Parents at the Primary School, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s tuition-free private school in East Palo Alto, are "in shock" after learning the news of its closure in a Zoom call. 📝: Garrett Leahy and Emily Shugerman sfstandard.com/2025/04/23/pri…

The parents of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara have spoken out after filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the estate of the Tesla Cybertruck driver, who also died in the crash in Piedmont last November. 📝: max hc, Tomo, Stephanie K. Baer sfstandard.com/2025/04/23/dea…

The Tsukaharas' attorney said attempts to find information about what happened before the crash had been “stonewalled.” “It’s kind of cruel not to be able to get the information you need to understand that,” Carl Tsukahara said. sfstandard.com/2025/04/23/dea…

“We just say, ‘We’ll look into it,' but there’s no tool to do so anymore.” Despite previous investigations rooting out address fraud, SFUSD hasn't confirmed a single case in the last three years — employees claim it's been abandoned. 📝: Ezra Wallach sfstandard.com/2025/04/29/sch…

The Los Angeles Times is laying off journalists again, their latest attempt to cut their way to rock bottom with no business plan. If you'd like to help the affected journalists, you can donate here: gofundme.com/f/help-support…

San Francisco, alongside 7 other local governments, have sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for imposing its anti-DEI, -immigrant, and -choice demands on already approved federal grants earmarked for housing and homelessness. 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/05/02/san…

On Tuesday, a viral Reddit post claimed a $10,000 treasure chest was buried somewhere in San Francisco. Naturally, we went out to find it (along with everyone else in the city). 📝: max hc sfstandard.com/2025/05/14/san…

With Friday's season-opener looming, Golden State Valkyries waived several draftees, including Kaitlyn Chen, Laeticia Amihere, and others. 📝: Kerry Crowley sfstandard.com/2025/05/14/val…

Exclusive: SF mayor Danie Lurie wants to bring pro soccer to the city. The co-owner of the team is a longtime donor to the nonprofit Lurie founded in 2005, giving as much as $324,987. sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san…

Just in: A rookie San Francisco cop that caused a drunken crash in the Sunset early Saturday morning has been fired from the SFPD. 📝: Jonah Owen Lamb sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/roo…

New: An influential SF nonprofit handed out bonuses to its top employees while its finances were in the gutter. sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/san…

When Stephanie K. Baer digs in, you must read. Here, she unspools the tragic killing of a Black man, who worked at a Tahoe ski resort. He was suffering a mental health crisis. The role of his employer and three law enforcement agencies come into question 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/05/22/pal…

Sheriff’s deputies made contact with Vinton Miller several times during his schizophrenic episodes. But when he was accused of carjacking, a park ranger got to him first and shot him in the back. 📝: Stephanie K. Baer sfstandard.com/2025/05/22/pal…

Patrick McCabe's Solve SF app allows you to file reports in just 10 seconds, a fraction of the speed of the city's version. It could be the future of reporting in SF — yet it’s all about to go up in smoke. 📝: Garrett Leahy sfstandard.com/2025/05/26/san…

SFUSD is pausing a planned "equity grading" system after it sparked a furious backlash from local politicians and parents ✍️ Han Li 李晗 sfstandard.com/2025/05/28/sfu…

ICE asked us to censor photos of their agents on public streets. We said no. sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/ice…

ICE has a San Francisco problem. A powerful new deportation strategy is working across the country — but it’s been stonewalled by judges here. So this week, ICE turned to an even more novel tactic that circumvents the court altogether. sfstandard.com/2025/05/31/ice…

UPDATE: The Parks Alliance's CEO confirmed in an email to partners that the organization is kaput "This decision is extremely upsetting to me but is unavoidable given the state of the finances of the organization," he wrote. sfstandard.com/2025/06/02/sf-…

New: The finances behind this disgraced SF nonprofit just got weirder sfstandard.com/2025/06/06/san…

With Steve Bannon calling for Elon Musk to be deported as a visa abuser, Tomo got immigration lawyers who help defend the undocumented from ICE raids to offer Musk some free legal advice. Link in next tweet.