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The nurses' bargaining committee rejected the offer unanimously, citing workplace safety concerns, staffing, and a layoff guarantee that didn't go far enough.

A watchdog found consultants wrongly billed taxpayers for travel, including to nightclubs, first-class flights, and international airfare.

The governor made the comments while fly-fishing in Montana, amid an expanding DOJ investigation into his finances.

Federal investigators seek six years of records involving Newsom’s international travel, outside funding, and expenditures related to his residence and personal expenses.

Lurie also endorsed District 10 candidate Theo Ellington after touting his leadership ability.

A substation fire, aging infrastructure, and heat-induced glitches have combined to create days of delays.

A judge blocked the sale, but nothing stopped the family of an accused killer from trying to rent out the scene of the crime.

Estate planner Susanna P. Lichter decided to consider the cold embrace of infinity with her new eye-catching ad.

The arrangement provides a 12% wage increase through 2031.

The donation in support of District 10 candidate Theo Ellington is among the largest ever made to a group backing a single candidate for San Francisco office.

A flight attendant found the weapon a day before ICE agents arrested a Ukrainian woman at the airport in a viral incident.

A progressive organizer accused Yekutiel of sexually assaulting him at a house party in 2020. Yekutiel denied the claims.

The tech giant agreed to limit how much time teens could use social media apps as part of the deal with 47 states.

The seven must pay fines and do community work as part of the penalty for obstructing the bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza.

Don’t miss all of the events, store openings and more happening on the waterfront this August

Big IPO, bigger house. One of the main men behind the Grok chatbot—31-year-old xAI co-founder Yuhuai Wu—appears to be the mystery buyer behind the Bay Area’s biggest real estate deal of 2026.

San Francisco is blanketed in AI ads that make no sense – and most of us have stopped reading them. But others are fighting back.

Police are investigating the crash.

The 49ers coach has suffered significant injuries in a car accident on July 14 that has left him with lingering concussion symptoms.

The lawsuit, which was filed months after the murder of George Floyd, will pay out to thousands of current and former Black employees.

The Warriors created a path for their former nemesis to team up with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, but that won’t happen.

Mickey Gerold led a seemingly charmed life of private clubs and powerful friends. But behind closed doors, his ex claims, he coerced her into sex work.

Restraining orders, subpoenas, defamation threats — Michael “Mickey” Gerold has turned the courts on his accusers while SFPD’s investigation into him drags on.

The board will demand answers from the SFPD on the city’s handling of sexual assault cases.

A 2016 mandate ordered public reporting on every rape-kit case. The department buried it until The Standard came asking.

Your strangest date, your best sex, your deepest heartbreak — we want it all for our new relationships column.

The man whose chips power the AI boom is now bankrolling art school. Jensen Huang’s $75M gift — his biggest to any university — will build a Vanderbilt art college on the old CCA campus.

SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.

Free park film series across San Francisco, June–October, featuring “The Princess Bride,” “Inside Out,” and more!

Your strangest date, your best sex, your deepest heartbreak — we want it all for our new relationships column.