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5,742 stories · 48 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026477 stories
What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals↗ kqed.org · HN · 741 comments · 371 points · Sep 22, 2026
San Francisco Onion Futures Company↗ onionfutures.com · HN · 179 comments · 398 points · Sep 19, 2026
California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy↗ sfgate.com · HN · 450 comments · 384 points · May 05, 2026
Banned in California↗ bannedincalifornia.org · HN · 716 comments · 633 points · Feb 25, 2026
California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years↗ latimes.com · HN · 261 comments · 459 points · Jan 20, 2026
2025629 stories
Nevada Governor's office covered up Boring Co safety violations↗ fortune.com · HN · 74 comments · 336 points · Nov 15, 2025
Find SF parking cops↗ walzr.com · HN · 470 comments · 849 points · Sep 23, 2025
Open Sauce is a confoundingly brilliant Bay Area event↗ jeffgeerling.com · HN · 201 comments · 343 points · Jul 23, 2025
San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time↗ sfstandard.com · HN · 707 comments · 381 points · Feb 17, 2025
String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'Zizians'↗ sfgate.com · HN · 858 comments · 604 points · Jan 30, 2025
2024827 stories
Tsunami Warning for Northern California↗ tsunami.gov · HN · 165 comments · 302 points · Dec 05, 2024
USFS decision to halt prescribed burns in California is history repeating↗ cepr.net · HN · 245 comments · 342 points · Nov 04, 2024
Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047↗ gov.ca.gov · HN · 476 comments · 778 points · Sep 29, 2024
Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay↗ sfstandard.com · HN · 1202 comments · 634 points · Aug 06, 2024
Bay Area workers charged for building secret apartments inside train stations↗ therealdeal.com · HN · 198 comments · 351 points · Apr 09, 2024
20231,062 stories
San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels↗ sfchronicle.com · HN · 288 comments · 192 points · Dec 24, 2023
Goodbye, San Francisco↗ yolken.net · HN · 102 comments · 68 points · Jun 20, 2023
Bay Area woman is on a crusade to prove Yelp reviews can’t be trusted↗ sfgate.com · HN · 26 comments · 65 points · Jun 14, 2023
California Financial Regulator Takes Possession of Silicon Valley Bank↗ dfpi.ca.gov · HN · 6 comments · 61 points · Mar 10, 2023
95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority↗ darrellowens.substack.com · HN · 130 comments · 144 points · Feb 23, 2023
2022845 stories
What Happened at Alameda Research↗ milkyeggs.com · HN · 408 comments · 475 points · Nov 15, 2022
California man fined for selling maps of property boundaries without a license↗ vice.com · HN · 304 comments · 351 points · Oct 12, 2022
Stanford’s war on social life↗ palladiummag.com · HN · 373 comments · 519 points · Jun 13, 2022
California Right to Repair Bill Dies in Senate Committee↗ calpirg.org · HN · 209 comments · 457 points · May 30, 2022
Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system↗ wired.com · HN · 543 comments · 691 points · Mar 01, 2022
2021947 stories
Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking limitations↗ twitter.com · HN · 485 comments · 678 points · Oct 23, 2021
California aims to ban recycling symbols on things that aren’t recyclable↗ nytimes.com · HN · 286 comments · 574 points · Sep 09, 2021
Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco↗ blog.waymo.com · HN · 668 comments · 620 points · Aug 24, 2021
Life as a public school teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2021↗ adamcadre.ac · HN · 727 comments · 592 points · Jun 19, 2021
Silicon Valley’s Safe Space↗ nytimes.com · HN · 729 comments · 424 points · Feb 13, 2021
2020955 stories
San Francisco voters approve taxes on highly paid CEOs, big businesses↗ latimes.com · HN · 720 comments · 448 points · Nov 05, 2020
Remote work is reshaping San Francisco, as tech workers flee and rents fall↗ wsj.com · HN · 1069 comments · 719 points · Aug 14, 2020
California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order↗ reuters.com · HN · 620 comments · 398 points · Mar 20, 2020
Shelter in place for Bay Area counties↗ sfchronicle.com · HN · 527 comments · 399 points · Mar 16, 2020
California Attorney General delays .org sale↗ domainnamewire.com · HN · 40 comments · 543 points · Jan 31, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals↗ kqed.org · HN · 741 comments · 371 points · Sep 22, 2026
California is chasing wealth that has feet↗ blog.landeconomics.org · HN · 861 comments · 291 points · Sep 24, 2026
San Francisco Onion Futures Company↗ onionfutures.com · HN · 179 comments · 398 points · Sep 19, 2026
MUNI Heritage Weekend in San Francisco↗ daniel.lawrence.lu · HN · 56 comments · 204 points · Sep 20, 2026
AI safety is mostly a sex cult in Berkeley↗ verysane.ai · HN · 30 comments · 121 points · Sep 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

San Francisco Onion Futures Company↗ onionfutures.com · HN · 179 comments · 398 points · Sep 19, 2026
What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals↗ kqed.org · HN · 741 comments · 371 points · Sep 22, 2026
California is chasing wealth that has feet↗ blog.landeconomics.org · HN · 861 comments · 291 points · Sep 24, 2026
MUNI Heritage Weekend in San Francisco↗ daniel.lawrence.lu · HN · 56 comments · 204 points · Sep 20, 2026
AI safety is mostly a sex cult in Berkeley↗ verysane.ai · HN · 30 comments · 121 points · Sep 24, 2026
EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709↗ eff.org · HN · 153 comments · 96 points · Sep 01, 2026
The death of San Francisco's Market Street↗ noahpinion.blog · HN · 89 comments · 53 points · Sep 03, 2026
San Francisco institution 'heartbroken and furious' after erasure of public art↗ sfgate.com · HN · 69 comments · 46 points · Sep 07, 2026
Allegations of sexual harassment and rape at Bay Area AI party houses↗ kron4.com · HN · 12 comments · 37 points · Sep 26, 2026
Paramount 'leaks' study saying California will suffer if its merger is blocked↗ techdirt.com · HN · 4 comments · 34 points · Sep 17, 2026

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