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Wiener has pole position in money race for Pelosi’s Congress seat
The three-way bout is shaping up to be the most expensive race on the June ballot.
Al Guido exclusive: New 49ers CEO discusses promotion, vision for team’s future
Jed York, the team’s principal owner, named Guido as top exec after a 10-year run as president.
The Hot List: Our favorite restaurants and bars in SF right now
You need some new ideas for where to go out. We have some really delicious answers.
Lurie doesn’t run SF’s school district. Parents could blame him for teachers strike anyway
If history is a lesson, the mayor won’t evade responsibility for a work stoppage.
A Super Bowl quarterback who’s never been sacked
Zaileen Janmohamed, the head of the Bay Area Host Committee, walked a high-wire path to this year’s big game. Next up: the World Cup and, possibly, the Olympic Games.
Where to catch Bad Bunny Fever: Super Bowl dance nights and halftime watch parties
A lookalike contest, lucha libre, DJ sets, and more events celebrating the reggaeton star’s Bay Area visit.
Super Bowl 60 is coming: Here’s how to make it your side hustle
The Niners are out, so here are your chances to make some cash around the big game.
Need a last-minute Super Bowl party pad? That’ll be $500K
With hotels booked and Airbnbs off the table, the elite are turning to off-market mansions — and paying dearly for the privilege.
Risking fury from parents, SF teachers vote to approve first school strike since ’79
Roughly 6,000 educators may soon hit the picket lines, prompting a scramble for child care.
Three youths shot blocks from City Hall, one fatally, SFPD say
Police responded to reports of gunfire Friday evening near Golden Gate Avenue and Laguna Street.
Bay Area cycling community rallies after Alex Pretti’s death
Rides in San Francisco and Oakland are part of a global tribute to the nurse killed in Minneapolis by federal authorities.
On day of general strike, incidents on BART, Muni disrupt transit
A medical emergency closed the West Oakland BART station, while a gas leak halted Muni light-rail service along the T-Third line.
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Lurie leans on task force to clean up baffling city charter
Labor unions are expected to oppose the mayor’s efforts to simplify the ballot, citing the need to even the playing field with business interests.
Guns, meth, slot machines: Contraband in Tenderloin stores spurs call for expanded curfew
Supervisors will vote in February on extending a late-night curfew for stores on crime-ridden streets.
San Jose mayor Matt Mahan enters gridlocked race for California governor
He has been a frequent critic of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Now he wants his job.
‘Obviously exploitation’: Lawmaker targets low pay in SF street cleaning industry
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The proposed legislation was spurred by The Standard’s reporting on the growth of the unlicensed ambassador industry.
For women wanting babies in their 40s, she’s the Bay Area’s ‘egg whisperer’
Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh has built a reputation for taking on tricky cases and embracing emerging fertility treatments.
Ikea’s food hall starts new chapter amid closed bars and restaurants
Saluhall eagerly welcomed a new restaurant Thursday, but vacancies abound.
Waymo begins operating at SFO, just in time for Super Bowl
Pickups and drop offs will take place for now at the SFO Rental Car Center and eventually expand to the terminals.
Is the Shvo over at the Transamerica Pyramid?
The developer’s German investors are experiencing buyer’s remorse after pouring retirement savings into remaking the San Francisco icon.
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Is the Shvo over at the Transamerica Pyramid?
The developer’s German investors are experiencing buyer’s remorse after pouring retirement savings into remaking the San Francisco icon.
‘Obviously exploitation’: Lawmaker targets low pay in SF street cleaning industry
Exclusive
The proposed legislation was spurred by The Standard’s reporting on the growth of the unlicensed ambassador industry.
Wily coyote who swam to Alcatraz gets ‘much fatter’ on prison island diet
Officials are monitoring if the canine is preying on the island’s seabirds.
Listen: The surprising, weird, and sexy ways we’re finding joy in 2026
In this live taping of “Pacific Standard Time,” hosts Emily Dreyfuss and Jesse Alejandro Cottrell discuss embracing joy in an increasingly heavy world.
Seven songs that shaped Kris Bowers, the composer behind ‘Bridgerton’
John Williams’ “Jurassic Park” score convinced him to compose for film.
The A’s already have what the Giants really want
Buster Posey is trying to build the type of homegrown core that A’s GM David Forst has assembled.
A new pro volleyball team wants in on San Francisco’s women’s sports boom
League One Volleyball is expanding to the Bay Area, and team president Stephanie Martin sees an opportunity to thrive.
How three-time batting champion Luis Arráez will fit with the Giants
Buster Posey turned to the free agent market to add a left-handed hitting second baseman.
The Giants’ elder statesman, Dusty Baker, hopes Tony Vitello will get ‘extended chance’
In a wide-ranging discussion at the Giants’ FanFest stop in West Sacramento, the team’s former manager talked about the roster, free-agents fits, and more.
All the ways San Franciscans are finding joy amidst the chaos
Answers from our recent live podcast taping ranged from “learn piano” and “make pizza” to “do more drugs” and “quit my job.”
Fed up with dating apps, San Franciscans are letting their friends auction them off
Date My Friend has sold out four times as singles ditch apps for IRL vouching — and public roasting.
What can sex parties teach us about joy? We asked a Bay Area orgy organizer
The founder of the sex-positive Bonobo Network says the polyamory scene provides lessons on happiness and connection — even if you don’t want to get naked.
Benson Boone, Ben Stiller, and a banana: Decoding 2026’s most tech-coded Super Bowl ad
Instacart’s ad campaign feels engineered for the internet.
More is more: Maximalism has come for your morning coffee
From espresso cream clouds to cake-batter lattes, Bay Area cafes are serving increasingly Instagrammable, over-the-top creations.
Booze shots are out. Cheekies are in
No one can agree on how the ritual started, but downing a cheeky is now the currency of cool in SF bars.
One of the Bay’s most decorated chefs is daring to come back to San Francisco
Christopher Kostow, who earned three Michelin stars at The Restaurant at Meadowood, will open the third location of his Loveski deli in Jackson Square.
It was the city’s best-kept restaurant secret. Now the owner is preparing to close
Kothai Republic, the singular Korean-Thai restaurant in the Inner Sunset, will close Feb. 15.
In defense of the San Francisco Zoo: A mom’s rebuttal
Critics see a crumbling infrastructure project. I see the only place where my toddler can scream at a penguin for three hours.
Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can’t be neutral any longer
After Minneapolis, tech leaders’ deference to Donald Trump must end.
San Franciscans are sick of fighting about the Great Highway. It’s time to move on
After so many defeats — at the ballot box, in the courts, and at City Hall — Sunset Dunes opponents need to lay down arms, and embrace the city’s newest coastal park.
By law, California can’t declare bankruptcy. Trump and Congress should change that
For the state to ever gain leverage over creditors on Wall Street and inside public-sector unions, the feds must urgently rewrite the bankruptcy code.
