Tongues are always wagging in San Francisco — and The Waggle is always listening. Got some tea to spill in our weekly gossip column? Email us at [email protected].

The Devil Wears … Patagonia vests? Fashion-obsessed Wagglers will be delighted by a delicious item we heard from a reliable source: Condé Nast’s terrifyingly chic matriarch Anna Wintour is considering San Francisco as the 2027 destination of Vogue World, the annual fashion-runway-meets-pop-culture spectacle (opens in new tab) that has conquered New York, London, Paris, and Hollywood and will land in Milan this September. 

We’re told Wintour will be visiting our fair city soon to scout locations, no doubt hidden behind her ever-present shades that, if anything, only make her more recognizable. Nothing is confirmed, and Condé Nast is notoriously tight-lipped about this kind of thing — but the circumstantial evidence is compelling: Mayor Daniel Lurie held not one but two meetings with Wintour in March, according to calendars obtained via a public records request. Mayors do not take two meetings with the most powerful woman in fashion to discuss their favorite moisturizer. (Although perhaps they were discussing jeans, a topic on which the Levi’s heir can no doubt wax poetic.)

This week, eagle-eyed Redditors noticed that the popular X account Karl the Fog, the anthropomorphized voice of San Francisco’s signature weather pattern, had been suspended. Aside from the existential questions this brings up -– can the weather be canceled? how can you push back against mist? — the real question everyone wants to know is why? What did Karl do to piss off Elon Musk? 

We reached out to the anonymous person behind the account, who had no idea what it could have been, telling The Waggle, “I actually haven’t logged into that app in years. But I’m still alive and floating on Instagram (opens in new tab) and Bluesky (opens in new tab) (great app, terrible name).” 

If anyone at X is reading this, please share how Karl pissed off the powers that be!

Apparently, residents of the tony strip of mansions in Pacific Heights are being driven near-mad by constant renovations. One described the scene on the famously ritzy, three-block portion of Broadway as “absolute bedlam,” with construction work beginning as early as 7 a.m. — waking up neighbors, kicking up dust, taking up valuable street parking, and, in some cases, shutting down the road entirely.

The Standard previously reported at least seven construction projects taking place on Billionaires’ Row homes, including those of the Glazer family (the billionaire Tampa Bay Buccaneers owners who purchased art collectors Norah and Norman Stone’s mansion for $34.5 million in 2022) and Laurene Powell Jobs (though a source says the philanthropist completed renovations in March). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrapped renovations on his $38 million pad in December.

The Waggle spoke with one former resident who moved out of his home of 15 years after being awoken by one too many early-morning delivery trucks. 

“I get it, you own the property, you have the right to use it, and construction can be messy and noisy,” he said. “But when it’s literally every house on the block, you’re living in a construction zone.”

Do you live on or near outer Broadway and have a gripe to share? Email us at [email protected].

Dedicated Wagglers may have read our midweek news brief about a party thrown by billionaire venture capitalist Ron Conway and his wife Gayle to honor outgoing Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The Conways, who have long maintained a close relationship with the congresswoman, announced that they had donated a garden and pavilion at  the new Obama Presidential Center in Pelosi’s honor. The Chicago center is slated to open in June.

The soiree at the Conways attracted about 50 guests, including Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, Google President Ruth Porat, venture capitalist Brook Byers, musicians Will.i.am (opens in new tab) and MC Hammer, and UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood. Pelosi’s daughter Christine was also in attendance, as were the Conway boys (Ron Jr., Danny, and Topher). Stanlee Gatti provided floral arrangements (of course); Quince did the catering (double of course). 

Within days, Anthropic issued a pointed public crackdown (opens in new tab) warning that any unauthorized sale or transfer of its stock — including through SPVs (special purpose vehicles, used by investors to buy slices of hot private companies before they go public) — is void and will not be recognized. The company named eight trading platforms. Pre-IPO markets promptly dropped Anthropic’s implied price by more than 20% (opens in new tab). 

An Anthropic rep told The Waggle that the tweet wasn’t why the company updated its policy. Arora declined to comment.

But one thing is clear: In San Francisco, even gossip can make or lose you billions. Which is a good time to remember the always-true rule, Wagglers: Never tweet. 

That’s what Marin residents were wondering when they spotted massive crowds at George Lucas’ 4,700-acre retreat Thursday. A local Redditor reported “huge masses of people and buses going in” and traffic blocking up Lucas Valley Road for miles. Several devoted fans noted that the scene coincided with Lucas’s 82nd birthday; one claimed to have spotted some “Hollywood folks” at a nearby deli.

Sadly, The Waggle can confirm that this was not a birthday party for our hometown hero but — because this is the year 2026 in the Bay Area — a corporate retreat for a frontier AI company. Don’t worry, you can celebrate Lucas’ special day with a “Star Wars” marathon this weekend.