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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Michael McLaughlin

Memorial trip ends in tragedy: Boat sinks near Alcatraz, victim identified

Survivors clung to the hull as bystanders scrambled to help. Now, experts are raising red flags about safety.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

Anatomy of a clutch team: What 11 close games reveal about the Valkyries

Golden State is just 6-5 in games decided in the final five minutes this season, but has made improvements over the last month.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

The latest Warriors intel: How Golden State is processing the LeBron James waiting game

Draymond Green has pitched the 23-year veteran on joining him and Steph Curry in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

The taco stand that made me cry

A roadside fruit stand, a 24-year-old taquero, and a reminder of why, after so many years, I still love writing about food.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Stephanie Gerson

The best events in SF this week, from film festivals to World Cup final watch parties

Plus, Oasis’ reopening, Hayes Valley Carnival, the 40th annual AIDS Walk, and more.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

Squatters take over home linked to twisted killing of UC Berkeley prof

A woman claims to have a lease, but one owner was dead and the other locked up at the time the deal was supposedly reached.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

A 64% rent hike pushed a family out of SF. A legal loophole puts thousands more at risk

Some 14,000 SF apartments have no rent cap. Landlords have every incentive to push tenants out before their buildings age into one.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

How the 49ers are among the NFL’s biggest spenders — and have the most cap space

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan are willing to pay their stars top-of-the-market deals. They have also created flexibility for the future.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Lurie has raised $8.6M to rewrite how SF works. Nobody is really fighting him

The mayor wants to make the biggest changes to the city’s constitution in decades.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Donald Luu exits SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce board amid harassment allegations

Board members accused Luu of harassment and assault and threatened to quit en masse — the second scandal to rock the influential Chinatown institution in recent years.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • The Standard Staff

17 rescued from burning boat near Alcatraz, one missing

One person remains unaccounted for after a pontoon pleasure boat caught fire between the island and the Golden Gate Bridge.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: Analyzing the Valkyries’ surprise championship push

Golden State’s seven-game winning streak is the longest in the WNBA.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

Rob Manfred explains Giants’ Pride Night miscues, talks 2028 All-Star Game ‘option’

After an MLB Players’ Association representative said he believes “San Francisco is the site,” for the 2028 All-Star Game, the MLB Commissioner said it’s not a done deal.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Getting drafted by the Warriors was a ‘great experience.’ Then came the antisemitism

Golden State’s second-round draft pick, Lajae Jones, is an Israeli American who has experienced hate on social media.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Zara Stone

The AI job interview has spawned its own industry

Candidates are paying up to $1,000 an hour on mock interview and prep sessions with AI employees in the race to get into big companies.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Crane

Opinion: Newsom’s brand of socialism: Spend big, reward your donors

The governor has spent eight budgets expanding California’s social safety net at a record pace. The money flows back to groups that help advance his political career.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Astrid Kane

Bar Malone’s is making San Francisco’s biggest happy hour bet

It may be named for a TV bartender, but it’s got everything from bar bites up to black cod.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Three grocers walked away from a vacant Fillmore Safeway. Now it’s a political battle

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood argues the failure to revive the site shows the need for his proposal to bring Mamdani-style government grocery stores to SF.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Madeline Taub

The best places to eat alone in San Francisco, according to a panel of restaurant pros

Sometimes you just want to eat in peace and scroll on your phone. Try these San Francisco restaurants and bars for solo dining.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jonah Owen Lamb

DA charges San Francisco sheriff’s deputy for allegedly groping inmate

Deputy Nanette Busto allegedly asked if the incarcerated woman had surgery to augment her body.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

Are the 49ers worth $10 billion? We’re about to find out

The Khoslas’ purchase of the Seattle Seahawks will require the family to sell its 3.1% stake in the San Francisco 49ers.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Giselle Garza Lerma

How a group of crabbing baddies became SF’s most unexpected support group

Two laid-off friends built a 7,000-follower crabbing community for women and non-binary people to learn how to catch crab.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Max Harrison-Caldwell

San Francisco: The city where skateboarders won?

The city has spent around $9 million on skate infrastructure in the last decade. It’s hard to believe it used to jail people for skating on the sidewalk.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

The myth of bartering AI stock for real estate

Offering Anthropic or OpenAI equity for a home in the city isn’t a trend, or a wise financial decision.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Just wait until Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg gets in shape

The No. 11 pick says he’s never been this winded. He’s dominating Summer League games in Las Vegas anyway.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Becky Duffett

The Bay Area bakery that helped fuel Austria’s first World Cup win in decades

The Austrian national team connected with a Mountain View baker whose old-world techniques met their high European bread standards.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Mahmood’s Mamdani move meets San Francisco City Hall reality

Plus: San Francisco Democrats punt District 8 endorsement process.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

Why the Giants are sending a contingent of executives to the 2026 MLB All-Star Game

San Francisco is hoping to host the 2028 All-Star Game if MLB players participate in the Olympics in Los Angeles.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

The San Francisco hairstylist who lives 500 miles from her own salon

Three decades of loyal clients keep her tethered to a city she can no longer afford to call home.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Untangling what’s actually holding up the San Francisco Centre Mall sale 

The city got blamed after buyers pulled out of the deal. But the real mess has always been on the sellers’ side, where no one is truly in charge.