{"id":108743,"date":"2025-12-25T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/108743\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T14:33:35","slug":"the-standards-25-most-read-stories-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/108743\/","title":{"rendered":"The Standard\u2019s 25 most read stories of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the best of times, it was the weirdest of times. It was, in a nutshell, a typically wild year in San Francisco. And the stories that cracked the top of The Standard\u2019s traffic leaderboard show just how unwieldy and unpredictable the news was in 2025. <\/p>\n

We had stomach-churning scandals. We had heartbreaking tragedies. We had insane city-versus-feds feuds. We had something called Slutcon. And through it all, we had The Standard\u2019s mix of editorial curiosity, journalistic fearlessness, irreverent humor, and ceaseless gratitude that we get to cover such a damn interesting place. <\/p>\n

What follows are the stories that resonated most with you, our readers. If you want even more where this came from in 2026, you can support our journalism by subscribing here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"ASource: Photo illustration by The Standard<\/p>\n

A military-tech gold rush has changed hearts and minds on campus.
By Jasmine Sun<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands? By Susan Freinkel<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Lara Litchfield-Kimber<\/p>\n

Colden Kimber, 28, was killed in a \u201ccompletely and utterly unprovoked\u201d attack, prosecutors say. By Michael McLaughlin, George Kelly<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Autumn DeGrazia\/The Standard<\/p>\n

A time-honored college tradition has become a source of anxiety for international students who might consider traveling abroad. By Emily Shugerman<\/p>\n

\"RowSource: Courtesy Charity Vargas\/Presidio Trust<\/p>\n

The federal agency was established by Congress in 1996 to oversee the 1,500-acre San Francisco park. By Gabe Greschler, Max Harrison-Caldwell, and George Kelly<\/p>\n

\"TheSource: Photo Illustration by Kyle Victory<\/p>\n

Rippling cofounder Prasanna Sankar said his wife\u2019s affair broke their marriage. The true story is far more complicated. By Ezra Wallach<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

Public records and accounts from associates have unveiled a string of failed businesses and a growing tally of unpaid debts. By Kevin Truong, George Kelly, Jonah Owen Lamb, Michael McLaughlin, Kevin V. Nguyen, and Jon Steinberg<\/p>\n

\"TwoSource: Ashley Landis\/Associated Press<\/p>\n

Dynasties are supposed to have shelf lives. Don\u2019t tell that to Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Steve Kerr. By Danny Emerman<\/p>\n

\"FiveSource: Illustration by Christina Lee<\/p>\n

A visit to a three-day conference in the East Bay, where men paid thousands to learn how to not give women the ick. By Zara Stone<\/p>\n

\"TwoSource: Ulysses Ortega for The Standard<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t do it; it\u2019s a straight-up mockery of the original magic to me,\u201d said one fan. By Carly Schwartz<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Rolf Schulten\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

An \u201cexciting resurgence of energy\u201d points to San Franciscans getting back into the office. By Jillian D\u2019Onfro<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Soon Tani Beccaria Mochizuki for The Standard<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Lee of Hamburger Project, Hand Roll Project, and Ju-Ni has stepped back from all three after screenshots surfaced of verbal abuse. By Astrid Kane<\/p>\n

\"TheSource: brunocoelhopt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Deloitte is also ending the diversity goals it laid out for its workforce and business. By Rya Jetha<\/p>\n

\"TheSource: Illustration by Ryan Haskins<\/p>\n

May 7 was Real ID deadline day, so The Standard sent a reporter to fly without one. Would she make it to Reno and back? By Zara Stone<\/p>\n

\"ASource: ABC7 News<\/p>\n

Soren Dixon had a blood alcohol concentration nearly 20 times the legal limit. By Stephanie K. Baer<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Thomas Sawano\/The Standard<\/p>\n

After a string of disasters, lenders are tapping the brakes on new mortgages and looking under the hood for everything. By Kevin V. Nguyen<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

Confusion and mix-ups have abounded, and one owner is fighting back with a petition. By Jillian D\u2019Onfro<\/p>\n

\"\"Source: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

Online commenters have called the alleged use of Narcan on unsuspecting victims a \u201cnew strategy for moving bums out of your way.\u201d Health experts say it could kill. By David Sjostedt<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Jungho Kim for The Standard<\/p>\n

Two months after Kirk was assassinated, his Turning Point USA college campus tour stopped in Berkeley. It did not go well. By Josh Koehn<\/p>\n

\"TwoSource: Jim Wysocki<\/p>\n

A reporter from The Standard visited the Ocheltree-Truong family in the home where they would soon die. New details and old messages shed light on the tragedy. By Garrett Leahy<\/p>\n

\"AnSource: Illustration by The Standard \/ Getty<\/p>\n

A modest (read: fake) proposal from the Google cofounder, who believes employees should work \u201cat least\u201d every weekday. And also every weekend-day. By Eli Grober<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Jason Henry for The Standard<\/p>\n

Mercor\u2019s 22-year-old CEO, Brendan Foody, imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans. By Rya Jetha<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

The Sixth Street drug market has found a new home. By David Sjostedt and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Illustration by David Huang<\/p>\n

In an effort to make the cuisine more accessible, Jagalchi made shopping less appealing to its core customers.\u00a0By Lena Park<\/p>\n

\"ASource: Photo illustration by The Standard<\/p>\n

It was celebrated as a co-living utopia. There was just one catch: all the people who were evicted to make it happen. By Zara Stone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the best of times, it was the weirdest of times. It was, in a nutshell, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9329,723,536,2985,7000,8947,12463,101,103,102,104,106,105,493,149],"class_list":{"0":"post-108743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-billionaires","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-golden-gate-park","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-murders","14":"tag-presidio","15":"tag-san-francisco","16":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","17":"tag-san-francisco-news","18":"tag-sf","19":"tag-sf-headlines","20":"tag-sf-news","21":"tag-stanford-university","22":"tag-uc-berkeley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}