Meet the engineer who sold his company for almost $200 million and used the...
When Todd Masonis and his partner sold their startup to Comcast in 2008 for a rumored sum between $150 and $170 million, he took a "fun year." Masonis excavated a Roman fort in England, biked across...
View ArticleWhat it looks like when hundreds of Pokémon Go players swarm a city
A massive group of Pokémon Go players descended on the streets of San Francisco last night to try and catch 'em all, the Guardian reports.It all started with a simple Facebook event — an invitation for...
View ArticleNo one wants to buy this bizarre house in a wealthy San Francisco suburb
A unique house situated in the affluent town of Hillsborough, California, remains unsold after nearly a year on the market.Known as the "Flintstones House" to inhabitants the San Francisco area for its...
View ArticleFacebook is finally considering a huge change that employees have been...
Facebook is thinking about opening up an office in San Francisco, which would be a huge boon for employees who have been dreaming of an easier commute, the San Francisco Business Times reports, based...
View ArticleA $350 million skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking — here's why
San Francisco seems to have its own leaning tower.It's called the Millennium Tower, and according to the San Francisco Chronicle, it has sunk 16 inches into the ground and tilted two inches to the...
View ArticleSan Francisco housing prices are now above previous bubble levels
Housing prices in the San Francisco Bay Area are so insane, we have tech workers living in vehicles in company parking lots, people building "pods" in living rooms so they can live there with some...
View ArticleNo one wants to buy this bizarre house in a wealthy San Francisco suburb
In Hillsborough, California this unusual house waits for an interested buyer. The purple and orange house is unpopular among neighbors and is currently listed for $3.2 million.Produced by Jacqui Frank....
View ArticleMeet the famous residents and jaw-dropping properties inside San Francisco's...
Before it garnered additional fame for sinking and tilting at an alarmingly fast rate, San Francisco's Millennium Tower was renowned for its A-list residents, incredible luxury properties, and sky-high...
View ArticleThe 'Leaning Tower of San Francisco' might not be the only one sinking
San Francisco’s condo market doesn’t need this sort of debacle at the moment. Condo prices are already under pressure. Sales volume has been down all year. The luxury end is in trouble. And South of...
View ArticleLuxury home prices are finding their footing
Luxury home prices inched up 0.8 percent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to last year, to an average of $1.66 million, according to a new analysis from Redfin. The quarterly analysis tracks...
View ArticleA man was killed at a tourist attraction in San Francisco playing Pokèmon Go
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 20-year-old man was shot to death while playing "Pokemon Go" at a tourist attraction along San Francisco's waterfront, authorities and a family friend said.An unknown assailant...
View ArticleAs earnings sag, Twitter is looking to sublease out 183,000 square feet from...
As Twitter's fortunes on the public markets continue to sag, the social network is looking to sublease out 183,642 square feet of office space from its San Francisco headquarters, according to the San...
View ArticleInside the new 'co-living' space where San Franciscans pay $2,600 for maid...
How do you make sure a residential building where a dozen co-eds eat, sleep, work, and play doesn't feel like a college dorm? "Co-living" startup Common is on a mission to find out.The Brooklyn-based...
View ArticleThese Silicon Valley residents choose to live in their vans — here's why
The life of a "van dweller," or a person who lives in a converted vehicle, is nomadic and legally precarious. Van dwellers risk being found out by their employers for parking on company lots, and many...
View ArticleTwitter has gotten trapped in San Francisco's latest bubble
Twitter is shaking up San Francisco. It’s the city’s 10th largest employer, and second largest tech employer, after Salesforce.But it hasn’t yet figured out, despite a decade of trying, how to make...
View Article15 of the best new places to eat and drink in San Francisco
It's believed that we humans are creatures of habit, but there's something to be said for trying great new restaurants, especially in a city as vibrant and diverse as San Francisco. Whether you've just...
View ArticleMajor US renting markets are starting to crumble
This is how it is happening in Miami: A heroic building boom in Greater Downtown has created a phenomenal condo glut just when federal regulators decided earlier this year to track down money...
View ArticleThe best sushi counters in San Francisco
For a city that prides itself so much on its culinary prowess, San Francisco has had quite the Achilles heel for some time: its serious lack of a strong sushi game. The vast majority of sushi bars in...
View ArticleSilicon Valley is obsessed with these wool sneakers that claim to be the...
I'm sitting in a WeWork office in San Francisco that looks torn from a West Elm catalog, talking with Michael Brandt about Nootrobox, a subscription service for "smart drugs," or cognitive-enhancement...
View ArticleSan Francisco's housing bubble is collapsing under its own weight
Here’s the other side of central-bank engineered asset price inflation, or “healing the housing market,” as it’s called in a more politically correct manner:San Francisco Unified school district, which...
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