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The San Francisco Standard
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.

The San Francisco Standard
• Astrid Kane

‘I go further’: The sober obsessive behind one of San Francisco’s most influential bars

Josh Harris shepherded Trick Dog to international fame. Now he’s betting it all on Quik Dog, a “sports bar inside a family restaurant.”

The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea

The Giants’ draft strategy: Flora’s dream team, a Bonds selection, and a run on pitchers

After taking pitcher Jackson Flora with the No. 4 pick, Buster Posey and the Giants selected Barry Bonds’ nephew, Peyton Bonds, in the third round of the draft.

The San Francisco Standard
• Natallie Rocha

Slushies, a Barney costume, a march from OpenAI to Anthropic: Inside SF’s anti-AI protest

Dubbed “Freeze AI on Slushy Day,” the march wound from OpenAI’s Mission Bay HQ to Anthropic and Google, with a detour to jeer at a16z.

The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea

San Francisco’s next ace? Giants draft pitcher Jackson Flora with pick No. 4

The right-hander out of UC Santa Barbara immediately becomes the top pitching prospect in the Giants’ farm system.

The San Francisco Standard
• Jane Kenny

The 3 factors powering the Valkyries’ hottest stretch yet

Golden State’s deep bench, lockdown defense, and ability to close out tough opponents have keyed the WNBA’s longest active win streak.

The San Francisco Standard
• Sara Deseran

Instagram can’t capture the magic of these California national parks. Go anyway

From peach stands in Modesto to a mirrored glamping cabin in Three Rivers, here's how to do Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks right.

The San Francisco Standard
• Jane Kenny

The Valkyries player who doesn’t play: Miela Sowah is ‘living the dream’ on the sideline

Coach Natalie Nakase said the Australian guard’s role as a WNBA development player is “almost like being an intern.”

The San Francisco Standard
• George Kelly

Rich neighbors cite a maple tree in fight to stop a mansion from rising on an empty lot

In one of San Francisco’s grandest neighborhoods, plans for a five-bedroom house — and removal of a mature tree — cause an uproar.

The San Francisco Standard
• Jon Steinberg

The restaurant owner who could help lure LeBron to SF

Plus: The Waggle spies the billionaires descending on Sun Valley and the Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie taking over FiDi.

The San Francisco Standard
• Max Harrison-Caldwell

Chinatown leader agreed to pay hush money to harassment accuser, court docs show

Donald Luu, former president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, claims his accuser violated a settlement deal by going public.

The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea

Logan Webb apologizes for social media comments, vows to quit X: ‘My last hurrah’

The Giants ace deleted his account after replying to a reporter and fans who criticized the team.

The San Francisco Standard
• Danny Emerman

It’s bulking season for the Warriors

The league is getting bigger, and Golden State has built a healthy amount of frontcourt depth this offseason.

The San Francisco Standard
• Kerry Crowley

Who will the Giants draft? Here are the top options at pick No. 4

If UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky and Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey are off the board, UC Santa Barbara pitcher Jackson Flora could be the best player available.

The San Francisco Standard
• Jessica Blough

Delays, detours, and sleeping riders: Waymos keep getting in the way of SF firefighters

Robotaxis have gone from a fun novelty to a huge headache for emergency responders trying to save lives.

The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Dreyfuss

The lawyer who kept your online rights alive for 30 years is bracing for the AI era

Former EFF director Cindy Cohn on what decades of digital-rights battles taught her — and why she’s worried.

The San Francisco Standard
• Stephanie Gerson

The Weekend Itinerary: Our top picks from July 10 to July 12 in SF

The forecast is partly sunny with a chance of block parties. Spend the weekend exploring the city with live music, new restaurants, and comedy.

The San Francisco Standard
• Madeline Taub

A floral Swedish pastry is dethroning the cinnamon roll in Bay Area bakeries

Long a staple of Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cooking, cardamom is finding a devoted following across San Francisco.

The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Landes

Buy a Beat Generation icon’s Big Sur getaway for $2M

The 2.6-acre lot comes with a trout pond, a meditation hut, and plenty of literary history.

The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea

Luis Arráez knows the trade deadline reality. He’s also open to a Giants extension

The second baseman is having the best season of his career and said he would be “open” to discussing his long-term future with the organization.

The San Francisco Standard
• Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

SF was headed for Mamdani-style grocery stores. Those plans have been spiked

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood introduced a proposal last month to fund affordable grocery stores, but last minute political wrangling has effectively nixed it.

The San Francisco Standard
• Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: Buster Posey’s most important month with the Giants

The president of baseball operations has opportunities to improve the franchise through the MLB draft and ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

The San Francisco Standard
• Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: Pitching LeBron — how the 76ers, Cavs, and Warriors (in that order?) line up

Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Golden State appear to be the most likely landing spots for LeBron James.