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  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Demographics and population
    Americans are giving up on the West (of America)

    Westside Disconnection

  • Tuesday, 2 January, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Beyond the streets of San Francisco: three spectacular Bay Area runs

    Away from the city, trails to suit runners of all levels take in beaches, forests, hills — and a certain landmark . . . 

    A woman running on a trail in the foothills of the Marin Headlands near San Francisco, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Elaine Moore
    San Francisco’s clean up should spur new city solutions

    Its rapid beautification ahead of a global summit proved sadly shortlived

    A sanitation worker cleans a street in front of San Francisco City Hall
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
    Artist Ron Nagle: ‘Humour is my best gift. It’s what comes to me most naturally’

    He makes miniature ceramic sculptures which carry an outsized emotional impact

    A man in a black hat leans on a garden gate by a cactus
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    FT Swamp Notes
    Who wins in the battle between nation states and Big Tech? Premium content

    We need to discuss what AI means for the concentration of wealth and power

    Joe Biden addresses leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Week in San Francisco
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Driverless vehicles
    GM’s Cruise to suspend all driverless car fleets after California ban

    Company says it needs to ‘rebuild public trust’ and will assess its processes and systems

    A Cruise self-driving car outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Joy Lo Dico
    Can a city really ‘die’?

    Amid reports of San Francisco’s demise, the cable cars keep running and the tech industry keeps the money flowing

    wet and  grey streets in San Francisco with cable car
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    Shopping and gifts
    Cult Shop: Evan Kinori, a utilitarian menswear mecca in San Francisco

    Smart, no-nonsense clothes made in the Mission District

    A rail of neutral coloured jackets in the store
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Lex
    San Francisco: office vacancy rates track crime hotspots Premium content

    Perception of increased risk may be greater than the reality

    Homeless tents along Embarcadero Street during heavy rain in San Francisco in January, as atmospheric river storms hit California, US
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Here come the driverless taxis

    San Francisco finally permits a 24/7 service despite local resistance. Can autonomous carmakers now win over the world?

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    LexDriverless vehicles
    Robotaxis: piecemeal regulation strews speed bumps to US rollout Premium content

    Without national standards, expansion of driverless cars will remain in the slow lane

    A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Driverless vehicles
    California clears way for driverless taxis in San Francisco

    Regulators give green light despite concerns from officials about vehicles’ safety

    A Cruise driverless taxi in San Francisco
  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
    Elaine Moore
    I wanted to love driverless taxis, but then my ride took a sinister turn

    San Francisco is being used as a living laboratory for robotaxis, with mixed results

  • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
    FT readers: your favourite outdoor urban swimming spots around the world

    From Tel Aviv to Texas, via Sydney and San Francisco, you share your top spots for an open-air dip in the city

    A male swimmer in the water at Wylie’s Baths, Sydney
  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    US presidential election 2024
    San Francisco’s woes and wealth draw 2024 presidential contenders

    Campaign ads spotlight the city’s problems while candidates woo its donor base

    A screenshot of a video with Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and Republican US presidential candidate, speaking in front of graffiti and garbage
  • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
    News in-depthCommercial property
    Defaults raise alarm over stability of San Francisco’s commercial property

    Owners have handed back the keys to some of the city’s most valuable real estate

    A pedestrian walks by the Westfield San Francisco Centre
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    Let’s not write people off as ‘AI losers’

    The idea that the outcome of technological change is inevitable is both dangerous and untrue

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    FT Magazine
    What if San Francisco never pulls out of its ‘doom loop’?

    A crisis of homelessness, drug abuse and sensationalised crime threaten the city’s future

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Frieze New York 2023
    LA, Miami and Dallas stake their claim in the US art market

    New York galleries are opening locations around the country as local collector bases appeal

    Close-up crowd of people in brightly patterned tops with yellow and green halos
  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    FT Swamp Notes
    The New South Premium content

    Big US political battles will be waged here — and it’s also where much of the country’s future growth will take place

    Boeing 787 Dreamliners are seen on the factory floor at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina
  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    Hollowing out of San Francisco raises fears over status as top tech hub

    Soaring office vacancies amplify concerns over violent crime and homelessness

    Pictures of San Francisco
  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    An A to Z of FT readers’ favourite city runs

    Your most beloved urban running routes, from Athens to Zurich

    A runner on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, with the sea in the background
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    Cash App founder Bob Lee fatally stabbed in San Francisco

    Tech executive’s death comes amid rising concerns about crime in the Bay Area

    Bob Lee
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Michael Moritz
    San Francisco’s drug and homeless crises can’t go on

    The city’s byzantine governance structures stand in the way of solutions to its myriad problems

    Homeless tents and a homeless woman are seen near the Tenderloin District of the city
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    John Thornhill
    In (partial) defence of Silicon Valley

    For all their faults, tech innovators may at last be making an impact on productivity — and on wider society

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a digital fist squeezing a sliced banana
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