Tech
Public Safety & Policing
From AI Doomerism to Molotov Cocktail
The billion-dollar ideology behind the violence finally produced what it always promised.
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Public Safety & Policing
AI-linked violence has escalated to arson and attempted murder in San Francisco, with a PauseAI member throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and threatening OpenAI headquarters in April 2026. Meanwhile, SF's own public safety institutions are failing on multiple fronts: courts are resolving just 32% of cases and haven't reported data to the state in five years, while Oakland's gang violence data shows that targeted intervention—not broad gun policy—is what actually saves lives.
Homelessness & Drug Crisis
Public Safety & Policing
A Tropical Disease Hit a Berkeley Homeless Encampment. Courts Blocked Cleanup.
Leptospirosis, common in underdeveloped countries, spread through Berkeley's Harrison encampment—and courts continued to prevent cleanup efforts.
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Public Safety & Policing
Criminal Justice
Oakland Has a Gang Problem Disguised as a Gun Problem
Less than 2,000 Oakland residents drive most of its gun violence. Oakland Ceasefire shows just how important it is to target the right people.
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Criminal Justice
Public Safety & Policing
SF Courts Won't Show Their Work
For five years, SF courts haven't reported a single data point to the state—even as they resolve fewer and fewer cases.
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Small Business & Regulation
Public Safety & Policing
The Easiest Way to Sell Wine in San Francisco Is Illegally
SF makes restaurant owners navigate four agencies and wait six months to serve wine legally. Two blocks away, stolen bottles trade with impunity.
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Public Safety & Policing
Small Business & Regulation
Richmond Just Voted to Reinstate Their Flock Cameras After Crime Spiked
Car thefts jumped 33% after Richmond killed its Flock cameras. The people begging to bring them back were immigrant shopkeepers.
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Criminal Justice
Asian American Issues
Grandpa Vicha's Killer Was Just Released on Probation
A San Francisco judge just suspended the sentence of the man who killed an 84-year-old Asian grandfather in cold blood. This is the state of "justice" in the city.
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Criminal Justice
Asian American Issues
He Killed Grandpa Vicha. Tomorrow, He Walks Free
Antoine Watson slammed into an 84-year-old man, left him dying on the pavement, and fled. Five years later, the system hands him the exit door.
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Public Safety & Policing
Transit & Safety
Yes, Fare Gates Actually Reduce Crime
BART's 2025 crime collapse confirms what NYC learned in 1990: fare enforcement isn't about the fare. It's about who's riding your system.
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Public Safety & Policing
Asian American Issues
Chinatown Stabbing Victim Got No Press Conference
An Asian American man was stabbed in broad daylight two days before Lunar New Year. The mayor's bodyguards got press coverage. He got bystanders who kept walking.
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