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The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

Très chic: A French vintage store is popping up downtown

SF New Deal’s Vacant to Vibrant program continues to play matchmaker between landlords and small businesses. 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

Cuban dance is thriving in SF. Back home, ‘they are walking around without a soul’

The Trump administration’s blockade of Cuba is choking off a joyful, decades-old cultural exchange between the Bay Area and the island.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

SF Democrats dump Manny Yekutiel, endorse Gary McCoy in District 8 race

Party chair Nancy Tung admitted DCCC’s misconduct policy failed accusers but rejected calls to resign.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

‘Just imagine’: Gracen Halton’s flying strip-and-score showed the 49ers what’s possible

The rookie defensive tackle is part of a young unit that has found ways to generate pressure and win games without injured star Nick Bosa.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: What’s different about the 2026 49ers? Mike Evans. It’s all Mike Evans

The theme of Sunday: In every huge moment, quarterback Brock Purdy just threw the ball toward No. 5.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

The 5-0 49ers: 4 takeaways, an epic 74-yard drive, and a chaotic rivalry win in Seattle

Eddy Piñeiro hit the go-ahead 44-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining to secure the victory for Kyle Shanahan’s team.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

How Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski can outplay his new $110 million contract

Golden State agreed to a five-year extension with the former first-round draft pick, who averaged a career-high 13.8 points per game last season.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Why the Warriors took the Kristaps Porzingis risk

Porzingis has been away from the team with a mysterious health issue for two weeks

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

The good, the bad, and the unexpected of raising a family in the Tenderloin

Five families open up about the trade-offs, coping strategies, and community they've found in one of the city's most troubled neighborhoods.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Zara Stone

I watched 6-foot robots fight with blades. This is San Francisco now

At a Van Ness arena, 200-pound robots wielded steel blades.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Landes

How to land an apartment during a rental crisis, according to a panel of pros

Renting is brutal right now. Here’s how experts say you can win the apartment hunt.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Danny Emerman

Brandin Podziemski extension: What the Warriors and the guard gain from a new deal

Golden State has reportedly agreed to a five-year, $110 million deal to keep its 2023 first-round draft pick with the franchise.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Dreyfuss

The Waggle: Posen’s pad, Fleet Week horniness, and how SF really feels about tech movies

Also this week in the Waggle: A bunch of weird stuff happened at Tech Week, and SF tries to land the James Beard Awards.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Tip of The Spear: SF’s next rooftop destination takes shape

Presidio Bay and the founder of Holbrook House are building a restaurant and event space atop a tower that is getting a complete face-lift.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Zara Stone

How SlutCon, a flirting boot camp for awkward men, became AI safety’s latest fight

Men paid up to $18,000 to practice on “flirt girls” at a Berkeley rationalist compound. Online, critics called it a sex cult.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

Touch grease: Gen Z ditches office work for hands-on careers

As the cost of college soars and AI wreaks havoc on entry-level positions, young people are forgoing desk jobs altogether. 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

The kid-forward campaign to keep the Great Highway closed to cars

Supporters of the Sunset Dunes Park are asking voters: Won’t somebody think of the children?

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Astrid Kane

T&T is the Bay Area’s best Asian supermarket, and its first SF location opens next month

With its impressive sushi and viral chicken, it’s the buzziest grocery store ribbon-cutting in some time.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Anya Schultz

She nearly died from poisoning. Now she’s releasing spy-cam videos of convicted coworker

David Xu faced up to life in prison for poisoning his colleague but got probation and one day in jail. Now his victim, Rong Yuan, is speaking out.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

A Valkyries sweep: Golden State knocks off reigning champs in OT, advances to WNBA Finals

Gabby Williams scored eight overtime points as the Valkyries beat A’ja Wilson’s Aces to set up a Finals showdown with the Atlanta Dream.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

San Francisco’s hottest club is the Uniqlo opening festival

Fans showed up in droves for the store’s opening day.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

The Kyle Shanahan-Mike Macdonald chess match is the NFL’s new must-watch rivalry

If anyone can slow down quarterback Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ offense, it’s Seahawks defensive mastermind, Mike Macdonald.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

‘That girl is ready’: An unlikely rookie is flipping the Valkyries-Aces series

Starting center Kiah Stokes has given Golden State a rebounding edge while newcomer Aminata Gueye has played a critical role in slowing A’ja Wilson.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

In San Francisco, artist dorms are being turned into 996-style startup hubs

The Academy of Art University was once sued by the city for converting affordable housing to dorms. Now, some of those buildings house aspiring billionaires.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

The Giants’ 40-man roster crunch: Who stays, who goes, and the toughest decisions

San Francisco ended the season with 17 players on the 60-day injured list and Buster Posey must soon begin reshaping the roster.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

‘I can’t breathe’: New video shows SFPD cops punching man in head more than a dozen times

The public defender plans to ask the state to strip three officers of their certification over their treatment of Kevon Gibson.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

49ers vs. Seahawks: The Standard’s 5 fast predictions

Kyle Shanahan’s team is eager for a rematch against the defending Super Bowl champions after Seattle knocked San Francisco out of the playoffs.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Ezra Wallach

SFUSD is replacing its school lottery. Here’s what you need to know

The board is choosing between two plans that guarantee a neighborhood school. One gives more choice; the other keeps kids closer to home.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Dreyfuss

We sent a reporter to SlutCon for 72 hours. Here’s what went down

A deep, probing look at the three-day flirting conference, where men paid up to $18k to learn to talk to women.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

There have been 40 PG&E blackouts since December’s disaster. The city is pissed

Since the Dec. 20 blackout, San Francisco has lost power at scale nearly once a week. City leaders want state regulators to dig in.