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@sfstandard
The San Francisco Standard
1 year
EXCLUSIVE: Defense attorneys for the man accused of attacking former SF Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani say the person shown in this video bear spraying a homeless person in the face appears to be Carmignani. The video, taken in November 2021, is part of a trove of new evidence…
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
"The district attorney and the police now have reason to believe that Mr. Carmignani was involved in eight separate acts of violence," Kleigh Hathaway, defense lawyer for Carmignani’s alleged attacker, said Wednesday. "In all of them, the victims are not housed, the victims are…
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
BREAKING: Telecommunications giant AT&T will close the company's Downtown San Francisco flagship store, the company told The Standard. AT&T has occupied the 24,000-square-foot space at the foot of Powell St. on Market St. since 2016.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
The new evidence may jeopardize the district attorney’s case against Garrett Doty, who allegedly assaulted Carmignani. Here’s a roundup of what we know so far. ⬇️ (3/11)
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
BREAKING: Nordstrom is planning to close both of its Downtown San Francisco stores, choosing not to renew its lease obligations at its location in the Westfield Mall. It will also close a second nearby Downtown Nordstrom Rack. More information below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
But the new evidence may be shifting DA @BrookeJenkinsSF ’s thoughts on the case. The new evidence consists of police reports and videos from several incidents in the area in which a man bear-sprayed homeless people. It also includes a video Doty’s lawyers say shows that…
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
On April 5, Don Carmignani was struck outside his mother's Marina District home by a homeless person and hospitalized with serious injuries. The case gained national attention as pictures of Carmignani’s wounds and videos of the attack circulated on social media in the…
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
@BrookeJenkinsSF Hathaway said she received eight police reports Tuesday showing that an unidentified man bear-sprayed homeless people in separate incidents around the Marina between November 2021 and January 2023. The man reportedly told his victims: "Get the fuck out of my town," and "you…
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Carmignani is not named in any of the police reports, Hathaway said. However, she said a police inspector wrote that he included them in the case file because they were “possibly related to this incident.” The lawyer also noted that Carmignani had a can of bear spray at the time…
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
Elon Musk, CEO of X, appeared to pledge $100,000 to defeat democratic socialist Supervisor Dean Preston in the 2024 election in San Francisco.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Carmignani’s lawyer said he "vehemently denies that he is the alleged individual who is committing these acts against homeless people." Prosecutors did not immediately respond to questions about whether Carmignani could face charges in connection with the bear-spray attacks.…
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The San Francisco Standard
4 months
BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor London Breed refused to sign a nonbinding resolution for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
WATCH: At a press conference Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed announced new legislation to require people with substance use disorders to seek treatment before the city provides them financial support. “No more handouts without accountability,” Breed said.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
Watch: Hundreds of riders set off from Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco for #CriticalMass , a bike protest celebrating its 30th anniversary.
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
WATCH: "The homeless coalition has held San Francisco hostage for decades." SF Mayor @LondonBreed spoke to a crowd gathered outside an SF court on Wednesday as the city tried to get a hotly debated injunction restricting the city from clearing homeless encampments tossed. (1/2)
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
BREAKING: The Old Navy store on Market St. in Downtown SF will close on July 1, according to a company spokesperson. It's another high-profile closure in the once-bustling Union Square area.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
"My son Don was beaten by two men with a steel pipe last night on Laguna Street and Lombard Street," read a Nextdoor post by Carmignani’s mother, Joan, thanking the neighbors who got involved, stopped the fight and called 911. "If they were not there my son would be dead!"…
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed proposed new legislation Tuesday that would require people with substance use disorders to seek treatment before the city provides them financial support. "No more handouts without accountability," Breed said.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
BREAKING: The Cinemark movie theater in the Downtown SF Westfield Mall will permanently close this month. The news comes just days after Westfield’s announcement that it plans to give up the mall to its lender, citing “challenging operating conditions.”
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed says people taken into custody for drug use or possession will be forced into a specialized court after their second arrest. The move, which was confirmed by DA @BrookeJenkinsSF , marks a notable policy change.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
JUST IN: @FLOTUS Jill Biden stopped by the Castro SoulCycle in San Francisco Tuesday morning. 🚴‍♀️ Dr. Biden attended an 8 a.m. spin class with instructor Chris Layda for 45 minutes and was spotted leaving in blue leggings paired with white running shoes and a black top.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
JUST IN: San Francisco will receive help from U.S. National Guard & California Highway Patrol to battle the city's drug crisis. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the decision Friday along with Mayor London Breed, DA Brooke Jenkins & Police Chief Bill Scott.
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The San Francisco Standard
3 years
Mayor Breed is not playing with NIMBYism anymore. "Let's be very clear: you cannot call yourself an environmentalist if you consistently oppose housing in San Francisco." @LondonBreed @SFEnvironment
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
@Stefani4CA Shortly after the attack, police arrested Doty, 24, and booked him on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and battery causing serious bodily injury. (7/11)
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
SF Supervisor Catherine Stefani ( @Stefani4CA ) decried the incident, which occurred in her district. "Right now, one of my dear friends is in the hospital," she said. "We’re 55 officers short in the Northern Station…I believe this is a direct result of the fact that we do not…
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Muyi Yu and her husband are raising four children in an SRO apartment in San Francisco's Chinatown. For nine years, the family members have eaten, slept and studied all in the confines of a single, 100-square-foot room. And there are hundreds of families in the same situation.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
SF’s average building cost is the highest in the world. But it’s mainly city politics—not cost—that drives developers away. “It’s basically mafia government,” said Bob Tillman, whose former lot sits empty nearly a decade after he filed permits. (1/3)
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
WATCH: SF Mayor @LondonBreed exchanged fiery words with Tenderloin Supe @DeanPreston at Tuesday’s @sfbos meeting as she defended the city’s arrests of drug users. "Here we go, another white man talking about Black and brown people as if you’re the savior," Breed said. (1/4)
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
BREAKING: Early results show "yes votes" for the recalls of all three school board members in the 70% range.
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
A hypothetical tech company with $30 billion in sales and 10,000 employees in San Francisco would pay 20 times more in local business taxes than if it were located in Mountain View, 200 times more than in San Jose and 1,300 times more than in Sunnyvale.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
BREAKING: Westfield San Francisco Centre will be given up to its lender as the mall's owner pulls out from the Downtown San Francisco property that's been hit by a string of economic shocks. Get the latest at the link below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
NEW: A survey of 500 likely SF voters found that 70% support revoking sanctuary city protections for undocumented immigrants found guilty of dealing fentanyl. It comes less than three months after @sfbos shot down a proposal to do something similar.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
"Beyond my wildest dreams." This family of six lived in a 100-square-foot SRO apartment in Chinatown for nine years. They shared a set of bunk beds and a common bathroom and kitchen. Now, their lives have changed dramatically. This is their story. ⬇️(1/12)
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
Watch: @LondonBreed addresses San Francisco’s public safety crisis. “It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city…come to an end." "It comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive w/ law enforcement…and less tolerant of all the bullshit."
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
A new Porsche dealership is set to open Monday in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood—but it’s already been vandalized.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 months
Hundreds are dying from drug overdoses in San Francisco, and dozens will go unclaimed by a next of kin. This is the final step in their journey.
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The San Francisco Standard
5 months
Buster Posey: SF Giants Lost Shohei Ohtani to Drug, Crime Issues Buster Posey, now part of the Giants' ownership group, said players and their wives feel uncomfortable about the state of San Francisco.
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed said Monday that city workers will resume enforcing laws against sitting, lying or sleeping on public property against people who refuse shelter or are otherwise already sheltered. Read more at the link. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
Tech mogul Elon Musk has called for a boycott of global law firm Latham & Watkins for providing legal support to a San Francisco nonprofit that’s suing the city over the rights of homeless people. Get the details. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
WATCH: Sparks flew between San Francisco District Attorney @BrookeJenkinsSF and her Los Angeles counterpart @GeorgeGascon as they publicly clashed over their dueling views on crime and punishment at a recent @usfca panel.
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The San Francisco Standard
7 months
San Francisco is on track to set a record for fatal drug overdoses this year, and the intersection of Seventh and Market Streets at U.N. Plaza has become an epicenter of the drug crisis—and a physical representation of the political battles playing out at City Hall. (1/12)
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
BREAKING: The California Public Utilities Commission has voted to let Cruise and Waymo operate driverless robotaxis 24/7 and charge fares across San Francisco. The decision came after hours of sharply divided public comment.
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
The Bay Bridge has reopened Tuesday evening after a brief closure due to a naked woman exiting her car and firing a gun in the air.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
BREAKING: The National Weather Service has refuted Mayor @LondonBreed 's claim that the agency didn't give the city proper warning about the intensity of last weekend's disastrous storm. The NWS says it gave SF many warnings—well over a week in advance.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Nima Momeni, the suspected killer of Bob Lee, was arraigned at a San Francisco court Friday morning. In attendance were his sister, Khazar Elyassnia, and her husband, prominent SF plastic surgeon Dr. Dino Elyassnia. 🧵⬇️ (1/16)
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
A day after a historic storm caught San Francisco off guard and flooded streets, Mayor @LondonBreed boarded a plane. Her destination? Vegas. Hours after attending a lavish NYE party, she and E-40 watched the 49ers-Raiders game from a luxury box.
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor London Breed is formally asking the University of California to consider opening a Downtown San Francisco campus. The move comes as Downtown SF faces an uncertain future amid lagging post-pandemic recovery.
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
Mayor London Breed said the city is prepared to take a high-profile legal case over homeless sweeps all the way to the Supreme Court.
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
The CEO of Y Combinator is using his considerable wealth and social media megaphone to attack the progressive agenda.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
A "news" website gave SF Supervisor @DeanPreston glowing coverage before & after his re-election in 2020. It turns out his political party—the Democratic Socialists for America—secretly ran the site. And it appears some of the writers aren't real people.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
People are using the lifts in an iconic San Francisco shopping mall as toilets, and it’s getting worse, according to staff.
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The San Francisco Standard
7 months
WARNING: Explicit and potentially upsetting content A San Francisco man who camped across the street from a school displaying sign offering "free fentanyl for new users," and who has a previous pedophile conviction has been arrested.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Anthropologie is exiting Union Square and dropping its Market St. store, leaving the lifestyle retailer without an outlet in the city. It's another blow to the city’s famed shopping district, which has lost a total of 17 retailers in the past three years.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 months
Relatives of the family members killed in a deadly West Portal crash have released a statement: "We loved Diego, Matilde, Joaquim, and Cauê deeply and are sure the love they showed to their family and friends will serve as their legacy."
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
BREAKING: Days after a man was shot and killed at a Downtown San Francisco Walgreens, the private security guard arrested on suspicion of murder in the case has been released from jail and no charges have been filed against him. More details below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
A filmmaker took to Twitter to blast San Francisco police and crime in a viral thread after his car was broken into and $30,000 worth of camera equipment was stolen. Get the details. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
A recent poll found 76% of voters say that San Francisco is on the wrong track and 73% said the quality of life has gotten worse.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
WATCH: Mayor @LondonBreed takes a firm stance on conservatorship in her state of the city address. "I'm done arguing if it's ok for people to remain on the streets if we have a place for them to go, because it is not...We need to make serious changes to our state laws."
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
BREAKING: The SF District Attorney's office is threatening to seek murder charges for fentanyl dealers. The newly-announced strategy is part of DA @BrookeJenkinsSF 's aggressive drug-related prosecution plan. 📝 by @jonahowenlamb . Details at the link. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
Liang’s wife, Yanfang Wu, was shoved to the ground and seriously injured near a Bayview bus stop in early July. She died two days later. The death was initially ruled an accident, and no arrest has been made. Now, Liang wants to move back to China.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
“Kids deserve to feel safe.” There are ~3,500 children who live in SF's Tenderloin neighborhood. We spoke with three mothers raising young children there. They say their children see things no child should have to see: feces, drug use, mental illness and anguish. (1/3)
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The San Francisco Standard
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Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield's 16-year-old child has been reported missing and is believed to be in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, according to police and local officials.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
A petition signed by four UCSF doctors calls for a “post-Omicron pivot” of CA Covid restrictions, including major relaxation of masking in schools. The petition, addressed to @CAgovernor , also argues against "mindless" testing of asymptomatic people.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
JUST IN: Upscale home furnishings store Coco Republic is leaving its three-story showplace on Union Square after less than a year. The departure follows the announced closure of Nordstrom nearby, plus the exodus of other commercial tenants in the area.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
WATCH: San Francisco Police Commissioner @KevinMBenedicto speaks on Bob Lee killing. "We don't know all the facts...But I find it premature and distasteful to try to fit this horrifying act of violence into a preconceived narrative and use it to advance a political agenda."
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
BREAKING: San Francisco city officials are developing a pilot program that could allow for the enforcement of public intoxication laws. "We need every tool at our disposal," said the city's emergency department. More info at the link. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
JUST IN: A San Francisco security guard was shot multiple times by thieves who were breaking into his car, according to @SFPD . The incident happened on Shotwell Street between 25th and 26th at around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. More info below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
Supervisor Catherine Stefani wants all nonprofits receiving more than $750,000 a year from the city to submit independent audits.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
DeSantis apparently stopped off in San Francisco to film the one-minute spot where he paints SF as a once vibrant city that collapsed because of leftist policies. DeSantis is one of several presidential hopefuls to hit up Bay Area donors in recent days.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
JUST IN: San Francisco DA @BrookeJenkinsSF is asking to bypass SF's sanctuary city rules to prosecute two Mexican nationals who allegedly fled the country to avoid standing trial in their respective murder and child rape cases. More details below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
UPDATE: @sfdbi , which regulates construction in SF, has opened a complaint and is investigating the erection of the X sign. "A building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely," said a DBI spokesman.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
Traffic is backing up on Highway 101 in Downtown San Francisco as activists seeking more funding for transit block the exit ramp.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
At today's @sfbos meeting, San Francisco Mayor @LondonBreed had some spicy words for Supervisor @DeanPreston , a progressive lawmaker who criticized her handling of the city's drug crisis. See clips of their exchange below. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
BREAKING: A body was found inside a large duffle bag in Golden Gate Park on Sunday Fulton St. and 22nd Ave. The corpse, described as a female, was discovered near Outside Lands, a three-day event that was concluding Sunday evening.
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The San Francisco Standard
4 months
JUST IN: In-N-Out's Oakland location to close. A statement notes the location's profitability, but adds it cannot ask customers and associates "to visit or work in an unsafe environment."
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
NEW: SF Mayor @LondonBreed said Wednesday that 25 people have been arrested for public intoxication as the city tests the waters on a tough-love approach to the drug crisis. This strategy will be accompanied by “wellness hubs” and other alternatives.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
Anthropologie is exiting Union Square and dropping its Market St. store, leaving the lifestyle retailer without an outlet in the city. It's another blow to the city’s famed shopping district, which has lost a total of 17 retailers in the past three years.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
JUST IN: The Williams-Sonoma Union Square store will close in 2024, the retailer confirmed Friday afternoon. After its closure, San Francisco will be without a Williams-Sonoma. Store employees said the building would become a Chanel store in the future.
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
EXCLUSIVE: DA @ChesaBoudin ’s office did not secure a single conviction for dealing fentanyl in 2021. The reason? Many drug dealers in SF are undocumented immigrants & Boudin's office prefers a different conviction that offers a path to avoid deportation.
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
JUST IN: San Francisco tied its own record for the most fatal overdoses in a single month in August. With 84 people dying in August (roughly two and a half daily), SF is on track to lose more lives from drugs in 2023 than any other year on record,
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The San Francisco Standard
2 years
Watch: Last night’s scene at 24th and Harrison. #4thOfJuly revelry turned to destruction as a crowd set off fireworks, lit trash cans on fire and tagged an @SFMTA_Muni bus passing through. The bus stopped for just a few moments but was covered in tags by the time it departed.
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The San Francisco Standard
3 years
BREAKING: Jason Kruta, a San Francisco resident, was booked at 11:09 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to the S.F. Sheriff’s Department.
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
San Francisco property owners are asking for massive tax cuts, saying building values in the city have collapsed.
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
Yohannes ‘John’ Tewolde is on life support after the assault where he was beaten with a baseball bat inside his San Francisco liquor store.
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The San Francisco Standard
7 months
🔶Cost of SF Downtown Rail Extension Swells to $8.2B ➡️ The proposed rail tunnel is intended to connect Caltrain—and future high-speed trains—at the Fourth and King streets station to the Salesforce Transit Center. Tap the image to read more. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
8 months
Salesforce CEO Marc @Benioff said the pressure campaign he’s been putting on San Francisco to clean up its act for Dreamforce has been working—but he urged the city to enforce laws and hire more police officers.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
Wells Fargo-owned 550 California St. is expected to sell for less than half of what it was worth in 2005, according to a report.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
The $500,000 study involved two people walking each block of the Tenderloin a single time in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
WATCH: U.S. Secretary of Transportation @SecretaryPete spoke this morning at an event to announce a $400 million federal grant to retrofit the Golden Gate Bridge. "We are going to protect it," Buttigieg said. SF Mayor @LondonBreed and @SpeakerPelosi were also in attendance.
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The San Francisco Standard
1 year
WATCH: SF Board of Supervisors Pres. @AaronPeskin issued a stern ultimatum to Mayor @LondonBreed : Come to UN Plaza for a Board appearance. Why? "So we can hear directly from the mayor as to how her administration is going to address the public health crisis," he said. (1/2)
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months
JUST IN: @PhilzCoffee , the Bay Area-born coffee chain marking two decades in business this year, will close its original location on 24th Street in the Mission District. The decision came after the company decided recently not to renew its lease.
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The San Francisco Standard
11 months
JUST IN: First results are in for SF's new policy to crack down on drug use. Since May 30, law enforcement "encountered" 58 people. Some were cited or booked into jail, but none accepted offers of treatment upon their release. More at the link. ⬇️
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The San Francisco Standard
10 months
The Oakland NAACP is calling on the city to declare a state of emergency over crime. In a letter, the NAACP blamed everyone from Oakland DA Pamela Price to “the movement to defund the police” for contributing to a “heyday for Oakland criminals.”
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