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Courtesy of Laine Clifford


Mar 17, 2026 - 7 min read

Saul Sugarman


Remember just a few weeks ago when we were freezing our tits off in San Francisco? The city nearly broke an 1897 record low in late February, dropping to 40 degrees downtown, just two degrees from a mark that has stood for 129 years. Now there's a heat advisory. SF went from flirting with the coldest temperature in recorded history to 77 degrees and climbing in the span of three weeks. Because of course.


San Francisco Doesn't Have Air Conditioning. Here's How We Survive.


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