It’s true, S.F. gives some homeless people free booze. Here’s why: sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…

California still faces a $27.6 billion budget deficit even after the state already cut $17 billion last month, Gavin Newsom just announced during a press conference on his revised state spending plan: sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…

Eight more small businesses are filling empty SF storefronts through the city's Vacant to Vibrant program, including a deli, bakery, flower shop and ice cream shops: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sma… J.D. Morris

Introducing: The San Francisco Starter Pack!

My apology for all the years I treated newcomers as others, instead of helping them fall in love with the Bay Area.

Book, beanie, stickers, to-go drinks. Tell us what we left out & we'll add a few more!

🌁❤️

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.@AAJASF and the SF Public Library are hosting a panel on covering the Bay Area's diverse AAPI communities tonight! 6-7:30 pm w/ @harrmok Ko Lyn Cheang Han Li 李晗 Ravi Kapur sfpl.org/events/2024/05…

Hope to see you there.

After Google departs from One Market Plaza, the valuable property at #SanFrancisco 's waterfront will be emptier than it has been in many years.
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I think this is the first time Google has cut its office space in SF ever. Even during the pandemic, it was leasing: sfchronicle.com/business/artic…

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Scoop: A downtown “trophy” office complex with sweeping views of #SanFrancisco Bay is poised to lose a major tenant: Google.
San Francisco Chronicle

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SF-based Supergiant Games created Hades, one of the most acclaimed video games of 2020: sfchronicle.com/business/artic… The Early Access version of Hades II just came out and looks bigger and more ambitious in every way, and it's getting stellar reviews.

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In another effort to bring more parties to SF streets, Mayor Breed proposed an “entertainment zone” on Front St allowing outdoor alcohol sales by bars and restaurants during events:

sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f… Need Supervisors’ approval, other areas could apply if it passes

Downtown SF block party draws thousands of people: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…

The first of 12 monthly events planned

Downtown SF block party draws thousands of people: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…

The first of 12 monthly events planned

Five of the biggest companies in SF — Gap Levi's® Visa Wells Fargo J.P. Morgan — create volunteer coalition to clean up downtown: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dow…

First volunteer day is today with ~250 employees picking up trash and cleaning parks.

Hundreds marched through S.F. and dozens more rallied outside Port of Oakland, chanting for workers’ rights — a cause made more urgent than ever by the war in Gaza, protesters said.

More: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

🎥: A crowd marches down Mission Street in S.F. Brontë Wittpenn

This is major: Elena Kadvany confirms with the AG that a new law will make it illegal for restaurants to charge service fees (or healthcare fees or credit card fees or takeout packaging fees...) sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

California gained population in 2023 after three straight years of losses — but parts of the Bay Area are still shrinking: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…