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…

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

Is reviving a private police agency in San Francisco the solution to the city’s crime woes?

News

Patrol Specials, a program allowing citizens to pay for a security force overseen by the city, has fizzled in recent years. It could be resuscitated. 

Senior News Editor

Jennifer Wadsworth

‘Deny, deny, deny’: The shady insurance scheme fleecing thousands of homeowners

Business

As insurers flee the state, once-obscure, unregulated carriers have stepped up to take their place. And they're denying an extraordinary number of claims.

Business Reporter

Jillian D’Onfro

$150k to find love? Inside the high-stakes Silicon Valley matchmaking scene

Acting as cupid for the rich of Silicon Valley means navigating a tricky world of orgies, psychedelics, and gold diggers.

News Reporter

Tomoki Chien

Policing has little effect on SF traffic deaths, decades of data show

“It makes you question the argument that enforcement is the thing that’s needed,” one expert said.

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

Is reviving a private police agency in San Francisco the solution to the city’s crime woes?

‘Deny, deny, deny’: The shady insurance scheme fleecing thousands of homeowners

$150k to find love? Inside the high-stakes Silicon Valley matchmaking scene

Policing has little effect on SF traffic deaths, decades of data show