Serial San Francisco Stalker Bill Gene Hobbs Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison

Bill Gene Hobbs was found guilty on eight counts in May after charges related to stalking women in the city.

By Jonah Owen Lamb
Jun. 08, 2023 • 11:04am • 3m

Tech Company Leaves Downtown San Francisco Office for Las Vegas

By Garrett Leahy
Jun. 08, 2023 • 10:26am • 2m

San Francisco Deputies To Arrest Drug Dealers as City Battles Fentanyl Crisis

By George Kelly
Jun. 08, 2023 • 8:58am • 2m

Gavin Newsom Proposes Gun Violence Amendment to U.S. Constitution

By The Standard Staff
Jun. 08, 2023 • 8:25am • 1m

Politics

As BART, Muni ‘Death Spiral’ Looms, San Francisco Supervisors Plead For State Aid

San Francisco Parents Furious With Breed’s Proposed Budget Cuts

The Tenderloin Shines Brightly at Sunday Streets

Criminal Justice

Bay Area Home Depot Cages These Items After Rampant Theft

Home Depot says organized retail theft is to blame for the security measures.

Body Found at San Francisco Homeless Shelter Was Nephew of Controversial Nonprofit CEO

Collecting The Dead Is a Precarious Job. Should San Francisco Give Guns to Its Death Investigators?

Hate Crime Suspect Who Allegedly Threw Glass at LGBTQ Victim Arrested in San Francisco

Arts & Culture

E-40-Backed Filipino Restaurant Adds New Oakland Location

Co-owned by iconic Bay Area rapper E-40, The Lumpia Company plans to open its ninth location in Oakland’s Brooklyn Basin.

‘Really Special’: 20 Killer Whales Spotted Off San Francisco Coast

Holograms and Immersive Games Are on the Menu at This Futuristic San Francisco Restaurant

Yosemite Travelers Get Great News

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Research & Data

Pioneering San Francisco Company Issues Its First Post-Pandemic Layoffs

The reduction pushes layoffs in San Francisco to more than 52,000 since January 2022.

Day-Trip to These 5 Undiscovered State Parks Near San Francisco

Offering every terrain from mountain tops to tide pools, the Bay Area has more than 40 state parks to explore.

Here Are the Biggest Layoffs of 2023

A look at the list of the largest layoffs of 2023 finds three of the year’s top 10—Google, Meta and Salesforce—are based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

New City Takes San Francisco’s Crown as Nation’s Fastest Shrinker

Census data release shows the 2022 population for every U.S. city and town.

Nearly Half of Union Square’s Stores Have Closed Since 2019

A Standard analysis found only 53% of pre-pandemic retailers on the streets of the historic shopping district are still open today.

Video

This San Francisco Bowling Club is Adapting the Sport for a Brand New Crowd

After 9 Years, This Chinatown Family Moved Out of Their 100-Square-Foot Home

New San Francisco Ad Campaign Aims To Shame City Hall Into Action on Drug Crisis