Joe Kukura is a Feature Writer and Sponsored Content Writer at SFist LLC. He covers a diverse range of topics including regional interest, world news, government and politics, and social issues, with a particular focus on crime, racial injustice, and the intersection of business and law. Joe's work has been featured in various notable publications, showcasing his commitment to exploring the complexities of real estate, transportation, and retail in North America.
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Joe Kukura's coverage primarily focuses on local news and events in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a special emphasis on entertainment news and government & politics. His articles often cover evolving stories, event coverage, government announcements, and breaking news.
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By: Joe Kukura
When the Department of Justice announced their indictment of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao last week, they said her live-in boyfriend was bribed to the tune of $95,000. But the full indictment says Thao actually asked for $3 million, though didn’t get it.
By: Joe Kukura
Xitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have signed on to a European Union agreement to prevent and remove hate speech from their platforms, which seems meaningless, because all of their CEOs and founders were at Trump’s inauguration today.
San Francisco may have turned the corner on its fentanyl overdose crisis, or at least, we saw substantially fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the record year of 2023, and 2024 had fewer SF overdose deaths than any year of the last five years.
One of Trump's Day One executive fiats was to order all federal employees back to the office five days a week, which seems more like an attempt to manufacture excuses to fire career civil servants who are not Trump loyalists.
By: Joe Kukura
Donald Trump’s inaugural speech seemed to be an opening salvo of war against the trans and non-binary communities, who are gearing up for legal attacks on their passports and driver's licenses, and the potential for widespread discrimination.
By: Joe Kukura
Two high-profile examples of Bay Area law enforcement personnel being on the wrong side of the fentanyl trade are back in the news, just with lighter sentencing than what law enforcement usually clamors for in the newspapers.
By: Joe Kukura
We’re getting more information on Sunday’s mass-casualty crash in SoMa; Vans has closed its Marina District store; and the 174-year-old Bay Area bookstore chain Books Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and will close its Berkeley location.
By: Joe Kukura
The completely unproven and unreliable AI sector says it’s going to build $500 billion worth of data centers with Trump’s blessing, and with AI safeguards now repealed, that’s a lot of deepfake porn to produce. But Elon Musk is mad that he’s not in on the action.
By: Joe Kukura
A 1 am apartment fire Wednesday morning on the second floor of the former Hotel Diva has left four people displaced, though no one was injured.
By: Joe Kukura
Millions of Facebook and Instagram users were shocked to find that they were suddenly following Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Melania Trump, but the company insists it was just the normal switching of official accounts that happens for every presidential transition.
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