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Nima Momeni is suing the San Francisco Standard and the Los Angeles Times, among other outlets, seemingly over a series of photos that showed Momeni inside a jail cell while on trial for the murder of Bob Lee: sf.gazetteer.co/nima-momeni-...
Nima Momeni sues San Francisco Standard, Los Angeles Times for defamation
The $17 million suit appears to be over photos of Momeni inside a jail cell
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December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Nima Momeni is suing the San Francisco Standard and the Los Angeles Times, among other outlets, seemingly over a series of photos that showed Momeni inside a jail cell while on trial for the murder of Bob Lee: sf.gazetteer.co/nima-momeni-...
Pour one out for Claude the albino alligator:
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Rest in peace to the best Claude in San Francisco
Cal Academy’s wonderful gator Claude died at the age of 30, according to a Tuesday announcement from the institution.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Pour one out for Claude the albino alligator:
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@sf.gazetteer.co is looking for Bay Area freelance reporters who can speak Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese to expand our coverage of the city. I encourage folks to contact me directly at mh [a] gazetteer [dot] co. Please share: sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-sf...
Gazetteer SF seeks freelance reporters fluent in Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese
Gazetteer SF is looking to expand our coverage of San Francisco by working with freelance reporters fluent in Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese. If you’re a well-sourced reporter who’s able to convers...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@sf.gazetteer.co is looking for Bay Area freelance reporters who can speak Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese to expand our coverage of the city. I encourage folks to contact me directly at mh [a] gazetteer [dot] co. Please share: sf.gazetteer.co/gazetteer-sf...
Flour + Water chef Ryan Pollnow was tired of "cheap garbage" pizza cutters, so he and the co-owners of Bernal Cutlery just dropped what they're calling the World's Best.
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Deep cut
Tariffs be damned, Bernal Cutlery and Flour + Water take an artisan spin on the pizza wheel
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December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Flour + Water chef Ryan Pollnow was tired of "cheap garbage" pizza cutters, so he and the co-owners of Bernal Cutlery just dropped what they're calling the World's Best.
sf.gazetteer.co/deep-cut
sf.gazetteer.co/deep-cut
Chat Room: Analog was a reminder that with all the distractions available in our pockets, the most interesting things can still be found in real life. (PHOTOS)
Going analog
Highlights and photos from Gazetteer SF's most ambitious Chat Room yet, featuring The Two Eighty Project, Modern Appealing Clothing, and more
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December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Chat Room: Analog was a reminder that with all the distractions available in our pockets, the most interesting things can still be found in real life. (PHOTOS)
Beloved sibling farmers Lee and Wayne James are raising funds to buy the land they’ve been cultivating for two decades. @livpeluso.bsky.social visits Tierra Vegetables: sf.gazetteer.co/tierra-veget...
Tierra Vegetables wants to buy the farm
Even as they plan for retirement, the beloved sibling farmers are racing to secure the land they’ve cultivated for two decades
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November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Beloved sibling farmers Lee and Wayne James are raising funds to buy the land they’ve been cultivating for two decades. @livpeluso.bsky.social visits Tierra Vegetables: sf.gazetteer.co/tierra-veget...
Just a few hours after the Civic Center BART station dealt with its own smoky, noisy mess, the Montgomery BART station was seemingly hit Tuesday evening with a round of pepper spray.
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Montgomery BART hit with a bout of pepper spray
Another BART incident took place in downtown SF Tuesday evening
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November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just a few hours after the Civic Center BART station dealt with its own smoky, noisy mess, the Montgomery BART station was seemingly hit Tuesday evening with a round of pepper spray.
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In the 1970s, a Bay Area couple started a business: Charge people for chats with professional conversationalists (and bottomless tea and coffee). It was panned at the time, but it feels prescient today. sf.gazetteer.co/conversation...
Conversation starters
In the 1970s, a Bay Area couple started a business to get people talking. Panned at the time, it feels prescient today.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In the 1970s, a Bay Area couple started a business: Charge people for chats with professional conversationalists (and bottomless tea and coffee). It was panned at the time, but it feels prescient today. sf.gazetteer.co/conversation...
How the heck do you steal $11 million of decentralized digital currency? By pretending to be a delivery guy and asking for a pen.
Here's why crypto "wrench attacks," like Saturday's robbery in Mission Dolores, are rising. From @eddiekimx.bsky.social:
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Here's why crypto "wrench attacks," like Saturday's robbery in Mission Dolores, are rising. From @eddiekimx.bsky.social:
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How to steal $11 million: Ask for a pen
As this weekend’s crypto robbery in Mission Dolores shows, you don’t need to be a super hacker to get ahold of someone’s holdings. You just need to show up
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How the heck do you steal $11 million of decentralized digital currency? By pretending to be a delivery guy and asking for a pen.
Here's why crypto "wrench attacks," like Saturday's robbery in Mission Dolores, are rising. From @eddiekimx.bsky.social:
GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/how-to-steal...
Here's why crypto "wrench attacks," like Saturday's robbery in Mission Dolores, are rising. From @eddiekimx.bsky.social:
GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/how-to-steal...
BART is experiencing major delays after a blown insulator on the tracks at the Civic Center BART station resulted in a loud bang and smoke late Tuesday morning. sf.gazetteer.co/civic-center...
Civic Center BART reopened after blown insulator
The fire department and BART police were all over Market St. Tuesday following the incident
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November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
BART is experiencing major delays after a blown insulator on the tracks at the Civic Center BART station resulted in a loud bang and smoke late Tuesday morning. sf.gazetteer.co/civic-center...
After a court hearing today, odds are San Francisco police get a $6.25 million grant the Justice Dept. is withholding in exchange for fealty to Trump’s anti-woke policies:
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SF police looks likely to get $6.25 million from Justice Department
With sharp words for the DOJ, the judge on the case extends the deadline for SFPD to get a crucial grant
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November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
After a court hearing today, odds are San Francisco police get a $6.25 million grant the Justice Dept. is withholding in exchange for fealty to Trump’s anti-woke policies:
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Lawyers from the City Attorney’s office are heading to the federal courthouse on Golden Gate Ave. today at 10:30 a.m.: sf.gazetteer.co/sf-sues-trum...
SF sues Department of Justice over police funding
The Department Of Justice demands fealty in exchange for $6.25 million earmarked for more cops and addressing the mental health of officers
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Lawyers from the City Attorney’s office are heading to the federal courthouse on Golden Gate Ave. today at 10:30 a.m.: sf.gazetteer.co/sf-sues-trum...
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Amid the ubiquitous AI ads in San Francisco I spotted an anti–AI ad for @sf.gazetteer.co on the flank of a Muni bus:
THE SLOP STOPS HERE.
(Hope to get a photo next time.)
THE SLOP STOPS HERE.
(Hope to get a photo next time.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Amid the ubiquitous AI ads in San Francisco I spotted an anti–AI ad for @sf.gazetteer.co on the flank of a Muni bus:
THE SLOP STOPS HERE.
(Hope to get a photo next time.)
THE SLOP STOPS HERE.
(Hope to get a photo next time.)
Mayor Daniel Lurie is talking tough with a new plan to force drug addicts into treatment at a "sobering center" run by the Sheriff's Office.
We talked to users on the street and experts who say, well, it's not that simple.
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We talked to users on the street and experts who say, well, it's not that simple.
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Sit it off
A street-level view of Mayor Lurie’s new sobering center plan
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November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Mayor Daniel Lurie is talking tough with a new plan to force drug addicts into treatment at a "sobering center" run by the Sheriff's Office.
We talked to users on the street and experts who say, well, it's not that simple.
GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/sit-it-off?g...
We talked to users on the street and experts who say, well, it's not that simple.
GIFT LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/sit-it-off?g...
Jollibee Watch continues with this look inside. We have an interior, people! sf.gazetteer.co/jollibee-wat...
Jollibee Watch, November 21, 2025: A very unofficial look inside
Someone got inside the downtown SF Jollibee’s and gave us a first look, but there’s still no word on an official opening date
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November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jollibee Watch continues with this look inside. We have an interior, people! sf.gazetteer.co/jollibee-wat...
Pre-pandemic, the 1.2 million-square-foot mall at 865 Market St. hosted nine stories of popular brands, a movie theater, and spa. Now it’s 95% vacant. Olivia went for one last meal before the whole place flatlines. sf.gazetteer.co/my-sad-lunch...
My sad lunch at the San Francisco Centre
A final meal where brick and mortar went to die
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November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Pre-pandemic, the 1.2 million-square-foot mall at 865 Market St. hosted nine stories of popular brands, a movie theater, and spa. Now it’s 95% vacant. Olivia went for one last meal before the whole place flatlines. sf.gazetteer.co/my-sad-lunch...
Turns out a rich girl who became famous for her richness is a less than ideal messenger to talk about inequality: sf.gazetteer.co/becca-bloom-...
Becca Bloom is the gift that keeps on giving
San Francisco’s favorite TikToker is on a charm offensive after (finally) catching some heat for her ludicrous wealth
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November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Turns out a rich girl who became famous for her richness is a less than ideal messenger to talk about inequality: sf.gazetteer.co/becca-bloom-...
Mayors promote their agendas to constituents of all political stripes. But Daniel Lurie’s decision to headline a fundraiser for ConnectedSF is more complicated than it appeared:
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Strange bedfellows
ConnectedSF, ‘not just one more SF group,’ hosted Mayor Lurie to speak for six and half minutes at its Celebrating the Power of People gathering Monday
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November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Mayors promote their agendas to constituents of all political stripes. But Daniel Lurie’s decision to headline a fundraiser for ConnectedSF is more complicated than it appeared:
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Can a tech company use a well-known meme from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”? We asked an expert and checked in with Charlie Day’s management who hadn’t seen the ads: sf.gazetteer.co/charlie-days...
Charlie Day’s team didn’t know about those tech billboards
San Francisco-based AI company Kilo Code plastered the city with ads riffing on a popular meme from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.’ That was news to the actor’s Los Angeles-based gang
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November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Can a tech company use a well-known meme from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”? We asked an expert and checked in with Charlie Day’s management who hadn’t seen the ads: sf.gazetteer.co/charlie-days...
Of all the possible scenarios for Warner Bros. Discovery in the streaming age, a modest proposal from @habermatt.bsky.social on the (ex-)media power couple that should take over the legacy studio: sf.gazetteer.co/a-modest-pro...
A modest proposal for Warner Bros. Discovery
Of all possible scenarios for the legacy studio in the streaming age, this one is by far the best
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November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Of all the possible scenarios for Warner Bros. Discovery in the streaming age, a modest proposal from @habermatt.bsky.social on the (ex-)media power couple that should take over the legacy studio: sf.gazetteer.co/a-modest-pro...
For Analog City, @habermatt.bsky.social browsed the pulp novels at Kayo Books on Post Street: sf.gazetteer.co/pulps-unbound
Pulps unbound
For three decades, Kayo Books has sold the kinds of books your grandparents wouldn’t be caught dead reading
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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For Analog City, @habermatt.bsky.social browsed the pulp novels at Kayo Books on Post Street: sf.gazetteer.co/pulps-unbound
ChatGPT can speak and think (almost) like a human — but can it act? A new play currently running at The Marsh puts the chatbot's dramatic chops to the test.
@cydhayes.bsky.social reviews "Before I Forget":
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@cydhayes.bsky.social reviews "Before I Forget":
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Exit, pursued by ChatGPT
Adam Strauss’s ‘Before I Forget’ puts AI centerstage whether audiences want it there or not
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ChatGPT can speak and think (almost) like a human — but can it act? A new play currently running at The Marsh puts the chatbot's dramatic chops to the test.
@cydhayes.bsky.social reviews "Before I Forget":
sf.gazetteer.co/exit-pursued...
@cydhayes.bsky.social reviews "Before I Forget":
sf.gazetteer.co/exit-pursued...
Let's talk shopping IRL at Chat Room: Analog
The enduring appeal of shopping IRL
Ben Ospital and Lindsey Hansen join the Chat Room lineup to share their methodical approaches to physical retail in a fast fashion world
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November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Let's talk shopping IRL at Chat Room: Analog
Biz owner and Sunset political activist Albert Chow was on Mayor Lurie’s shortlist for District 4 supervisor.
Chow gave us an inside look into the vetting process he went through.
Could he be called up to bat after the Beya Alcaraz disaster?
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/its-the-nint...
Chow gave us an inside look into the vetting process he went through.
Could he be called up to bat after the Beya Alcaraz disaster?
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/its-the-nint...
‘It’s the ninth inning, two outs, two strikes’
Before Beya Alcaraz struck out, Albert Chow took a swing for D4 supervisor. Could it be his turn at bat again?
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November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Biz owner and Sunset political activist Albert Chow was on Mayor Lurie’s shortlist for District 4 supervisor.
Chow gave us an inside look into the vetting process he went through.
Could he be called up to bat after the Beya Alcaraz disaster?
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/its-the-nint...
Chow gave us an inside look into the vetting process he went through.
Could he be called up to bat after the Beya Alcaraz disaster?
FREE STORY: sf.gazetteer.co/its-the-nint...