Sweden abolished its century-old wealth tax in 2007 after it punished entrepreneurship and raised little revenue. California risks making the same mistake.

In San Francisco’s frantic real estate market, even “average” houses are going for 40% over asking and selling in the first week.

Plus: The resignation of Pretrial Services’ leader, the mayor’s office gets a new staffer, and the departure of one of Power Play’s writers.

Property owners and policymakers approved a plan this week to extend the bounds of the Downtown SF Partnership, which manages street cleaning and activations in the area.

Restraining orders, subpoenas, defamation threats — Michael “Mickey” Gerold has turned the courts on his accusers while SFPD’s investigation into him drags on.

Yellowstone REI seized a piece of San Francisco’s largest housing complex through foreclosure and pledged to “realize the long-term vision.”

Small businesses are turning to AI-generated signs and menus to save money. It’s not going over well with customers.

A viral sign from a Bay Area restaurant has reignited the debate over children, boundaries, and who's really to blame when the chopsticks start flying.

SB 1246 would require AV companies to move stalled cars — or face fines. Waymo and the robotaxi industry aren't happy about it.

The team culture coach Natalie Nakase and GM Ohemaa Nyanin have built with Golden State is strong and worth protecting.

Twenty-seven years after Orlando Cepeda was enshrined in Cooperstown, the team is sending a delegation of nearly 40 people to celebrate Jeff Kent’s induction.

Get a dose of music, fashion, film, and fun with lively night markets, the marathon, special movie screenings, and more.

The family behind Filoli Gardens owned this home for decades. Will newly minted AI millionaires pony up to create their own generational compound?

The Board of Supervisors will demand answers from SFPD on the city’s handling of sexual assault cases.

The Recreation and Parks Department is close to issuing a permit allowing Outside Lands organizers a second weekend of music in the park, plus three free concerts.

Buster Posey has less than two weeks to trade players ahead of the Aug. 3 MLB deadline.

Kaitlyn Chen and Janelle Salaun are anchoring the WNBA’s most productive bench and Golden State enters the All-Star break at 19-8.

Jensen and Lori Huang’s matching gift to the university anchors a new college of art, architecture, and design on the former California College of the Arts site.

Plans to open a restaurant on Market Street have been in the works since 2020.

As Kaiser and its therapists clash over AI, a new complaint says an algorithm, not a clinician, is deciding patients’ care in seconds.

Frances and Octavia chef-owner Melissa Perello and pastry chef Melissa Loar have partnered on Lorella, a brick-and-mortar spinoff of their sell-out Saturbake pop-ups.

For downtown’s recovery, the city needs to fill both small and large vacancies downtown. For small bookstores, that means an “apex predator” could be shopping around.

An obsessed Mexico City native joins us on a quest to find SF’s best, uncovering everything from coffee-spiked salsa to freshly pressed tortillas along the way.

A 2016 mandate ordered public reporting on every case. The department buried it until The Standard came asking. 

The “Nobody’s Gonna Know” tee pokes fun at branding rules imposed by the governing body of soccer.

Florecita Panaderia is upgrading from its alleyway space to a full café — with a coffee program to match its seasonally inspired conchas.

Rookies have already reported to Santa Clara and Kyle Shanahan’s team is set to begin practicing this weekend.

Fewer investigators, more reliance on victims, and a stalled pipeline to prosecutors.

Banana-flavored drinks are showing up all over San Francisco beverage menus in lattes, chai, matcha, and a $45 sea urchin cocktail.

SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.