This Letter From A San Francisco Landlord Is A Completely Depressing Glimpse...
Renting an apartment is no easy or cheap task. There are broker fees, security deposits, credit checks, and the list goes on and on. It's enough to make you tired just thinking about it, let alone...
View ArticleA San Francisco Landlord Who Insisted That All Tenants Make $100,000 A Year...
A San Francisco landlord who slipped a controversial letter under the doors of all the tenants of his building with certain demands about their annual income and credit score has since retracted the...
View ArticleHow A Pink 'Mobile Nail Salon' Became The Latest Perk For Googlers
Susan Aflak was working crazy-long hours as an investment banker when a lunchtime visit to a food truck gave her the idea for a new business venture. "I barely had enough time to eat, let alone run...
View ArticleThis Rap Video Challenges Silicon Valley, And It's Truly Amazing
Native San Franciscan Sam Slesinger, who also works at a tech company, recently released a video exploring the changing landscape of San Francisco. "I’ve been following all the news for a while,"...
View ArticleThe Best New Buildings In The Bay Area
The San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced the winners of their annual Design Awards, which honor Bay Area-based architects and designers who made a...
View ArticleSan Francisco Firefighter Claims She's 'Scapegoat' For Asiana Passenger Death...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A veteran San Francisco firefighter blamed for accidentally running over and killing a 16-year-old passenger thrown from an Asiana Airlines plane crash sued the city on...
View ArticleThis Recent Home Sale Shows Just How Crazy The San Francisco Real Estate...
We've all heard the stories about how hot the San Francisco real estate market has grown, but a recent sale in the city's ritzy Pacific Heights neighborhood really drives the point home. According to...
View ArticleHere's How The Military Would Actually Fight Godzilla
When "Godzilla" roars into theaters this Friday, cinema's greatest monster will go up against the world's largest military, the U.S. armed forces.But how much of a chance would the U.S. military...
View ArticleHere's The Difference Between Coffee Drinkers In New York City And San Francisco
Joyride Coffee has made a name for itself delivering high-quality coffee beans and brewing equipment to dozens of New York City-based startups, like Twitter, Foursquare, Buzzfeed, and Gilt Groupe, just...
View ArticleBusiness Insider's SF Sales Team Walks Us Through Our New West Coast Office
This post is sponsored by TechSpace.Ever since Business Insider was founded in a loading dock in 2007, our team has just kept growing. And growing. Our New York staff outgrew our old digs and moved...
View ArticleActivists Name 12 People In Tech They Say Have Used 'Unfair Evictions' In San...
The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, a tenants' rights advocacy group, has listed on its site 12 tech executives it alleges are behind evictions under the Ellis Act in San Francisco. The Ellis Act is a...
View ArticleHackers Closed San Francisco Because It's Too Hot Outside
San Francisco is known for many things: the Golden Gate bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and the weather is a cool 60 to 70 degrees, pretty much all year round. But sometimes we get a heat wave, and the...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: This Gorgeous $16 Million San Francisco Home Comes With A...
A beautiful Mediterranean-style home in San Francisco's Telegraph Hill neighborhood has hit the market for $16 million. According to Curbed SF, the Villa de Martini is one of the most expensive homes...
View ArticleIf You Invested In Apple Stock, Gold, Or A Bay Area Home In 2012, This Would...
If you had bought Apple stock instead of, say, the first iPod in 2001 (around $300), you'd be significantly wealthier today.Paragon Real Estate Group took this scenario a step further. It imagines your...
View ArticleBMW Takes Its Car-Sharing Service To The Streets Of San Francisco
BMW's car-sharing service, called DriveNow, is adding 80 cars to its fleet in the Bay Area, and starting this month, it will offer street parking spots in the Mission District in San Francisco.That...
View ArticleSome Of Silicon Valley's Biggest Companies Have A New Plan To Connect With...
With protests targeting Silicon Valley's tech elite continuing in San Francisco, a group of companies is going to try a new approach to making nice with the city. Venture capitalist Ron Conway's tech...
View ArticleThis Is What San Francisco Could Look Like If It Had Enough Housing For Its...
San Francisco is facing a major housing crisis. Soaring rents and home prices have made the city unaffordable for many, and the tech sector has taken a large part of the blame. Building more housing...
View ArticleSomeone Is Planting One-Hundred-Dollar Bills All Over San Francisco
If you live in San Francisco, keep your eyes peeled for wads of cash.The Bold Italic reports they received an anonymous email this morning from someone saying they launched a campaign where they're...
View ArticleMeet The Woman At The Heart Of San Francisco's Anti-Tech Gentrification Protests
San Francisco has been riveted in recent months by a series of protests against the way tech workers — and their big salaries — have driven up real estate prices in San Francisco, pricing out workers...
View ArticleThis Man Used His Epic Beard To Build A Social Media Empire
One photo uploaded to Instagram was all it took for Isaiah Webb to realize he was on to something big.Sporting a bushy beard and t-shirt on Sep. 10, 2012, Webb posted a snapshot of himself with the...
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