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Jillian D’Onfro

@jillianiles.bsky.social

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Business reporter at SF Standard, chronicling Bay Area stories✨ jdonfro@sfstandard.com 📧 Formerly writing and editing at SFGATE, Business Insider, CNBC, and Forbes. Send me news tips! jillianiles.33 on Signal

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19/02/2026

WAIT HOLD UP ALYSA LIU WAS ONE OF THE IN-TRAIN ANNOUNCERS FOR THE MUNI METRO L TARAVAL RELAUNCH WTFFFF

@alysaxliu

L Taraval Train Relaunch.

Got to work a little bit on this project as one of the transit announcers. Thank you to SFMTA for implementing some aspects of my culture in the decorating & audio, so proud to represent. Very grateful for this new experience

September 30, 2024

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This downtown SF university gave up its campus. Here’s how it plans to rebuild sfstandard.com/2026/02/12/g...

San Francisco’s Golden Gate University plans to find a new downtown campus

Golden Gate University is focused on growing its online program. Here’s why it still wants a space in downtown SF.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Fun Q&A from @jonsteinberg31.bsky.social about what it was like to be one of the human bushes ("grass people"!) during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show. Particularly loved this tidbit from the participant about how they appreciated their phone getting taken away sfstandard.com/2026/02/10/c...

Screenshot from article with text reading the following:

Question: Did you make new friends out of this experience?  
Answer: Yeah, definitely. I think I made some really good friends, people I won’t ever forget. Initially going into it, I didn’t know anybody. But getting there, they take away your phones — that was a really big thing — so we didn’t have our phones really. And we had the joy of being able to talk freely.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Mayor Lurie is working with Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive on secretive SF branding effort 👀👀👀 sfstandard.com/2026/02/03/d...

SF mayor working with Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive on secretive SF branding effort

Mayor Daniel Lurie has quietly met several times in recent months with philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, former Apple designer Jony Ive, Gap CEO Richard Dickson, and others, to discuss a branding ca...

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

On the ground reporting from my colleagues this afternoon at the national strike & ICE protest in Dolores Park >>>> sfstandard.com/2026/01/30/s...

ICE protests: San Francisco businesses, students join national strike

Protesters gather at Dolores Park on a day of action sparked by the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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Kevin V. Nguyen @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

H1mmy Butler is out, but his Bigface Coffee is returning to San Francisco just in time for Super Bowl LX per @jillianiles.bsky.social 👇 sfstandard.com/2026/01/27/j...

Jimmy Butler’s Bigface Coffee comes back to SF

While the Warriors star is sidelined with a torn ACL, his brand Bigface will have another pop-up.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Unlike in past tech booms, AI companies aren't plastering their names and logos onto office buildings, so it can be hard to know where they're all located. @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social maps San Francisco's hotspots ➡️🗺️ sfstandard.com/2026/01/22/s...

Invisible giants: Where AI companies are hiding their offices

A lack of signage and public addresses obscures their locations. But we’ve got the dirt on the industry’s footprint in San Francisco.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Want to turn Super Bowl 60 into your side hustle? I found a bunch of temp work positions currently available around the big game, including one that involves getting to be *on the field* during halftime (if you meet veeery specific height requirements) sfstandard.com/2026/01/21/s...

How to make the Super Bowl LX your side hustle

The Niners are out, so here are your chances to make some cash around the big game.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Displaced by fire, then robbed: Tenderloin tenants say landlord left them vulnerable sfstandard.com/2026/01/15/t... @allaboutgeorge.com reports on the devastation

SF tenants displaced by fire face theft, silence from landlord

Many say Mosser Companies failed to secure their homes or return calls since a December blaze.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

“It’s been a story of resistance: We’d get kicked out of one space and find another neighborhood to regroup, and add love and creativity,” Joseph said. “Now, we’re ready to give other artists and collectives a space.” sfstandard.com/2025/12/10/d...

This arts org has lost multiple venues, so it decided to open its own

Decentered Arts opened on Folsom Street in one of SF’s last “weirdo-majority” neighborhoods.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Folks... someone gave birth inside a Waymo last night sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/b...

Driverless delivery: Woman gives birth in San Francisco Waymo

Waymo detected “unusual activity” in the robotaxi and initiated a call to check on the passenger.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

An unlikely character is spearheading the recent glow-up of one of SF’s most important retail corridors: sfstandard.com/2025/12/07/p...

Meet the Lurie-loving crypto bro helping lead Powell Street’s turnaround

An unlikely character is spearheading the recent glow-up of one of SF’s most important retail corridors.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

City Hall looking pretty darn pretty tonight

a picture of san francisco city hall at night, lit up in a bunch of different colors

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Waymos are suddenly behaving like New York cabbies 🥴 www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies

Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

RIP to an icon sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...

Famed San Francisco albino alligator Claude dies at 30

The unofficial mascot for San Francisco recently had a year of birthday celebrations.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Inside a historic building — and a major San Francisco corridor — at a crossroads. Here's the story of how a landmark once poised for a comeback has become mired in lawsuits sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/1...

Inside a historic building — and a major San Francisco corridor — at a crossroads

A landmark once poised for a comeback is mired in lawsuits, reflecting broader troubles facing Van Ness Avenue.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

More changes on the horizon for Ikea's Saluhall, Market Street's struggling food hall sfstandard.com/2025/11/24/s...

Rent hike drives out original tenant of Ikea’s SF food hall

Vegan Puerto Rican restaurant Casa Borinqueña will exit Saluhall. Izzy and Wooks will move in.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

San Francisco police ramp up late-night drug raids to appease Trump and feds sfstandard.com/2025/11/24/s...

San Francisco police step up late-night drug raids to appease Trump

Officials say the crackdown is linked to the president’s threats to deploy the National Guard and ICE.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

This SF couple made a maaajor alley-oops sfstandard.com/2025/11/21/s...

‘Why would someone own this?’ How this Sunset couple accidentally bought an alley for $25,000

This husband and wife thought a real estate auction offered the chance at a $1 million house for a fraction of the cost, only to find out they were the new owners of “Dirt Alley” instead.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Union Square's "boom loop" continues sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/u...

Another AI company just moved to Union Square

Chalk just leased 15,000 square feet in a building on Stockton Street, as the area’s ‘boom loop’ continues.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their names sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/b...

Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their name

Almost anything can be had through Buy Nothing — except the name.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"The beach lovers’ initiative is part of a pattern: If the feds can’t get their act together, San Franciscans will just do it themselves." sfstandard.com/2025/11/06/s...

San Francisco’s China Beach reopens despite federal shutdown

A mere $2,500 was enough to keep the sliver of federal waterfront accessible.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

!!! A new bookstore is coming to Union Square — and right on Powell Street no less sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/e...

San Francisco’s Union Square is about to get a bookstore

The Best Bookstore, founded by a couple of famed tech writers, plans to open by Black Friday.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Scoop from @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social and myself: Ikea's parent company is ending its partnership with the British firm that had been overseeing its struggling dining complex, Saluhall, since its launch sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/i...

San Francisco IKEA drops its food hall operator

Saluhall has struggled to attract consistent foot traffic since opening in 2024.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Some exciting news for San Francisco's Union Square sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...

Empty Barneys building in Union Square gets art gallery tenant

In another sign of downtown’s recovery, Maybaum Gallery is moving into a historic building that’s been empty for five years.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The Bay Area pumpkin carver who wows people with her wild designs (sfstandard.com/2024/10/27/p...) was featured on "Halloween Wars" this year! 🎃

Screenshot from Paulina Goff's Instagram about being on The Food Network's "Halloween Wars" show

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out 🙃 www.sfgate.com/food/article...

The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out

In-N-Out's order-numbering style has led to numerous viral videos recently.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"But seeing the police tape outside 930 Monterey Blvd. left me with a different feeling: eerie familiarity. I’d been welcomed into that same home just months before by the family whose lives were soon to end there." sfstandard.com/2025/10/31/s...

San Francisco murder-suicide: Reporter had contacts with family before deaths

The Standard’s Garrett Leahy visited the Ocheltree-Truong family in the home where they would soon die. New details and old messages shed light on the tragedy.

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Kevin V. Nguyen @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Condos are still a great way into homeownership, but natural + human disasters have set off a chain reaction that has essentially iced out buyers in recent years. Follow me into the Oakland Hills, where a dark cloud hangs over this beautiful complex. sfstandard.com/2025/10/30/o...

These Oakland condos are a dream, but insurance is a nightmare

Units at Parkwoods are selling for less than $350,000, but the 400-unit complex on a hill is being blacklisted for its traumatic past.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Some 10/10 neighborhood name suggestions on this post... Lowest Haight! Zuni-Martuni Triangle! Castration! Mastrobaight! Tendermish! www.instagram.com/p/DQaF2mLk7w...

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

'tis the season 🧙‍♀️💀🎃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHk3...

Halloween lofi radio 🧟‍♀️ - spooky beats to get chills to

YouTube video by Lofi Girl

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

A lovely tribute to a Mission restaurant staple that's closing after 40 years to make way for affordable housing sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/m...

After 40 years, this Mission restaurant staple is closing

Mission Hunan, a restaurant industry favorite and destination for inexpensive Chinese food, will serve its final meals Friday.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

There are a few adjectives that come to mind when describing San Francisco’s office market... “Beleaguered” is a favorite of journalists. “Empty” resonates with small business owners. But “red-hot” might be the most accurate descriptor, according to a new report. sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/s...

SF office demand surges, according to new report

SF’s office demand is back, with triple-digit growth making it the hottest market in the country.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

An 8-year-old Bay Area spice company has become a cult favorite among chefs. But sky-high fees on imports have threatened everything. sfstandard.com/2025/10/27/d...

Local spice darling Diaspora struggles to cope with tariffs

An 8-year-old spice company was a cult favorite among chefs. Then sky-high fees on imports threatened everything.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

San Francisco’s newest megaproject opened at the worst time sfstandard.com/2025/10/27/s...

Why is the brand-new 5M tower in San Francisco unleasable?

Downtown’s 5M development arrived during the pandemic, leaving a nearly empty office tower and plenty of questions about the future.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says he spoke to Trump last night and National Guard is *not* going to come to SF "...the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco." sfstandard.com/2025/10/23/l...

Lurie says Trump calls off federal deployment to San Francisco

A late-night phone call between the president and mayor led to the breakthrough, Lurie says.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

NEW: A century-old Fisherman's Wharf restaurant plans to reopen after several years of legal wrangling between its owners and the Port of SF sfstandard.com/2025/10/22/c...

Century-old Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant plans to reopen

Castagnola’s reached a settlement with the Port of SF to pay back rent and invest in repairs.

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Uhhhh... Kumail Nanjiani and Illana Glazer just dropped out of their scheduled Dreamforce performances, reports @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2025/10/16/k...

Dreamforce: Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer drop out of scheduled performances

Both comedians have spoken out against unfair corporate practices, anti-immigration rhetoric, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

TIL: ~300,000 pounds of Candy Corn are made in the Bay Area every year www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Days after Marc Benioff sparked a firestorm by calling for the deployment of the National Guard to SF, the Salesforce CEO completely avoided politics during a Q&A at Dreamforce. That stance lasted less than three hours. sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/m...

Dreamforce: Marc Benioff fawns over David Sacks after saying he is avoiding politics

The Salesforce CEO’s effort to avoid talking politics lasted almost exactly three hours.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"Hotelmaggedon" is in full swing for Dreamforce sfstandard.com/2025/10/09/d...

When Dreamforce comes to town, even the Motel 6 becomes a hot ticket

From budget rooms to $20k suites, Dreamforce is shaking up SF’s hospitality industry.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

sfstandard.com/2025/10/08/n...

Torched Verdi Building in North Breach targeted for dense housing

A torched Verdi Building has remained vacant for years. The owners hope new state laws could transform it.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Reopening could *finally* be on the horizon for the beleaguered Hotel Whitcomb, which been plaguing Mid-Market for several years sfstandard.com/2025/10/02/h...

Blackstone to foreclose upon Hotel Whitcomb, steward its recovery

The foreclosure of the Whitcomb could pave the way for the revival of a struggling downtown neighborhood.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

BIG NEWS, sports fans! ⚾️🏈🏀 @sfstandard.com is launching a new podcast called Section 415 that builds on the sports team's incisive reporting & brings you exclusive interviews with the people shaping games. Check it out: sfstandard.com/2025/10/01/i...

Introducing Section 415, our Bay Area sports podcast

The twice-weekly show builds on The Standard’s sports reporting, giving fans fresh access and insider perspectives.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

morning commute on Muni: short woman asks tall man standing behind her if her latest dye covered all her grey hairs. “Yes, m’am, not a single silver strand showing” 🥲

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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

SFPD’s longest-serving detective is watching his special victims unit plummet

The SVU has lost nearly half its detectives in six years. Tony Flores, the SFPD’s longest-serving detective, is still on the front lines — making up for lost staff and keeping victims’ cases alive.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Tech Bro 2.0: The new Silicon Valley archetype dominating the AI age sfstandard.com/2025/09/29/t...

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"...The other essential component of being a local: You have to look people in the eye. You have to take out your headphones and remove your sunglasses. You have to be present in your life, and in the lives of those around you." - Garrett Schlichte sf.eater.com/dining-out/2...

We Become Locals By Becoming Regulars

San Francisco relies on its many transplants getting to know its restaurants, service workers, and bartenders.

Jillian D’Onfro @jillianiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Popular shop Baggu is celebrating its new Mission store opening today with BART merch. This was surprising news to the transit agency 🙃 sfstandard.com/2025/09/25/b...

Baggu made transit merch for a store opening. BART had no idea.

The transit agency was “surprised to see our logo” on gear from the SF-based fashion brand.