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Silicon Valley’s Elite Call This Man for ‘Experiences You Can’t Google’—Like Hanging With the Warriors
By Anna Tong
Jan. 24, 2023 • 6:00amA Bashful Brit Stayed at Her Airbnb. Then She Married Him
By Anna Tong
Jan. 21, 2023 • 5:00amSan Francisco Police Tried To Get a Stolen iPhone Back. Now It’s in China
By Anna Tong
Jan. 10, 2023 • 7:00amInside the $30K-Per-Night British Virgin Islands Outpost of San Francisco’s Premier Private Club
By Anna Tong
Jan. 07, 2023 • 12:00pm‘Love Is Blind’ Star SK Alagbada Swears Off Love—For Now
By Anna Tong
Jan. 05, 2023 • 10:26amThis Crypto Startup Was Worth $1.5 Billion. It’s Now Said To Be Shutting Down
By Anna Tong
Jan. 03, 2023 • 3:48pmSam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty
By Anna Tong
Jan. 03, 2023 • 11:26amThe ‘World’s Only Private Ski’ Resort, Where Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Hit the Slopes
By Anna Tong
Dec. 25, 2022 • 5:00amAs Downtown Struggles, This Exclusive SF Club Where Justin Bieber and Warriors Stars Partied Thrives
By Anna Tong
Dec. 23, 2022 • 1:00pmThe Low-Key SF Neighborhood Where Airbnb and Instagram Founders Live
By Anna Tong
Dec. 23, 2022 • 9:00amInside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Parents’ Beautiful Historic Home—It Even Has a Pool
‘X-Rated Acts’ and a Violent Pit Bull: Black SF Leaders Demand Police Action
By Anna Tong
Dec. 20, 2022 • 8:00amWhat It’s Like to Buy Ketamine Online
By Mike Kuba
Dec. 15, 2022 • 5:30pmSF Elections Commission Move Boss Replacement Plans to Closed Meeting
By Anna Tong
Dec. 12, 2022 • 9:02pmI Got Prescribed 75 Doses of Ketamine in 5 Minutes Online. Is That Good or Bad?
By Anna Tong
Dec. 12, 2022 • 5:00amWho Is SBF’s Lawyer? A High-Profile Lawyer With Celeb Connections
No Classes for Sam Bankman-Fried’s Stanford Professor Mom Next Year
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Stanford Professor Dad Cancels Classes
FTX Contagion: BlockFi Bankruptcy Wipes Out Billions for 400,000 Everyday Americans and Investors Like Peter Thiel
By Anna Tong
Nov. 29, 2022 • 6:48pmThey Bought Steph Curry’s NFTs On FTX. Now Those NFTs Are Gone
By Anna Tong
Nov. 24, 2022 • 10:00amWatch: The Extraordinary Saga of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Collapse of FTX
By Jesse Rogala
Nov. 23, 2022 • 5:50pmPrivate School and Lefty Parents: Inside FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Charmed Upbringing
By Anna Tong
Nov. 22, 2022 • 7:00am‘He Seduced Everybody’: FTX Investor Says Sam Bankman-Fried Hoodwinked the Whole Venture Capital World
By Anna Tong
Nov. 17, 2022 • 2:11pmBrooke Jenkins Officially Wins District Attorney Race, School Board Appointee Ann Hsu Now Behind
By Anna Tong
Nov. 14, 2022 • 4:36pmEverybody in SF Except This Population Voted Overwhelmingly to Boost Funding for Schools and Libraries
Vacant Homes Tax Passes, Fate of School Board Candidate Ann Hsu Uncertain
By Anna Tong
Nov. 13, 2022 • 4:37pmMark Zuckerberg, Tom Brady, Gisele Lose Billions in FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse
By Anna Tong
Nov. 10, 2022 • 4:33pmNew Election Results: Housing Measure Prop. D Still Slightly Behind
With 40% of San Francisco Ballots Uncounted, Here Are the Paths to Victory
By Anna Tong
Nov. 09, 2022 • 11:52amSF Voters Starkly Divided by Neighborhood on Rival Housing Measures
San Francisco’s Crypto Love Affair Sings a Swan Song—But Could Blockchain Save the City?
By Anna Tong
Nov. 04, 2022 • 7:00amSan Francisco Startup Offers Free Fentanyl Test Strips, Delivered in 10 Minutes
By Anna Tong
Nov. 02, 2022 • 7:00amYIMBYs Ate the World—Except for SF. Now Its Founders Are Up to New Tricks
By Anna Tong
Nov. 01, 2022 • 5:00amCryptocurrency and Airbnb Had a Baby, and It’s San Francisco’s ‘House of Web3’
By Anna Tong
Oct. 31, 2022 • 5:00amLive San Francisco Election Results
By Anna Tong
Oct. 21, 2022 • 2:29pmGloves Off: Super PAC Attack Ads Flood the Sunset Supervisor Race
By Anna Tong
Oct. 20, 2022 • 3:01pmSeven Mind-Blowing Startups Competing at This Week’s TechCrunch Disrupt Conference
Wealthy San Franciscans Battle It Out On These November Ballot Issues
By Anna Tong
Sep. 30, 2022 • 3:56pmSF District Attorney Race: Who’s Winning the Fundraising Battle?
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on Why He’s Been a YIMBY Since Day One
By Anna Tong
Sep. 27, 2022 • 1:55pmSan Francisco Police Are Spying on Drug Dealers From Office Buildings, Apartments
By Anna Tong
Sep. 26, 2022 • 10:25amLarge Turnout & Crowd Control Issues Punctuate First Day of Portola Music Festival
The Q&A: With Dreamforce in Full Swing, New Moscone Center Head Talks Plan To Win Back Conventions Post-Covid
By Anna Tong
Sep. 21, 2022 • 2:40pmDreamforce Is Back, and SF’s Tourism Industry Couldn’t Be More Thrilled
By Anna Tong
Sep. 19, 2022 • 1:13pmSalesforce’s Marc Benioff, Long a Champion of San Francisco, Keeps a Low Profile on the Crisis Facing Downtown
By Anna Tong
Sep. 19, 2022 • 6:03amMeet the Woman Stockpiling Cash to Sue San Francisco Over Housing Deadlock
Leanna Louie’s Last-Ditch Effort To Remain on the Ballot Fails
November Election Hub 2022
By Anna Tong
Sep. 06, 2022 • 10:17am‘The Dust Is Very Toxic’: Everything Our SF Standard Editor Packed for a Week at Burning Man
By Sophie Bearman
Aug. 30, 2022 • 3:52pmBooted From Ballot: Controversial SF Candidate Disqualified for Failing to Prove Residency
Supe Candidate Leanna Louie Implies Veteran Jewish Journalist is a ‘NAZI’ in Online Rant
The Cheap San Francisco Gas Station Where Drivers Come From Miles Away to Fill Up
See Inside the Lavish Party Pad of San Francisco’s Biggest Hater, Keith Rabois, as It Gets Another Price Cut
By Anna Tong
Aug. 19, 2022 • 7:30amSan Francisco ‘Amazon Tax’ Backers Want To Axe It As Amazon May Not Be Affected
By Anna Tong
Aug. 17, 2022 • 11:02amCity Investigating Sunset District Supervisor Candidate Leanna Louie for Possible Residency Fraud
By Anna Tong
Aug. 16, 2022 • 5:15pmIt’s a Vibe: Gen Z is Happy With San Francisco’s Jobs and Lifestyle, According to Latest Studies
Scion of SF Coffee Dynasty Attempts Run for District Attorney, Realizes He Needs to Be an Attorney to Qualify
Amazon’s Biometric Palm Scanning Coming Soon to SF Whole Foods
By Anna Tong
Aug. 09, 2022 • 11:58amAs Downtown San Francisco’s Recovery Lags, a Tangle of Business Taxes Encourages Work From Home
SF’s Revenue From a New Homelessness Tax Fell 45% Last Year as Companies Moved and Workers Stayed Home
By Anna Tong
Aug. 03, 2022 • 1:00pmMeet Chesa Boudin’s #1 Hater, Now Running To Represent SF’s Sunset District
By Anna Tong
Jul. 28, 2022 • 1:39pmThe Standard Tracker: Here Are the Return-to-Office Policies of SF’s Public Companies
By Anna Tong
Jul. 20, 2022 • 10:34amSan Franciscans’ European Summer Vacations Ending In Baggage Nightmares, Customer Service Purgatory
By Anna Tong
Jul. 14, 2022 • 3:57pmSorry, Haters: The SF Bay Area Is Still the Startup Capital
By Anna Tong
Jul. 13, 2022 • 9:01pm$5,000 Bonuses, Pet Insurance: SF Restaurants Embrace Corporate-Style Perks Amid Historic Labor Shortage
By Anna Tong
Jul. 11, 2022 • 12:13pmEasy Come, Easy Go: How Tech Fueled the Boom and Bust of San Francisco Office Work
By Anna Tong
Jul. 08, 2022 • 6:30amSF’s Venture Capital Deals Dropped Precipitously in June
By Anna Tong
Jul. 07, 2022 • 6:13pmAgainst the Tide: Startup Incubator Y Combinator Is Back In Person, Saying SF Is Still Where the Action Is
By Anna Tong
Jun. 24, 2022 • 2:15pmLeaving SF for a Vacation Abroad? Here’s How to Navigate the Overwhelmed Passport Bureaucracy
By Anna Tong
Jun. 21, 2022 • 10:30amGet to the Airport Early: SFO Passengers Report Hours-Long Security Lines, Restaurant Closures
By Anna Tong
Jun. 13, 2022 • 5:35pmBoudin Ousted by Coalition of Asian Voters From All Income Levels and Wealthy Whites
By Anna Tong
Jun. 08, 2022 • 3:59pmJune 2022 Local Election Results & Interactive Maps
By Anna Tong
Jun. 07, 2022 • 3:47pmPhil Ting is Set for Easy Re-election to the Assembly. But Some SF Political Clubs Refuse to Endorse Him Due to Sex Scandal
By Anna Tong
Jun. 06, 2022 • 1:36pmDoes Chesa Have a Chance? With Record Low Turnout So Far, He’ll Need to Massively Tap into His Base
By Anna Tong
May 27, 2022 • 11:19amSan Francisco Lost a Greater Percentage of Residents Than Any Other Large U.S. City
By Anna Tong
May 26, 2022 • 2:23pmDA Boudin and Fentanyl: Court Data Shows Just 3 Drug Dealing Convictions in 2021 as Immigration Concerns Shaped Policy
SF Standard Poll: DA Chesa Boudin Faces Grim Odds in Recall Election
The Symbolism of Chesa Boudin: How the National Media is Playing the DA Recall
By Anna Tong
May 07, 2022 • 8:00amMapping the Money in the DA Chesa Boudin Recall
By Anna Tong
Apr. 29, 2022 • 3:16pmSan Francisco’s Most Left-Wing District Saw a 26-Point Swing to the Moderate Side in Most Recent Election
By Anna Tong
Apr. 26, 2022 • 9:56amInteractive: Inside DA Chesa Boudin’s Office
By Anna Tong
Apr. 25, 2022 • 9:31amCampos vs. Haney Assembly District 17 Election Results and Interactive Maps
By Anna Tong
Apr. 19, 2022 • 8:53pmChesa Boudin Recall Campaign Featured Exceptionally High Costs for Signature-Gathering
By Anna Tong
Apr. 19, 2022 • 9:04amSeven Don’t Miss Moments From Our Chesa Boudin Interview
By Anna Tong
Apr. 15, 2022 • 4:08pmIs This Ceiling-mounted Bed in a Tiny, $600,000+ Studio the Future of SF Living?
By Anna Tong
Apr. 14, 2022 • 6:30amTurnout For Next Week’s Election Currently at an Abysmal 15%
By Anna Tong
Apr. 11, 2022 • 2:07pmCritics Accuse DA Chesa Boudin of Hiding Data. His Team Says That’s ‘Absurd’
By Anna Tong
Apr. 08, 2022 • 10:30amTales of a Tower: For the Titan of SF’s Skyline, the New World of Work Presents Daunting Challenges
David Campos Says His Campaign Is Corporate-Free. What Does That Mean?
Amid Scrutiny, DA Boudin Hires Transparency Lawyer to Assist with Public Records Compliance
By Anna Tong
Mar. 23, 2022 • 1:39pmHey, SF, Looking for a Life Partner IRL? Census Data Can Help!
Before the World Changed: New Census Data Looks at Pre-Covid San Francisco
As SF Lures Workers Back to Downtown, Mayor Breed Offers Helpful Advice: ‘Take the Pajamas Off’
Recalled School Board Member Alison Collins Filed Plans to Fix Illegally Merged Flats
By Anna Tong
Mar. 04, 2022 • 6:30amRain Coming to SF: What It Means for Skiing in Tahoe, Your Allergies and the Drought
By Anna Tong
Mar. 03, 2022 • 6:30amJudge Rules David Campos Can’t Call Himself a ‘Civil Rights Attorney’ in State Assembly Runoff
By Anna Tong
Mar. 01, 2022 • 12:17pmTwitterverse Explodes After SF Teachers’ Union Official Reposts Viewpoint Condemning the U.S. for Ukraine Invasion
By Anna Tong
Feb. 28, 2022 • 2:36pmIt’s Finally Here: Real Driverless Cruise Cars Spotted Picking Up Passengers Around the City
By Anna Tong
Feb. 25, 2022 • 3:59pmDid Asian Voter Turnout Play a Decisive Role in the SF School Board Recall? Maybe Not
By Anna Tong
Feb. 22, 2022 • 6:50pmNational Debate Rages Over What the SF School Board Recall Was ‘Really About’
By Anna Tong
Feb. 21, 2022 • 6:32pm
