Maryann Jones Thompson

Star Wars was born 50 years ago in this small Bay Area town

Culture

Celebrate ‘May the Fourth’ with a trip to the community where George Lucas made the film and made his home.

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

Bodies in streets, parks, buses: The everyday horror of stumbling on an overdose victim

News

Data obtained by The Standard show that more than 1,000 San Franciscans may have encountered overdose deaths on the city’s streets in the past four years.

Joel Umanzor

Hanging out with the new meme king of East Oakland, ‘where life is worthless’

East Oakland resident Gregorio Ramon has shot to local East Bay fame as his catchphrase, “Oakland, California … donde la vida no vale nada,” has blown up on social media.

Tony Bennett, ‘I left my heart in San Francisco’ singer, dies at 96

The musician released ‘I Left My Heart In San Francisco,’ an ode to the city, in 1962. 

California promised 20,000 homes for the mentally ill. It delivered less than 10% of that

Politics

Californians will vote next month on a new multibillion dollar plan to build supportive housing for people who are mentally ill.

Search Results for: "taylor swift"

Star Wars was born 50 years ago in this small Bay Area town

Bodies in streets, parks, buses: The everyday horror of stumbling on an overdose victim

Hanging out with the new meme king of East Oakland, ‘where life is worthless’

Tony Bennett, ‘I left my heart in San Francisco’ singer, dies at 96

California promised 20,000 homes for the mentally ill. It delivered less than 10% of that