california After skipping climate conference, Gavin Newsom attends oil heiress' wedding. Nancy Pelosi officiated. Annie Rauwerda
kari lake Kari Lake turns the horror of the Paul Pelosi attack into a laugh riot (video) Carla Sinclair
I've got a bad feeling about this Suspiciously missing Millennium Tower documents seem suspiciously missing Jason Weisberger
san francisco Watch this brazen Walgreens shoplifter fill a garbage bag with stolen stuff and ride a bike out the door David Pescovitz
heatwave U.S. West bracing for "blowtorch-like" heatwave. Death Valley could reach 129 F Mark Frauenfelder
Boing Boing Gadgets The Allin1E Smoking Tool gathers all your smoking needs in one ultra-portable travel set Boing Boing's Shop
music San Francisco Bay Area tonight and 2/21: David J (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) solo shows David Pescovitz
late stage capitalism Manhattan: a city of empty luxury condos and overflowing homeless shelters Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow
economics The rent's less damned high: rents falling in most of America's most expensive cities Cory Doctorow
san francisco San Francisco spends $3.1m/year on homeless toilets and $65m/year cleaning up poop Cory Doctorow
class war GDP vs human thriving: a "healthy" economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing Cory Doctorow
Business 100 US Mayors sign a pledge to boycott ISPs that commit Net Neutrality violations Cory Doctorow
happy mutants William Gibson interviewed: Archangel, the Jackpot, and the instantly commodifiable dreamtime of industrial societies Cory Doctorow
