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Text • John Shea

Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent explain their healing hug: ‘Replaying the whole dugout thing’

Two of the greatest players in Giants history put the past behind them during a ceremony to retire Kent’s No. 21.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

Why Waymo’s big blue Ojai vans suddenly seem like they’re everywhere

The company has launched paid rides in its newest driverless vans as it expands its territory and fleet, and pursues robotaxi dominance in SF.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Amazon took Google’s building. That’s the Silicon Valley office recovery

Most of the leasing volume involved big tenants reshuffling their footprint. But with nothing new being built, investors are buying anyway.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

I cover every Valkyries home game. This is what it’s like on the road

Golden State has sold out every game it has played at Chase Center. In Uncasville, Connecticut, an arena inside of a casino provides a stark contrast.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Amy Kurzweil

Opinion: Cartoon: San Francisco’s hot new real estate listing

Nothing is safe in SF’s bidding wars.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Law

I co-founded Burning Man. The festival has lost its soul.

What began as an anarchistic collaboration of equals has become a commercialized escape hatch for the wealthy.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Dreyfuss

The Waggle: Sorry, Hamptons, Sam Altman can’t come to dinner right now

Plus: The Waggle ventures into the heart of SF’s underground; Oreo-gate is an AI psy-op; Tim Draper has an island to sell you; and why can’t Meta let gay bars live?

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Astrid Kane

Foraging for uni, the ocean’s most delicious nuisance

Save California by eating sea urchin on a guided expedition through the intertidal zone.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jesse Alejandro Cottrell

A 72-year-old became homeless. Then her family rose up to save her

As a tide of evictions overwhelms the city, one family tries to pull their matriarch off the streets.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

A Mid-Market building the city abandoned finds a new buyer

It’s been a turbulent decade for 1155 Market St., but the building has a new owner that’s bullish on “the broader rebirth of Mid-Market.” 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

The 49ers were the NFL’s dream Australia ambassadors. Not anymore

Jed York’s arrest is only one item on a growing list of headaches surrounding one of the two teams the league chose to showcase in its Australian debut.

The San Francisco Standard
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Sponsored: Sundown Cinema sparks joy as ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Parent Trap’ draw crowds to SF film series

Hosted by The San Francisco Standard and presented by Amazon, the program continues to unite community for a great cause.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

Meta’s settlement isn’t the end of California’s kid-safety fight

The social media company’s $17.1 billion and promise to change are big, but lawmakers and advocates want more.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin Truong

Art Agnos paid for SF’s waterfront with his mayorship. Now it will bear his name

A new $40 million park replacing Embarcadero Plaza will honor the former mayor, whose push to tear down an earthquake-damaged freeway opened the waterfront to the public.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Carly Schwartz

I got married at Burning Man — and divorced from reality

My sobriety was no match for the dopamine hits of a fake husband and his party pals.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

Cyclists have fallen on Market Street for 130 years. Why hasn’t more been done?

A death on Market Street this month renews questions about a century-old hazard — and the expensive, imperfect fixes that have yet to make it to San Francisco.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Dreyfuss

Dolly Parton’s boobs got me through puberty

I felt my body was turning me into a bimbo — I wanted to be an intellectual. Then, when I needed her, Dolly proved we could have boobs and brains.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Boom meets backlash: How data center politics in Silicon Valley have changed 

States are passing bans. Republicans and Democrats are campaigning on the issue for the midterms. The birthplace of AI has its own set of realities.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

49ers 53-man roster projection: Where position battles stand ahead of cutdown day

After trimming the roster on Sunday, Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch will build a practice squad and could search the waiver wire for additional help.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

Lurie touts settlement to fix neglected apartments, but tenants’ trust is harder to repair

The Alice Griffith Apartments opened in 2017 but have suffered from neglect.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: Luck, Posey, and the Bay Area sports star-to-executive pipeline

The 49ers, Warriors, and Sharks are among the local teams that have hired former athletes to lead their front offices.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

The worst part of the Giants’ historic collapse? It was meaningless

The franchise is now 2,208-1 when leading by six runs or more entering the ninth inning.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Lauren Saria

An ambitious waterfront restaurant from the restaurateurs known for affordable prix-fixe

Sergeant Ma, opening Sept. 9 in Mission Bay, blends fine-dining technique with Chinese and Vietnamese flavors.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

ICE agent’s gun found in SFO bathroom

A flight attendant found the weapon a day before ICE agents arrested a Ukrainian woman at the airport in a viral incident.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Becky Duffett

Rize Up, San Francisco’s first Black-owned sourdough bakery, is opening a cafe

Four years, two disasters, and zero investors later, Azikiwee “Z” Anderson is ready to welcome the public into his SoMa space.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Super El Niño could batter SF’s waterfront. It’s his job to be ready

Michael Martin, the city’s new port chief, inherited a massive seawall renovation project and piers that have been “coming soon” for years.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Andrew Luck at Stanford: An ‘alpha’ QB, a ‘freaking charged’ coach, and a bolder Year 2

Tired of comparisons to Ivy League programs, the former star quarterback is starting his second season as the Cardinal GM and attempting to “plant flags of seriousness.”

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Omar Rashad

SF Democrats reject billionaire tax, bucking statewide party

In a contentious late-night vote Wednesday, the San Francisco Democratic Party voted to reject Proposition 40.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Manny Yekutiel was accused of sexual assault. The SF Democratic Party just endorsed him

A progressive organizer accused Yekutiel of sexually assaulting him at a house party in 2020. Yekutiel denied the claims.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

The Trump slump may continue to sour SF’s tourism prospects

Sluggish international visitor numbers have continued to hamper San Francisco’s travel industry.