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LIVE EVENT 📣 We'll be at Manny's with @sf-planning.bsky.social's Sarah Dennis Phillips to talk SF's housing plan, downtown development and more. Get your ticket for Dec 18! www.eventbrite.com/e/future-cit...
Future City, Big Questions: SF’s Top Planner Sarah Dennis Phillips
Join SF Planning Director Sarah Dennis Phillips and The Frisc editor Alex Lash to talk about San Francisco at this critical moment.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
LIVE EVENT 📣 We'll be at Manny's with @sf-planning.bsky.social's Sarah Dennis Phillips to talk SF's housing plan, downtown development and more. Get your ticket for Dec 18! www.eventbrite.com/e/future-cit...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📣 Our education coverage was awarded best in the region. We need YOU to keep it going.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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📣 Our education coverage was awarded best in the region. We need YOU to keep it going.
This week we've got a 3X MATCH thanks to #NewsMatch + the Education Partner Fund. Now is the best time to support our reporting on schools and students. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
This week we've got a 3X MATCH thanks to #NewsMatch + the Education Partner Fund. Now is the best time to support our reporting on schools and students. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
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November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
📣 Our education coverage was awarded best in the region. We need YOU to keep it going.
This week we've got a 3X MATCH thanks to #NewsMatch + the Education Partner Fund. Now is the best time to support our reporting on schools and students. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
This week we've got a 3X MATCH thanks to #NewsMatch + the Education Partner Fund. Now is the best time to support our reporting on schools and students. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
👯 ICYMI, DOUBLE FEATURE: Yesterday we published two stories about bumps in the road — of the literal and metaphorical variety. Catch up 👇
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
👯 ICYMI, DOUBLE FEATURE: Yesterday we published two stories about bumps in the road — of the literal and metaphorical variety. Catch up 👇
🥁 LIVE EVENT! Let's talk about the future of San Francisco — will it be denser? Taller? More affordable? Join us for a talk and Q&A with @sf-planning.bsky.social Director Sarah Dennis Phillips on Dec. 18 at Manny's. Get your ticket ➡️
www.eventbrite.com/e/future-cit...
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Future City, Big Questions: SF’s Top Planner Sarah Dennis Phillips
Join SF Planning Director Sarah Dennis Phillips and The Frisc editor Alex Lash to talk about San Francisco at this critical moment.
www.eventbrite.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
🥁 LIVE EVENT! Let's talk about the future of San Francisco — will it be denser? Taller? More affordable? Join us for a talk and Q&A with @sf-planning.bsky.social Director Sarah Dennis Phillips on Dec. 18 at Manny's. Get your ticket ➡️
www.eventbrite.com/e/future-cit...
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🚧 NEW, BUMP UP: SFMTA is kicking off construction of hundreds of speed bumps — actually, humps, cushions, and tables — that residents have been requesting for years. The agency is playing catch-up while it rethinks its approach. @unazurda.bsky.social reports.
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Hundreds of Speed Bumps Are Coming to San Francisco Streets
Residents’ calls for low-tech traffic calming exploded during COVID. SFMTA is finally catching up while it rethinks the program.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🚧 NEW, BUMP UP: SFMTA is kicking off construction of hundreds of speed bumps — actually, humps, cushions, and tables — that residents have been requesting for years. The agency is playing catch-up while it rethinks its approach. @unazurda.bsky.social reports.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you haven't donated to our 💯 SF journalism yet but love our coverage 🫶 NOW is the time to show your support. Your gift goes 3x as far this week with matches from #NewsMatch and the Education Partner Fund. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
🌁 NEW, POLITICAL FOG OF WAR: 1-week supe Beya Alcaraz might seem like an SF political unicorn. But her record-short tenure is just one in a long string of supervisor scandals, bad ideas, and overall weirdness in the foggy, sleepy Sunset. Grab your 🍿 and read on 👇🏼
SF’s One-Week Supervisor Was Bizarre Politics. Welcome to the Sunset District
Behind the foggy semi-suburban vibe is a legacy of bizarre situations, questionable judgment, and criminal behavior.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🌁 NEW, POLITICAL FOG OF WAR: 1-week supe Beya Alcaraz might seem like an SF political unicorn. But her record-short tenure is just one in a long string of supervisor scandals, bad ideas, and overall weirdness in the foggy, sleepy Sunset. Grab your 🍿 and read on 👇🏼
1-2-3...and your gift 4 The Frisc! 🔢 We've got a TRIPLE MATCH situation this week: #NewsMatch + $1,000 from the Education Partner Fund + your gift. The numbers all add up to helping our 100% San Francisco journalism thrive. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
1-2-3...and your gift 4 The Frisc! 🔢 We've got a TRIPLE MATCH situation this week: #NewsMatch + $1,000 from the Education Partner Fund + your gift. The numbers all add up to helping our 100% San Francisco journalism thrive. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
📚 ICYMI, ETHNIC STUDIES STUDY: This summer, SFUSD rushed to find a new curriculum after its own ethnic studies course caused uproar. Now the district has pushed its first review of the pilot. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on how we got here and what's next. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...
SFUSD’s First Evaluation of Controversial Ethnic Studies Pilot Hits Delay
Following this summer’s scramble to find a new curriculum, the district promised a progress report this month. That’s not going to happen.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📚 ICYMI, ETHNIC STUDIES STUDY: This summer, SFUSD rushed to find a new curriculum after its own ethnic studies course caused uproar. Now the district has pushed its first review of the pilot. @taybarton.bsky.social reports on how we got here and what's next. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...
✏️ NEW, EVAL BACKTRACK: A few months into its ethnic studies pilot, SFUSD was due to release a report on its progress. Now there's an additional 3-month wait. @taybarton.bsky.social has the scoop on the delay and some of the controversy behind the new curriculum. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...
SFUSD’s First Evaluation of Controversial Ethnic Studies Pilot Hits 3-Month Delay
Following this summer’s scramble to find a new curriculum, the district promised a progress report this month. That’s not going to happen.
thefrisc.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
✏️ NEW, EVAL BACKTRACK: A few months into its ethnic studies pilot, SFUSD was due to release a report on its progress. Now there's an additional 3-month wait. @taybarton.bsky.social has the scoop on the delay and some of the controversy behind the new curriculum. thefrisc.com/sfusds-first...
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Supported by readers 🫵
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November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Award-winning coverage 🏆
For San Francisco, about San Francisco 💯
Supported by readers 🫵
This week, we've got an extra $1,000 match on the table from the Education Partner Fund. If you care about keeping up with SF schools, NOW is the time to donate. thefrisc.com/donate-s
For San Francisco, about San Francisco 💯
Supported by readers 🫵
This week, we've got an extra $1,000 match on the table from the Education Partner Fund. If you care about keeping up with SF schools, NOW is the time to donate. thefrisc.com/donate-s
🔥 TRIPLE MATCH ALERT! In recognition of our award-winning schools coverage, the Education Partner Fund just pitched in $1,000 — on top of #NewsMatch matching funds. This week, your support goes 3x as far. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🔥 TRIPLE MATCH ALERT! In recognition of our award-winning schools coverage, the Education Partner Fund just pitched in $1,000 — on top of #NewsMatch matching funds. This week, your support goes 3x as far. Donate today! thefrisc.com/donate-s
Make it a triple 💪 💪 💪 On top of #NewsMatch matching funds, we've got a $1,000 match from the Education Partner Fund! This week, pitch in to take your support 3x as far. thefrisc.com/donate-s
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November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Make it a triple 💪 💪 💪 On top of #NewsMatch matching funds, we've got a $1,000 match from the Education Partner Fund! This week, pitch in to take your support 3x as far. thefrisc.com/donate-s
@myrnamelgard7.bsky.social says there will be a full presentation of every amendment and discussion. Then there will be public comment. "It will be a while."
@sfplanning.bsky.social is going to present analysis of each amendment and what's compliant with the state mandate or not.
@sfplanning.bsky.social is going to present analysis of each amendment and what's compliant with the state mandate or not.
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@myrnamelgard7.bsky.social says there will be a full presentation of every amendment and discussion. Then there will be public comment. "It will be a while."
@sfplanning.bsky.social is going to present analysis of each amendment and what's compliant with the state mandate or not.
@sfplanning.bsky.social is going to present analysis of each amendment and what's compliant with the state mandate or not.
🧵 ALERT: At 1:30 we'll join the SF supervisors' Land Use Committee for the next episode of Family Zoning Planapalooza. The city's big push for taller, denser neighborhoods got rather complicated two weeks ago, with many amendments in play. Here's our Nov. 3 thread bsky.app/profile/thef...
🧵 ALERT: At 1:30 we'll join the supervisors' Land Use Cmte for the next tussle over the plan for taller, denser housing across much of SF. It's the 1st hearing since the SF Controller projected last week that the plan wouldn't lead to as much housing as backers hope (or as detractors fear)
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🧵 ALERT: At 1:30 we'll join the SF supervisors' Land Use Committee for the next episode of Family Zoning Planapalooza. The city's big push for taller, denser neighborhoods got rather complicated two weeks ago, with many amendments in play. Here's our Nov. 3 thread bsky.app/profile/thef...
Together we can reach $60K to hold San Francisco accountable. Your donation will be DOUBLED during #NewsMatch to support our fact-based, nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism! Support us today: thefrisc.com/donate-s/
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Together we can reach $60K to hold San Francisco accountable. Your donation will be DOUBLED during #NewsMatch to support our fact-based, nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism! Support us today: thefrisc.com/donate-s/
💻 ICYMI, SPED TECH: “The language of special education itself is like another language,” says one parent who's been testing out a new #AI tool to translate and simplify special ed plans. But as @taybarton.bsky.social reports, SFUSD has privacy concerns. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...
This AI Software Translates Special Education Plans for SF Parents
No, it's not ChatGPT. About 200 SF families have been testing the program in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. SFUSD has yet to invest.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
💻 ICYMI, SPED TECH: “The language of special education itself is like another language,” says one parent who's been testing out a new #AI tool to translate and simplify special ed plans. But as @taybarton.bsky.social reports, SFUSD has privacy concerns. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...
🤖 NEW, AI FOR SPED? Mandated special ed plans are long and dense, especially difficult for non-English speakers to wade through while they wait weeks for a translation. An AI tool offers a solution, but SFUSD isn't on board. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...
This AI Software Translates Special Education Plans for SF Parents
No, it's not ChatGPT. About 200 SF families have been testing the program in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. SFUSD has yet to invest.
thefrisc.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🤖 NEW, AI FOR SPED? Mandated special ed plans are long and dense, especially difficult for non-English speakers to wade through while they wait weeks for a translation. An AI tool offers a solution, but SFUSD isn't on board. @taybarton.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/this-ai-soft...
#NewsMatch helps every donation go further — donations that make our 💯 SF journalism possible. Double your impact with a matched one-time gift. Or go monthly to max your gift 12x. Give today! thefrisc.com/donate-s/
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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"Every day, computers are making people easier to use"
In 4 hours ⌚️ our editor Alex Lash will be at Manny's
talking (and mocking) tech dystopia with his In Formation Mag conspirators David Temkin & Cyberselfish author Paulina Borsook. Issue #3 available too www.eventbrite.com/e/every-day-...
In 4 hours ⌚️ our editor Alex Lash will be at Manny's
talking (and mocking) tech dystopia with his In Formation Mag conspirators David Temkin & Cyberselfish author Paulina Borsook. Issue #3 available too www.eventbrite.com/e/every-day-...
Every Day, Computers are Making People Easier to Use
Eventbrite - Manny's presents Every Day, Computers are Making People Easier to Use - Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at Manny's, San Francisco, CA. Find event and ticket information.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Every day, computers are making people easier to use"
In 4 hours ⌚️ our editor Alex Lash will be at Manny's
talking (and mocking) tech dystopia with his In Formation Mag conspirators David Temkin & Cyberselfish author Paulina Borsook. Issue #3 available too www.eventbrite.com/e/every-day-...
In 4 hours ⌚️ our editor Alex Lash will be at Manny's
talking (and mocking) tech dystopia with his In Formation Mag conspirators David Temkin & Cyberselfish author Paulina Borsook. Issue #3 available too www.eventbrite.com/e/every-day-...