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I found SF’s most, ahem, spirited Halloween pop-up bar

With Black Lagoon, renowned bar Kona’s Street Market goes all in on the spooky season.

49 minutes ago

SF Standard

I found SF’s most, ahem, spirited Halloween pop-up bar

SF Standard

49ers vs Cardinals: The Standard's 5 fast predictions

Will there be another unexpected star for the 49ers as they attempt to deliver consecutive wins for the first time this season?

1 hour ago

SF Standard

49ers vs Cardinals: The Standard's 5 fast predictions

SF Standard

Undercover cops are shot at near former Twitter building

The SFPD said the suspect was arrested, and there were no injuries.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

Undercover cops are shot at near former Twitter building

SF Standard

Gay bathhouses could come again. For once, no one is moaning

There have been no gay bathhouses in San Francisco since 1987. That could be changing.

2 hours ago

SF Standard

Gay bathhouses could come again. For once, no one is moaning

SF Standard

SF Republicans throw support behind surprising Democrat for mayor

The local Republican Party and moderate Briones Society put the nonprofit founder at the top of their mayoral recommendation lists.

4 hours ago

SF Standard

SF Republicans throw support behind surprising Democrat for mayor

SF Standard

Amsterdam-style weed cafes in SF? Don’t hold your breath

Much needs to happen before San Francisco can fully embrace coffee-shop culture like Amsterdam's.

21 hours ago

SF Standard

Amsterdam-style weed cafes in SF? Don’t hold your breath

Mission Local

Cat on a mission

4 hours ago

Mission Local

Cat on a mission

Mission Local

S.F. mayor, city attorney broke law by deleting texts, task force says

Mayor London Breed and City Attorney David Chiu delete texts dealing with 'minor' city business—and task force took them to task for practice. S.F. mayor, city attorney broke law by deleting texts, task force says

20 hours ago

Mission Local

S.F. mayor, city attorney broke law by deleting texts, task force says

Mission Local

Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

Candidates who spoke directly to the workshops by-and-large support them. Some emphasize the need for workshops to include diverse viewpoints. Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

22 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

Mission Local

District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

In a Mission Local forum Wednesday night, it was clear San Francisco’s politics has shifted since the heyday of Black Lives Matter, even in one of the city’s most progressive [...] District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

23 hours ago

Mission Local

District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

Mission Local

Time machine

1 day ago

Mission Local

Time machine

Mission Local

Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

Bilal Mahmood, an entrepreneur and District 5 supervisor candidate, repeatedly picked fights with incumbent Dean Preston. Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

1 day ago

Mission Local

Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

Hoodline

SFiST

Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Arena Concert Inexplicably Delayed Over Safety Concerns

A Hans Zimmer concert at Oakland Arena had an inexplicable two-hour delay that frustrated fans Thursday; the US added 254,000 jobs last month; and a new report confirms that Trump withheld disaster aid to California because it's a blue state.

1 hour ago

SFiST

Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Arena Concert Inexplicably Delayed Over Safety Concerns

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: That Union Square Jollibee in the Former Payless Is Supposedly Opening This Year

SF temperatures baked in the mid-90s for the second day in a row; an SF firefighter will not get jail time for attacking another firefighter with a wrench; and that Jollibee in the former Payless ShoeSource is vowing to open by year’s end.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: That Union Square Jollibee in the Former Payless Is Supposedly Opening This Year

SFiST

Katie Porter for Governor? Poll Suggests She Might Do Well

Congresswoman Katie Porter, who is not running for reelection in her purple Southern California district following her unsuccessful run for Senate, is hinting she would consider running for governor in 2026.

16 hours ago

SFiST

Katie Porter for Governor? Poll Suggests She Might Do Well

SFiST

Popular SF Artist and Oasis Muralist Diego Gomez Brutally Attacked, Placed in Intensive Care

SF muralist Diego Gomez, who painted much of The Oasis and is also known as drag personality Trangela Lansbury, is in intensive care after a Monday attack in the Tenderloin left him with multiple facial fractures.

17 hours ago

SFiST

Popular SF Artist and Oasis Muralist Diego Gomez Brutally Attacked, Placed in Intensive Care

SFiST

Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safai Come Together for Improbable ‘1-2’ Ranked-Choice Alliance In Mayoral Race

Some strange bedfellows at opposite ends of the political spectrum have come together in the SF mayor’s race, as moderate Mark Farrell has made a puzzling partnership with Ahsha Safai in hopes of gaming the ranked-choice votes.

18 hours ago

SFiST

Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safai Come Together for Improbable ‘1-2’ Ranked-Choice Alliance In Mayoral Race

SFiST

SF Disability Justice Activist Alice Wong Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant, as Does Cabaret Star Justin Vivian Bond

The MacArthur Fellows for 2024 have been announced, and among them are San Francisco-based disability justice activist and writer Alice Wong, and onetime SF resident and famed cabaret performer Justin Vivian Bond.

19 hours ago

SFiST

SF Disability Justice Activist Alice Wong Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant, as Does Cabaret Star Justin Vivian Bond