David Sjostedt

By day, SFPD smothers open-air drug markets. By night, the arrests plummet

Josh Koehn

1,000 homeless beds short of goal, Lurie abandons signature campaign promise

Lurie talks to homeless people daily. Here’s what they say about him

Lurie’s master plan to fund homeless shelters is on shaky legal ground

Max Harrison-Caldwell

The latest outrage on the Great Highway: A new skate park

David Sjostedt is a staff writer at The Standard with a focus on homelessness and addiction. A San Francisco State Gator alum, David was formerly editor-in-chief of the Golden Gate Xpress and was a reporting intern at the San Francisco Examiner.

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<p>David Sjostedt is a staff writer at The Standard with a focus on homelessness and addiction. A San Francisco State Gator alum, David was formerly editor-in-chief of the Golden Gate Xpress and was a reporting intern at the San Francisco Examiner.</p>

You're invited to an exclusive, hands-on cocktail class at Lower Nob Hill’s stylish DACHA, where you’ll shake, stir, sip, and show off.

Summer Cocktail Class

Join researcher and nonprofit director Bill Delzell for a private reception exploring a time capsule that still feels relevant today.

In the early 1980s, a Bay Area picker stumbled upon something incredible: a plastic garbage bag filled with 2,042 processed 35mm color slides and 102 rolls of carefully labeled black-and-white film. The images — all 8,417 of them — captured a seminal moment in San Francisco counterculture, from 1966 through the 1967 Summer of Love to 1970.

The photographer remains unknown, and most of the photos have gone unseen — until now.

Join researcher and nonprofit director Bill Delzell for a private reception exploring a time capsule that still feels relevant today. Based on a story by San Francisco Standard culture reporter Sam Mondros.

Find/Seek: Stories and Photos from San Francisco's Past
Tuesday, May 20
6pm-8:30pm
Four One Nine
419 Tenth Street
San Francisco

Complimentary wine and bites. 
Invitation only for guests 21 and over.

Find/Seek: Stories and Photos from San Francisco’s Past

We’re partnering with the San Francisco Ballet Young Patrons Circle to bring you an unforgettable experience.

🩰 Join us for a special night at the San Francisco Ballet

Join us for the launch of Taste of SF, a members-only culinary series from The San Francisco Standard

You’re invited: Truffle-making class at Dandelion Chocolate

Join Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, and UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons for a vital conversation on how the Bay Area's unique blend of tech innovation and world-class research drives global medical breakthroughs.

Test: Live In-Person Partay

The San Francisco Unified School District faces massive budget shortfalls and declining enrollment following a turbulent year marked by leadership changes and halted plans to close schools.

Two members of the Board of Education — former educator Phil Kim and Deputy City Attorney and SFUSD parent Jaime Huling — join The Standard’s senior editor Annie Gaus and politics reporter Han Li for a live discussion about the school district’s challenges and the path forward. The guests will also answer questions submitted by the audience.

Fixing SF schools with Board of Education leaders

Robert Saleh was the off-season's first step, what comes next?

Kawakami & Lombardi Talk 49ers

San Francisco voters approved Proposition K, the ballot measure that closed the Great Highway to cars to create a park, but the election inflamed tensions between neighbors who were both for and against it. Supervisor Joel Engardio represents the Sunset, where the Great Highway resides, and joins The Standard’s political reporters Han Li and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez to talk about the park’s future and how the neighborhood may heal after the contentious election. We’ll take your questions during the livestream.

Great Highway’s future with Supervisor Joel Engardio

Powering Global Medical Research from the Bay Area

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Sam Mondros

9 great Bay Area art shows to see right now

Parents shocked as church suddenly evicts school after 49 years

Julie Zigoris

Emily Dreyfuss

Desperately seeking summer: 13 amazing swimming spots right outside SF

Michael McLaughlin

George Kelly

Clipper card glitch cost cash-strapped transit agencies $650K in one day

Han Li

Popular Sunset Night Market killed for 2025, thanks to bitter SF politics