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SF Standard

How Ari Waller became the voice that makes Chase Center feel alive

A behind-the-scenes look at the arena host shaping energy, identity, and connection for Valkyries and Warriors fans.

20 hours ago

SF Standard

How Ari Waller became the voice that makes Chase Center feel alive

SF Standard

The best SF stories of love and lust this year

Get cozy with the one you love and take a look back at our year in sex.

20 hours ago

SF Standard

The best SF stories of love and lust this year

SF Standard

It looks like a Cybertruck mated with a Vespa. But how does this $10K moped ride?

Infinite Machine’s tricked-out two-wheel electric scooter is built like a tank and is on San Francisco streets.

20 hours ago

SF Standard

It looks like a Cybertruck mated with a Vespa. But how does this $10K moped ride?

SF Standard

Our 7 favorite travel destinations this year

From the tip of Northern California all the way to Mexico, these are the seven spots The Standard loved traveling to this year.

20 hours ago

SF Standard

Our 7 favorite travel destinations this year

SF Standard

Oasis is saved weeks before it’s due to close

San Francisco’s storied drag venue gets a multimillion-dollar lifeline.

1 day ago

SF Standard

Oasis is saved weeks before it’s due to close

SF Standard

Kawakami: 6 calm conclusions about the last light-years of this Warriors era

If Golden State has Steph Curry at full power, it should be able to scare some powerful teams.

1 day ago

SF Standard

Kawakami: 6 calm conclusions about the last light-years of this Warriors era

Mission Local

Carrying the fire home: Mission honors Ricardo 'El Tigre' Peña

Hundreds gathered outside Mixcoatl on Saturday to honor the danza teacher and shop owner who became the heartbeat of 24th Street Carrying the fire home: Mission honors Ricardo 'El Tigre' Peña

7 hours ago

Mission Local

Carrying the fire home: Mission honors Ricardo 'El Tigre' Peña

Mission Local

Another PG&E outage leaves 6,000 Sunset customers without power

Power was restored to customers by 2:30 p.m. on the same day. Another PG&E outage leaves 6,000 Sunset customers without power

10 hours ago

Mission Local

Another PG&E outage leaves 6,000 Sunset customers without power

Mission Local

Signage

On Turk. Photo by Thomas Lee Tavis Signage

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Signage

Mission Local

Meet the musician taking on the SFMTA, with a dress made of parking tickets

After losing her job, her apartment, and $800 to parking tickets, Olive Panthofer refused to go gently into that good night. Meet the musician taking on the SFMTA, with a dress made of parking tickets

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the musician taking on the SFMTA, with a dress made of parking tickets

Mission Local

Who’s behind those ‘SHIMBY’ posters across San Francisco?

This duo is petitioning for leaders to bridge one of SF's most heated political divides. So far, they've only ruffled feathers. Who’s behind those ‘SHIMBY’ posters across San Francisco?

1 day ago

Mission Local

Who’s behind those ‘SHIMBY’ posters across San Francisco?

Mission Local

Meet the syndicate printing posters at San Francisco protests

1 day ago

Mission Local

Meet the syndicate printing posters at San Francisco protests

SFiST

Dozens Attend Outer Sunset Sideshow, U-Haul Set on Fire From Inside With Roman Candles

Residents said more than 100 people attended an early morning sideshow in SF’s Outer Sunset Saturday. SFPD was flooded with reports of gunshots, fireworks, and a U-Haul full of furniture being set ablaze from inside with Roman candles.

4 hours ago

SFiST

Dozens Attend Outer Sunset Sideshow, U-Haul Set on Fire From Inside With Roman Candles

SFiST

Field Notes: Tamales, New LGBTQ Club in Oakland, and 21 Artists From ‘90s Mission School

This week: Land stewardship in the East Bay, tracking birds in the South Bay, and 50 years of wine in Napa Valley. Also, tamale season, unconventional homes, a local middle school record player, the Valkyries DJ’s new Oakland club, and new work by ‘90s Mission School artists.

10 hours ago

SFiST

Field Notes: Tamales, New LGBTQ Club in Oakland, and 21 Artists From ‘90s Mission School

SFiST

Saturday Links: Shark Smacks Surfer in Marin County, Leaves Imprint on Surfboard

Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges will increase by 50 cents January 1; a hiker in the South Bay was found safe after he went missing for twelve hours the night of Christmas Eve; and a shark smacked a surfer’s board from below in Marin, but the surfer wasn't injured.

15 hours ago

SFiST

Saturday Links: Shark Smacks Surfer in Marin County, Leaves Imprint on Surfboard

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Brentwood Police Fatally Shoot Armed DUI Suspect on Christmas Eve

UC Santa Cruz’s famed Lick Observatory was damaged by 114 mile per hour winds; a person in Arkansas is the winner of the $1.8 million Powerball jackpot but hasn't claimed it yet; and an armed DUI suspect was killed by police in the East Bay city of Brentwood.

1 day ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Brentwood Police Fatally Shoot Armed DUI Suspect on Christmas Eve

SFiST

Christmas Miracle: Oasis Nightclub Saved From Closure With Multi-Million Dollar Philanthropic Gift

Just six days before its scheduled permanent closure, popular SoMa nightclub Oasis has been saved with a seven-figure donation to keep the club open, though it’s still closing for the next few months for renovations.

1 day ago

SFiST

Christmas Miracle: Oasis Nightclub Saved From Closure With Multi-Million Dollar Philanthropic Gift

SFiST

Tahoe and Sierra Ski Resorts Get Much-Needed Snow, But With It Comes Avalanche and Dangerous Traffic Conditions

The snow finally arrived in time for Christmas for powder-staved Tahoe skiers, but with that snow came some very treacherous driving conditions, and an avalanche that hospitalized two Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers.

1 day ago

SFiST

Tahoe and Sierra Ski Resorts Get Much-Needed Snow, But With It Comes Avalanche and Dangerous Traffic Conditions

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