Business Reporter

Kevin V. Nguyen

SF billionaire meets his match: A stubborn tenant named Bill Gates

Business

One tiny law firm refused to give up its lease in downtown San Jose—even as its building was slated for demolition. 

Adam Rogers

San Francisco is a car city now. Sorry

Culture

If you ignore the unfounded “war on cars” and look hard at transportation trends, you see a city embracing an identity it claims not to want.

Maryann Jones Thompson

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

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.

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SF billionaire meets his match: A stubborn tenant named Bill Gates

San Francisco is a car city now. Sorry

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’