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Multiple ICE protests happening Monday in SF; Waymo to limit service
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Demonstrations are planned around the city, a day after 155 protesters were arrested.
How politics and image control destroyed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Current and former staffers at the philanthropy describe a decade-long history of lifting up progressive causes and then abandoning them.
SF officials convene emergency meeting as Trump deploys soldiers to L.A.
Mayor Daniel Lurie has been largely silent on Trump’s actions, but that could change as ICE-related protests hit home.
Giants’ Buster Posey isn’t shying away from big messages and big possible trade ideas
How will Buster Posey operate at the trade deadline? If his history with the franchise is any indication, he won’t shy away from major moves.
Feds sue Oakland cafe that allegedly booted Jewish customers
The Jerusalem Coffee House owner went viral for telling a customer “Are you a Zionist? Leave!”
‘Total fraud’: The finances of this disgraced SF nonprofit just got weirder
Groups that partnered with the Parks Alliance say its records showed misleading vendor payments.
This two-block stretch is the city’s best destination for dinner and drinks
Lower Haight has the perfect blend of decades-old dives, hot new restaurants, and cool cocktail bars.
ICE protest descends into chaos with 155 arrested in San Francisco
Outside the agency’s downtown field office, rioters spray-painted buildings, smashed windows, and faced off with police.
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SF nonprofits brace for bloodbath as Lurie slashes grant funding
A Standard analysis found that grants related to homelessness and economic development are facing steep cuts.
SF lawmaker to subpoena scandal-ridden parks nonprofit
The Parks Alliance abruptly shut down this week amid allegations of financial impropriety.
SF parents want a Mandarin charter school. They have to get past the unions first
A group of parents wants to expand access to Mandarin programs within SFUSD. But they’ve chosen the most challenging path.
Lurie campaigned as an ethics crusader. Now he’s gutting SF’s top watchdog
In his proposed budget, the mayor eliminated four positions from the Ethics Commission.
Uber’s downtown office sat empty for six years. A $10 billion company just moved in
Notion, which created a popular workplace productivity tool, is making a historic building its own.
In Musk-Trump breakup, here’s where Silicon Valley power players stand
Tech allies are picking sides now that the bromance is officially over.
Tourists are loving SF’s glow-up. Just ask the tour guides
Visitor expectations are catching up to the city’s changing reality.
Despite irate neighbors, Nordstrom is coming back to SF
A smaller concept from the department store brand won approval to open on Fillmore Street, amid neighborhood opposition.
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Paradise lost: Patients told to leave hospital haven
The city plans to convert SF General’s Behavioral Health Center into a locked psychiatric facility, forcing out its 82 current residents.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Dumbing down our public schools doesn’t promote ‘equity’
Opinion
It’s time for the left to recognize that lowering academic standards is harming, not helping, students.
The return of an Oakland ‘cool-kid’ spot
In place of a disco ball, Daytrip Counter is spinning top-notch rotisserie chicken and a killer combo meal.
Giants complete sweep of Braves to cap a tide-turning homestand
The Giants have won five consecutive games thanks to timely hits and a lights-out bullpen that has the best ERA in MLB.
Dominic Smith, Barry Bonds, and a Giants relationship that goes deeper than home runs
New Giants first baseman Dominic Smith idolized Barry Bonds as a kid. In 2021, he conducted an hour-long interview with the home run king.
Giants’ win over Braves interrupted by ‘clown’ show
The ugliest moment of the night had nothing to do with the game. It had everything to do with an idiotic act in the top of the fourth inning.
Big picture for Giants fans: In Buster we trust
If the Giants’ surprising early season has taught one lesson, it’s to keep calm and believe in Posey.
Inside the $4.5 million sandcastle of Cow Hollow
A fantastical home reimagined by an experimental designer in the 1980s is ready for its next chapter.
Presenting the SF100
The Standard’s highly subjective, surely divisive list of who holds power, influence, and attention in San Francisco in 2025
This new mahjong speakeasy in Oakland is entirely too much fun
This isn’t your grandmother’s mahjong den.
Performers pull out of SF pride festival over Palestine controversy
DJ Adam Kraft and drag performer Nicki Jizz took issue with organizers’ stance on the war in Gaza.
Move over, Din Tai Fung. San Francisco has an impressive new soup dumpling contender
Washington-based Supreme Dumpling is drawing long lines at Stonestown Galleria.
Fog City Diner’s closing is the death of fun
Remembering a freer, zanier era of the SF food scene.
Popular bakery says the Ferry Building unexpectedly pulled its lease
Grande Creperie’s owners claim on Instagram that the building rescinded a lease offer. Management disputes that.
5 most exciting restaurants, bars, and bakeries coming to SF in June
Parachute, the hotly anticipated bakery from the Sorrel team, opens at the Ferry Building in late June.
Trump is the worst cheerleader the crypto industry could have
It already had a shady reputation, but the president’s dealings are damaging the industry even more.
By caving to labor, Daniel Lurie fails his first big test as mayor
He avoided angering the city’s powerful unions by blunting the budget axe. But he may have missed a golden political opportunity.
Daniel Lurie’s wrong-answers-only budget
Does he squander goodwill with necessary cuts? Or kick the can down the road with accounting trickery? Either way, budget season may end in tears.
These supervisors have a good idea to fight homelessness. The mayor should reject it anyway
A bill by Bilal Mahmood and Shamann Walton seeks to spread the pain all over the city. Daniel Lurie wants to gut it — for good reason.
