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Everyone agrees that the city needs more homes. So why do the private markets keep chasing new downtown skyscrapers?
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The satire site Marin Lately is expanding from Marin to the Bay Area.
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Opinion: Our chipper and ubiquitous mayor has his own definition of accountability.
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It started with a fight over a parking spot outside a Grateful Dead clothing shop. Hours later, the owner of Mad Dog in the Fog and Kezar Pub allegedly came back with a baseball bat — and wound up in jail.
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After losing Nick Bosa to a calf injury at practice this week, the 49ers’ top wide receiver departed Sunday’s game with a rib injury.
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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. sfstandard.com/2026/09/26/wa…
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Sophie Smith of Butter & Crumble spent tens of thousands of dollars preparing to open her second bakery in North Beach. Then she discovered the storefront’s tangled history of zoning and building-code problems.
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Health issues have made this week difficult to cope with for the longtime broadcast partners, their families, the team, and a slew of Giants fans.
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The philanthropic arm of a SF-based prediction market announced last week that its recently hired employee is actually Caroline Ellison, ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, who herself was released from federal custody in January.
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Behind the clip that broke the internet: A grieving husband, a thoughtful wife, and a reminder that you can’t hear what a couple is saying from your couch.
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Golden State has the highest-scoring bench in WNBA history, and the coach’s mom is persuading her to let the players celebrate.
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A new Sunset District brewery is pouring $3 pints, and somehow the strategy is paying off.
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Neil Rao, a high school junior in San Mateo, is hoping to build something city government does not have: a comprehensive rent control inventory.
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At 988 Market St., the new tenants include a public radio station, a puppeteer, and a DIY radio outfit. Across the street, Frontier Tower is pitching AI and crypto startups.
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From planning million-dollar Vegas events to navigating SF’s brutal rental market — how Brit Bertino landed in Alameda and took the helm at Coldwell Banker at the same time.
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Apolinar “Paul” Quesada, who has also worked as assistant principal and principal at two SF middle schools, is on leave over a 1995 case.
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San Francisco was the Star Wars creator’s first choice to host the $1.5 billion museum.
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Catherine Stefani called for the release of Ho-Yin Mo, who was arrested last week during an enforcement operation at the Las Vegas airport. sfstandard.com/2026/09/22/sf…
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The nurses' bargaining committee rejected the offer unanimously, citing workplace safety concerns, staffing, and a layoff guarantee that didn't go far enough.
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Thieves thought they were stealing valuable chips from Nvidia-branded trucks in Fremont.
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