At least nine bars in the Castro are collecting their customers' personal data with ID and facial scanners from Patronscan, a Canadian tech company that's been the subject of several privacy disputes since 2020.
It's a breezy 63 degrees this Manic Monday.
The top story from this weekend: The tech workers-turned-sex workers who are charging $30K for a weekend of human connection. Plus, why is a defense tech executive on the Goop podcast?
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee on Monday again moved to postpone a vote on the proposed smoking ban.
“It’s clear that we need to do a little more work,” said D7 supervisor Myrna Melgar, who proposed the ordinance.
Issue 003 of Gazetteer is indeed stocked at CoffeeShop ❤︎
After four years in business, Shuggie’s, the vibrant and climate-conscious Mission restaurant, will close its doors on July 11.
As Bob Dylan returns to the Bay Area this weekend, a filmmaker recalls directing the rare 1965 post conference with the songwriter at KQED. “I knew I had a treasure before me,” Robert Zagone said:
On days like today, we can pretend we’re in Biarritz by enjoying a glass or two of a blouge, the chilled wine made from co-fermented red and white grapes. Here's where to find some in SF:
Last Saturday, the coveted Japanese streetwear brand A Bathing Ape — aka Bape — opened its first SF store in Union Square.
Today, culture reporter @joshuabote.com braved the heat to catch up with the hypebeast fans sweating in line.
Scenes from Union Street Festival last weekend 💕
the new issue of the SF Gazetteer, a free paper in San Francisco, has my article "It Happened Here: How a Posse of Neo-Nazis and Hipsters in San Francisco Helped Create Today’s Right-Wing Troll Army.” (It will be online shortly & I will publicize it then.)
A handful of neighborhood bars have installed facial recognition devices that collect and share customers’ names, addresses, genders, and indiscretions with each other
Robert Zagone remembers arranging the singer’s confrontational group interview with members of the local press corps, a handful of poets, and some high school journalist
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A chilled co-fermentation of red and white varietals is elbowing rosé and orange out of the way as the vin de soif of summer
TODAY'S THE DAY! Issue 003 is here! ⸜(ˆᗜˆ˵ )⸝ Featuring our summer books guide, print-only stories, illustrations from local artists, The Fun Page, and more. We can't wait for you to read this one.
Find it in one of 200+ locations throughout the city — and as always, it's free!
