Laura Waxmann

Honored by the first place award from @CNPAservices for land use reporting! Shout out to @MattN365, @SVBizJody & all other hardworking journos out there👏👏

Scoop: The reset of #SanFrancisco's #TransamericaPyramid continues with two abrupt, high-profile restaurant closures, and former operator Michael Shvo's branding removed from the iconic building's facade. @sfchronicle for the story 👇 shorturl.at/VBQIO

Tomorrow's front page photobomb

#SanFrancisco’s Mid-Market has space to spare. The city has needs. One official says it’s time to connect the two and is making a bold pitch: Move SF's main justice facility into the neighborhood’s surplus of empty buildings. @sfchronicle @SFjkdineen shorturl.at/r9caP

NEW: @bayclubs has secured ownership of one of its flagship locations, acquiring the city block that makes up its longtime #SanFrancisco campus, turning its original home into a permanent one. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/dkM8U

Think of it as a pit stop & a stage for #robots: VR entrepreneur @cixliv says his new space in #SanFrancisco Nob Hill will operate like an auto shop for “humanoid” fighters. It'll be the 1st storefront for robot combat sports league @REK. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/2nnIq

The landmark church sold for $4.7 million. sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

Scoop: The @academy_of_art University's sweeping effort to part with a large chunk of its vast #SanFrancisco real estate portfolio has resulted in the sale of a century-old landmark. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/9XVhr

Stroy Moyd may not have planned to be here, but he's part of a small, determined wave of entrepreneurs betting on Mid-Market, #SanFrancisco's failed tech hub, at a moment when much of city's focus is on reviving other corners of downtown. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/MYXjU

This San Francisco neighborhood was left for dead. Now a new wave of entrepreneurs is betting on its comeback By @SFjkdineen @laura_waxee Photos: @CAGisMe @jachristian @manuelorbegozo sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mid…

Oakland residents and elected officials in the Rockridge neighborhood said they were blindsided by the news that a developer had submitted plans to shutter their two-decades old Trader Joe’s store, and replace it with two residential towers. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Scoop: Months after revealing high-profile plans to turn a #Safeway in #SanFrancisco’s Marina District into hundreds of homes, the developer behind that effort is turning its attention a #TraderJoe's Joe’s in an affluent part of #Oakland. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/6jtvn

Exclusive: Popular Trader Joe’s in Oakland could be replaced by two apartment towers for seniors By @laura_waxee sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

@lisagartner @AMartinezNYT @nytimes Congratulations 👏👏

Feeling so grateful and excited to join the @nytimes investigations team nytco.com/press/new-depu…

One of #SanFrancisco’s notable office towers was up for auction last week, located on one of most coveted streets in FiDi. Nobody who showed up to the sale near City Hall was there to bid on the 20-story building, once valued at over $320M. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/PNBz9

Exclusive: Race to build downtown San Francisco's next tower intensifies as 41-story project adds backing By @laura_waxee sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

Competition to deliver #SanFrancisco’s newest commercial skyscraper is intensifying, with a new partnership pooling resources to help shape the next chapter for the city’s office market. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/wkKEf

NEW: Grief, anger, love, division. Tension in school, in court, online. Grasping for healing. Our @annievain explores what happened to a group of families, and their community, in the year after a teenage girl's crash killed four friends. Gift link: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

NEW: #SanFrancisco plans to close several supportive housing sites, long treated as a foundation of its response to chronic homelessness, according to multiple homeless service providers. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/8rSPX

With downtown #SanFrancisco still fighting to reclaim commercial vitality, @SF_DDC & its partners have unveiled a $25M fund designed to accelerate the area’s recovery by helping small biz open, expand and, crucially, stay in the area. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/xWWmd

@MLNow @io_y_g Congratulations @jrivanob, well deserved 👏

We have some news: Joe Rivano Barros is our new executive editor! He will run the newsroom alongside the other editors. “Joe is so goddamn competent he has almost made me rethink my position on Stanford University. Almost,” said Joe Eskenazi, a Cal grad. missionlocal.org/2026/04/missio…