‘Avalanche!’: Survivors Recount the Tragedy at Perry’s Peak
Riveting story by my colleagues who interviewed two men who survived the Tahoe avalanche and rescued others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘Avalanche!’: Survivors Recount the Tragedy at Perry’s Peak
Riveting story by my colleagues who interviewed two men who survived the Tahoe avalanche and rescued others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The families of six friends and mothers who were killed in a Sierra Nevada avalanche this week identified the victims on Thursday and said they were “devastated beyond words.”
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Heated Rivalry and Marital Bliss: Two Wives Go Head to Head in a Scary Olympic Sport
By Heather Knight Photos: James Hill
One represents Belgium and the other Brazil in skeleton, in which the racer slides near-blind down an ice track at well over 80 miles per hr. Gift! @heatherknightsf.bsky.social
Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday over his plans to wear a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
12.02.2026 17:47 — 👍 141 🔁 48 💬 29 📌 12
A Ukrainian skeleton racer was disqualified from the Olympics today over his helmet featuring photos of Ukrainian athletes who have died in the Russian invasion.
He and his father will speak at the Ukrainian consulate in Milan tonight.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
We updated the story after Mr. Heraskevych said he will wear the helmet in training Wednesday and competition Thursday and Friday, the directive be damned.
“I see the faces on this helmet, and I will not betray them.”
(👋 from the Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy!)
Interesting nugget from Heather Knight's latest article on the Lurie approach.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
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“For a city known for its anything-goes ethos, for its embrace of letting your freak flag fly, the list of activities one could not legally do in San Francisco was remarkable.”
Had fun learning about strange city rules for this. No parking in your own driveway?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
From sea lions to coyotes, Kit Kat to Claude, and now the Pacific Heights mountain lion, it’s a zoo out there! My San Francisco animal coverage continues…
28.01.2026 19:54 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
25.01.2026 00:05 — 👍 1451 🔁 726 💬 100 📌 63I was there this morning and it was a delightful, heartwarming respite from *gestures at everything else*
19.01.2026 02:59 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
So sorry I missed the Claude memorial. Was coaching a basketball game.
But felt better knowing @heatherknightsf.bsky.social would absolutely crush this and our beloved city would represent.
RIP Claude 🐊🌁❤️
“This city of misfits and originals recognized him as one of our own,” said @catherinestefani.bsky.social.
San Francisco turned out in force to pay tribute to Claude, the albino alligator who died last month.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
There is no writer better at deftly yet savagely allowing SF politicos to show themselves than @heatherknightsf.bsky.social at the moment.
16.01.2026 23:55 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
London Breed has kept a low profile since leaving the mayor’s office a year ago. Here’s what she has been up to — and what she thinks of the praise being heaped on her successor, Daniel Lurie.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
New: Sergey Brin joins his Google co-founder Larry Page in leaving California as a possible billionaire’s tax gains traction.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/t...
Scoop: Peter Thiel and Larry Page are among the California billionaires planning to leave the state due to a ballot measure that could cost them five percent of their wealth. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
26.12.2025 22:45 — 👍 28 🔁 14 💬 8 📌 6
Palo Alto Confronts Billionaires Over Their Housing Compounds—Doctors, lawyers, executives and Stanford University professors lived in comfortable bungalows on tree-lined streets, and one house per family was considered… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u... @heatherknightsf.bsky.social @nytimes.com
20.12.2025 18:39 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
EXCLUSIVE: Palo Alto will take up a raft of proposals to crack down on billionaire compounds after my story on Mark Zuckerberg buying 11 homes there.
Larry Page, Laurene Powell Jobs & Marissa Mayer also own several homes in Palo Alto. Mayer even owns a mortuary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Footage of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the self-driving company’s safeguards. His death started a heated debate between those who despise automation and those who believe robots can improve their everyday lives.
05.12.2025 15:30 — 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 13 📌 7
New: When Kit Kat, the Mission district’s famous bodega cat, was killed by a Waymo, it made international news and prompted fierce debate about robot taxis. But what really happened that night? I got exclusive video from Randa’s Market showing the tragic incident.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Claude the albino alligator is dead
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
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RIP to a San Francisco icon: Claude the Albino Alligator, the @calacademy.bsky.social stalwart, has died at age 30.
02.12.2025 22:05 — 👍 39 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 11
For this story, I went to Safeway with City Attorney David Chiu. Many of the food labels are 🤯.
“It makes me sick that generations of kids and parents are being deceived and buying food that’s not food,” he said.
Breaking: San Francisco today will sue 10 of the biggest manufacturers of ultraprocessed food, arguing the companies knew their products were making people sick but sold them anyway. The fare makes up 70% of the country’s food supply.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Sunday front page! With the perfect headline.
16.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
The death of Kit Kat, a bodega cat run over by a Waymo self-driving taxi, has sparked outrage and debate in San Francisco, with some bemoaning the way robot taxis and automation have taken over the city.
15.11.2025 17:40 — 👍 206 🔁 53 💬 26 📌 21
After I wrote about Mark Zuckerberg’s compound in Palo Alto, I got a tip it might have been him who bought a mountain in Maine and closed public trails. My colleague in New England went to the mountain to investigate…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
I appreciate @heatherknightsf.bsky.social leading with the right framing here.
15.11.2025 17:00 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0