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In SF anti ICE protesters march through the Mission.

JJ Smith accused of tire slashing in bizarre escalation of X beef A social media star famous for his videos of addiction in the Tenderloin is accused of a campaign of harassment.

NEW: JJ Smith, a convicted drug dealer and Tenderloin provocateur, is accused of slashing tires, leaving threatening notes about hunting pray on a critic’s minivan and increasing real world harassment of his political foes. @sfstandard.com ‬⁩
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Couldn't be happier to make this purchase!

The Big Shift: I hated the robotaxis. Now I can't stop riding them Waymo robotaxis won San Francisco's hearts and minds in 2024. But how did they go from hated annoyances to beloved acquaintances?

"I’ve gone from proudly hating (and quietly cutting off) the metallic beasts to riding in them regularly, showing them off to visiting friends from my native Great Britain"

— @jrburn.bsky.social

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Luigi Mangione reported missing to SFPD weeks before shooting Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old identified as a “strong person of interest” in last week’s slaying of a health insurance executive on the streets of Manhattan, was reported missing to San Francisco po...

Weeks before UnitedHealthcare shooting, suspect reported missing to SFPD sfstandard.com/2024/12/09/l...

We are loving this Demi x Zac Posen SF moment at the SF Film festival last night...and also star appearance by Pilaf the dog.

This from @meaghanm.bsky.social and @helladislike.bsky.social.

#sfnews

The Year in Eating 2024: An obsessive guide to SF's rebooted restaurant scene Over 50 of SF’s new restaurants and bars and how they dramatically changed the city

Food friends rejoice! Today we launched The Year in Eating 🍽️

It’s a collection of pieces about everything from the best meals we ate in the city to why we are all so obsessed with waiting in line for baked goods.

Take a bite: sfstandard.com/2024/12/09/2...

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UPDATE: A worker at the Shelter Cove General Store said it took three people to rescue the wine bottles from falling out of the fridge.

If you love what we do here @sfstandard.com — then please do grab a membership (live today!): sfstandard.com/membership/

It's an all-access pass to San Francisco, especially the fun, buzzy parts. Sometimes, we even get the Humboldt earthquake wine casualty pics, too.

Police divers find body of teen last seen in SF, sister says The body of Mai Sai Vue, an 18-year-old woman who went missing in San Francisco on Halloween, was found by police divers, her sister posted online.

#sfnews

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49ers vs. Bills: The Standard’s 5 fast predictions Buffalo's lake effect snow may make for a photogenic game on the Bills' home turf, but that doesn't mean it will be pretty for the 49ers.

The 49ers face tough odds this weekend, regardless of which — if any — of their star players with injury questions are available to play.

#bayareasports @timkawakami.bsky.social and @lombardihimself.bsky.social

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Hamburger Project serves butter-soaked, caviar-topped smashburgers Chef Geoffrey Lee of Michelin Guide-listed omakase spot Jū-ni will open a new restaurant called Hamburger Project. It’s the first casual, non-sushi restaurant from the team, also behind Handroll Proje...

There’s a new burger spot in town, and it’s backed by a team with serious culinary chops. Hamburger Project opens Wedensday at 808 Divisadero St.

#sffood #sfnews @laurensaria.bsky.social

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SF scandal foodie tour: Boba, fancy steakhouses, and $8 water The FBI and a boba joint. Fancy steaks. $8 sparkling water. Join The Standard on a foodie tour through San Francisco’s most delicious scandals.

Eat your way through San Francisco like a corrupt politician. As it happens they like the finer things in life.

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Fitness SF buys Lombardi Sports, ending storefront's empty decade Fitness SF, a popular San Francisco gym chain, will open its ninth location after buying the long-vacant Lombardi Sports building on Polk Street.

Earlier this year our readers asked us to look into why this building has been vacant for so long (sfstandard.com/2024/03/11/w...) and now:

#sfnews from @jrburn.bsky.social's team

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Update: Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to a police report viewed by The Standard.

Ricci Wynne, Fox News darling and SF hater lands in jail as suspected pimp Ricci Wynne, a drug dealer turned activist known for Fox News appearances and trashing San Francisco online was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of pimping.

Wild @sfstandard.com story just dropped: Ricci Wynne, X poster of homeless people and Fox News guest who loves to trash SF... Is in jail suspected of running a pimping op out of a luxury #sf apartment building

More updates to come, by @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social

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‘No one wants to watch the puppy drown’: Muni’s race to save itself More expensive parking and less frequent service could be in the system's future. That's even if all goes according to plan.

There's only one story about the state of Muni's budget that has "clusterfuck" in it and it's this one.

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Controversial opinion: If more local news articles had ledes like this, more people would care about things like the fiscal state of their public transit agency. Simple, to the point, a little fun, a bit of edge. @kevinbtruong.bsky.social @sfstandard.com

a little girl in a yellow jacket is eating cotton candy while sitting in a crowd . ALT: a little girl in a yellow jacket is eating cotton candy while sitting in a crowd .

we're launching a paid membership to @sfstandard.com next month and...it's going to have some very cool stuff for our readers. heh

Meet the millennials taking over San Francisco City Hall Danny Sauter, Bilal Mahmood, Jackie Fielder, and Chyanne Chen — all millennials between the ages of 30 and 40 — will start their political careers alongside fellow newcomer Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, w...

Expensive avocado toast has entered the chat. #sfnews #sfpol

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Progressive candidate wins SF District 11 supervisor race Chyanne Chen, a progressive labor leader, won a race to represent the city's southeastern neighborhoods on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

#sfnews #sfpol

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Cop vibes: SF law enforcement has lots of feelings about Trump 2.0 From police reform to deportations, cops and prosecutors weigh in on what’s next.

“I’m sure all the Trumpers are very happy,” said a current SFPD officer about the many other officer's who backed Trump. sfstandard.com/2024/11/15/c...

New hero just dropped

A war on women - Florida’s abortion crisis | The News Agents YouTube video by The News Agents

The plight of women in Florida is dystopian, including the rise of fake abortion clinics offering the untested practice of "abortion reversal." After the failure of the abortion rights referendum in the state, the situation will get worse. Our News Agents film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5B...

Sam Altman tapped for Lurie's transition team San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie on Sunday named OpenAI boss Sam Altman to his transition team Monday.

Breaking: Sam Altman joins Mayor-elect Lurie’s transition team. #sfnews #sfpol

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Only reliable to stir the pot

If you eat as much Trader Joe’s as anyone at our office then you’ve already consumed 9 spatulas I am reliably informed

Someone’s been reading the newspaper again

You should get to Mendocino soon for these fantastic restaurants The next generation of back-to-the-land restaurants has arrived on the north coast.

The next generation of back-to-the-land restaurants has arrived on the north coast. #sfnews #sffood

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