The San Francisco Standard

After a six-year closure, the Huntington Hotel atop Nob Hill has reopened, unveiling a reimagined interior by Ken Fulk along with the return of its iconic Big Four restaurant. #SanFrancisco #Hospitality #Hotel #Design

Funding data and leasing activity show that companies using AI on the physical world are having their moment. #SanFrancisco #Robotics #AI #SiliconValley

Tomorrow! 📣 Join us at Manny’s on April 8 for a live taping of “Pacific Standard Time,” where we'll sit down with journalist and “anthropologist of disruption” Jasmine Sun to make sense of the chaos surrounding AI. Tickets are nearly sold out — secure your spot: https://sf.news/48CqkJA

San Francisco croissants are elite — so why the snub? 🥐 It’s awards season (Michelin Guide, James Beard Awards), and Bay Area bakeries like Parachute Bakery are still getting left out. Meanwhile: home prices hit $2.15M, the San Francisco Zoo needs an $8M boost… and we’re still asking about pandas. These are today's top stories, In Real Time. More at sfstandard.com #inrealtime

AI wealth and San Francisco’s “boom loop” pushed the city’s median home price to a record $2.15M in March. Is it a bubble? Not according to agents. #SanFrancisco #AI #RealEstate

The Yerba Buena ice skating rink will get a new scoreboard and other upgrades this summer. #SanFrancisco #YerbaBuena

Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the first round of layoffs, affecting city employees in 18 departments, is part of a larger effort by the mayor to eliminate 500 positions. #SanFrancisco #DanielLurie #Layoffs #Employment

We're covering San Francisco's headlines, In Real Time: • AI companies are taking over SF—by square footage. OpenAI leads with 1.2M+ sq ft, followed by Anthropic. • Mayor Daniel Lurie handed out 127 pink slips, more on the way • Steve Kerr is coaching alongside his son — and it’s “dad,” not coach. All this news and more at sfstandard.com #inrealtime

The AI boom has changed San Francisco. Funding and market cap tell one side of the story, but how much space these AI companies are leasing tells another. #SanFrancisco #ReturnToOffice #AI