• The 16-year-old billionaire heiress, whose mother founded Flickr and her father founded Slack, disappears into San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin drug district when police ask for help finding her

    The 16-year-old billionaire heiress, whose mother founded Flickr and her father founded Slack, disappears into San Francisco's notorious Tenderloin drug district when police ask for help finding her - The heiress to a $1.6 billion tech fortune disappeared from her mother's home in wealthy Marin County, California, four days ago and is feared to be wandering the streets of one of San Francisco's most drug-ridden neighborhoods streaks. Mint Butterfield is the only child of two of Silicon...

  • San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco'

    San Francisco has sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

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    San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco'

    San Francisco sues Oakland over new airport name that includes 'San Francisco'

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    San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival announces headliners

    (KRON) – The fifteenth annual music festival Outside Lands Festival has announced the headliners. Tyler the Creator, The Killers, Sturgill Simpson, The Postal Service, Grace Jones, Kaytranada, Jun

  • U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff's luggage stolen in San Francisco

    Thieves broke into the car of U.S. Senate candidate Adam Schiff, who was in San Francisco for an event – forcing a change of plans, specifically his attire, for one of his events.Schiff's car was in a downtown parking garage on Thursday when his luggage was stolen. In a photo provided by Schiff's PR agent, Schiff spoke at a campaign event in Burlingame at Ristorante Rocca dressed more casually than his guests, who were in suits and ties.His other clothes were in that stolen luggage. Schiff is a...

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    Slack co-founder’s child reported missing, may be in San Francisco

    SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A billionaire businessman’s teenaged child is missing and may be in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, authorities said. Mint Butterfield, 16, was las

  • S&P puts San Francisco on negative outlook, cites slow recovery

    (The Center Square) – S&P Global Ratings changed its outlook for San Francisco's outstanding bonds from stable to negative, citing the slow recovery in the city and county. S&P Global Ratings, one of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, revised its outlook to negative from stable on the San Francisco City and County outstanding general obligation debt. "The negative outlook reflects our view of the slow recovery of the city's major revenue streams and growing...

  • Tiny piece of technology emerges as a source of U.S. tensions with China, Russia

    Semiconductors have emerged as a key battleground between the U.S. and Russia and the growing Cold War between the U.S. and ChinaThe chips are imperative for almost every type of technology out there today. But while American tech companies design the world's most advanced chips, none are actually made in the U.S. Almost all of them come from Taiwan. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, 52, said the market failed to get it right in the case of semiconductors. Almost all of America's advanced chips...

  • I left my suit in San Francisco: thieves swipe bags from Adam Schiff’s car

    Representative running for US Senate forced to attend dinner in shirtsleeves after formal clothing taken from car parked in city garageSan Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries, which Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: the Democratic representative had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage.With his formal clothing gone, Schiff ended up at a fundraising dinner Thursday for his US Senate campaign dressed like he was...

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    East Bay girl, 15, found dead in 'unknown person's driveway' in San Francisco

    East Bay teen Jazmin Pellegrini, 15, was found dead in San Francisco’s Oceanview neighborhood on Saturday, according to the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Jazmin’s family wants to know what led to her death. “It is with a sad heart that I write these lines to inform you that my beloved daughter, who was so dear to all of us, has unfortunately passed away,” Pellegrini’s mother, Marta Barany, wrote in an April 21 social media post. “She was 15 years old and left a huge void in...

  • Naruto Studio President Says Censorship Can Kill an Anime’s Global Appeal

    We've all seen anime censored for global release, but the president of Naruto's animation studio says it should never be catered to.

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    San Francisco’s millionaire anti-pickleball crusader sells mansion with backyard court

    An online petition from San Francisco resident Holly Peterson made headlines last year when it was revealed that Peterson, who was asking the city to temporarily shut down pickleball courts at a park in Presidio Heights, had a private court in the backyard of her 106-year-old mansion nearby. Now, roughly three months after the city decided to remove half of the pickleball courts at the Presidio Wall Playground, Peterson and her husband — wealthy tech mogul Karl Peterson — appear to be moving...