Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

Unions call for boycott of Airbnb, as company pursues $120M lawsuit against the city

News

With the launch of a boycott site, organizers hope to change the conversation around the company’s obligations.

Parents of dead OpenAI whistleblower sue son’s landlord

Suchir Balaji’s parents allege that the owners and managers of their son’s San Francisco apartment building are part of a widespread cover-up of his death.

Culture Reporter 

Sam Mondros

‘Highly sensationalized’: De Young director downplays report on staff abuse

In an internal email, Thomas P. Campbell advised staffers to deflect visitor inquiries about the story’s findings, which detailed a decade’s worth of abuse allegations. 

Deputy Breaking News Editor

Michael McLaughlin

PG&E stuck a utility pole on a posh block of Noe Valley. Now the neighbors are suing

“We don’t want this pole here, and we’re very upset,” one neighbor said.

Security guards allege decade-long pattern of abuse at de Young Museum

Culture

The city has paid out more than $1 million to settle seven lawsuits from current and former guards. But the allegations keep coming.

Lawsuits

Unions call for boycott of Airbnb, as company pursues $120M lawsuit against the city

Parents of dead OpenAI whistleblower sue son’s landlord

‘Highly sensationalized’: De Young director downplays report on staff abuse

PG&E stuck a utility pole on a posh block of Noe Valley. Now the neighbors are suing

Security guards allege decade-long pattern of abuse at de Young Museum