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A nonprofit keeps 95% of clients out of jail and in court. SF courts want to kill it

Judges, sheriffs, and the SF Bar Association are pushing back on what critics call a power grab dressed up as reform.

22 minutes ago

SF Standard

A nonprofit keeps 95% of clients out of jail and in court. SF courts want to kill it

SF Standard

Opinion: While SF’s east side booms, the west stagnates. It’s time to change that

I watched my neighborhood transform over the last 20 years — and it turned out better than I ever imagined. The west side now has the same opportunity.

22 minutes ago

SF Standard

Opinion: While SF’s east side booms, the west stagnates. It’s time to change that

Mission Local

Sunbath

On Horace Street. Photo by Scott Forman. Sunbath

22 minutes ago

Mission Local

Sunbath

SF Standard

The rise and fall of the Overpaid CEO Tax, and the desperate rush to stop it

A negotiated compromise was within reach. Then it fell apart. Prop. D landed on the ballot, and Daniel Lurie was left pleading to voters.

22 minutes ago

SF Standard

The rise and fall of the Overpaid CEO Tax, and the desperate rush to stop it

SF Standard

This is the most fun you can have eating a smashburger in San Francisco

Chef Max Ponzurick spends an absurd amount on shallots. But the not-so-secret ingredient makes his Maillards burgers some of the best in town.

22 minutes ago

SF Standard

This is the most fun you can have eating a smashburger in San Francisco

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Mission Local

A judge, an activist, and a case full of makeup: Inside the Women’s Hope recovery program

At a program for moms at risk of losing their children, transformation comes in many forms --- like a makeup tutorial by Honey Mahogany. A judge, an activist, and a case full of makeup: Inside the Women’s Hope recovery program

1 hour ago

Mission Local

A judge, an activist, and a case full of makeup: Inside the Women’s Hope recovery program

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SFiST

Golden State Valkyries Bolster Frontcourt, Ink Stanford Center Nadia Fingall

The Golden State Valkyries welcomed a face familiar to Bay Area college sports fans by signing former Stanford center Nadia Fingall to a rest-of-season contract on Sunday. The team also waived forward Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda in a corresponding move.

14 hours ago

SFiST

Golden State Valkyries Bolster Frontcourt, Ink Stanford Center Nadia Fingall

SFiST

Cancer Death of Retired SF Firefighter Reignites Calls to Reform Blue Shield Coverage

The death of San Francisco firefighter Ken Jones has renewed calls to reform Blue Shield, the city's designated insurance provider. The late firefighter’s battle to treat his stage 4 lung cancer first gained attention in January, with advocates now blaming delays in care for his premature passing.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Cancer Death of Retired SF Firefighter Reignites Calls to Reform Blue Shield Coverage

SF Standard

Golden Gate Park’s biggest non-corporate rave turns 10: Photos

Founded as a rooftop party, All Day I Dream grew into a world-spanning tour and record label. But SF is its spiritual home.

17 hours ago

SF Standard

Golden Gate Park’s biggest non-corporate rave turns 10: Photos

SFiST

Sunday Links: East Bay Rattled Sunday AM By Preliminary Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake

East Bay jolted by a preliminary magnitude 3.6 earthquake on Sunday morning; teenager injured in I-580 shooting; and SF tasting menu restaurant Anomaly SF slated to close.

18 hours ago

SFiST

Sunday Links: East Bay Rattled Sunday AM By Preliminary Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake

Mission Local

I left my ❤️ in San Francisco

24 hours ago

Mission Local

I left my ❤️ in San Francisco

SF Standard

The Giants gave Jung Hoo Lee $113 million. Is this the player they expected?

The outfielder has one of the highest averages in the National League and plays strong defense in right field.

24 hours ago

SF Standard

The Giants gave Jung Hoo Lee $113 million. Is this the player they expected?

Mission Local

People We Meet: Ate Tess is the bridge connecting SoMa

At JT Restaurant, which Ate Tess has run almost singlehandedly for 26 years, people come for more than the food People We Meet: Ate Tess is the bridge connecting SoMa

1 day ago

Mission Local

People We Meet: Ate Tess is the bridge connecting SoMa

SFiST

Truck Crashes Into Oakland Apartment, Leaving Infant Boy in Critical Condition

A one-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after a truck smashed into the side of his family's Oakland apartment building earlier today.

1 day ago

SFiST

Truck Crashes Into Oakland Apartment, Leaving Infant Boy in Critical Condition

Mission Local

Flair bird

At 22nd and Eureka Streets. Photo by David Chalk. Flair bird

2 days ago

Mission Local

Flair bird

Mission Local

People We Meet: Frank Maldonado, the boxing coach

Maldonado, 85, began coaching young men to box in the 1980s out of a garage he converted on his block on Cordova Street in the Excelsior. People We Meet: Frank Maldonado, the boxing coach

2 days ago

Mission Local

People We Meet: Frank Maldonado, the boxing coach

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Stern Grove Announces Free Concert Series at SFO

Stern Grove is going to be doing free concerts at SFO this summer, by Gate B4; Anthropic is in support of taking an industry-wide "pause" to ensure AI safety; and CA is part of a coalition of states suing over the Warner Brothers-Paramount deal.

2 days ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Stern Grove Announces Free Concert Series at SFO

SFiST

This Week In Food: A New Bar and Restaurant Arrives Near the Ballpark

Bar Malone's has softly opened in the former District space on Townsend Street, Goop Kitchen is opening a second location in SoMa, and there may be some movement, finally, over at Anchor Brewing, all in This Week in Food.

2 days ago

SFiST

This Week In Food: A New Bar and Restaurant Arrives Near the Ballpark