Editor-at-Large

Sara Deseran

Food Editor 

Lauren Saria

The best pastries at SF’s hottest new bakeries

Food & Drink

New-school bakeries are taking the city by storm — and these pastries wear the crown. 

Julie Zigoris

Bay Area holiday lights: 17 dazzling displays of winter wonder

Culture

Twinkling tractor parades, sparkling shopping plazas and animals all aglow—a rundown on where to find pretty lights during the darkest time of the year.

Manuela Tobias at CalMatters

Why Newsom relented, released $1B despite lackluster local homeless plans

Politics

For two weeks Gov. Gavin Newsom withheld $1 billion for local governments to reduce California homelessness. He released the funds on Friday.

Maryann Jones Thompson

Shelley D. Fargo

Nearly half of Union Square’s stores have closed since 2019

Business

A Standard analysis found only 53% of pre-pandemic retailers on the streets of the historic shopping district are still open today.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

The surprisingly turbulent history of the giant rainbow flag flying over San Francisco’s Castro

The Castro Merchants Association replaces the iconic flag every few months, but that doesn’t mean everybody in the neighborhood loves it. 

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The best pastries at SF’s hottest new bakeries

Bay Area holiday lights: 17 dazzling displays of winter wonder

Why Newsom relented, released $1B despite lackluster local homeless plans

Nearly half of Union Square’s stores have closed since 2019

The surprisingly turbulent history of the giant rainbow flag flying over San Francisco’s Castro