Liz Lindqwister

Here’s what CHP will actually do in downtown SF to battle fentanyl crisis

Gov. Newsom has called in the California Highway Patrol and National Guard to battle the deadly drug crisis in San Francisco.

The Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist takes The Standard on a tour of the neighborhood that shaped her. 

Douglas Liu used to be on the lam from federal charges. Now he’s working to end the drug crisis, one lost soul at a time. 

The soundtrack has a calming effect on the city’s open-air drug use scene, users say.

The four-day event on a one block stretch of Fulton Street includes a booth for carnival food, a Ferris wheel and a number of spinning rides.