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Here's how Ron Conway wants his companies to vote in San Francisco's election
Legendary venture capitalist Ron Conway has a few ideas about how his portfolio companies should vote.In an e-mail sent out to his SV Angel investments, and first published by Pando Daily, Conway...
View ArticleThis is how they make fortune cookies
The Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, makes their cookies by hand.The cookies start flat — the batter gets baked and pressed into small sheets. The fortune is placed in...
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Expensive houses in San Francisco are the most expensive expensive houses (XHB)
The San Francisco housing market is red-hot.But the really startling increases are being seen in the high-end part of the market, which includes homes that cost over $950,000. For homes in this price...
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Here's how much a family needs to earn to live comfortably in San Francisco...
San Francisco doesn't come cheap— in general, the total cost of living is 62.6% higher than the US average.Research engine FindTheHome crunched some numbers to determine what it takes for a family to...
View ArticleAnimated map shows the 400 earthquakes that hit a California town — in just...
The USGS recorded 446 earthquakes in San Ramon, a suburb of San Francisco in Northern California, from October 14 - 28, 2015 — setting a new record. Produced by Jenner DealFollow BI Video:On Facebook...
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The two faces of Airbnb
Airbnb, the $25 billion global-hospitality behemoth, may have met its match. And right in its hometown of San Francisco.On November 3, the voters of San Francisco will vote on Proposition F, the...
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Airbnb is fighting a critical war in its own back yard this week
Airbnb is on an "inexorable march towards history," says its head of global policy, Chris Lehane. It's an understated title for a man nicknamed the "Master of Disaster" who's the general of Airbnb's...
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This visionary mega-tower was modeled after African termite mounds — but San...
Back in 1991, architect Eugene Tssui designed a tower that would put all other modern skyscrapers to shame. At a mile wide and two miles tall, plans for the Ultima far surpassed the height of any...
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The 19 coolest new businesses in San Francisco
San Francisco has long been the hub for huge Silicon Valley tech companies — but it's also home to some seriously cool local businesses.From a 2.5-ton mobile pizza oven and a beef-jerky bar to the...
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Airbnb dodged a bullet in its hometown
Airbnb has survived what could have been a huge blow to its business in San Francisco.Proposition F, a local ballot measure that was seen as a threat to Airbnb in its hometown, has failed.The measure...
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San Francisco's housing bubble might be bursting
During the worst time of the year?This is anecdotal evidence – a personal observation, numbers I counted myself. So it’s reliable, and you know the source. But it is not statistical data. It doesn’t...
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Inside Airbnb's playbook for taking over every city
Hot off a victory in San Francisco's elections, home-sharing startup Airbnb isn't taking a break.San Francisco residents voted Tuesday not to pass Prop F, a ballot initiative that would put a cap on...
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Here's what it's like to buy a first home in San Francisco, one of the...
The housing market in San Francisco is red hot, with property values shooting through the roof year after year. The median home price in San Francisco proper is just over $1.1 million, according to...
View ArticleCalifornia residents were puzzled by a strange bright light that appeared in...
The internet freaked out over a strange light that appeared in the sky over San Francisco.Many people assumed it was a plane or a meteor shower, while more creative theorists determined it was...
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The bottom is falling out of San Francisco's luxury home market
A few days ago, I shared some observations about the San Francisco housing market, as seen from a walk though residential areas. I walk everywhere and see realtor signs here and there. But that day, I...
View ArticleWatch 7 massive pumps pour concrete down to the bottom of Salesforce Tower...
Salesforce's new headquarters, Salesforce Tower, will be the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River when it opens in 2017.A building of that scale requires lots of rebar and wires to...
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Dropbox wants to sublease 40% of the office space at its headquarters
Dropbox is shopping around nearly half of the office space at its San Francisco headquarters, as the company plans to move part of its workforce to new office locations by next year, Cory Weinberg of...
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These numbers show some of the biggest tech companies are driving Bay Area's...
It's no secret that housing prices in San Francisco's Bay Area are reaching mind-boggling levels.A lot of things are driving the boom, but high salaries for tech-industry workers are at least partly to...
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$10 billion startup WeWork displaced an anti-eviction group to make room for...
An anti-eviction defense group has been displaced by WeWork, a $10 billion startup that turns office floors into co-working spaces for other startups. It's ironic — and totally appropriate for San...
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Here's the income required to be among the top earners in San Francisco
San Francisco's top earners are insanely wealthy.In a 2015 report showing the income gap between the bottom 20% of households and the top 5% in the 50 largest US cities, The Brookings Institution found...
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