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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Is Gavin Newsom running a ‘shadow campaign’ for US president?

      California governor’s Fox News appearances prompt debate about whether he is a Biden surrogate — or rival

      California governor Gavin Newsom
    • 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
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Residential
      The mountain home that borrows from space-saving urban design

      The owner wanted to preserve as much of the 21-acre rural plot in California as possible by creating a compact, environmentally conscious home

    • 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
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Media
      Hollywood actors reach tentative deal to end strike

      Weeks after writers settle, studios say new deal covers streaming royalties and protections related to AI use

      People celebrate after the Hollywood actors’ union reaches a tentative agreement with studios and streaming services in Los Angeles on Wednesday
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      California hustles to attract foreign investors’ money

      FDI inflows plummet at hands of high state taxes, economic uncertainty and Chinese restrictions

      Two people looking out over a residential area in San Francisco, their backs to the camera
    • 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, 24 October, 2023
      Cruise LLC
      GM’s Cruise driverless vehicles banned from California roads

      Decision a blow just months after regulators cleared the way for robotaxis to operate in San Francisco

      A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      I read Andreessen’s ‘techno-optimist manifesto’ so you don’t have to

      Unrestrained technological ‘accelerationism’ is a bad idea

      Illustration of a round fence made of binary digits, with a person pushing the first one down like a domino
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Residential
      The 1950s Malibu home with a wavelike roof designed by a surfer turned self-taught architect

      Harry Gesner was a pioneer of organic buildings who counted Hollywood stars among his clients

    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      US politics & policy
      California governor selects former Harris aide for Feinstein’s Senate seat

      Appointment of former adviser to vice-president and labour leader to maintain Democrat’s control of upper house

      Laphonza Butler
    • 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
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      California accuses Big Oil of covering up climate change risks in lawsuit

      Civil action seeks damages to help mitigate costs of global warming caused by fossil fuels

      Firefighters spray water in the Sequoia National Forest, California
    • 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
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Moral Money
      How California’s landmark emissions bill could change global standards Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a Brexit silver lining?

      Republican state senators Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Roger Nieillo work at their desks during the senate session in Sacramento, California
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Climate change
      Banks brace for California law mandating emissions disclosure

      Bill would require lenders to report carbon pollution associated with customers

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Media
      Hollywood strikes take $5bn bite out of California economy

      After 124 days, the studios and unions remain at an impasse

      SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line in front of Paramount in Times Square on August 31, 2023 in New York City.
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      LexSan Francisco
      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?

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Prime property
      Hot property: five homes for sale in Malibu, California

      From a house inspired by a wave with panoramic ocean views to a Spanish-style home with a guitar design pool

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      FT Magazine
      An afternoon on the Hollywood picket line

      ‘Millionaires on strike’ is how some describe the standstill that has gripped Los Angeles. But the calls for action aren’t for the stars, they’re for jobbing writers and actors struggling to stay afloat

      Members of the Writers Guild of America carry picket signs at one of the gates to Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California
    • 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
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      News in-depthUS labour disputes
      Hollywood and hotel workers unite in LA’s long hot summer of discontent

      Picket lines have sprung up across the US city with no resolution in sight

      Strike captain and actor Demetri Belardinelli
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