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SF Standard

Boom loop watch: The state of SF’s comeback in 19 charts

Crime’s down, rents are up, transit’s a mess: We look at the cold, hard numbers behind the city’s resurgence.

57 minutes ago

SF Standard

Boom loop watch: The state of SF’s comeback in 19 charts

SF Standard

They unwittingly bought ‘Dirt Alley.’ A supervisor is coming to their rescue

D4 Supervisor Alan Wong steps into the ‘street fight’ over the $25,000 strip of land.

57 minutes ago

SF Standard

They unwittingly bought ‘Dirt Alley.’ A supervisor is coming to their rescue

SF Standard

What if the Warriors actually start to make shots?

Golden State’s role players missed open looks against the Clippers and converted against the Bucks. It swung the outcome of each game.

57 minutes ago

SF Standard

What if the Warriors actually start to make shots?

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Mission Local

They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

Here’s Mission Local's guide to the street teams in the Mission — who’s who, what they do, and how they can help. They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

2 hours ago

Mission Local

They're all trying to clean up the Mission District's streets. But who does what?

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SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Oroville Dam Spillway Lets Loose

Parts of the Bay Area are under an "extreme cold watch" for Friday morning; another Oakland athletics coach had his life threatened; and ICE agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis today.

12 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Oroville Dam Spillway Lets Loose

SFiST

Building Where Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Took Place Is Up for Additional Historic Landmark Status

Now that a private prison company is running a halfway house at the site of the famed transgender protest known as the Compton's Cafeteria Riot, trans activists are hoping to redesignate the site with another set of historical protections.

13 hours ago

SFiST

Building Where Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Took Place Is Up for Additional Historic Landmark Status

SFiST

Accused Killer Testifies In Murder Trial of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

The 2021 killing of Anza Vista resident Vicha Ratanapakdee has its murder trial underway, and accused 24-year-old killer Antoine Watson took the stand in his own defense Tuesday. His explanations, though, were largely incoherent.

14 hours ago

SFiST

Accused Killer Testifies In Murder Trial of 84-Year-Old ‘Grandpa Vicha’ Ratanapakdee

SFiST

Suspect In Last Month’s SF General Hospital Stabbing Pleads Not Guilty, Attorney Says He Was Suffering 'Crisis’

The accused stabber in last month’s fatal attack on a UCSF social worker at SF General Hospital finally had a court appearance Tuesday, pleading not guilty, with his attorney saying “he was suffering a mental health crisis that day.”

15 hours ago

SFiST

Suspect In Last Month’s SF General Hospital Stabbing Pleads Not Guilty, Attorney Says He Was Suffering 'Crisis’

SF Standard

Failing in the clutch: An in-depth look at all 12 of the Warriors’ late losses

Despite having closers in Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, Golden State’s 8-12 record in games within five points in the final five minutes is holding the team back.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

Failing in the clutch: An in-depth look at all 12 of the Warriors’ late losses

SF Standard

While SF residents suffer, PG&E profits. It’s time to smash the utility monopolies

Governor candidate Tom Steyer argues for more competition in the wake of PG&E’s December blackout.

18 hours ago

SF Standard

While SF residents suffer, PG&E profits. It’s time to smash the utility monopolies

SFiST

SF Finally Shuts Down Tenderloin Massage Parlor That Was ‘Blatantly Operating as a Brothel’

The jig is up at the Tenderloin's Empire Relaxation Spa, which has been busted at least four times for selling sex, and now has been shut down permanently with the owners agreeing to pay a $275,000 settlement.

19 hours ago

SFiST

SF Finally Shuts Down Tenderloin Massage Parlor That Was ‘Blatantly Operating as a Brothel’

SFiST

Section of Highway 116 Near Guerneville Washes Out, Could Take a Year to Repair

A section of winding Highway 116 slid into the Russian River in Sonoma County on Monday, and the washout near Monte Rio is only expected to grow as the rain-soaked banks of the river continue to be saturated and unstable.

19 hours ago

SFiST

Section of Highway 116 Near Guerneville Washes Out, Could Take a Year to Repair

SF Standard

The 13 best events in SF this weekend

A two-day David Bowie bash, immersive audio festival, food fair, hot chocolate races in Golden Gate Park, and more.

19 hours ago

SF Standard

The 13 best events in SF this weekend

Mission Local

Alleged killer of S.F. hospital worker was suffering ‘crisis’ — pleads not guilty

Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, the man charged with murder for stabbing a social worker to death last month, denied the allegations. Alleged killer of S.F. hospital worker was suffering ‘crisis’ — pleads not guilty

20 hours ago

Mission Local

Alleged killer of S.F. hospital worker was suffering ‘crisis’ — pleads not guilty

Mission Local

Birds of a feather

On the San Francisco Bay. Photo by Walter Mackins. Birds of a feather

24 hours ago

Mission Local

Birds of a feather

Mission Local

Comic: How San Francisco's sewers do (and don't) work

Every few years during the rainy season, certain neighborhoods of San Francisco flood. Why? Here's our comics explainer. Comic: How San Francisco's sewers do (and don't) work

1 day ago

Mission Local

Comic: How San Francisco's sewers do (and don't) work

Mission Local

S.F. immigration court to close at year’s end, sources say

The court's closure will leave one remaining immigration court building in San Francisco by 2027. S.F. immigration court to close at year’s end, sources say

1 day ago

Mission Local

S.F. immigration court to close at year’s end, sources say

Mission Local

17 Reasons why?

17th and Mission St. Photo by Lydia Chávez 17 Reasons why?

2 days ago

Mission Local

17 Reasons why?