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David Sjostedt

3 people die of drug overdoses every week in San Francisco supportive housing

Politics

Almost every time Edwin Armando Alvarez overdosed on fentanyl, he said he awoke grateful to be alive. But on March 9, alone in his residential hotel room in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, he didn’t wake up.

The Standard Staff

This weekend: ‘Star Trek IV’ in Union Square, a hashish dream, paper creations and Planet Booty

Culture

Ron Funches knows there’s something wrong with America. His proof? English reality television. “If a competitor on The Great British Baking Show finishes early, do you know what they do?” he asks the crowd during his 2019 Comedy Centra Stand-Up special. “They go and help… the other competitors.” The comedian—who performs at Cobb’s this Sunday—notes…

Garrett Leahy

The unstoppable San Francisco shoplifter courts can’t contain

News

Neil Peck has been prosecuted for theft eight times since 2014, but repeated efforts to address his issues instead of incarceration have failed. 

Politics Reporter

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

SF is done being soft on drug users

A strategy developed during the AIDS crisis has fallen out of favor in the fentanyl epidemic. Its advocates say people will die. 

Luxury apartments in Mission Bay become crime magnet despite steep rents

Break-ins, thefts, and alleged drug activity have plagued the MB360 complex for years. 

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3 people die of drug overdoses every week in San Francisco supportive housing

This weekend: ‘Star Trek IV’ in Union Square, a hashish dream, paper creations and Planet Booty

The unstoppable San Francisco shoplifter courts can’t contain

SF is done being soft on drug users

Luxury apartments in Mission Bay become crime magnet despite steep rents