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Vol. IIINo. 184
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All sections · June 2026 · 526 stories

For Most SF Renters, Those 'Hidden Fees' May Already Be Illegal — Not Just Undisclosed

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Supervisor Bilal Mahmood's new bill would force landlords to disclose the pest-control, trash and "service" fees that…

PoliticsJune 2, 2026

Wiener's Science Bond Was Announced at $23 Billion. The Senate Just Passed It at $12 Billion — With Drug-Pricing Strings

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When the University of California and Sen.

PoliticsJune 2, 2026

The Ghost of 1994 Is in the Building: Baseball's Salary-Cap Fight Comes to Milwaukee

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Six months before the collective bargaining agreement expires, MLB has put a $245.3 million salary cap and a $171.2…

SportsJune 2, 2026

Finals Game 1: The Knicks Are the Better Team and They're Getting Points

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Here's the thing about a building that's never had a Finals in it: the noise is real, the nerves are realer.

SportsJune 2, 2026

Three Free Outdoor Concerts Stack Up on One SF Weekend, June 13–14

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The Golden Gate Park Band Festival, the OMINODAY world music festival in McLaren Park, and Stern Grove's season opener…

EventsJune 2, 2026

SF's Record Ballot-Measure Spending Is Mostly One Side's Money — and the Biggest Individual Check Came From the SF Standard's Own Chairman

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San Francisco's most expensive primary in at least a decade isn't a fair fight: one side has nearly twice the money —…

PoliticsJune 1, 2026

Lurie's 'No-Layoffs' Budget Spares City Hall and Gives Cops a Raise — While Nonprofits Brace for 1,050 Layoffs

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Mayor Daniel Lurie's $16.9 billion budget closes a $642 million deficit without significant new layoffs to the city's…

PoliticsJune 1, 2026

A 10-Percent Cut Hit Seven Arts Centers. MCCLA Collapsed on Its Own. San Francisco's Hotel-Tax Arts Fund Is Wobbling for Both.

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A single line in Lydia Chávez's May museum roundup — "It's a difficult time for many of the city's museums and cultural…

PoliticsJune 1, 2026

San Francisco Will Pay Double the Bay Area Transit Tax — and the Extra Half-Cent Goes to Muni, Not BART

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When Bay Area voters decide the Connect Bay Area transit measure in November, San Francisco will be the only one of…

PoliticsJune 1, 2026

Lurie Loses His Most Experienced Hand Before the Union Contracts She Helped Negotiate Come Due

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Staci Slaughter, the longtime San Francisco operator who taught Mayor Daniel Lurie's outsider administration how City…

PoliticsJune 1, 2026

Flour & Branch Moves to South Park, Trading the Bakery Case for an All-Day Restaurant

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The upscale bakery from Lauren Arnsdorff and Walter Carrera relocates to 155A South Park St.

FoodJune 1, 2026

Asana, Down 53% This Year, Buys a YC Agent Startup for a Reported $75M

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Asana paid a reported $75 million for StackAI, a no-code AI agent builder that had raised under $20 million, and…

TechJune 1, 2026

The North Beach Festival Turns 72 This Weekend: 11 Blocks, Three Stages, and a Blessing of the Animals

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San Francisco's North Beach Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, June 20–21, free, with 200+ vendors across 11 blocks…

EventsJune 1, 2026

Game 1 in San Antonio: Take the Points With the Knicks

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Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tonight at the Frost Bank Center, and the board has the San Antonio Spurs laying…

SportsJune 1, 2026

On 24th Street, Bone Broth Took the Spot Boba Used to Hold

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A new SF Standard portrait of Noe Valley's commercial strip catches the neighborhood mid-shift — and the tell…

CultureMay 31, 2026

Pelosi's Eleventh-Hour Chan Endorsement Reads Less Like a Blessing Than a Block on Chakrabarti

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Nancy Pelosi gave Connie Chan just one day's notice before unveiling the most coveted endorsement in San Francisco…

PoliticsMay 31, 2026

Same Donors, Every Front: A Small Tech-Money Network Spans SF's June 2 Primary and the Statewide Wealth-Tax Fight

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A small, overlapping circle of tech donors — Chris Larsen, Garry Tan, Jeremy Stoppelman — is simultaneously bankrolling…

PoliticsMay 31, 2026

SpaceX Files to Go Public — and Musk Keeps a Lock on the Board

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SpaceX filed an S-1 with the SEC on May 20, registering Class A stock for a Nasdaq listing under "SPCX." The filing's…

TechMay 31, 2026

Juneteenth on the Waterfront Anchors a Free Sunday at the Ferry Building — Just Mind the BART Single-Tracking

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Sunday, June 7, the Ferry Building stacks Juneteenth on the Waterfront, the HEAD WEST marketplace, and the farmers…

EventsMay 31, 2026

Festa Italiana Takes Over Washington Square: Pizza Toss, Accordions and a Footrace, June 6–7

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San Francisco's only Italian street festival returns to North Beach's Washington Square the weekend of June 6–7, free…

EventsMay 31, 2026

Union Street Festival Turns 48: Two Days of Open-Air Cow Hollow, Plus the Waiters Race

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The 48th Union Street Festival takes over Cow Hollow June 6–7, 11am–7pm, free — six blocks of food, craft brews, and…

EventsMay 31, 2026

The Wemby Tax: Why the Knicks Are Live Underdogs in Game 1

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There's a number the betting market quietly charges, and it doesn't show up on any line sheet.

SportsMay 31, 2026