Who is Tino Cuéllar, the ex-justice Anthropic trusts to coax the world into AI?
He was a California Supreme Court justice and Carnegie Endowment president. Now, Tino Cuéllar is Anthropic’s global face.
San Francisco’s wealthiest have unprecedented control of city politics
Our city fathers (if you like them) or oligarchs (if you don’t) have never been richer, more brazen or faced weaker opposition
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Mission Local to host S.F. congressional forum with New York Times, City Arts & Lectures
Mission Local and the New York Times will moderate the debate on Oct. 13, at the Sydney Goldstein Theater.
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Immigration
City report on Flock cameras finds no sanctuary violation by SFPD, but urges tighter oversight
The Human Rights Commission found the police department did not violate sanctuary law when out-of-state agencies searched its Flock data, but urged five changes.
Trouble
Muni stabbing suspect pleads not guilty, ordered held without bail
Man who allegedly slashed fellow bus passenger was on parole and facing other alleged violations of court orders
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Arts & Culture
‘A very Chinese time of life’ for tech and art in Union Square
A San Francisco gallery tackles the online trend of Chinamaxxing, with everything from a cardboard horse, to 2,500 year-old poetry, to making fun of Joseph Beuys.
Restaurant Reviews
Restaurant Review: Sungho Korean Soul Food
Chef Seongho features homey, traditional dishes he remembers from his childhood,.
Restaurant review: Chang’s Kitchen in the Sunset
The free-range chicken wings came beautifully hot and crispy, and stayed so until the very last finger-licking nibble.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Pete Sferra doesn’t care what you wear — or don’t
Pete Sferra, now 71, has been a nudist for over 50 years and hangs out unclothed in the Castro “like a normal person.”
People We Meet: Dr. Murnane, the Presidio bird whisperer
John Murnane rescued an injured great horned owl in 2025. Now an owl keeps turning up in his Inner Richmond backyard.
Covering the Police
S.F. sheriff opens up county jails to Discovery Channel treatment
A new episode of 120 Hours Behind Bars gives viewers a dramatized view inside S.F.’s largest jail
