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DESCRIPTION:Beginning in the early 1990s, the rise of the internet industry in San 
 Francisco — as opposed to\nSilicon Valley down south — brought a 
 wholesale transformation of the city’s economy, politics and culture. It 
 happened gradually through the 1990s and 2000s, and then suddenly beginning 
 in the 2010s, and continuing today with the AI boom. The influx of people 
 and massive amounts of money was a boon to the city in many ways, and made 
 it the envy of metropolises around the world. Yet it’s also had a 
 corrosive effect on the freewheeling creative culture that’s long defined 
 the city, and brought fresh political strife. Can San Francisco find a way 
 to be the tech capital of the world and still hold onto its 
 soul?\n\nJonathan Weber was named the Los Angeles Times’s first-ever 
 Silicon Valley reporter in 1990. He was later editor in chief of The 
 Industry Standard, which chronicled—and lived—the first dot-com boom. 
 He served as editor in chief of The Bay Citizen, a local news non-profit, 
 and oversaw West Coast news and global technology coverage for Reuters. He 
 was most recently the founding editor in chief of The San Francisco 
 Standard. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Wesleyan University.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/30/18889862.php
SUMMARY:Jonathan Weber: How Tech Remade San Francisco, for Better and for Worse
LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 94109\nor via Zoom:\n 
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 ID: 990 8692 4858 Passcode: 601086\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/30/18889862.php
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