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September 29, 2026

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San Francisco Considers Legalizing Home-Based Restaurants

San Francisco Considers Legalizing Home-Based Restaurants

San Francisco officials are considering legislation that would allow qualifying residents to operate regulated restaurants from their homes. The proposal would bring the city into California’s Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations framework, creating a legal pathway for eligible residents to sell prepared meals while meeting specified health and operating requirements. Key

The First Cold Night Is the Worst Time to Find Out Your Heater Doesn’t Work

The First Cold Night Is the Worst Time to Find Out Your Heater Doesn’t Work

For months, your heating system has had an easy job: essentially nothing. Then the first genuinely cold night arrives. Thermostats across the neighborhood switch from cooling to heating. Furnaces that haven’t operated regularly since last winter fire up again. Heat pumps change modes. Equipment that seemed perfectly fine when it

OpenAI San Francisco Office Expansion Nears New Deal

OpenAI San Francisco Office Expansion Nears New Deal

OpenAI is reportedly in discussions to sublease about 100,000 square feet at 500 Terry A. Francois Blvd. in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, next to an office building it already occupies. The potential deal would deepen the company’s local real estate presence while adding another significant technology lease to the neighborhood.

Waymo Ojai Robotaxis Open to All Riders in San Francisco

Waymo Ojai Robotaxis Open to All Riders in San Francisco

Waymo Ojai robotaxis are now available to all riders in San Francisco, moving the company’s next-generation vehicle beyond its earlier limited rollout. The Aug. 19 expansion also covers Los Angeles and Phoenix, giving more passengers access to a redesigned cabin, Waymo’s sixth-generation autonomous driving system and new in-car technology. Key

Dr. Satpreet Singh Brings a Scientist’s Approach to Leadership, Technology, and Sustainable Organizations

Dr. Satpreet Singh Brings a Scientist’s Approach to Leadership, Technology, and Sustainable Organizations

California-based researcher Dr. Satpreet Singh is building an interdisciplinary body of scholarship that examines leadership, artificial intelligence, sustainability, organizational culture, and the ways institutions respond to technological change. As artificial intelligence, sustainability pressures, and rapidly changing technologies reshape organizations, some of the most consequential research questions no longer fit neatly

Designing for Trust by Simplifying Complex Systems Through UX

Designing for Trust by Simplifying Complex Systems Through UX

By Emily Williams Jingyi Zhu is a product and UX designer whose work focuses on making complex digital systems easier to understand and navigate. With a background that spans computer science, interaction design, and journalism, she approaches design as more than visual problem-solving. For her, design is a way to

San Francisco Tourism Forecast Points to Record $10.6B in 2027

San Francisco Tourism Forecast Points to Record $10.6B in 2027

The San Francisco tourism forecast projects record visitor spending of $10.6 billion in 2027, although arrivals may remain below the 2019 peak. San Francisco Travel figures show how international travel, hotels, conventions and events could shape the city’s tourism recovery in the coming year. Key Takeaways Visitor spending is projected

Palo Alto Parents Push for Limits on Classroom Tech

Palo Alto Parents Push for Limits on Classroom Tech

Palo Alto parents are pressing school leaders to reconsider how students use classroom tech, from district-issued Chromebooks to generative AI. The debate carries broader relevance because it is unfolding in Silicon Valley, where schools are balancing digital literacy with demands for more paper-based, teacher-led and face-to-face learning. Key Takeaways Parents