The Standard Staff

The Standard weekend guide to SF events & entertainment—Labor Day 2022

Culture

Burning Man is in full swing and burning temperatures are coming to some parts of the Bay Area this Labor Day. Here’s your guide to some of the hottest events of the long weekend.

Maryann Jones Thompson

Biden helicopters into Marin County. Small town goes crazy

Politics

Even in today’s celebrity-saturated world, a first-ever presidential visit to a small Marin County town was a big deal for the people on the ground.

Christina Campodonico

Celebrate Black History Month at museums, festivals and more across the Bay

Embrace Black joy at these cultural events and activities, paying homage to Black leaders and luminaries. 

Politics Reporter

Gabe Greschler

The Bike Coalition got everything it wanted. Now what?

“We’re taking on that establishment role,” the coalition’s board president said. “And I think that’s great.”

Julie Zigoris

Recovering from tragedy, a neighborhood adapts to a new identity–and fights for an old one

The once-sleepy West Portal grapples with becoming both a destination and a symbol of loss.

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The Standard weekend guide to SF events & entertainment—Labor Day 2022

Biden helicopters into Marin County. Small town goes crazy

Celebrate Black History Month at museums, festivals and more across the Bay

The Bike Coalition got everything it wanted. Now what?

Recovering from tragedy, a neighborhood adapts to a new identity–and fights for an old one