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Congressional candidate Scott Wiener's tech platform would take his state AI safety work federal
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (1750+ words) If elected, congressional candidate Scott Wiener wants to bear down on tech regulations, starting with making national the net neutrality and AI safety regulations he passed in California." In his tech platform, shared first with Mission Local, Wiener lays out…...
Bolstered by local shoppers, 24th St. tops Mission District's economic recovery
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (1238+ words) The Mission District's 24th Street is the top-growing business strip in the neighborhood post-pandemic, according to quarterly sales tax data released by the city. Mission Local analyzed sales tax numbers from January 2018 to December 2025 for 24th Street, as well as three other…...
We can no longer pretend:" Patients suffer at understaffed UCSF ER, providers say
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1765+ words) As nurses and doctors worked to resuscitate a man passed out on the linoleum floor of the UCSF Parnassus Medical Center waiting room, the words of a patient waiting to be seen pierced through: "We're all going to die here....
London Breed appointed S. F. supervisor to curry favor with Bloomberg, 2 former staffers say
18+ hour ago (1826+ words) Conor Johnston was then-Supervisor London Breed's aide for five years until 2017. He then transitioned into being a political trickster, Mayor Breed's confidant and her most emphatic online and real-life partisan backer. He was named "Biggest Mayoral Troll" by SF Weekly…...
S. F. nurses demanding Kaiser help colleague who may lose job over delayed DACA renewal
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (974+ words) Some three dozen San Francisco nurses are planning to rally Monday for Ariel, a Filipina immigrant and surgical nurse at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on Geary Blvd. , who may soon be fired because the federal government has not…...
Meet the Candidates: San Francisco's District 4 supervisor race
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1785+ words) In our "Meet the Candidates" series, we ask every District 4 supervisor candidate in the June 2026 election one question each week. Candidates answer the questions in 100 words or fewer. District 4 covers the area from 19th Avenue to Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park…...
Build faster, but how? California governor hopefuls split on housing at Ezra Klein forum
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (797+ words) Five California gubernatorial candidates clashed on housing for two hours during a Friday night forum. With California facing one of the worst housing crises, they agreed that housing needs to be built faster and cheaper but differed significantly on specifics....
My Mission: bookstore co-owner and poet, Josiah Luis Alderete
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1586+ words) Josiah Luis Alderete, 56, has been a poet for decades. For the last four years, he's also been a bookseller, as a co-owner of Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery at 3036 24th St. , near Treat Street." Alderete calls himself a "Pocho," a person…...
Meet the Candidates: San Francisco's District 2 supervisor race
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1727+ words) In our "Meet the Candidates" series, we are asking every supervisor candidate in the June 2, 2026 election one question each week. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology, and more in 100 words or fewer. Answers are published each week,…...
Leftists fly in to boost Saikat Chakrabarti as S. F. s insurgent savior
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (625+ words) Saikat Chakrabarti's "Change the Party" rally drew many hundreds of attendees, as well as Hasan Piker, the left-wing political commentator....