News Reporter

David Sjostedt

The new overdose hot spot is on the Embarcadero

News

A surge in drug use on the city's waterfront coincides with an influx of shelter clients, the city says.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

Illustrations by Clay Rodery

My cousin overdosed on fentanyl on an SF sidewalk. Then he saved three lives

Culture

Buddy’s death was tragic — and all too familiar. But I could not have predicted what would come next.

Data Reporter

Noah Baustin

Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

Politics

The city’s elder Black men are bearing the brunt of the deadly overdose crisis.

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

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.

People keep checking into hospitals for ODs and dying anyway

At least 10 people over the past three years have fatally overdosed while under medical care at hospitals in San Francisco.

Overdoses

The new overdose hot spot is on the Embarcadero

My cousin overdosed on fentanyl on an SF sidewalk. Then he saved three lives

SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

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

People keep checking into hospitals for ODs and dying anyway