"suh-ROOS" / سیروس 🕵️ Deputy Local Editor, East Bay Times 📰 🎧 Ex: Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica 📥 [email protected] 📱 +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
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I’m so excited to announce that I’m a new Deputy Local Editor at the @EastBayTimes !
I start this coming Monday, Sept 14, so send me all your local news tips!
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
Crime is down. Drones are up. Nobody seems to mind — yet. But experts say the city is running an experiment with no control group and no plan to stop.
📝: @cfarivar sfstandard.com/2026/03/25/sf…
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A late-night shooting at 3rd and Harrison in SoMa left one man dead and two others assaulted on Friday. Hours later, SFPD had two suspects in custody — one facing murder charges.
📝: @cfarivar sfstandard.com/2026/03/28/tw…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
Tesla quietly dropped its minimum rider age from 13 to 8. Still, full autonomy for the robotaxi service hasn't arrived yet.
📝: @cfarivar sfstandard.com/2026/03/28/te…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
San Francisco has become a laboratory for police surveillance after early resistance; SFPD recorded 700 drone flights last month, up from 93 in February 2025 (@cfarivar / The San Francisco Standard)
sfstandard.com/2026/03/25/sf…
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Cyrus Farivar retweeted
Book launch approaching! Join me & @cfarivar
in person as we chat about what role payment companies should play in policing online speech on April 7 in Berkeley:
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and San Francisco April 9: citylights.com/events/rainey…
Today, I'm proud to announce the launch of Rhino's DealShield.
Our tool quickly determines what kind of insurance a property can get, based on an AI analysis of disclosure packets, photos, and more.
Learn more : businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Try it now: withrhino.com/dealshield
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
Rhino’s DealShield targets climate risk home insurability in California dlvr.it/TRXbyn
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
The tech podcast industrial complex is thriving in San Francisco.
Thanks @creatine_cycle @lennysan @ashleevance @kyurieff @jlouderb @sracha @AkshyaeS for contributing.
sfstandard.com/2026/03/13/ne…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
From Jay-Z to NFL owners, the ultra-wealthy are landing in the Bay Area ahead of the Super Bowl. Hundreds of private jets have touched down at SFO, OAK, and smaller airports, including a handful of $80M Bombardier Global 7500s.
📝: @cfarivar sfstandard.com/2026/02/08/su…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
The Mission got a loud “Hello” from Cardi B, who performed songs from her album Am I the Drama? at Don Julio's pre-game party.
📝: @cfarivar sfstandard.com/2026/02/07/ca…
Cardi B surprises Mission crowd at private pre-Super Bowl bash (by @cfarivar)
sfstandard.com/2026/02/07/ca…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
San Francisco isn't the dump everyone said it was. We told you so.
📝: @EmilyDreyfuss sfstandard.com/2026/02/06/sf…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
From The Painted Ladies to unsettling AI ads, San Franciscans' daily lives are about to become B-roll — and a great excuse for a drinking game.
Play along with Super Bowl Bingo: sf.news/3OugyC0
📝: Astrid Kane
Three juveniles shot blocks from City Hall, one fatally, SFPD say (by @cfarivar)
sfstandard.com/2026/01/31/ho…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
Rides in San Francisco and Oakland are part of a global tribute to the nurse killed in Minneapolis by federal authorities.
📝: Cyrus Farivar sfstandard.com/2026/01/30/al…
Strava locks “Year in Sport” behind subscription, sparking user backlash (by @cfarivar)
arstechnica.com/culture/2025…
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
⚠️PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FRIDAY⚠️
We rarely issue these, but Friday will be a Particularly Dangerous Situation regarding potential for rapid wildfire spread in and immediately adjacent to the Boulder/Jefferson County foothills. Be ready to take swift action. #COwx
ALT Graphic shows expected wind speeds along the Front Range for Friday, with gusts to 80-105 mph in the foothills of Boulder County. Peak gusts close to 40 mph will likely spread east to I-25, with gusts 30 mph or less farther east.
Cyrus Farivar retweeted
This is the first "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning ever issued anywhere in the state of Colorado.
#COwx
IMPORTANT: @NWSBoulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow.
Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry.
This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point.
#COwx
Now that I’m back on the job market, I’m open to freelance work!
Today marks my first byline of the 2020s with @arstechnica , which was my professional home from 2012 - 2019.
xitter.cf/arstechnica/status/199…
Can Twitter fly again? Startup wants to pry iconic trademark from Musk’s X arstechnica.com/information-…
