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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Landes

$50M for a teardown — that you might not be able to tear down — in Woodside

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Anya Schultz

SF Supervisors call for hearing after Standard rape-kit investigation

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

Golden Gate Park’s concert season is about to get longer. Neighbors aren’t thrilled

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: The Giants’ most pressing trade deadline questions

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

The Valkyries’ winning streak is over. It barely dents a stunning first half

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sam Mondros

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pumps $75 million into Vanderbilt’s CCA revival

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Michael McLaughlin

Jollibee announces long-awaited opening of San Francisco location

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

Kaiser says AI isn’t making mental health decisions. A new complaint says otherwise

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Becky Duffett

One of SF’s best pastry chefs is opening a bakery in Russian Hill

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

Indie booksellers to Lurie: What the hell are you doing with Barnes & Noble?

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

San Francisco isn’t famous for tacos. But these are the ones worth defending

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Anya Schultz

SFPD promised transparency on rape kits. It waited 10 years

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

How a FIFA World Cup rule turned into Levi’s hottest T-shirt

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Paolo Bicchieri

A popular Mexican American bakery is moving into the former Shuggie’s space

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

49ers camp preview: Rookie spotlight, Morris’ changes, and no contract drama?

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Anya Schultz

Three takeaways from our investigation into SFPD’s rape case crisis

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Madeline Taub

The candy flavor you hated most as a kid is suddenly everywhere

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

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Anya Schultz

Her rape kit had a DNA match. In San Francisco, that’s not enough

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.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Paolo Bicchieri

‘Pizza for the people’: Two Bernal Heights kids are opening their dream shop

Born from a family crisis and a love of late-night slices, New York-style pizza pop-up Fatty Natty is putting down roots in the neighborhood where it all began.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

Giants trade tiers: 6 categories, 31 players, and only 1 sure thing

Rookie Bryce Eldridge is the team’s lone untouchable player, but Buster Posey must be willing to listen to offers on everyone else.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

What we learned from Yaxel Lendeborg and the Warriors’ Summer League title run

Golden State’s top 2026 draft pick outplayed Grizzlies rookie Cameron Boozer and led a fourth-quarter comeback on Sunday in Las Vegas.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Clint Reilly, longtime political fixer and Examiner owner, dies at 79

Reilly, who considered becoming a Catholic priest early in his life, previously ran for mayor and was a major San Francisco political and civic leader.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Ex-commissioners fear City Hall will pack watchdog group with loyalists

Plus: AI workers spend their tokens on Scott Wiener’s congressional campaign, Sup. Bilal Mahmood’s grocery bill stays alive, somehow.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

Former SF Port director, now Sausalito’s city manager, arrested on burglary charge

Elaine Forbes was jailed after deputies found her aboard someone else’s yacht early Saturday — less than three weeks after starting her new job.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

Mamdani-inspired tax on SF’s empty grocery stores is off the ballot, but not off the table

Bilal Mahmood’s proposal lacked support to land on the ballot. So he’s pushing the same goals through a city ordinance instead.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

Mamdani-inspired tax on SF’s empty grocery stores is off the ballot, but not off the table

Bilal Mahmood’s proposal lacked support to land on the ballot. So he’s pushing the same goals through a city ordinance instead.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sophie Bearman

More children, more problems: How families with three, four, and five kids make it in SF

Everyone says families flee SF — especially large ones, with more than two kids. We asked 9 super-sized clans to share their strategies on rent, space, and sanity.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jenny Anderson

Don’t shame your teens about their AI use

Teens are using AI more than adults realize, and shame is pushing that use into hiding. Curiosity and honest conversation keep them safer than bans do.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Astrid Kane

San Francisco’s sushi scene has a Michelin problem

The city’s omakase restaurants exploded in the 2010s. Why is the most prestigious dining guide snubbing them?

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Will Richard hit the rookie wall hard. The Warriors need him to break through it

After a draining debut season, Golden State’s second-year guard has spent his summer preparing for a bigger role.