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San Francisco's affordability crisis has an unlikely villain
I moved to San Francisco for its radical politics. Lots of people did, for generations.Maybe it was like moving to Los Angeles if you wanted to be a movie star: If you wanted to be part of the grand...
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San Francisco's 'housing crisis' is reaching epic proportions
The median house price in San Francisco has jumped 103% since the first quarter 2012 to $1.35 million in July; the median condo price has jumped 74% to $1.125 million. These aren’t palaces; condos...
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Here's why this CEO of a San Francisco startup fired everyone, including himself
Sometimes the best way to fix an issue is to start afresh.That’s what the Australian founder and CEO of StartupHouse Elias Bizannes decided when he fired himself and all four full-time employees at the...
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Apple's next iPhone event is confirmed for September 9 (AAPL)
Apple has sent out the invites to its fall event, at which it is expected to launch the iPhone 6S. It will be held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.As ever, the invite teases what...
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A San Francisco home that comes with its own Tesla charging station just sold...
After multiple price chops in more than a year on the market, a Mediterranean-style mansion in San Francisco's Telegraph Hill neighborhood has finally sold for $9.98 million, according to Curbed SF.It...
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A San Francisco home that comes with its own Tesla charging station just sold...
After multiple price chops in more than a year on the market, a Mediterranean-style mansion in San Francisco's Telegraph Hill neighborhood has finally sold for $9.98 million, according to Curbed SF.It...
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I tried the San Francisco restaurant that serves quinoa delivered via robot...
A new restaurant opened in San Francisco Monday, but it's not your typical fast-food joint.Eatsa, at 121 Spear St., has a menu that revolves around the grain quinoa — pronounced "keen-wah"— and...
View ArticleWhat the West Coast will look like under 25 feet of water
Coastal cities could see a rise in sea levels by as much as 4 ft by the end of the century. To help put a visual to the number, artist Nickolay Lamm created this series of simulations of West Coast...
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Judge grants class-action status to Uber drivers who are suing to be...
Uber suffered a major legal setback on Tuesday when a San Francisco judge ruled that the jobs of Uber drivers in California are similar enough that workers can sue the company as a class. The...
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A bartender played the lottery with money he found on the street and won $1...
A Bay Area man who found a $20 bill on a street outside San Francisco International Airport used it to play the California lottery and won $1 million, a lottery spokesman said on Monday.Hubert Tang...
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A market crash is a bigger economic risk to San Francisco than an earthquake
Even if the "The Big One" actually happens, San Francisco's biggest economic risk in the next ten years is a market crash, according to Lloyd's City Risk index based off University of Cambridge...
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I snuck into a special gift shop that would make every 'Star Wars' fan lose it
When the clock struck 12:01 on Force Friday, "Star Wars" fans ambushed stores across the country to get their hands on the highly anticipated new line of "The Force Awakens" toys and merchandise.But...
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A former Google exec created a school to transform the way we teach kids
A typical day at Altschool, the Bay Area-based school system that raised $100 million in venture capital in May, is anything but typical.Kids take attendance on an iPad, complete a "playlist" of...
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Uber's CEO used to host intimate jam sessions at his home so entrepreneurs...
Fast Company recently published a new article featuring Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.The profile recounts his work ethic and willingness to help startups he liked, sometimes by connecting entrepreneurs...
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San Francisco Bay's only private island is surprisingly cheap
According to reports, the only private island in San Francisco Bay just got a huge price cut. Red Rock Island — six acres of rocky, uninhabited land sitting between San Quentin and Point Richmond,...
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Report: RadiumOne CEO wanted to pay ex-San Francisco mayor $1M to make...
Gurbaksh Chahal, the ousted CEO of the ad-tech company RadiumOne, was willing to pay former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown $1 million to make his domestic-violence charges "go away" so they didn't...
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16 crazy things that happen at Silicon Valley's favorite grade school
Growing up, Max Ventilla never felt like school was for him."School was something I did because I was a kid and it was expected of me. That's a real shame," says Ventilla, the former head of...
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Silicon Valley billionaires are appalled by normal schools — so they've...
A typical day at Altschool, the Bay Area-based school system that raised $100 million in venture capital in May, is anything but typical.Kids take attendance on an iPad, complete a "playlist" of...
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A former Google exec created a school to transform the way we teach kids
A typical day at Altschool, the Bay Area-based school system that raised $100 million in venture capital in May, is anything but typical.Kids take attendance on an iPad, complete a "playlist" of...
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More than 150,000 people are coming to San Francisco for Dreamforce this week...
We’re only a couple days away from Dreamforce, the massive conference Salesforce hosts every year in San Francisco. This year’s event is slated to be another huge one, with more than 150,000 people...
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