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Hilton attacks, Becerra can’t stop saying Trump: five takeaways from the governor’s debate
Immigration and a secondhand Susan Rice insult sparked the sharpest exchanges, but polls still show a lopsided race.
PR firm name-drops Lurie to get his luxury real estate agent brother in the press
Power Play
After Power Play raised questions about the use of the mayor’s name, the firm said Alexander Lurie was not aware of it and that the practice would stop.
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The Broncos could be the 49ers’ toughest test yet, but Denver has one glaring weakness
Sean Payton’s team ranks No. 32 in expected points added while defending the run after finishing No. 8 last season.
As SFUSD weighs replacing its lottery, a new group pushes a bold overhaul
EXCLUSIVE
Founders of the new group, called KTAP, include two teachers, a failed school board candidate, and a former SF Parents staffer.
Couple charged with murder in shooting of son-in-law
Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen were “lying in wait,” DA says.
After 58 years, the man behind ‘got milk?’ is walking away from advertising
Rich Silverstein became San Francisco’s most prolific ad man through decades of subverting stereotypes.
In the den of the Doomers: 48 hours with the prophets of the AI apocalypse
Inside the Berkeley compound where AI's most fervent critics eat buffet meals, wear p(doom) buttons, and wonder if we can just escape to outer space.
‘I don’t find this is ethical’: Canadian founder ditches SF AI conference because of Trump
Caseway chief says he’ll steer clear of U.S. defense contracts until the political climate stabilizes.
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SF Rental Crisis
Meet the 17-year-old mapping SF’s rent-controlled housing
Neil Rao, a high school junior in San Mateo, is hoping to build something city government does not have: a comprehensive rent control inventory.
SF landlords beat the vacancy tax in court. Next up? The so-called rental emergency
Landlords say Mayor Daniel Lurie’s rent emergency is “a bit cringey,” and the city is to blame for skyrocketing rents.
D10 candidates could settle $7M empty cabin shelter standoff
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Plus: Sunshine Task Force candidates emerge, Lurie’s rent emergency takes heat, and podcaster slams SF.
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SF home where landlord allegedly murdered his tenant rents for $6,300
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A judge blocked the sale, but nothing stopped the family of an accused killer from trying to rent out the scene of the crime.
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Lurie tightens police surveillance rules in SF — but avoids targeting Flock
The new safeguards include limiting how long the tech company stores data from automated license-plate readers and adding restrictions to police access.
SF’s housing solution may be hiding in plain sight: Land it already owns
A new report finds 147 city-owned properties ripe for development, but funding gaps are the real obstacle.
Newsom’s do-over on sober housing could help erase a 2028 campaign liability
The governor and potential presidential contender signed a bill that will help expand funding for drug-free housing. He vetoed a similar proposal last year.
After $3.2 million in property damage, SF eyes ban on lighters used to smoke fentanyl
The targeted lighters can be locked so the flame stays on, a preference of some drug users. But officials say the devices are dangerous to people and property.
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Selling AI insurance was hard enough. Then they got into the cafe business
Corgi, valued at more than $5 billion, was forced to rein in its real estate expansion plans this month after a series of mishaps.
Meet the Manic Pixel Dream Girl: She’s hot, hates rent control, and isn’t real
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl sold lonely men a quirky girl fantasy. Her AI successor sells thought leadership and ragebait to the same audience.
OpenAI launches cute, ‘capable’ AI agents after shelving deceptive model
CEO Sam Altman announced “dots,” the company’s answer to Meta’s Muse, at OpenAI’s developer day event.
The state of the SF office market, in one boomerang building sale
The price of one SoMa office building has gone through a roller-coaster trajectory.
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Xavier Becerra shows off his BDE (Big Dad Energy) in interview with The Standard
Comedian Sophia Garrow asks the Democratic candidate for California governor about his stances on Israel, affordability, conspiracy theories, and rizz.
Accused Sea Cliff squatters skip court as judge issues restraining order
The city attorney says two defendants filed eight forged deeds to seize ownership of Sea Cliff property
After 53 years, a legendary outlaw builder was evicted from Marin’s hippie utopia
David Lee Hoffman says he’s an environmentalist. Marin County says he’s been breaking the law for half a century.
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‘He’s exploiting them’: Celebrated SF gallerist accused of stiffing artists, collectors
EXCLUSIVE
Jonathan Carver Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise in San Francisco’s art world for championing Black and queer artists. Now, more than a dozen are claiming unpaid debts.
Her rape kit had a DNA match. In San Francisco, that’s not enough
Investigation
SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.
‘I was too scared to stay’: Patients are fleeing the UCSF Parnassus ER by the thousands
Investigation
Staffing cuts, a boarding crisis, and an $809 million surplus. To employees, the question isn’t whether UCSF can fix its emergency department — it’s whether it wants to.
PST: Why kids, parents, and teachers are so frustrated by SFUSD’s AI reading tutor
Kids say Amira can’t understand them. Teachers say the district is pushing it anyway. And the company has yet to prove it works.
Section 415: The Valkyries’ first playoff win could spark a special run
Golden State scored 104 points, including 37 in the second quarter, in a blowout win Sunday over the Dallas Wings.
‘She’s just unguardable’: Why Tiffany Hayes is the Valkyries’ playoff X factor
Golden State’s oldest and most experienced player turned 37 this month, but still has one of the quickest first steps in the WNBA.
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The Giants always want to contend. Next year, that should change
Buster Posey’s team should use 2027 to continue developing young players and shoot to contend in 2028, when top prospects could become difference-makers.
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Warriors’ De’Anthony Melton details offseason thumb surgeries: ‘I can grab the ball again’
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The veteran guard played last season with a pair of thumb injuries that required summer operations.
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The summer Steph Curry’s business empire leveled up
The Golden State star signed a sneaker brand deal, dined with Warren Buffett, played in charity golf tournaments, traveled to China, and agreed to a contract extension.
Nicole Hollis, designer to SF’s secretive rich, opens her first shop in Dogpatch
The Waggle
The interior designer’s new Minnesota Street Project gallery sells 200-plus pieces, many first sourced for her famously private clients.
The best events in SF this week, from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Black Art Week
Plus, the Valkyries in the WNBA playoffs, the Castro Street Fair, Downtown First Thursdays, and more.
The Waggle: The greatest mansion mystery on Billionaire Row has been solved
We figured out who bought Larry Ellison’s pad. Plus: A dispatch from the S.F. Symphony Gala; celebrities running amok in Marin; and an inauspicious Vogue World preview.
The Haight could get a new music hub. Small businesses say it will destroy them
A project in a historic building pits merchants against the property’s owner over which vision of the future would best benefit an iconic intersection.
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San Francisco is split on this raw fish dish. I know where I stand
Off Menu
Crudo is here to stay. To some of us, it’s creative. To others, it’s a cop-out.
She’s spent 20 years designing restaurants. Now she’s opening her own
The woman behind Roy Hospitality will open a cafe called Olive Juice on Divisadero, serving olive oil–drenched smoothies, salads, and espresso drinks.
4 most anticipated SF restaurant and bar openings in October
A legendary cocktail bar returns, little fish make their Ferry Building debut, and a Japanese-French tasting menu lands in FiDi.
So, is AI going to kill us? 11 experts, 11 answers.
Ideas
Confused by the competing theories about AI’s threat to humanity? We asked accelerationists, doomers, protesters, and a state senator what needs to happen next.
The e-bike revolution is here. San Francisco isn’t ready for it
Bike commutes are up 52%, shared bike and scooter usage has doubled, and injuries are rising too. What the city needs isn’t a ban — it’s a backbone.
San Francisco doesn’t need this many golf courses
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The city loses $4.9 million a year subsidizing six sprawling golf courses used by a shrinking number of players. In a housing-starved city, that’s a tough sell.
Californians owe $500 billion they never agreed to pay
In 1992, Prop. 162 quietly put California taxpayers on the hook for public pension funds’ wild investment bets — and it’s cheated them out of $500 billion since.
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