San Francisco journalist. @sfgate.com editor-in-chief | Also: Daily Cal Board Member | Always: Cal Golden Bear | Signal: grantmarek.83https://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mllpgi7gck2q“It was no grand plan,” Young recalled, nearly 22 years later, when reached by phone at his home in Walnut Creek. “We just asked. We thought they’d say no.” via @farleyelliott.bsky.social https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/100-burger-in-n-out-22249526.php11 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpgi7gck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3ml253z5yhc2iThe call came in after 4am on an eventual 100-degree June day. In a neglected neighborhood next to downtown Bakersfield, flames engulfed a Central CA landmark. The 2-alarm blaze was a familiar sight. Fire after fire, Bako's landmarks are disappearing. via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/arson-destroys-downtown-bakersfield-22224774.php04 May 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml253z5yhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mkxfpi47ic2z“The traffic in the Flower Market just stopped. People were scared.” Tremendously sobering reporting here from @sfgate.com’s Karen Palmer on the effects of ICE raids on the economy of LA’s Santee Alley: https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/santee-alley-restaurants-ice-22228167.php03 May 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxfpi47ic2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mkxf335qgs23Yosemite recorded 225,817 recreational visitors in March. That’s up about 45% from the 155,758 visitors recorded in March of last year, and the highest number of visitors the park has seen in March since 2016. via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/yosemite-visitor-numbers-22237252.php03 May 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxf335qgs23https://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mkqql5h4ok2iSeveral job postings with two curious words — "Black Fire" — recently went live in Las Vegas and led the internet to speculate this week that the Athletics had inadvertently leaked a change to their team name. But did they? via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/as-name-change-speculation-22235383.php30 Apr 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqql5h4ok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mkqenjqtdk2iNot gonna lie, that is some tremendously horny wallpaper. via @farleyelliott.bsky.social https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-restaurant-bathroom-22216142.php30 Apr 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqenjqtdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mko2rlrqq22vMonths after a massive scam surrounding Charlie Kirk's death ensnared NFL players/teams, a new scam tied to the man charged with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump is gaining traction online. And this one is going after college football fans. My latest: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/college-sports-scam-trump-suspect-22232655.php29 Apr 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko2rlrqq22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mkdkknrues2fCalifornia usually gets 9 tornadoes in a year. There were just 4 in a single day. via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/california-tornado-outbreak-22224237.php25 Apr 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdkknrues2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjzzrmi2rk2fExclusive: Legendary SF bar Toronado to be sold to one of its regulars via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/toronado-sf-new-owner-22218566.php21 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzzrmi2rk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjrrgc57622uHappy Cal Spring Game Day! If you’re looking for a good pre-read, might I suggest this profile of The Pain Train, which includes lots of incredible nuggets like the time he almost killed Rudy Carpenter simply because he called him by his first name: https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/pain-train-california-coffee-empire-22206633.php18 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrrgc57622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjmrfswskk2aZack Follett always comes up when a group of Cal fans, usually after a beer or two, start a round of “I wonder what happened to that guy?” But if I gave you 1,000 guesses, you’d never guess what actually happened to Zack Follett. via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/zack-follett-cal-football-22206633.php16 Apr 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmrfswskk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjlqa2rqmk2iHeart you San Francisco!16 Apr 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlqa2rqmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjlpsjjfgs2i“Tell me that sports can still help bring people together when none of us can even watch them together. These games cost too much, thanks to a bunch of people who mean to cost us everything.” via @drewmagary.bsky.social https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/ticket-prices-22208236.php16 Apr 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlpsjjfgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjkgwgxpac2aThe California town that's too small to survive and too stubborn to die. via @mcleantessa.bsky.social https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/darwin-ghost-town-21281656.php15 Apr 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkgwgxpac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjhx6hxai22lWhat a quote. More from @sfgate.com on Santa Barbara's historic rent freeze now facing a federal lawsuit: https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/santa-barbara-housing-crisis-22200047.php14 Apr 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhx6hxai22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/grantmarek.bsky.social/post/3mjgb4ck4s22tThe future of Berkeley institution Bobby G’s Pizzeria is uncertain amid allegations of wage theft and claims that a former employee received multiple paychecks with insufficient funds. via @sfgate.com https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/berkeley-bobby-gs-pizzeria-lawsuit-22199383.php14 Apr 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:khadrsod2iczpc47imlji5vm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgb4ck4s22t