Susan Freinkel

Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

Culture

To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands?

Matthew Kupfer

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Matt Smith

How a mega-rich oligarch linked to Putin derailed a Bay Area homeless shelter

Business

News

The site was supposed to be the first homeless center in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. Instead, it became part of a network of secret assets controlled by one of Russia’s richest men.

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Margaux MacColl

She left Salesforce for a hot defense-tech startup — then faced a culture of  drugs, guns, and abuse

Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a company that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the military and combined them.

Alexei Koseff

Is the legend of Gavin Newsom’s baseball career a tall tale?

Politics

Newsom never played an official game for Santa Clara University. He was a JV recruit who played only during fall tryouts.

Christina Campodonico

The total beginner’s guide: Scoring shrooms in San Francisco, 7 different ways

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Her job is to remove homeless people from SF’s parks. Her methods are extraordinary

How a mega-rich oligarch linked to Putin derailed a Bay Area homeless shelter

She left Salesforce for a hot defense-tech startup — then faced a culture of drugs, guns, and abuse

Is the legend of Gavin Newsom’s baseball career a tall tale?

The total beginner’s guide: Scoring shrooms in San Francisco, 7 different ways