Sports Columnist

Tim Kawakami

Kawakami: Brock Purdy on a magic number, the 49ers’ future, and pal Tyrese Haliburton

Sports

Purdy and the team each got what they wanted in a critical negotiation. Now, the 49ers can use future cap space to build around their QB. 

Data Reporter

Noah Baustin

Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

He helps contractors land building permits. Then his nephews do the inspections

News

Frank Chiu once led the Department of Building Inspection. Now he consults on projects that are later inspected by his relatives.

The Standard Staff

This weekend: Beyoncé listening party, Pancakes & Booze, bachata festival & more

Culture

Plus, challenge GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan to a game of chess, take a road trip to the inaugural Blue Note Festival in Napa and watch a film disintegrate before your very eyes.

Maryann Jones Thompson

Burning Man CEO explores its ‘absolutely San Francisco’ culture ahead of first gathering since 2019

Leader of the global community and SF nonprofit behind the annual gathering, Marian Goodell, talks with The Standard about its connection to the city and cultural evolution ahead of its first ‘burn’ since 2019.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

San Francisco’s rising anti-homeless sentiment is costing those on the streets

The intensification of San Francisco’s homelessness emergency has coincided with a number of other trends that unhoused people say mean fewer of the once-reliable dollars from passersby and less positive interactions more generally. 

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Kawakami: Brock Purdy on a magic number, the 49ers’ future, and pal Tyrese Haliburton

He helps contractors land building permits. Then his nephews do the inspections

This weekend: Beyoncé listening party, Pancakes & Booze, bachata festival & more

Burning Man CEO explores its ‘absolutely San Francisco’ culture ahead of first gathering since 2019

San Francisco’s rising anti-homeless sentiment is costing those on the streets