This Silicon Valley campus was a paradise. Bulldoze it.
Published Aug. 22, 2026at6:00am My first glimpse of the Sunset magazine campus in Menlo Park was late on…
California’s legal corruption: Pay the politician, get the contract
Published Aug. 17, 2026at6:00am On a recent public radio show (opens in new tab) about California’s budget, one…
California’s pension funds are rigged to stick taxpayers with the bill
Published Aug. 3, 2026at6:00am At 10 a.m. Monday, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing…
The myth of the AI cure
Published Jul. 29, 2026at12:24pm At a recent dinner, someone from an AI lab asked me, quite bluntly, why…
AI’s new political donor class is already outspending Big Tech’s last one
Published Jul. 18, 2026at6:00am San Francisco is still waiting for the AI IPOs — the wave of money…
America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 27, 1776, a Spanish colonizing party led by Lieutenant José…
San Francisco invents the future — but lets other cities build it
Published Jun. 30, 2026at6:00am The Port of San Francisco controls 7.5 miles of waterfront, from Fisherman’s Wharf to…
What Sacramento moms want most this Mother’s Day may surprise you
Mothers across Sacramento are preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, with children and moms sharing what the…