Speaking from afar, since I live in Portland, SF is my first musical home (and Detroit the second) . . .
I'm sorry, that article is just plain bad and while the SF Weekly has gone downhill since they were bought by the New Times chain, this is far below their threshhold. In fact, while techno is not easy to find in SF it's been around for many years. Heck, I've even seen Richie Hawtin play at 1015 Folsom :) There have been techno weeklies off and on in SF for years and while it will never be a huge thing it's always around, and there is even a small loyal crew that gravitates to the US and Detroit sound over the European ones. - fred