayor Maurice Goodman and Councilmember Angelina Cahalan are facing a petitioned recall election that opened June 24 and closes July 23. Some residents in their districts are upset that the two supported a move by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to acquire the La Quinta Inn and Suites at 1390 El Camino Real, a 100-room hotel and restaurant developed in 1988. It was one...
Newsom spotlights San Francisco as he touts California economy
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom namechecked San Francisco several times in a news release Monday touting California retaining its title as the world’s fifth largest economy. “Since April, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that the state has retained its title as the world’s fifth largest economy, broken tourism-spending records, increased its population, […]
For decades, young Jewish women learned to live independently at Emanu-El Residence Club
Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. A handsome, four-story brick building at Page and Laguna streets that has been home to the San Francisco Zen Center for more than five decades actually began its life in 1923 as a communal living space for young Jewish women, complete with Stars of David in the ironwork.
Jury awards $20 million verdict in race harassment case involving Ku Klux Klan-related threats at Stanford Cancer Center
San Francisco – Stanford Health Care Patient Testing Technician Qiqiuia Young filed a 100-page lawsuit against Stanford University and Stanford Health Care alleging a series of acts of racial harassment and discrimination that began with her co-workers threatening to, and then dressing as the Ku Klux Klan at the Stanford Cancer Center and detailing multiple instances of the “n” word used in the workplace at Stanford Health Care.
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