Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

Thor Kill was convicted of a felony after an ammunition stockpile and weapons-making equipment were found in her possession.

A Nob Hill billboard has lured 10,000 coders into solving a challenge for the chance to rave at techno nightclub Berghain. 

GVA Capital tried and failed to build a Russian Hill “startup temple” using money from a sanctioned billionaire.

Tim Benetti, a co-founder of the San Francisco club Bottom of the Hill, died on Jan. 11. He was 58.

Hatched from a Russian Hill mansion, Artisan’s marketing inspired thousands of death threats — and raked in millions of dollars. 
