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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Landes

Full-floor Nob Hill ‘fortress of solitude’ with four-bridge views asks $5M

Why young tech buyers are canceling travel plans to check out the panoramic property.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

An unusual coalition has a plan that could bring Dungeness crab back for the holidays

Chris Larsen financed an initiative that has united groups that are historically at odds: conservationists and fishermen.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Lauren Saria

A Rich Table star is opening her debut restaurant in the Upper Fillmore

Gizela Ho’s Good Morning 96 takes over the former Ten-Ichi space, where she plans salt duck egg soufflés, stuffed chicken wings, and “really fun cocktails.”

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Dustin Gardiner

Poll: Chan trailing Wiener despite Pelosi support

The incumbent has campaigned heavily for Connie Chan since endorsing her. But voters who view Nancy Pelosi favorably aren’t flocking to Chan, an independent poll finds.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

San Francisco’s forever war: Sunset Dunes goes to the ballot a 3rd time

Despite everything that’s changed in the city over the past four years, whether to open or close the Great Highway remains a stubborn issue.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

Angel Reese is dictating the WNBA Finals. Here are 5 ways the Valkyries can come back

Natalie Nakase needs her team to secure possessions, find secondary scoring options, and set the emotional tone against the Atlanta Dream.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

A very foreboding Warriors season opener

Kristaps Porzginis’ uncertain future and a postgame recitation on the unwritten rules of trash talk overshadowed Golden State’s shortcomings in Los Angeles.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin Truong

12 hours, 3 movies, zero apologies: A marathon of Silicon Valley’s biggest egos

Whiskey, popcorn, and a crash course in what happens when the world’s most powerful people never learn to say, “I was wrong.”

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

Another blowout loss: The Valkyries’ identity is vanishing at the worst possible time

Natalie Nakase’s team has lost consecutive games for the first time in two months and now trails the Atlanta Dream 2-1 in the WNBA Finals.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

The Falcons formula: How the 49ers will adapt their game plan against Atlanta

Without Mike Evans and several other top receivers, Kyle Shanahan’s team will lean on Raheem Morris’ defense.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

How ‘the mayor’s network’ landed a private school kid a commissioner role

Plus: North Beach historic district hits a snag, Connie Chan and Matt Haney land new endorsements, and Daniel Lurie meets with first Manny Yekutiel accuser.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Michael McLaughlin

Pelosi, other lawmakers get suspicious substance in mail

More than three dozen Republicans and Democrats across the country have received envelopes containing white powder.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sam Mondros

Ken Fulk is selling his beloved ‘Tree House’ for $7.9 million — and moving to a new hill

After 16 years in a redwood midcentury in Clarendon Heights, San Francisco’s best-known designer is moving across the city.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Max Harrison-Caldwell

Man arrested by ICE faces domestic violence charge

The day after a rally at City Hall, it emerged that Milton Ramos-Rodriguez is facing charges in San Francisco Superior Court. His sister says he’s changed.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Maggie Angst

SF records first overdose death from a drug sold at gas stations

It marks the second time this year city officials have sounded the alarm over deadly new compounds entering the city’s drug market. 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Stephanie Gerson

The best events in SF this week, from costume contests to WNBA Finals watch parties

Plus, Día de Los Muertos happenings, an A24-themed drag show, Chowder Fest, a Halloween pub crawl, and more.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Ezra Wallach

AI is changing how students learn to write — and think

Students are arriving at college less ready to write, and AI will now write for them. What happens to writing — and the thinking it is meant to teach?

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Dreyfuss

Why none of the other tech movies can compete with ‘You Can See Everything’

We watched 11 hours of Silicon Valley movies so you don’t have to.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Heather Diehl

The rise of Rikki’s: How a women’s sports bar has become a ‘mini-Ballhalla’

A bar that opened last year has become the main gathering spot for Valkyries fans who want to watch their team on the road.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

As the Warriors open the season, here’s what their cap situation means for the future

NBA roster building is a game of chess, and Golden State is set up with its queen, a couple of rooks, a bishop, and a knight.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: Warriors’ Mike Dunleavy on their new reality and the ‘tough spot’ to start

Golden State’s general manager’s strength is his practicality, and this franchise needs it right now.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

The case against delivery — by humans, robots, and drones

One food writer makes the argument for buying your own groceries and cooking your own dinner. It’s a lonely proposition.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

PG&E outlined its $22.5B price tag for a public power takeover

The utility giant appraised its assets and revenue amid calls for the forced liquidation of its San Francisco business.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Sjostedt

Did Gary McCoy go to the dark side? His ally-turned-frenemy thinks so

Gary McCoy and Darshini Patel teamed up to beat Manny Yekutiel. Now he’s gone, GrowSF backed Patel, and she says McCoy is going moderate.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

Supervisors clear way to auction Sea Cliff house at center of alleged deed-fraud scheme

Treasurer’s office says sale of troubled property could come before year’s end; city attorney’s injunction hearing set for Friday.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: How the Bay Area lands major sporting events

The Bay Area Host Committee’s Zaileen Janmohamed details how the Valkyries’ success led the WNBA to pick San Francisco as the site of the 2027 All-Star Game.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Dustin Gardiner

‘Separated from family and … terrified’: Schiff raises alarm over SFO detention center

The senator said those held at the airport facility are still unable to contact family members or attorneys.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

Yale seeks SF office but says satellite campus not planned

The Ivy League institution says it wants space in the city to help students get internships and jobs.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Chinese Americans may decide the Chan-Wiener contest. We looked at the data

Plus: Farm workers union breaks with Dolores Huerta to endorse Chan, candidate spends big in North Bay race, and District 8 candidates ready for debate.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Adam Lashinsky

Opinion: Adam Lashinsky’s highly selective, non-exhaustive voter’s guide

The columnist’s take on the races and measures worth his time — and a few he's voting on with a clothespin on his nose.