Central Market Tax Break Costs City $34M

Central Market Tax Break Costs City $34M

A temporary payroll tax exemption extended to Twitter and other businesses in San Francisco’s Mid-Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods cost the city more than $33 million…

Twitter CEO Announces Plan to Layoff Hundreds of Employees

Twitter CEO Announces Plan to Layoff Hundreds of Employees

The San Francisco-based micro-blogging website Twitter announced this morning that it will lay off hundreds of its employees. The company’s CEO Jack Dorsey announced on…

Twitter Launches NeighborNest Program to Teach Tech to Low Income, Homeless

Twitter Launches NeighborNest Program to Teach Tech to Low Income, Homeless

NeighborNest, a new community space staffed with Twitter employees, is opening today in San Francisco’s Central Market neighborhood to help homeless and low-income residents access…

Mayor Lee Touts Twitter Tax Break At Tenderloin Museum Event

Mayor Lee Touts Twitter Tax Break At Tenderloin Museum Event

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee helped kickoff the opening of the future Tenderloin Museum this morning in the heart of the neighborhood at the Cadillac…

“You gave all our money away”: City Workers Protest Twitter Tax Break

“You gave all our money away”: City Workers Protest Twitter Tax Break

Tax breaks by San Francisco for Mid-Market employers were the target of a rally outside City Hall this afternoon by a public employee union that…

Supervisors Join City Workers Rallying Against Tech Company Tax Breaks, Private Shuttles

Supervisors Join City Workers Rallying Against Tech Company Tax Breaks, Private Shuttles

Hundreds of city workers gathered in front of San Francisco’s City Hall for a noontime protest decrying tax breaks for high-tech companies and other deals…

Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls Out Local Tech Companies For Lack Of Diversity

Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls Out Local Tech Companies For Lack Of Diversity

Civil rights activist The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. said today that Palo Alto-based computer products firm Hewlett-Packard and other technology companies should try harder to…

“We want Twitter to pay its fair share” 24 Cops Police Protesters (Including Two Supes) Against Corporate Tax Breaks

“We want Twitter to pay its fair share” 24 Cops Police Protesters (Including Two Supes) Against Corporate Tax Breaks

San Francisco Supervisors John Avalos and David Campos joined San Francisco city workers today in a protest outside Twitter’s Market Street headquarters calling for an…

“Stop the Corporate Greed” Reads Sign Carried By SF Supervisor At Market Street Rally

“Stop the Corporate Greed” Reads Sign Carried By SF Supervisor At Market Street Rally

5:25 PM: A growing crowd formed in front of the San Francisco headquarters of tech company Twitter this evening as part of a protest demanding…

Local Opinions On Twitter Are Mixed As Tech Giant Goes Public

Local Opinions On Twitter Are Mixed As Tech Giant Goes Public

As San Francisco-based tech giant Twitter went public this morning, locals in the Mid-Market neighborhood where the company is headquartered watched with mixed feelings. A…

Mayor Lee Touts Plans To Help Renters During Mid-Market Walkabout

Mayor Lee Touts Plans To Help Renters During Mid-Market Walkabout

With the tech giant Twitter making its initial public offering this week, Mayor Ed Lee today took a walk along San Francisco’s Mid-Market corridor, where…

Homeless Kids Expected To Take Over Floor Of Twitter Building Wednesday

Homeless Kids Expected To Take Over Floor Of Twitter Building Wednesday

A floor of the Twitter Building in San Francisco will be filled with more than 300 children trick-or-treating on Wednesday afternoon. Runway, a working space…

SF Giants Open Social Media Cafe At AT&T Park

SF Giants Open Social Media Cafe At AT&T Park

The San Francisco Giants, one of the most active sports teams on social media, today unveiled a new cafe at their ballpark dedicated to all…

Twitter Recommends Users Have One Computer Solely For Tweeting

Twitter Recommends Users Have One Computer Solely For Tweeting

Apparently, San Francisco based Twitter is just as freaked out about AP’s recent account hack as AP is, if not more so. However, as opposed…

SF Business Headlines For March 25, 2013: Nevius Loses Job (On Radio), Twitter's Birthday, AT&T Says They're Improving

SF Business Headlines For March 25, 2013: Nevius Loses Job (On Radio), Twitter's Birthday, AT&T Says They're Improving

Twitter Turns 7 [Wired] [ABC7] [HuffPo] “The San Francisco Symphony’s Mr. Theil said ticket sales have grown more slowly than in the past and that…