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Three Free Outdoor Concerts Stack Up on One SF Weekend, June 13–14
The Golden Gate Park Band Festival, the OMINODAY world music festival in McLaren Park, and Stern Grove's season opener…
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
San Francisco's most expensive primary in at least a decade isn't a fair fight: one side has nearly twice the money —…
Lurie's 'No‑Layoffs' Budget Spares City Hall and Gives Cops a Raise — While Nonprofits Brace for 1,050 Layoffs
Mayor Daniel Lurie's $16.9 billion budget closes a $642 million deficit without significant new layoffs to the city's…
A 10‑Percent Cut Hit Seven Arts Centers. MCCLA Collapsed on Its Own. San Francisco's Hotel‑Tax Arts Fund Is Wobbling for Both.
A single line in Lydia Chávez's May museum roundup — "It's a difficult time for many of the city's museums and cultural…
San Francisco Will Pay Double the Bay Area Transit Tax — and the Extra Half‑Cent Goes to Muni, Not BART
When Bay Area voters decide the Connect Bay Area transit measure in November, San Francisco will be the only one of…
Lurie Loses His Most Experienced Hand Before the Union Contracts She Helped Negotiate Come Due
Staci Slaughter, the longtime San Francisco operator who taught Mayor Daniel Lurie's outsider administration how City…
Flour & Branch Moves to South Park, Trading the Bakery Case for an All‑Day Restaurant
The upscale bakery from Lauren Arnsdorff and Walter Carrera relocates to 155A South Park St.
Asana, Down 53% This Year, Buys a YC Agent Startup for a Reported $75M
Asana paid a reported $75 million for StackAI, a no-code AI agent builder that had raised under $20 million, and…
The North Beach Festival Turns 72 This Weekend: 11 Blocks, Three Stages, and a Blessing of the Animals
San Francisco's North Beach Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, June 20–21, free, with 200+ vendors across 11 blocks…
Game 1 in San Antonio: Take the Points With the Knicks
Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals tips tonight at the Frost Bank Center, and the board has the San Antonio Spurs laying…
On 24th Street, Bone Broth Took the Spot Boba Used to Hold
A new SF Standard portrait of Noe Valley's commercial strip catches the neighborhood mid-shift — and the tell…
Pelosi's Eleventh‑Hour Chan Endorsement Reads Less Like a Blessing Than a Block on Chakrabarti
Nancy Pelosi gave Connie Chan just one day's notice before unveiling the most coveted endorsement in San Francisco…
Same Donors, Every Front: A Small Tech‑Money Network Spans SF's June 2 Primary and the Statewide Wealth‑Tax Fight
A small, overlapping circle of tech donors — Chris Larsen, Garry Tan, Jeremy Stoppelman — is simultaneously bankrolling…
SpaceX Files to Go Public — and Musk Keeps a Lock on the Board
SpaceX filed an S-1 with the SEC on May 20, registering Class A stock for a Nasdaq listing under "SPCX." The filing's…
Juneteenth on the Waterfront Anchors a Free Sunday at the Ferry Building — Just Mind the BART Single‑Tracking
Sunday, June 7, the Ferry Building stacks Juneteenth on the Waterfront, the HEAD WEST marketplace, and the farmers…
Festa Italiana Takes Over Washington Square: Pizza Toss, Accordions and a Footrace, June 6–7
San Francisco's only Italian street festival returns to North Beach's Washington Square the weekend of June 6–7, free…
Union Street Festival Turns 48: Two Days of Open‑Air Cow Hollow, Plus the Waiters Race
The 48th Union Street Festival takes over Cow Hollow June 6–7, 11am–7pm, free — six blocks of food, craft brews, and…
The Wemby Tax: Why the Knicks Are Live Underdogs in Game 1
There's a number the betting market quietly charges, and it doesn't show up on any line sheet.