$5,000 Bonuses, Pet Insurance: SF Restaurants Embrace Corporate-Style Perks Amid Historic Labor Shortage
A confluence of the Great Resignation, high cost of living and Covid has left the San Francisco restaurant industry so short-staffed that restaurateurs are...
An Unlikely Pandemic Success Story? WeWork and Other SF Coworking Spaces
Merge, a 50-person San Francisco startup that integrates human resources and administrative software, is a bit of a unicorn. Not in...
‘Outdoor Disneyland’: District Six Wants to Become San Francisco’s Go-To Outdoor Party Spot
Anthony Schlander describes his SoMa outdoor entertainment venue District Six as a kind of “Bay Area outdoor Disneyland.” “If you go...
Bikinis, Brews, and Blunts: How Soaring Inflation Is Impacting SF’s Summertime Staples
As San Francisco settles into the first official week of summer amid scorching high temperatures, record levels of inflation are playing a role in...
Pharma-delics? UCSF Kicks Off First-Ever Trial of Drug Naturally Derived From Magic Mushrooms
After descending into the basement level of the sparklingly new UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, you’re greeted by a number of freshly-painted, sparsely-adorned...