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Masks Up: Covid Is Back in the SF Bay Area

Masks Up: Covid Is Back in the SF Bay Area

By Liz Lindqwister
Dec. 02, 2022 • 4:18pm • 3m
San Francisco Victim Aged Under 65 Dies of Flu as Residents Urged To Get Vaccinated

San Francisco Victim Aged Under 65 Dies of Flu as Residents Urged To Get Vaccinated

By Garrett Leahy
Dec. 02, 2022 • 2:50pm • 1m
Mayor Breed Personally Ordered Homeless Sweeps, Lawsuit Claims

Mayor Breed Personally Ordered Homeless Sweeps, Lawsuit Claims

By David Sjostedt
Dec. 02, 2022 • 5:00am • 2m
300 Health Department Employees With Secret Side Gigs Come Forward After Scandal

300 Health Department Employees With Secret Side Gigs Come Forward After Scandal

By David Sjostedt
Dec. 01, 2022 • 6:00am • 3m
SFPD Investigate Incident Requiring Narcan for Baby at Moscone Park

SFPD Investigate Incident Requiring Narcan for Baby at Moscone Park

By Joe Burn
Nov. 30, 2022 • 1:48pm • 3m
Photos: San Francisco Chinatown Vigil Mourns Xinjiang Fire Victims

Photos: San Francisco Chinatown Vigil Mourns Xinjiang Fire Victims

By Han Li
Nov. 30, 2022 • 11:00am • 1m
Tenderloin Center Clients Warn of Disaster As Controversial Drug Site Heads for Closure

Tenderloin Center Clients Warn of Disaster As Controversial Drug Site Heads for Closure

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 30, 2022 • 7:00am • 4m
Space-Age Bathroom Back in Service After Breaking Down

Space-Age Bathroom Back in Service After Breaking Down

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 28, 2022 • 11:18am • 2m
SF Sheriff’s Office Pokes Holes in Claims That Sunless Jail Harms Inmates 

SF Sheriff’s Office Pokes Holes in Claims That Sunless Jail Harms Inmates 

By Jonah Owen Lamb
Nov. 23, 2022 • 4:30pm • 3m
Bipolar, PTSD Patients More Likely to Die From Covid, UCSF Researchers Find

Bipolar, PTSD Patients More Likely to Die From Covid, UCSF Researchers Find

By Bay City News
Nov. 23, 2022 • 11:30am • 2m
City Hall Paid Safe Drug Use Researcher $334 Per Hour To Walk Tenderloin Streets

City Hall Paid Safe Drug Use Researcher $334 Per Hour To Walk Tenderloin Streets

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 18, 2022 • 10:42am • 2m
Troubled SF Nonprofit Throws Itself a Party as Clients Left in the Lurch

Troubled SF Nonprofit Throws Itself a Party as Clients Left in the Lurch

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 18, 2022 • 5:00am • 4m
City Flags FBI After Finding ‘Criminal Activity’ at Homelessness Nonprofit

City Flags FBI After Finding ‘Criminal Activity’ at Homelessness Nonprofit

By Annie Gaus, David Sjostedt
Nov. 17, 2022 • 3:01pm • 5m
City-Funded Survey Says the Tenderloin Center Improved the Neighborhood. Many Are Unconvinced

City-Funded Survey Says the Tenderloin Center Improved the Neighborhood. Many Are Unconvinced

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 17, 2022 • 9:00am • 3m
Bill Gene Hobbs To Stay in Custody and Face Trial on 13 Charges, Including Felony False Imprisonment 

Bill Gene Hobbs To Stay in Custody and Face Trial on 13 Charges, Including Felony False Imprisonment 

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 15, 2022 • 10:29am • 2m
Swim at Your Own Risk—Bacteria Contaminates Local Beaches

Swim at Your Own Risk—Bacteria Contaminates Local Beaches

By Julie Zigoris
Nov. 09, 2022 • 6:35pm • 2m
Wanting More From Tax Dollars, Voters Poised to Add Oversight to Homelessness Department

Wanting More From Tax Dollars, Voters Poised to Add Oversight to Homelessness Department

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 08, 2022 • 10:50pm • 2m
Respiratory Viruses Are Back With a Vengeance as Covid Levels Off

Respiratory Viruses Are Back With a Vengeance as Covid Levels Off

By Kevin Truong
Nov. 07, 2022 • 2:17pm • 3m
Bill Gene Hobbs Made Headlines as an Alleged Serial Stalker. Who Is He Really?

Bill Gene Hobbs Made Headlines as an Alleged Serial Stalker. Who Is He Really?

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 04, 2022 • 11:52am • 4m
Newsom Withholds Homeless Funding Until SF Comes Up With a Better Plan

Newsom Withholds Homeless Funding Until SF Comes Up With a Better Plan

By David Sjostedt
Nov. 03, 2022 • 1:04pm • 2m
San Francisco Startup Offers Free Fentanyl Test Strips, Delivered in 10 Minutes

San Francisco Startup Offers Free Fentanyl Test Strips, Delivered in 10 Minutes

By Anna Tong
Nov. 02, 2022 • 7:00am • 1m
‘What’s the Freaking Gap’: SF Health Officials in Hot Seat as Supervisors Demand Answers on Drug Treatment

‘What’s the Freaking Gap’: SF Health Officials in Hot Seat as Supervisors Demand Answers on Drug Treatment

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 27, 2022 • 1:58pm • 2m
San Francisco’s Food Banks Struggle Under Weight of Inflation

San Francisco’s Food Banks Struggle Under Weight of Inflation

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 26, 2022 • 9:07am • 5m
Plodding Pace of Reforms Remains a Threat to Laguna Honda Patients

Plodding Pace of Reforms Remains a Threat to Laguna Honda Patients

By Matt Smith, Lisa Moreno
Oct. 26, 2022 • 5:00am • 7m
Supervisors To Probe Dual Employment as Records Show Public Health Official Worked Second Job on City Time

Supervisors To Probe Dual Employment as Records Show Public Health Official Worked Second Job on City Time

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 24, 2022 • 7:19pm • 3m
SF Public Health Official Resigns From Unauthorized Nonprofit Gig

SF Public Health Official Resigns From Unauthorized Nonprofit Gig

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 21, 2022 • 1:13pm • 2m
San Francisco To End MPX Public Health Emergency This Month

San Francisco To End MPX Public Health Emergency This Month

By Sarah Wright
Oct. 20, 2022 • 11:53am • 1m
How Serious Is the Tenderloin’s Drug Problem? Here’s What City Data Says

How Serious Is the Tenderloin’s Drug Problem? Here’s What City Data Says

By Matthew Kupfer
Oct. 20, 2022 • 10:28am • 4m
Top Health Official Broke City Rules in Working Six-Figure Nonprofit Gig

Top Health Official Broke City Rules in Working Six-Figure Nonprofit Gig

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 20, 2022 • 7:00am • 3m
Who’s Spending What: Homelessness Commission Makes Strange Bedfellows

Who’s Spending What: Homelessness Commission Makes Strange Bedfellows

By Mike Ege, Noah Baustin
Oct. 19, 2022 • 2:34pm • 2m
Top SF Public Health Official Drew Second Six-Figure Salary From Drug Nonprofit as Its Finances Unraveled

Top SF Public Health Official Drew Second Six-Figure Salary From Drug Nonprofit as Its Finances Unraveled

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 18, 2022 • 2:36pm • 5m
50 Years After Its Founding, Chinatown Center Still Fights Stigma That Keeps Asian Americans From Accessing Mental Health Help

50 Years After Its Founding, Chinatown Center Still Fights Stigma That Keeps Asian Americans From Accessing Mental Health Help

By Han Li
Oct. 18, 2022 • 7:00am • 3m
Newsom To End Covid State of Emergency in February 2023

Newsom To End Covid State of Emergency in February 2023

By Sarah Wright, Kevin Truong
Oct. 17, 2022 • 4:03pm • 1m
New Covid Variants Could Catch San Francisco Off Guard 

New Covid Variants Could Catch San Francisco Off Guard 

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 17, 2022 • 2:58pm • 3m
Supervisors Preview: A Hunters Point Reckoning

Supervisors Preview: A Hunters Point Reckoning

By Mike Ege
Oct. 17, 2022 • 3:56pm • 5m
Asian Seniors Struggle With Hunger in San Francisco: ‘Everything Now Is So Expensive’

Asian Seniors Struggle With Hunger in San Francisco: ‘Everything Now Is So Expensive’

By Han Li
Oct. 17, 2022 • 5:00am • 4m
State Sen. Scott Wiener, ‘San Fransicko’ Author Debate Safe Consumption Sites on ‘Dr. Phil’ Show

State Sen. Scott Wiener, ‘San Fransicko’ Author Debate Safe Consumption Sites on ‘Dr. Phil’ Show

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 13, 2022 • 12:35pm • 2m
Laguna Honda Lifeline: Funding Extended for 156-Year-Old San Francisco Hospital

Laguna Honda Lifeline: Funding Extended for 156-Year-Old San Francisco Hospital

By The Standard Staff
Oct. 12, 2022 • 1:01pm • 2m
SF Voters Lose Faith in City’s Homeless Solutions

SF Voters Lose Faith in City’s Homeless Solutions

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 12, 2022 • 5:00am • 3m
Fatal Overdoses Decreased in SF Last Year, and So Did Treatment Admissions

Fatal Overdoses Decreased in SF Last Year, and So Did Treatment Admissions

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 07, 2022 • 11:00am • 2m
‘Hostage Situation’: SF Drug Rehabs Threaten Closure, Beg City for a Bailout

‘Hostage Situation’: SF Drug Rehabs Threaten Closure, Beg City for a Bailout

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 05, 2022 • 1:51pm • 3m
In SF and Across California, People With Severe Mental Illness Languish Untreated in Jails, Hospitals

In SF and Across California, People With Severe Mental Illness Languish Untreated in Jails, Hospitals

By David Sjostedt
Oct. 04, 2022 • 3:26pm • 3m
Chinese Hospital Gets $5M Boost To Address Care Bed Shortage

Chinese Hospital Gets $5M Boost To Address Care Bed Shortage

By Han Li
Oct. 04, 2022 • 2:40pm • 3m
Despite Housing Crisis, Bay Area Voters Are Split on a Big Build-Out of Homes, Poll Shows

Despite Housing Crisis, Bay Area Voters Are Split on a Big Build-Out of Homes, Poll Shows

By Vince Bielski
Oct. 03, 2022 • 10:43am • 2m
SF Officials Say They’d Back ‘Safe Supply’, Or Legal Narcotics

SF Officials Say They’d Back ‘Safe Supply’, Or Legal Narcotics

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 30, 2022 • 12:55pm • 4m
SF Grocery Store Shut Down For Rats. Owner Blames Bird Seed-Dropping Neighbor

SF Grocery Store Shut Down For Rats. Owner Blames Bird Seed-Dropping Neighbor

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 29, 2022 • 1:02pm • 2m
14 Elevator Rescues in 2 Months As City-Funded Repair Program Gets Stuck

14 Elevator Rescues in 2 Months As City-Funded Repair Program Gets Stuck

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 29, 2022 • 5:00am • 4m
SF To Replace Tenderloin Center With ‘Wellness Hubs’ in New Overdose Plan 

SF To Replace Tenderloin Center With ‘Wellness Hubs’ in New Overdose Plan 

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 28, 2022 • 4:25pm • 2m
Homeless Advocates Sue the City for Sweeping Encampments and Destroying Property

Homeless Advocates Sue the City for Sweeping Encampments and Destroying Property

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 28, 2022 • 11:00am • 3m
San Francisco Police Are Spying on Drug Dealers From Office Buildings, Apartments

San Francisco Police Are Spying on Drug Dealers From Office Buildings, Apartments

By Anna Tong
Sep. 26, 2022 • 10:25am • 3m
SF’s Willow St. Encampment Returns, Signaling the Futility of Short-Term Fixes

SF’s Willow St. Encampment Returns, Signaling the Futility of Short-Term Fixes

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 23, 2022 • 5:00am • 5m
Lack of Inpatient Beds in SF’s Public Hospitals Forces Families to Go Outside the City for Care

Lack of Inpatient Beds in SF’s Public Hospitals Forces Families to Go Outside the City for Care

By Han Li
Sep. 15, 2022 • 7:00am • 3m
Mark Cuban-Backed Methadone Startup Helps People Kick Opioids in SF

Mark Cuban-Backed Methadone Startup Helps People Kick Opioids in SF

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 14, 2022 • 4:26pm • 4m
SF Supervisor Asks Health Department to Get Real on Drug Treatment

SF Supervisor Asks Health Department to Get Real on Drug Treatment

By David Sjostedt
Sep. 13, 2022 • 9:52am • 3m
What Motivates SF to Clear Encampments? Connections, the Tourist Gaze—and Bad Press

What Motivates SF to Clear Encampments? Connections, the Tourist Gaze—and Bad Press

By Matthew Kupfer
Sep. 13, 2022 • 5:00am • 5m
San Francisco Disaster Drill Fails as Helicopter Foiled by Fog, Malfunctions

San Francisco Disaster Drill Fails as Helicopter Foiled by Fog, Malfunctions

By Joe Burn
Sep. 12, 2022 • 5:00pm • 2m
On Orange Day’s 2-Year Anniversary, an SF Air Quality Warning Is Announced

On Orange Day’s 2-Year Anniversary, an SF Air Quality Warning Is Announced

By Liz Lindqwister
Sep. 09, 2022 • 3:48pm • 3m
‘Overwhelmed With Fentanyl’: Why the Deadly Opioid Is Pouring Into San Francisco From Mexico

‘Overwhelmed With Fentanyl’: Why the Deadly Opioid Is Pouring Into San Francisco From Mexico

By Vince Bielski
Sep. 07, 2022 • 2:30pm • 7m
‘Nobody’s Going to Jail’: Supes’ Plan to Fix Drug Crisis Asks City Bosses for Ideas Within 90 Days

‘Nobody’s Going to Jail’: Supes’ Plan to Fix Drug Crisis Asks City Bosses for Ideas Within 90 Days

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 06, 2022 • 5:40pm • 3m
Beat the San Francisco Heat: Rec and Park Offers Free Family Swim

Beat the San Francisco Heat: Rec and Park Offers Free Family Swim

By Joe Burn
Sep. 06, 2022 • 2:33pm • 1m
Fans Sell-Out Across SF as Cooling Center Sees Busiest Day Ever

Fans Sell-Out Across SF as Cooling Center Sees Busiest Day Ever

By Liz Lindqwister
Sep. 06, 2022 • 1:57pm • 4m
Safe To Fish in the SF Bay? ‘Harmful’ Algal Bloom Rages On, Killing Thousands of Fish

Safe To Fish in the SF Bay? ‘Harmful’ Algal Bloom Rages On, Killing Thousands of Fish

By Sarah Wright, Joseph Gillespie
Sep. 01, 2022 • 2:15pm • 3m
Appointments for New Covid Booster Are Available in SF

Appointments for New Covid Booster Are Available in SF

By Liz Lindqwister
Sep. 07, 2022 • 9:00am • 3m
‘We Don’t Care’: Algae Won’t Stop These Hardcore San Francisco Swimmers From Dips in The Bay

‘We Don’t Care’: Algae Won’t Stop These Hardcore San Francisco Swimmers From Dips in The Bay

By Sarah Wright, Joseph Gillespie
Aug. 30, 2022 • 12:11pm • 3m
‘We’re Optimistic’: Monkeypox Infection Rates Slow in San Francisco

‘We’re Optimistic’: Monkeypox Infection Rates Slow in San Francisco

By Liz Lindqwister
Aug. 29, 2022 • 4:45pm • 4m
Drone Photos Show Scale of Harmful Algae Bloom That’s Killing Fish Across SF Bay

Drone Photos Show Scale of Harmful Algae Bloom That’s Killing Fish Across SF Bay

By Bay City News, Joe Burn
Aug. 29, 2022 • 11:00am • 2m
People Injected 4,000 Times With Sedative by SF Fire Since 2018

People Injected 4,000 Times With Sedative by SF Fire Since 2018

By Josh Koehn, Matthew Kupfer
Aug. 24, 2022 • 5:00am • 6m
As Meth Wreaks Havoc on SF Emergency Rooms, Urgency Grows for New Treatments

As Meth Wreaks Havoc on SF Emergency Rooms, Urgency Grows for New Treatments

By David Sjostedt
Aug. 23, 2022 • 5:00am • 5m
San Francisco Plans To Back a Safe Consumption Site, Despite Newsom’s Veto

San Francisco Plans To Back a Safe Consumption Site, Despite Newsom’s Veto

By David Sjostedt
Aug. 22, 2022 • 4:06pm • 2m
Gov. Newsom Vetoes Safe Drug Use Site Bill, Citing ‘Unintended Consequences’

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Safe Drug Use Site Bill, Citing ‘Unintended Consequences’

By David Sjostedt
Aug. 22, 2022 • 3:37pm • 2m
20K People Will Experience Homelessness in SF This Year, With the Latino Unhoused Population Surging

20K People Will Experience Homelessness in SF This Year, With the Latino Unhoused Population Surging

By David Sjostedt, Noah Baustin
Aug. 18, 2022 • 4:00am • 2m
What to Expect From Pandemic Policies as San Francisco Students Head Back to Class

What to Expect From Pandemic Policies as San Francisco Students Head Back to Class

By The Standard Staff
Aug. 17, 2022 • 6:00am • 4m