Culture Editor

Emily Dreyfuss

The Standard Staff

Above Standard/Below Standard: What was in and out this summer in San Francisco

Culture

The Standard’s definitive, unscientific list of the season’s biggest cultural trends.

Scott Wiener

Opinion: Yes, Trump’s Alcatraz plan is idiotic. But it’s also dead serious 

Opinion

Don’t assume he’s using the prison idea as a distraction. We need to take him literally and be prepared to fight back.  


Culture Reporter 

Zara Stone

The new luxury medical tourism trend? $60K stem-cell injections

Silicon Valley types are flying to the Bahamas for unapproved treatments.

Business Reporter

Jillian D’Onfro

Tourists are loving SF’s glow-up. Just ask the tour guides

Business

Visitor expectations are catching up to the city's changing reality.

The Grove Inn vs. the Inn on Grove: One street, two hotels, many confused tourists   

A San Francisco hotel has dealt with travelers showing up at the wrong location for more than a year. Now, it’s suing a competitor with a similar name. 

Tourism

Above Standard/Below Standard: What was in and out this summer in San Francisco

Opinion: Yes, Trump’s Alcatraz plan is idiotic. But it’s also dead serious

The new luxury medical tourism trend? $60K stem-cell injections

Tourists are loving SF’s glow-up. Just ask the tour guides

The Grove Inn vs. the Inn on Grove: One street, two hotels, many confused tourists