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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Lauren Saria

The portable snack Australians eat everywhere is coming to Polk Street

Think you know handrolls? The Australian version is bigger, cylindrical, and about to have a home in Russian Hill.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Shugerman

They build frontier AI. Now they’re donating millions to rein it in

Employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind are pouring money into elections, hoping to counter a more than $100M industry campaign against regulation.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

A Fisherman’s Wharf building sold by troubled Academy of Art is already facing foreclosure

Tony Garnicki wants to convert an old university building to housing. The school helped him buy the building, then served him a notice of default.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Free agency doesn’t interest Steph Curry, but his next contract interests everybody

The Warriors superstar said that an extension can “determine a lot of different things” for the franchise.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • The Standard Staff

The Standard acquires Marin Lately and launches San Francisco Currently

The satire site is expanding from Marin to the Bay Area.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Dustin Gardiner

Rob Bonta had a tough week. Is more bad news ahead for California’s AG?

Plus: Danny Sauter introduces his own historic district, PG&E uses a bee to fight public power, and a spicy Flock vote tonight.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

An injury wave crushed the 49ers’ wide receiver room. Here’s how they’ll adjust

The team signed veteran Brandin Cooks to the practice squad and added defensive tackle Naquan Jones to the 53-man roster this week.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

‘I don’t have anything to hide’: Full Elizabeth Holmes trailer is here

The convicted Theranos founder isn’t just coming to theaters. Holmes will leave prison and move to a halfway house next year.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Landes

A wine country waterpark ranch rebuilt after the Tubbs Fire is now asking $3M

A Sonoma County ranch on 25 acres made a splash on social media. Now it just needs a buyer who “wants to be super fancy but also wants to get dirty.” 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: Steph Curry’s possible next Warriors contract and a target list to fit

Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Michael Porter Jr. are among players Golden State could pursue in the future.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Stephanie Gerson

The best events in SF this week, from Sundown Cinema to Dolly Day

Plus, Portola Festival, Folsom Street Fair, a light show at Grace Cathedral, and more. 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

If we’re all going to die, I want to do it at this farmers market

In an anxious city, the Alemany Farmers Market is the one place where everything from rogue AI agents to political division seems to disappear.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Maggie Angst

San Francisco still has a drug treatment problem

Two decades after voters demanded treatment on demand, drug users are still struggling to get into detox.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Janko Roettgers

Nobody believed in it. Now this San Francisco streamer is bigger than HBO Max

Rejected by investors and nearly bankrupt twice, Tubi turned its low-budget origins into a billion-dollar edge by embracing the obscure, trashy, and otherwise ignored.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Sexual assault scandal may cause historic institution to lose Chinese New Year Parade

The San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce has organized the event for 73 years, but allegations made in a recent lawsuit may change that.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

The Giants have a Tommy John problem. What can they do to solve it?

No team has more players who have needed elbow reconstruction surgery this year than the Giants.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jason Wilson

The effective altruists who won’t return FTX’s money just hired Caroline Ellison

Manifund, spun out of the prediction market Manifold, also gave FTX’s former engineering chief a trial last year, court filings show.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Ezra Wallach

The changing face of Stanford: University slammed for AI-generated race swap in photo

Stanford replaced Latino man with AI-generated Black woman in back-to-school banner

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

No grades, no tests, no degree: Andreessen Horowitz launching SF academy for ‘builders’

The venture capital firm is starting a for-profit alternative to traditional college in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: Has Brock Purdy reached a new level?

The quarterback’s teammates describe him as “special” and “unbelievable” after a dominant start.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Dustin Gardiner

SF assemblymember’s aide detained by ICE, faces deportation to Hong Kong

Catherine Stefani called for the release of Ho-Yin Mo, who was arrested last week during an enforcement operation at the Las Vegas airport.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Max Harrison-Caldwell

How San Francisco lost the Lucas Museum

George Lucas’ billion-dollar museum opens in L.A. today. It could have been here.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Michael McLaughlin

SF sues Trump Media, alleging it turned presidential posts into an insider trading scheme

Paying extra for early access to Trump’s posts essentially equates to insider trading, David Chiu’s lawsuit alleges.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

The final week of the Giants’ season: It’s all about Kruk and Kuip

Health issues have made this week difficult to cope with for the longtime broadcast partners, their families, the team, and a slew of Giants fans.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Astrid Kane

The sandwich shop that lets you customize everything is coming to Mid-Market

Inner Sunset’s Irving Subs, known for its Dutch crunch bread and garlicky mayo, is moving into the former Twitter HQ food hall.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Juan Pablo Pérez Burgos

Gov. Newsom wants an AI kill switch. Is that even possible?

After weeks of escalation around AI fears, everyone from experts to politicians is suggesting more ways to rein in the technology.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Omar Rashad

The AI capital of the world doesn’t know how many data centers it has

Although San Francisco has at least six data centers, the city’s planning department does not track them.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jesse Alejandro Cottrell

Opinion: Lurie stacked SF’s Youth Commission with private school kids. That’s a problem.

The commission has spent 30 years advocating for SF’s neediest kids. That work requires understanding public schools.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

SF’s mountain lions found a new home: a research project in the Santa Cruz Mountains

The two lions removed from the city this year are now tagged and tracked as part of a study of an isolated, inbreeding population.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

How Raheem Morris is already reshaping the 49ers’ defense

Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, and Osa Odighizuwa are steadying presences, but the defensive coordinator has also brought new wrinkles to the unit.