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Gutting story about SFPD’s longest-serving detective and the city’s struggles to staff its SVU sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/sfp…


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House of Prime Rib owner Joe Betz, lauded for his generosity and commitment to old-school dining in SF, has died at 86. 📝: @allaboutgeorge sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/san…


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Since 2016, at least eight security guards have sued the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, alleging a decade-long pattern of discrimination and harassment based on age, race, and physical and mental disability by the museum’s security management team. sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/law…


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A green card was once enough for Chinese immigrants. Now they don’t feel safe sfstandard.com/2025/09/23/gre…


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Feeling emboldened by recall, activists turn ire on another supervisor. She’s not worried / ✍️ @lihanlihan sfstandard.com/2025/09/19/fee…


After a right-wing conspiracy theorist broke into her Pacific Heights home in October 2022 and bludgeoned her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, Kirk called for a “patriot” to bail out the assailant. sfstandard.com/2025/09/19/pel…


The votes are in. The Sunset’s supervisor lost. Everything can go back to normal, right? Not by a long shot. The successful recall of Supervisor Joel Engardio promises political fallout for everyone under City Hall’s gilded dome. Here's how: sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/pow…


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Much has been made of this latest iteration of tech grind culture. Back then, it was merely founders' mentality. Today, it's known as 996. Instead of just glorifying how often people are allegedly in an office, @reeyopeeyo examines what's real 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/san…


Roughly 15,553 voters, or roughly 31% of registered voters in the district, had returned their recall ballots as of Tuesday. Follow the @sfstandard's coverage for more: sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/eng…


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Big day in SF politics. Supervisor Joel Engardio faces a recall election for his championing of Prop. K last year, which closed a 2-mile strip of the Great Highway to cars to make way for a new park. Check out the @sfstandard's coverage today/tonight: sfstandard.com/politics/


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The assassination of right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk is already having an impact on California politics, including reactions from Daniel Lurie, Gavin Newsom, and Kamala Harris. 📝: @FitzTheReporter and @Josh_Koehn sfstandard.com/2025/09/10/cha…


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Precinct maps reveal that residents who backed Supervisor Joel Engardio at the polls then voted against his measure to close the Great Highway. “It’s the betrayal,” say recall proponents. 📝: @FitzTheReporter and @lihanlihan sfstandard.com/2025/09/10/bet…


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“We can — and we must — generate the funding necessary to avoid devastating Muni service cuts.” With the SFMTA facing a $320 million deficit, Lurie's plan to save Muni includes placing a parcel tax on the 2026 ballot. 📝: @FitzTheReporter sfstandard.com/2025/09/03/lur…


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Former SF city official Sheryl Davis is under criminal investigation, sources say sfstandard.com/2025/08/25/san…


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The SFMTA is trying to curtail "personal necessity breaks.” Muni drivers are pissed. 📝: @FitzTheReporter sfstandard.com/2025/08/20/san…


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