In light of Trump saying he’s “not joking” about seeking a third term as President, I’m reupping a story from 2 weeks ago by Emily Shugerman and I on a Democratic powerbrokers conference in San Francisco. The “lay low” strategy will be seriously tested. sfstandard.com/2025/03/15/dem…

For The New Republic, I wrote about the impact Trump's EPA cuts will have on his own voters: newrepublic.com/article/193631…

The son of a billionaire VC wrote a scathing novel on nepo babies. The irony isn’t lost on him. sfstandard.com/2025/04/07/jim…

a heart-stopping interview moment

An @SFStandard investigation revealed that Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has been using a shadowy campaign committee to spend thousands on extravagant meals and cocktails. We have the receipts. 🧾 📝: Josh Koehn sfstandard.com/2025/04/10/cal…

Introducing The SF100: The Standard’s highly subjective, surely divisive list of who holds power, influence, and attention in San Francisco in 2025. The staff of the Standard spent months figuring out who runs this place and whittled it down to the 100 most important. See the

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has cut federal funding for San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora, citing an executive order made last month, "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy." sfstandard.com/2025/04/21/tru…

‘A slap to the face’: Families say Zuckerberg-backed school to close as couple pulls funds New with Garrett Leahy sfstandard.com/2025/04/23/pri…

A man caught on camera giving Nazi salutes in SF says he was provoked into doing it by negative comments about his Cybertruck. "I was intoxicated and reacted foolishly to provocation, but I take full responsibility," he told The San Francisco Standard. Link in next tweet.

Ayesha Curry, Zac Posen, and Mayor Lurie mingled with SF's elite as SFMOMA transformed into a dazzling party palace for its annual Art Bash gala. 📝: Emily Shugerman and Sam Mondros sfstandard.com/2025/04/24/sfm…

.Rya Jetha on how all the tech millionaires in SF are buying homes in cash -- without an IPO sfstandard.com/2025/04/25/sec…

When conductor Michael Tilson Thomas took the stage at the San Francisco Symphony for the final time Saturday night, it was to a sold-out crowd and an audience brimming with tears. sfstandard.com/2025/04/27/mic…

It was an honor for The San Francisco Standard to be among the collaborators with The New York Times and The Baltimore Banner on their Pulitzer Prize-winning look at overdose deaths among Black men. Congrats to the winners! Now for @davidfortheppl Noah Baustin and George Kelly allaboutgeorge @ sfba.social & bsky to get their own.

such good news for Marie Claire and for literally all of us to get to see more of Noor’s incredible work

Nonprofits are seeing their budgets slashed as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pivots hard away from "social advocacy" “They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee told us. sfstandard.com/2025/05/13/non…

The gym business Floyd Mayweather co-founded has seen dozens of franchises close. He blames economic and industry changes. Some franchisees blame him and say he didn't deliver on what he told them at a 2021 event. Dan Geiger & Ellen Thomas report. businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweath…

Remarkable piece from Emily Shugerman on the Chan Zuckerberg initiative — helluva one-two punch with the lede. Then it only gets more interesting from there. Was this a sudden abandonment of the foundation’s principles, or part of its DNA? sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/cha…

“The dumbest, most tech-brained garbage idea I’ve ever heard of.” “Like a robot trying to conduct an orchestra...” Don't miss Emily Shugerman's story on the “broke startup founder” who wants Trump to declare a national emergency and give him part of Alameda. sfstandard.com/2025/06/16/fro…

Millions have turned to this map that tracks ICE raids in real time. The government is watching it now, too. I spoke to the women behind the project: marieclaire.com/politics/peopl…