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As Lowell grapples with admission policy, other cities offer lessons on how to balance merit and diversity

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Lowell High has polarized S.F. in a winner-take-all fight to the finish, pitting merit-based admissions against a lottery to make the elite school more diverse.

The Standard Staff

The Standard Q&A: Public defender Francisco Ugarte talks DA Chesa Boudin, drug cases and immigration

Politics

Public defender Francisco Ugarte talks about his objections to The Standard’s report earlier this week on DA Boudin’s fentanyl conviction record.

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This workshop keeps San Francisco’s neon signs glowing

Culture

Oakland’s Neon Works is the last company still exclusively fashioning tubes of electrified gas.

Culture Reporter 

Sam Mondros

The de Young Museum has kept dozens of human remains locked up for decades. How will they find their way home?

The existence of the remains reveals a dark past that dates back to the museum’s conception in 1895, with donations being made as recently as 1999. 


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San Francisco’s downtown looks to revamp its image this holiday season

Business

Civic leaders see this year’s holiday shopping season as a critical opportunity to reset the narrative about Downtown San Francisco.


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As Lowell grapples with admission policy, other cities offer lessons on how to balance merit and diversity

The Standard Q&A: Public defender Francisco Ugarte talks DA Chesa Boudin, drug cases and immigration

This workshop keeps San Francisco’s neon signs glowing

The de Young Museum has kept dozens of human remains locked up for decades. How will they find their way home?

San Francisco’s downtown looks to revamp its image this holiday season