"Can there be a stupid thing we do smartly? Can there be a smart thing we do stupidly? Can we basically give people nutrition while also making them feel like they’re not being fed vegetables? That’s the filter."
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"Can there be a stupid thing we do smartly? Can there be a smart thing we do stupidly? Can we basically give people nutrition while also making them feel like they’re not being fed vegetables? That’s the filter."
Drew and Pablo! Together at last! www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Thank you @amandabartlett.bsky.social and @sfgate.com for this wonderful piece about my recently published research on San Francisco #coyotes. Read it to learn more about how studying the diet of urban animals can help us learn to better coexist with them 🐾
I grilled @pablo.show on how he uncovers all of this weird shit www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
SFGATE's @drewmagary.bsky.social interviews @pablo.show about how the @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social podcast sausage is made, including this Jordon Hudson gem: "She also went on Instagram and posted a story claiming that I got something incorrect. She deleted that." www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
A recap of Year 1 for @sfgate.com from @alexsimonsports.bsky.social: “Things could not have gone worse for the A’s in Sacramento” 🔗: www.sfgate.com/athletics/ar...
"But the staggering majority — 72 of them — were found dead, with vehicle strikes serving as the leading cause of mortality in 94.4% of that group." via @amandabartlett.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
6/ At a time when news media continues to shrink, America’s national parks are seeing record-breaking crowds. These pristine and imperiled places deserve a news organization that can keep up. We’re here to help. Join us. Apply here: sfgate.com/careers
5/ What was an 21-person outfit in 2019 will have almost tripled in 2025 — this year, we have 60 journalists in 23 different cities and four different states, planting our journalism flag in a massive geographic footprint that, frankly, needs it.
4/ We’ve expanded to cover the entire state over the past six years, added a SoCal bureau and hired a host of talented journalists based in Calif. news deserts hurting for more good journalism (plus had ZERO LAYOFFS during that entire span). More on that: www.sfgate.com/news/article...
3/ That kind of thoughtful expansion is at the core of what we’re trying to do here. Since separating from the @sfchronicle.com in 2019, SFGATE has become the largest news site on the entire West Coast, passing the LA Times in July 2024 despite having 1/5th the number of journalists on staff.
2/ They'll not only tackle ambitious journalism about the parks, but they'll actually be based in the communities most tied to the ones they cover — we're not going to hire a CA journalist to cover Zion National Park. We're going to hire someone in Utah.
1/ The new National Parks Contributing Editor covering the Southwest needs to have a deep understanding of the region's most loved parks and the ability to tell stories that matter to both people who live there and people who visit.
🚨 WE. ARE. HIRING 🚨 In June I told you @sfgate.com's national parks expansion across the American West was SMASHING and now we're looking to add a contributing editor to the team to help us cover the 🌵 Southwest 🌵. Story on how well it's going + Quick 🧵 on the job👇 www.sfgate.com/national-par...
“We are aware that a number of passengers do not wish to travel with us and that is perfectly fine,” the captain said over the loudspeaker. “All we ask is that if you wish to offload yourself, you do so.” via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
Both?
we’re getting there, there’s a reason we called it a SoCal Bureau!
Oh hey! Need a bit of GOOD news this Friday? Well, we've got that. @sfgate.com launched a SoCal Bureau last year and hired 5 journalists to cover LA. It's been so successful under the steady hand of @farleyelliott.bsky.social that it now has its own newsletter: www.sfgate.com/la/article/s...
"I hope all of these people end up in a Hell that’s worse than the one they’re constructing right in front of us." www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Not many journalists have the time or space to write an opus, but we made sure @farleyelliott.bsky.social did because his opus is entirely about delicious cheeseburgers. If there was ever an @sfgate.com story to bookmark for next time you're in LA, this is the story: www.sfgate.com/la/article/5...
Wrote about the Kimmel firing, which felt like a dam breaking. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
An @sfgate.com investigation revealed dozens of NFL team-specific Facebook pages leaning hard into inciting anger over Kirk’s death w/ fake quotes from NFL stars, from Detroit Gridiron Heroes (Lions), to Green and Gold Legacy (Packers), to Ravens Purple Wings (Ravens): www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
California’s next big energy experiment is working www.sfgate.com/california/a...
we've lost the war on online slop
How is this not spooking everyone out? There is a whole shadow network of disinformation on Facebook and we just keep on status quo.
An @sfgate.com investigation revealed a Facebook misinformation ring profiting off NFL outrage over Charlie Kirk's killing. My latest: www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Few @sfgate.com stories have generated as much feedback as Charles Russo's discovery of a set of lost Ansel Adams photos that were never before seen by the general public and unknown to even his biographers and archivists. We figured some of it might be worth sharing: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Several California professors and educators have been put on leave for their comments on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Though she doesn’t have ample free time as a soccer mom with a full-time job, Vargas tries to use what slivers she can manage shrewdly. “The minutes that I do have extra, I use them for the community.” Her method? Chasing ICE officers with her car. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/la/article/a...
"While San Francisco’s tech world has always been obnoxious on a cultural level due to its own lack of self-awareness, what it’s morphing into now is downright terrifying." via @arianabindman.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
small brag but a good number of people have told me they've enjoyed this story so consider reading it and letting me know whether you agree.
“Hardware stores have run out of traps.” via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
“Sunshine is my steady companion (the more-than-mile-high town sees 300 sunny days/year), and I’m free to stare endlessly, drink in hand, at what USA Today says is America’s best lake. Somehow, the high-limit crowd hasn’t found me yet.” via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
SFGATE food editor Jessica Yadegaran flew all the way to New York to check in on Anthony Mangieri's Una Pizza Napoletana, and found out his years in San Francisco had the biggest influence on its incredible ascension to world's No. 1. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/food/article...
For @sfgate.com I have calmly and rationally assessed the Niners’ present situation (they’re fucked). www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
100-foot wave, baby...
“You couldn’t get a better dude than Jake Tonges as a representative for this town,” Spitz said of the 49ers' latest hero. “He bleeds this place. He loves this place. It couldn’t happen to a better human.” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
You wouldn’t know it from the work boots or dirt smudged on his hands, but just seven months earlier, Slebir was the man responsible for riding a 10-story wave, unofficially the largest wave ridden in human history. via @leddder.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
"Burke notes that Japanese visitation to LA increased more than 90% year over year from 2022 to 2023, rising to 230,000 visitors, and in 2024, forecasts project nearly 290,000 Japanese visitors, making Japan one of LA’s top international markets." via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/la/article/o...
The century-old system has become the center of a political firestorm, cast by the Trump administration as a battle of “fish over people.” via @mattlafever.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
Deep in Calif.’s Redwood Curtain, a fading landmark tells the story of a region reckoning with what comes next. The Bayshore Mall was once a bustling hub of retail in NorCal, but now only a fraction of its 3K parking spaces are filled. via @mattlafever.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
oh trust me, I saw this lol
What did I do last night? Oh just spent the night trying to find a costume of Derpy the supernatural tiger from 'Kpop Demon Hunters' at the request of my 6-year-old daughter, realized there wasn't one, so spent hours contemplating whether I could turn a blue tiger mascot costume from China into one.
Marcela Hernandez, a director of organizing at Detention Watch Network, said the city is in violation of the law, as it never conducted the required hearings, and that CoreCivic is currently operating without a permit. via @leddder.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/centralcalif...
The Garnet Fire — CA's 3rd largest of 2025 — made a significant run on Sunday and into Monday, burning through an additional 12K acres up a large drainage full of dead and downed trees in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Shaver Lake. via @juliebrowndavis.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
The U.S. Open’s biggest star isn’t on court — it’s in a cup. The Honey Deuce, a vodka-lemonade-raspberry mix with honeydew “tennis balls,” has gone viral, with everyone from Taylor Swift to Serena Williams sipping the pink elixir — thanks to a century-old California farm supplying the melons.
I'm on the fill-in desk for the @sfgate.com sports team today and ohhhhhhh brother is the reporting on the calf injury for 49ers' Christian McCaffrey's all over the place. My latest: www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Three yellow-green spheres of honeydew melon, shaped like mini tennis balls, are more recognizable than any tennis player at this year’s tournament. And none of this spectacle would be possible without a century-old California farm. via @neekthesneak.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/food/article...
"Amid the promises, open questions abound. It’s unclear whether the tragedies and attention will slow these companies’ rushes to release new models or bring about new safety tests." via @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
EXCLUSIVE: Ansel Adams’ series of Stanford photographs was never recorded in his otherwise meticulous photo log and fell into deep obscurity, never-before-seen by the general public and unknown to even his biographers and archivists. Until now. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
"The organization has seen a wide variety of applicants, Sitterley said, but gets 'particularly excited' about applications from people in tech. So far, the average income of movers is $110K — double the area’s median income of $49K." via @mcleantessa.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/california/a...
Kayla was eight months pregnant. She didn’t know that, though, and was unaware she was about to give birth in the middle of the wildest, weirdest, dustiest desert festival on the planet. via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...
"This isn’t Herschel Walker all over again; it’s Luka Doncic all over again, with a beloved Dallas athlete traded away to seemingly the first, and only, bidder." www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
“When her son was diagnosed with cancer a second time, she urged Lauer to hire another baker since she would be gone for a few years. Lauer refused. Instead, her boss came in early every morning and did the baking.” 🥲 via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/food/article...
“It’s gotta be somebody, there’s no doubt — he got his own boat,” Kuiper said. “You come in on the Madison Lynne, you’re something special.” via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
Almost 100 buoys bob along the surface of the ocean, quietly collecting information thousands of people use every day. Now, that crucial data is in peril — and its loss could lead to dire ripple effects across the state of California. via @amandabartlett.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
literally told the puzzle wizards this today! i have to like, sit down and go into extreme focus mode so i can click, super fast scroll and start solving to try to get under 1 minute. still have yet to do it.
www.sfgate.com/california-m...
oooo good catch! looked up so many schools i totally missed that.
"Imagine a bowl of oatmeal. Now, imagine if it were 7 miles wide. Now, imagine trying to walk across that bowl of oatmeal. If you can picture that, you have some sense of what it was like at Burning Man on Tuesday night." via @bimonthly.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...
“Poultry in Motion” is an all-time tagline for a food distributor.
“For a couple of months, you had a young kid, a 16-year-old who had suicidal thoughts,” lead attorney Jay Edelson told SFGATE. “And ChatGPT became the cheerleader, planning a ‘beautiful suicide.’ Those were ChatGPT’s words.” via @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
NEW: @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is launching an official craft beer on Monday, thousands of cans and kegs will be landing in the Bay Area with a vintage Oski logo on them. And it’s all thanks to John Martin, who oversaw the Bear’s Lair’s golden age. My latest: www.sfgate.com/food/article...
International dog day huh?
Incredibly accurate line in here from Alex: "This is why the word 'podcast' increasingly means 'dudes talking at each other for five hours on camera.'"
A bad week for bears in Tahoe ended with a crowd of activists shouting at an entry-level government employee in a second homeowner's backyard. For @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
"And as a result of a one-two punch of hostile weather — an intense dust storm followed immediately by around an hour and a half of rain — I found myself stuck without a place to sleep." Brutal live report from Burning Man via @bimonthly.bsky.social: www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
"As for Burning Man, at first mention Law makes the universal hand signal for jerking off. 'Burning Man is the least interesting thing I’ve been involved with,' he says." via @dangentile007.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
NEW: We just launched an @sfgate.com game, a mini crossword that gets easier to solve the longer you’ve lived in California. A NYC resident has never heard of Berkeley Bowl. You, a smart, attractive Californian, have, so you will dominate while they struggle. Enjoy: www.sfgate.com/california/a...
THERE IT IS!
On Saturday, the NWS issued an advisory for a “wall of blowing dust” tracking northward at 30mph. Within an hour, meteorologists reported less than a mile of visibility as the BRC Airport weather station measured gusts of 52mph. via @amandabartlett.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...
“Over the years, they used to have a guard who would sometimes sit in a folding chair at the top of the stairs and either permit or deny people to go down.” via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
She told SFGATE she had “never lost an animal to attack.” But that peace ended last weekend, when a spree of mountain lion attacks over three consecutive nights left 15 of her alpacas dead. via @mattlafever.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
Roll on you Bears.
It turns out Larry Page's mom is a major early donor for Newsom's redistricting campaign, and some Google cash is also in the mix. Major Bay Area companies are helping Newsom's anti-Trump gambit www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Early supporters for the redistricting campaign include Los Angeles businessman Bill Bloomfield, who gave $1 million to Newsom’s Ballot Measure Committee, as well as Gloria Page, the mother of Google co-founder Larry Page. via @leddder.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
In the past 2 years, Gen Z adults started to bring up AI as a reason for pursuing trade jobs, which have also become popular among those with bachelor’s degrees. A recent survey found that 37% of Gen Z adults in blue-collar fields had 4-year degrees. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Foster City has been plagued by hundreds of Canada geese and their hundreds of pounds of noxious droppings for years, and considered solutions ranging from euthanasia to robot dogs. Now, the city is finally acting. via @ohhkasia.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
New from me today in @sfgate.com I write about how California Democrats, Gov. Gavin Newsom included, want to earn back the trust of the party by proving it can build things, quickly — and how a New York Times bestseller is helping. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Arrive on the right day, and you may find the 91-year-old Hackbarth still fulfilling his duties behind the original Del Taco counter, handing off bags of food in a button-up with a stitched-on insignia that simply reads "Ed." via @farleyelliott.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/food/article...
cc @linusalf.bsky.social
Since July, social media platforms from TikTok to Threads have been tackling a hot new argument: What are the four "major" cities in the United States? And is San Francisco one of them? via @mcleantessa.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/california/a...
SCOOP: Three months after a large transgender pride flag appeared on Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, park officials have terminated one employee involved in hoisting the flag and placed two others on admin leave. via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/california-p...
“Some people who come into Baller, having heard about the cool T-shirts and hats for sale, don’t even realize it's a hardware store; she says some expect it to be a boutique, or even a hypebeast-y joint a la Supreme, eking out weekly merch drops.” via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/la/article/b...
They hiked to Zion’s Angels Landing. Then a terrifying storm created hundreds of waterfalls in mere minutes. via @ashleyharrell.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/national-par...
The acclaimed co-executive chefs who helped relaunch Mountain House two and a half years ago told @sfgate.com they’re now the proud owners of both the restaurant and the acre of land it sits on. My latest: www.sfgate.com/food/article...
This is very good about some very bad shit
"Read it here, read it twice: Zuckerberg is a genuine danger to our society." via @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
“I don't want to be mean, but Major League Baseball shouldn’t be played there.” via @thelatinochild.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/athletics/ar...
Also, all of these games will be called by Chris Myers and Mark Schlereth
NBA gives the Warriors' sleepiest fans their toughest battles www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
When you’re here you’re family. www.sfgate.com/food/article...
For @sfgate.com I wrote about the NFL taking its first bite out of ESPN. Featuring Stephen A. licking boots! www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
I knew the Jaber family back when. They’ve certainly changed and not for the better, much like their coffee www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Set your DVRs
More thankful than ever that Finnerty’s in New York stays open until 4 a.m.
In the words of Michael Scott: "NO! GOD! NO! GOD! PLEASE! NO!" via @thelatinochild.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
A video posted to social media from the game shows the A's owner being showered with boos and all the obscenities following the 6th inning. via @thelatinochild.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/athletics/ar...