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.

Fentanyl explainer: A breakdown of the drug crisis in the Bay Area

Here are answers to some basic questions about fentanyl, from what it is to how to reverse an overdose.

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing

Michael Jacobs’ story illustrates how even a ‘homicidal’ defendant can end up living right next door.

Julie Zigoris

Next door to San Francisco’s flailing downtown, this neighborhood thrives on ‘quiet luxury’

Culture

A tale of two neighborhoods show different approaches to exiting San Francisco’s doom loop. 


Tech Culture Reporter

Rya Jetha

They wanted to fix SF government. Then Elon Musk came calling

Business

A hackathon founded by two ambitious coders was meant to start a civic movement among young tech workers. Now they work at DOGE. 

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

Fentanyl explainer: A breakdown of the drug crisis in the Bay Area

An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing

Next door to San Francisco’s flailing downtown, this neighborhood thrives on ‘quiet luxury’

They wanted to fix SF government. Then Elon Musk came calling