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Sunday, May 24, 2026

SF Events

Memorial Day weekend kicks things off. June is packed: Pride, North Beach Festival, Fillmore Jazz Fest, Diljit at Chase Center, and outdoor everything.

Giants vs Diamondbacks -- Monday, May 25

Memorial Day baseball at Oracle Park

Giants beat the White Sox 8-5 today behind 11 hits. Tomorrow they host Arizona at 2:05 PM. Oracle Park in late May is hard to beat.

May 25 | Oracle Park | 2:05 PM

SOMA Nights Block Party -- Thursday, May 28

Monthly street party on Folsom (6th-12th). Your neighborhood.

DJs, local food, pop-up vendors, art. 5-9 PM, free. It's basically a night market on Folsom with better music. Runs monthly through September.

May 28 | Folsom St | 5-9 PM | FREE

Presidio Brewfest -- Saturday, May 30

One of SF's best beer festivals, in one of its best parks

Fourth annual Parks4All Brewfest, noon to 4 PM. Craft beer, great setting, benefits the parks.

May 30 | Presidio | Noon-4 PM

Union Street Festival -- June 6-7

One of SF's largest street festivals. Cow Hollow. FREE.

Two days of live music, food vendors, makers. This is the big one that kicks off festival season.

Jun 6-7 | Cow Hollow | FREE

Fillmore Jazz Festival -- June 13

Eight blocks. Free carnival rides. Car show. Wine tastings.

Full neighborhood takeover. Six districts, live music, classic car show, unlimited free carnival rides. One of the best free events in SF.

Jun 13 | Fillmore District | FREE

Diljit Dosanjh at Chase Center -- June 20

The biggest Punjabi artist in the world. In your backyard.

Selling out arenas globally. This will be one of the highest-energy concerts in SF this year.

Jun 20 | Chase Center | 8 PM

North Beach Festival -- June 20-21

One of America's original outdoor festivals. 150+ vendors. 9 blocks. FREE.

Grant Ave and Washington Square Park. Italian street party with DJs, beer gardens, arts and crafts. Date-worthy.

Jun 20-21 | North Beach | FREE

SF Pride Parade & Festival -- June 27-28

THE event of June. 200+ contingents. Civic Center. FREE.

The city transforms. Every neighborhood has something happening. Two days at Civic Center plus the massive parade.

Jun 27-28 | Civic Center | FREE

Investments

Markets flat into Memorial Day. ASML +52% YTD leads semis. 30yr Treasury at 5.19%. Tuesday May 26 is your first execution window for the rotation.

Semi Watchlist: ASML Leads, NVDA in the Entry Zone

Friday close (May 22) before Memorial Day weekend

ASML $1,632.90 (+52.6% YTD). NVDA $215.33 -- in the entry zone. TSM $404.52. AVGO $414.14. AMAT $432.16. Markets closed Monday. Tuesday is the first execution window for the $300K META->semi rotation.

May 22 close | Plan: NVDA 30%, TSM 25%, ASML 20%, AMAT 10%, AVGO 10%, Cash 5%

30-Year Treasury Hits 5.19% -- Highest Since 2007

The bond market is screaming at growth stocks

This is why Mag 7 underperforms despite strong earnings. Higher long-term rates compress multiples. Entry prices may stay attractive longer for the semi rotation.

5.19% | May 23, 2026

Mag 7: GOOGL Leads (+22.9% YTD), META Still in the Penalty Box

The group is -4.9% YTD vs S&P +2.9%

GOOGL $382.97 (Cloud +63%). AAPL $308.82 (near ATH). TSLA $426. AMZN $266. MSFT $418. META $610 -- still 23% off ATH. Cerebras IPO'd, already down to $257 from $350 open.

Mag 7 -4.9% YTD | CRWV $105 (insiders dumping)

Manchester United

Season ends on a high: 3-0 at Brighton, 71 pts, 3rd place, UCL secured. Carrick permanent. Bruno breaks the all-time PL assist record.

Brighton 0-3 Man Utd: Season Done Right

71 points, 3rd place, Champions League football next season

Carrick's record since January: 12 wins in 17 games. Bruno's 21st assist broke the all-time PL single-season record (Henry/KDB had 20). He also won PL Player of the Season, FWA POTY, and Sir Matt Busby award. The man is staying -- United have blocked his release clause.

Arsenal 85 | City 78 | Utd 71 | Liverpool 59

Transfer Window: Ederson First, Two More Midfielders Coming

Atalanta's Ederson nearly done at ~EUR45M. Casemiro and Ugarte leaving.

Mateus Fernandes from West Ham is the other name (potential GBP116M double deal). Carrick got the 2-year permanent deal and five coaches locked in alongside him.

Summer 2026 transfer window

Robotics

Figure AI's 200-hour marathon is the milestone of the month. EngineAI hits 10K/year production. Real deployments are overtaking demos.

Figure AI Planned an 8-Hour Demo. It Ran for 200.

250,000 packages sorted. Zero hardware failures.

Figure 03 robots running Helix-02 AI, starting May 13. Then they did a human vs. robot contest -- an intern won by 192 packages but broke his forearm. CEO Adcock: "the last time a human will ever win."

200 hours | 250K packages

EngineAI Hits 10,000 Humanoid Robots Per Year

One T800 every 15 minutes off the Shenzhen line

Unitree shipped 5,500 in all of 2025. 1X targeting 10,000 NEO units from Hayward. EngineAI matches from a single Chinese line. The production race is officially on.

10,000/year | 15-min cycle

Startups

Anduril raises $5B at $61B. Hark lands a $700M Series A. Q1 2026: $300B in VC, 81% to AI.

Anduril: $5B Series H at $61B Valuation

Most valuable private defense company in the US. Revenue doubled to $2.2B.

Thrive Capital + a16z led. $20B Army contract, $185B Golden Dome program. Palmer Luckey says they'll "definitely" IPO. SpaceX S-1 also filed -- NASDAQ ~June 12 at ~$1.75T.

May 2026 | Defense-tech

Hark: $700M Series A at $6B -- AI Hardware Dark Horse

NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm, ARK, Salesforce all in

Pairing foundation models with hardware for "universal human-machine interfaces." San Jose based. The investor roster reads like a semiconductor who's-who.

May 21, 2026 | $6B valuation

Music

Olivia Rodrigo's next era is building fast. Drake dropped 3 albums. FIFA World Cup anthem is out. SF shows worth catching.

Olivia Rodrigo: 'The Cure' Continues the Rollout

Following 'drop dead' at #1, this era feels bigger than GUTS

Her longest song yet, cinematic video, limited vinyl with exclusive demo "Never Do." Also this week: Bleachers and Future Islands dropped new albums, LISA/Anitta/Rema released the FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem "Goals."

May 22 | New Music Friday

SF Live Music: Alex Isley (Jun 18), Diljit (Jun 20), Rhiannon Giddens (Jun 25)

The Fillmore and Chase Center are the spots this month

Alex Isley's R&B at the Fillmore is the sleeper pick. Diljit at Chase Center will be the loudest show of the year. Rhiannon Giddens is a MacArthur genius in an intimate room.

June 2026 | San Francisco