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SF Standard

State investigating Ahsing Solutions after Standard report

Previous reporting revealed that the for-profit street ambassador company does not have a license for security work.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

State investigating Ahsing Solutions after Standard report

SF Standard

From NYT bestseller to poker champion: The soundtrack to Maria Konnikova’s life

The psychologist shares the songs that shaped her, including the ’90s rap track she plays before every poker game.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

From NYT bestseller to poker champion: The soundtrack to Maria Konnikova’s life

SF Standard

Oakland’s only boutique hotel closes, adding to the city’s hospitality woes

The sector has suffered since the pandemic, and this closure just adds to the growing list.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

Oakland’s only boutique hotel closes, adding to the city’s hospitality woes

SF Standard

Beef, butter, Guinness, and no apologies at a brilliant new British pub

With nary a whiff of San Francisco virtue signaling, Dingles Public House in Hayes Valley is merrily English.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

Beef, butter, Guinness, and no apologies at a brilliant new British pub

SF Standard

‘Can’t think of anybody at that age playing better’: Inside Curry’s historic All-Star nod

Steph Curry is heading to his 12th All-Star Game, and he’s already thinking about adding to that total in the years ahead.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

‘Can’t think of anybody at that age playing better’: Inside Curry’s historic All-Star nod

SF Standard

What Jimmy Butler’s knee injury means for the Warriors

The Golden State star reportedly tore his ACL after he landed awkwardly in the third quarter of Monday’s game.

10 hours ago

SF Standard

What Jimmy Butler’s knee injury means for the Warriors

Mission Local

A kitty loaf

On 17th Street. Photo by Walter Mackins. A kitty loaf

2 hours ago

Mission Local

A kitty loaf

Mission Local

S.F. poet Alejandro Murguía stars in new documentary, and the Mission gets its close-up

"Keeper of the Fire" traces decades of work creating and preserving Latino culture in San Francisco—and featuring the city's poets. S.F. poet Alejandro Murguía stars in new documentary, and the Mission gets its close-up

4 hours ago

Mission Local

S.F. poet Alejandro Murguía stars in new documentary, and the Mission gets its close-up

Mission Local

Birds

On Haight Street. Photo by Mike Santiago. Birds

16 hours ago

Mission Local

Birds

Mission Local

Is San Francisco’s homeless point-in-time count pointless?

Improving the point-in-time tally is a bit like Ford Motor Company coming out with a better horse and buggy Is San Francisco’s homeless point-in-time count pointless?

1 day ago

Mission Local

Is San Francisco’s homeless point-in-time count pointless?

Mission Local

Review: Beretta, what is old is new again

Recently, the restaurant had a makeover; both the interior and its menu got spiffed up. Review: Beretta, what is old is new again

1 day ago

Mission Local

Review: Beretta, what is old is new again

Mission Local

Champ the pit bull

At Stockton and O'Farrell Streets. Photo by Jay A. Martin. Champ the pit bull

2 days ago

Mission Local

Champ the pit bull

SFiST

MLK Day Around the Bay: 28-Year-Old SFO Worker Dies In Accident

An SFO worker was killed in an accident Sunday; a high-speed rail collision in Spain led to 40 deaths; and an explanation of BART's nightly Grand Meet, which has been going on for 50 years.

13 hours ago

SFiST

MLK Day Around the Bay: 28-Year-Old SFO Worker Dies In Accident

SFiST

Green Apple Books’ Sunset Location Finally Gets a New Tenant In Upstairs Mezzanine: A Literary Co-Working Space

The long-empty and effectively forgotten upstairs mezzanine area of the Inner Sunset’s Green Apple Books on the Park has at last been filled, by a co-working space dedicated specifically to writers called the Backstory Above.

14 hours ago

SFiST

Green Apple Books’ Sunset Location Finally Gets a New Tenant In Upstairs Mezzanine: A Literary Co-Working Space

SFiST

Bedraggled Coyote Filmed Stepping Foot on Alcatraz Island for the First Time in History

A coyote recently made its way to Alcatraz Island for the first time in documented history, most likely from SF’s Coit Tower area, after it likely got caught up in the bay’s current, which was stronger than usual that day due to recent storms.

15 hours ago

SFiST

Bedraggled Coyote Filmed Stepping Foot on Alcatraz Island for the First Time in History

SFiST

California Forever Group Petitions Feds to Turn the Delta Into a Maritime Prosperity Zone

In its quest to build a new California city in Solano County, the billionaire-backed California Forever group continues its work to also create an economic engine for that city, which it envisions being a new shipbuilding hub.

16 hours ago

SFiST

California Forever Group Petitions Feds to Turn the Delta Into a Maritime Prosperity Zone

SFiST

East Bay to Get Its First Flour + Water Pizza Shop This Week

The pizza empire of SF's Flour + Water is growing again this week, with the first location of Flour + Water Pizza Shop debuting in Oakland, near Lake Merritt.

16 hours ago

SFiST

East Bay to Get Its First Flour + Water Pizza Shop This Week

SFiST

Man Claims Self-Driving Zoox Smashed His Hand, Zoox Claims the Guy Doored Their Vehicle

Gadzooks! A new SF self-driving car controversy, this time as a man claims one of Amazon’s Zoox self-driving cars hit his vehicle and smashed his hand, while Zoox instead insists that the man opened his door into incoming traffic.

18 hours ago

SFiST

Man Claims Self-Driving Zoox Smashed His Hand, Zoox Claims the Guy Doored Their Vehicle

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