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Text • John Shea

Duane Kuiper ponders his future without Mike Krukow in the booth: ‘This one’s really hard’

As Krukow’s final season winds down, Kuiper looks back on decades spent broadcasting with his best friend: “I’ll miss us entertaining each other.”

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jillian D’Onfro

Why secrecy as a service is the new real estate must-have for the super rich 

Agents say they’re increasingly helping homebuyers mask their identities.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: The Valkyries will beat the Lynx at some point, right? Eventually?

It feels like Golden State has been losing to Minnesota forever, but it’s been just a blip of basketball history. It’s still new.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

Aspiring tech workers grapple with fewer openings, more competition

As AI makes entry-level jobs scarce, young workers are getting creative to get noticed.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Madeline Taub

Welcome to San Francisco’s restaurant merch renaissance

From pasta Joy Division album covers to Mario-themed hats, chefs and owners are treating merch as art.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jennifer Wadsworth

Their roommate died. Then their rent more than tripled to $9,250

Sublets keep San Francisco rents survivable for thousands — until a master tenant dies or leaves, and the law offers little protection.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Maggie Angst

$6M bought Hernandez a dead heat against Wahab. Now the real race begins

Plus: Pelosi’s fundraising machine for Chan, YIMBY getting feisty, and endorsement season kicks off.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • George Kelly

Public defenders accuse SF sheriff of hiding TV crew’s role in child exploitation sting

Defense lawyers say law enforcement reports omitted the involvement of Chris Hansen’s production.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Max Harrison-Caldwell

Someone tagged a fancy Pacific Heights co-op tower. Even neighbors are kind of impressed

Two graffiti writers rappelled down the side of the building to paint huge, vertical pieces.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sam Mondros

He is one of SF’s most acclaimed gallerists. Artists say he owes them thousands

Jonathan Carver Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise in San Francisco’s art world for championing Black and queer artists. Now, more than a dozen are claiming unpaid debts.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Stephanie Gerson

The best events in SF this week, from end-of-summer night markets to Sundown Cinema

Plus, a dog adopt-athon pool party, a hole-digging party, DJ sets at the de Young Museum, and more.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Sara Deseran

The restaurant is freezing. Please close the damn door

It’s Fogust, and I want to eat tomatoes without my coat on.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jonah Owen Lamb

Why did Flock get a private investigator license?

Legal experts suspect it’s less about fighting crime than about protecting the company in court.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Maggie Angst

Bitter Democratic fight for Swalwell’s seat goes down to the wire

Outside groups poured $6 million into boosting Melissa Hernandez, helping erase Aisha Wahab’s 26-point lead in the June primary.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Natallie Rocha

Meta trial over child safety begins. It could change social media

The high profile lawsuit from four states, including California, will put Instagram and Facebook’s handling of young users in the spotlight.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Emily Landes

A heated rivalry over ice time at San Francisco’s only rink

Captains of San Francisco’s 500-person hockey league could skate off into the sunset after nearly 30 years at Yerba Buena. The new management is willing to let them. 

The San Francisco Standard
Text • David Lombardi

Harbaugh vs. Shanahan: A training camp practice puts deep 49ers ties on display

A joint session with the Chargers gave Brock Purdy and his teammates an opportunity to square off against Trey Lance and Mike McDaniel.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Ezra Wallach

School has started. For some SFUSD families, the lottery wait goes on

A promised fix to the district’s enrollment system was due this year. It stalled — and families are still paying for it.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

Connie Chan wants to ban congressional stock trading. Her top backers are famous for it

The supervisor’s opponent says her endorsements from Reps. Ro Khanna and Nancy Pelosi undercut her branding as the working families’ candidate.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

The WNBA All-Star Game is coming to San Francisco, and it’s the perfect fit

No region has embraced the league quite like the Bay Area, where the Golden State Valkyries play in front of a sellout crowd every game.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jessica Blough

A SoMa childcare center closed abruptly. Teachers say warning signs were there for years

State regulators visited more than a dozen times over three years. Former teachers say little changed until the money ran out.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Lauren Saria

This ‘French-adjacent’ Divisadero bistro already feels like an old favorite

With affordable prices and a knack for making the familiar feel fresh, Esme is off to a strong start in the Lower Haight.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

These Giants were never drafted. They’re living the big-league dream anyway

After Turner Hill and Trent Harris reached the big leagues in the same week, another undrafted player, Bo Davidson, could arrive in San Francisco soon.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Michael McLaughlin

Marin teachers get surprise $9,161 checks from philanthropist

The district ranks in the bottom 4% for funding in the state, the superintendent says.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Jane Kenny

The Valkyries clinch: 5 reasons Golden State is headed back to the playoffs

With 10 games left in the regular season, Natalie Nakase’s squad became the second WNBA team to lock up a postseason berth.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler

A two-supervisor brawl tests Lurie’s kumbaya era at City Hall

The 11-member legislative board is having its first major rift of the mayor’s term.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Garrett Leahy

As class starts, schools are the latest target in the mayor’s street safety push

Six months after a toddler was fatally hit near a Mission Bay school, a new one there is among the first to get upgrades.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: It’s all about 2027 for Buster Posey’s Giants now, and it’s already happening

Next season should be the pivot point of Posey’s presidential era in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Kerry Crowley

‘Section 415’ podcast: How the 49ers’ 2026 draft class is shaking up the depth chart

Rookie receiver De’Zhaun Stribling and linebacker Jaden Dugger could earn early playing time if they continue to impress during the preseason.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • Ezra Wallach

It’s a foggy first day of school in SF. Here are 5 storylines we’re watching this year

Test scores, closures, screens, and a record-breaking board race: the school year’s biggest fights are just starting.