Lurie rejects core reforms of homelessness oversight audit
Published Aug. 24, 2026at6:00am Mayor Daniel Lurie rejected several key recommendations from a highly critical San Francisco Civil…
Two shelter staffers arrested for allegedly harboring man who shot SFPD officer
Published Aug. 21, 2026at3:50pm Two employees of a Bayview homeless shelter were arrested Thursday for allegedly harboring a…
Why did Flock get a private investigator license?
Published Aug. 19, 2026at6:00am Flock Safety, the surveillance company with contracts nationwide, has seen contracts canceled and cameras…
SF sheriff accused of hiding TV crew’s role in child exploitation sting
Published Aug. 19, 2026at4:26pm Attorneys representing several men charged in a child exploitation sting have accused the San…
‘We gave them hell’: The people who once fought Google buses remember battles won and lost
A decade ago, San Francisco-raised Chirag Bhakta protested displacement linked to tech buses. He can no longer afford…
After 50 years, SF Pretrial is closing. Nobody’s ready to fill the void
Published Aug. 11, 2026at6:00am In three months, the 50-year-old San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project will be no more.…
Chris Hansen of ‘To Catch a Predator’ was part of the SF sheriff’s child sex bust
Published Aug. 6, 2026at2:04pm A new trailer (opens in new tab) dropped Wednesday for the A24 biopic “Primetime,”…
‘Too dangerous to be among us’: 5 charged in SF child exploitation sting
Published Aug. 5, 2026at1:19pmUpdated Aug. 5, 2026at3:47pm Five men, including a former Prudential Financial executive, have been charged…
How Glide is fighting SF’s overdose crisis one haircut at a time
Nick Shuford gets a cut at The Shop inside Glide Memorial Church. | Source: Morgan Ellis/The Standard The…
Plan to prioritize locals could transform SF homelessness strategy
Are San Francisco’s sidewalks full of out-of-town invaders or down-on-their-luck locals who were priced out of their homes?…
Whoa, San Francisco isn’t a hellhole after all, visitors discover
It has happened to everyone who lives in San Francisco: Out-of-towners visit and are shocked to discover that…
How the deadly drug still has San Francisco in its grip
The coroner’s office struggled to keep up. During a 24-hour-span on Aug. 8, 2023, nine people in San…