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Garrett Leahy
Garrett Leahy is a general assignment reporter at The San Francisco Standard. Before joining The Standard in September 2022, he earned a B.A. in Politics from the University of San Francisco in 2019 and attended City College of San Francisco. He began his career as a reporter in March 2020, freelancing for San Francisco news outlets such as 48Hills, Mission Local, El Tecolote, and the Ingleside Light. He also earned a John Swett Award for excellence in education reporting in 2020.
Foil, cardboard, crack pipes: What drug users buy at corner stores threatened with curfew
Temple nightclub was riddled with dangerous defects, mice, complaints say
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 24, 2024 • 8:00amCecil Williams, co-founder of Glide Foundation, dies. He was 94
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 22, 2024 • 5:48pm‘Trust nurses, not AI’: Workers protest use of artificial intelligence at Kaiser hospitals
‘A waste of space’: Why this giant lot near Chase Center sits empty
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 21, 2024 • 7:46amIconic North Beach spot where Robin Williams once partied fears eviction
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 19, 2024 • 11:02amThousands of Tesla Cybertrucks recalled for dangerous defect
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 19, 2024 • 7:44amAfter deaths of 4 in West Portal, San Francisco plans major traffic changes
This prime lot has approved plans for 60 apartments. Why is it still empty after 30 years?
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 16, 2024 • 6:00amCold case mystery: A mutilated bear, in a freezer, floating in the bay
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 13, 2024 • 7:30am‘Build any goddamn thing!’: Why this big Sunset lot has sat empty forever
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 12, 2024 • 8:00amEverything we know about that viral tow truck video as police launch investigation
Ikea’s new food hall just opened. Is it any good?
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 11, 2024 • 12:43pmSan Francisco deputy sheriff charged with domestic violence, stalking ex-girlfriend
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 08, 2024 • 6:45pmPublic library staff demand security guards amid San Francisco drug crisis
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 08, 2024 • 5:52pmThe stolen Banksy of Fisherman’s Wharf: An art mystery
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 05, 2024 • 6:00amAs prime as prime can be. So why is this huge building still empty after years?
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 03, 2024 • 5:00amTeen caught atop San Francisco 43-story skyscraper did it for social media, he says
2 teens arrested in fatal Powell Street BART station shooting
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 01, 2024 • 4:55pmSex worker attack on homeless woman caught on camera. Locals demand action
By Garrett Leahy
Apr. 01, 2024 • 1:41pmPhotos: A San Francisco street race for ‘adults who never grew up’
By Garrett Leahy
Mar. 31, 2024 • 5:21pmSan Francisco State student identified as man killed in rollover crash on I-280
By Garrett Leahy
Mar. 27, 2024 • 5:59pmWhy this Edwardian apartment building sits empty in a prime SF neighborhood
By Garrett Leahy
Mar. 23, 2024 • 10:00amSex offender camps by San Francisco playground, says ‘free fentanyl’ signs will return
By Garrett Leahy
Mar. 22, 2024 • 7:00am
