Astrid Kane
Astrid is a Senior Editor at The San Francisco Standard. Previously, they were the Communications Director for San Francisco Pride and, before that, the Editor of SF Weekly. A graduate of New York University who lives in the Mission, they have visited every national park in the Lower 48. They can be reached at [email protected]
Dungeness Crab Season Started Late—and Now It’s Ending Early
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Once Again Produce SF’s Furriest Street Fair
North Beach’s Largest Grocery Store Will Shutter, in Major Blow to Neighborhood
These Bay Area Cities Face the Costliest Climate Disaster Risks
Northern California’s Most Beautiful Music Festival Turns 10 This July
The Best Non-Taco Bell Reason To Go to Pacifica Is About To Shutter
Northern California’s Most Famous Cult Beer Is Out, and You Only Have Two Weeks To Get Some
People Really Hate PG&E, as Utility Ranks Dead Last in Customer Satisfaction Survey
Total Destruction: Photos of Felled Trees and Limbs on SF Streets After Tuesday’s Deadly Storm
Try Oyster Ice Cream at SoMa’s New Seafood-Centric Restaurant
Barges Strike SF’s Third Street Bridge, Closing Major City Street
Amid Nationwide Wave of Anti-Trans Attacks, One SF Supervisor Steps Up
Downtown SF’s Death Spiral Continues as Independent Bookstore Shutters
Rupert Murdoch’s Bride-to-Be Has Bay Area Ties
This Irish Neighborhood in SF Was All but Obliterated After World War II
These 2 Globally Famous Neighborhoods Emerged From the Pandemic With Completely Different Vibes
PG&E Claims Your Utility Bill Could Plummet This Month
Hunky Jesus ‘Peep Show’ from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Coming This Easter
Stabbing on Muni Injures One Minor Near Union Square
Skiing in June? Maybe, Because the Sierras Have 50 Feet of Snow
Scandal-Plagued Recology Wants You To Pay More for Garbage Removal
Putting Mars Aside for Now, Elon Musk Wants To Build His Own Town
The Reconstructed NorCal Dam Spillway That Collapsed in 2017 Will Safely Release Water Friday
Entire SoCal Town Was Cut Off After Getting Walloped With 10 Feet of Snow
Today’s Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Actually Began in San Francisco
Changing Your Gender Identity Is a Pain—Even in San Francisco
Why Is Towing in SF So Damn Expensive?
As Storms Nudge California Out of a Megadrought, Is the State Prepared for a Megaflood?
The IRS Already Extended Almost Every Californian’s Tax Deadline Once. Now We Have Until October
Parliament Funkadelic Headlines Oakland’s Celebration of Black Culture
Where To Find Redwoods in San Francisco
Sitting U.S. Presidents Love To Visit SF, but It Doesn’t Always Go Well
Formerly Homeless Co-Founder of This Plant-Based McDonald’s Alternative Has Never Heard of the Golden Arches
California Just Keeps On Shrinking
Downtown SF May Be Dead. But This Arts Organization Just Bought a Building in the Tenderloin
Oliver Sutton, a Dapper Presence at This Storied SF Theater, Dies
SF Muralist Adds Palestinian Flag to Large Work at Major Intersection
As States Claw Back LGBTQ+ Rights, California May Enshrine Marriage Equality
There’s a Goat Fashion Show Happening on Valentine’s Day in This SF Neighborhood
Rihanna Triumphs at the Super Bowl XVII Halftime Show With a Vertigo-Inspiring Set
Capp Street Has Barricades To Deter Sex Work. It’s Not Going According to Plan
SF Irish Bar That Axed Staff Before St. Paddy’s Day Closing for Good
SF’s Kinkiest Film Festival Returns to the Victoria Theatre This Weekend
SF Techies Seek ‘Diverse Nerds’ To Help Them Colonize Brooklyn
Prominent SF Bar That Closed After a Fire Will Reopen Years Later
I Took a Seminar on What To Do in the Event of an Active Shooter. Defeating Anxiety Is Lesson No. 1
Gay Man Assaulted and Hospitalized After Leaving This SF Bar
Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes? This Lawmaker Wants To See Them in California
SF’s Market Street Subway Runs on Reagan-Era Floppy Disks
Mid-Market’s Beloved Indian Vegetarian Restaurant Is Closing
This Former SF Gay Strip Club Will Get Some More Units
Downtown SF’s Most Eye-Catching Building Is Getting a Wine Bar
SF Seeks Talented Artist To Beautify This Ugly Pedestrian Bridge
With California’s Animal Shelters in Crisis, This SF Organization Is Stepping Up Its Adoption Drive
SF Turns Out for Vigil Honoring Young Black Trans Activist Ivory Smith
SF Republican Harmeet Dhillon Loses Bid To Lead GOP
Five Times ‘The Simpsons’ Told Big Tech: ‘Eat My Shorts!’
A Young Black Trans Advocate Featured at SFMOMA Was Found Dead
White Supremacists Infiltrated Last Weekend’s Giant Anti-Abortion March
Football Fans Are Unknowingly Taunting SF With Its Most Hated Nickname
We Finally Know What SF’s Most Hated Bridge Will Soon Become
Longtime Castro Restaurant and Venue Suddenly Shutters
5 Trends We Saw at SF’s Most International Art Event
Berkeley, a College Town of 100,000 People, Will Soon Have Just One Theater Screening New Films
Oakland-Born R&B Star Announced as Guest on Hilarious UK YouTube Series
Art Gallery Owner Collier Gwin Arrested on Charges of Assault Against Unhoused Woman
SF Beer Week Kicks Off With No Fewer Than 5 Parties Next Month
This Perfectly Ordinary South Bay Suburb Is America’s Happiest City
Two-Alarm Residential Fire in the Mission Displaces 22, Draws Huge Crowd From Nearby Restaurants
The Feds Gave the Bay Area a Tax Extension. Now California Is, Too
If You Live in the Bay Area, You Just Got an Extension To File Your Federal Income Taxes
The Latest Menu at SF’s Most Prestigious Cocktail Bar Echoes All the Ones That Came Before
