Two-bedroom apartments in San Francisco’s metropolitan area required a $61.50 hourly wage, far more than New York’s $40. (Data courtesy NLIHC) ...

The other part of the draw to New York, Basu said, is New York itself. “San Francisco is over-indexed on tech," Basu said. ... just two are in New York; 11 are in the Bay Area.

The Bay Area has produced some incredible contemporary poets like Chinaka Hodge (read her collection “Dated Emcees” — it’s brilliant) and Tongo Eisen-Martin, the most recent San Francisco ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) in San Francisco has issued a Flood Watch for multiple Bay Area counties due to the potential for excessive rainfall from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening.