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Marc Benioff has already left San Francisco behind The Salesforce CEO now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere, but as he argued in an interview with The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”

Once dubbed “San Francisco’s giant of generosity," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere. But as he told The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”

Inside the frat-bro startup that wants you to ‘cheat on everything’ Cluely’s 21-year-old CEO wants to put AI chips in your brain. But first, he's throwing a $1.5 million rave

AI bubble, what AI bubble?

This 'cheat on everything' startup took $15M from a16z and other VCs, now offers PTO for employees to do Hinge dates.

Bananas story by @ryajetha.bsky.social in the @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/c...

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The 'economically rational' scammer who duped 19 startups into hiring him All over Silicon Valley, companies are realizing they hired the same gifted coder, often at the same time.

Here's @sfstandard.com's Margaux MacColl with the best story yet on the Soham Parekh saga. How a perfect-on-paper engineer fooled startup after startup into hiring him. Was he a scammer or just "overemployed"? sfstandard.com/2025/07/04/e...

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please After taking four people into custody at SF’s immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents’ faces.

"The Standard declined to comply."

Media companies shouldn't blur the faces of ICE and other agents rounding up immigrants—and citizens! Good on the @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/i...

How politics and PR took over the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Current and former staffers spill on what brought Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's personal philanthropy to abandon its progressive values

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‘I’m trying to hear Charlie’: Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SF State “This song goes out to them,” Surprise Privilege singer Joey S. said, pointing to the Charlie Kirk rally crowd. “It’s called ‘Fuck You.’”

LUlz.
"“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’”

Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SFSU
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Kawakami: Curry up front, Green at the end, and an inside look at the Warriors’ bench Every last detail matters for Golden State. That extends to the bench dynamic, which is a critical part of the Warriors' culture.

The Warriors' bench is its own key part of this franchise's ecosystem -- why everybody sits where they do and why it matters:
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Crypto founder faked own death. We found him alive at his dad's house Crypto founder Jeffy Yu appeared to commit suicide in a Sunday video. Then we found him alive and well on Wednesday at his dad's San Francisco home.

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‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative slashes funding for more Bay Area non-profits “They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee said.

New from @sfstandard.com: Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are pulling funding from more non-profits, including any that "would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” according to a former employee.
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The mystery man at war with SF over illegal rope swings Inside the guerrilla effort to keep San Francisco’s rope swings in the air.

Nothing but respect for this tactical urbanist king. sfstandard.com/2025/05/10/m...

Crypto founder faked own death. We found him alive at his dad's house Crypto founder Jeffy Yu appeared to commit suicide in a Sunday livestream. Then we found him alive and well on Wednesday at his dad's San Francisco home.

Amazing. He shot himself on a livestream. Obituaries poured in. Then the @sfstandard.com found him alive and (un)well at his parents' house in SF's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood. sfstandard.com/2025/05/08/j...

She left Salesforce for a hot defense-tech startup — then faced a culture of drugs, guns, and abuse Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a company that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the military and combined them.

Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a defense-tech startup that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and combined them.

By Margaux MacColl for the @sfstandard.com.

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Weeks after Prasanna Sankar began posting on X about his wife's alleged affair and kidnapping of their son, a fuller story emerges based on hundreds of pages of court records and exclusive interviews with the @sfstandard.com. The truth: Sankar isn't telling it. sfstandard.com/2025/04/04/r...

Yeah, they're not being paid. Unless you consider direct access to the mayor its own currency, which I'm sure they do!

Exclusive: Mayor reels in Laurene Powell Jobs, Google's Ruth Porat to chair new civic group The initiative is being organized by a former president of First Republic Bank and coincides with another new entity: the San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation.

News from @sfstandard.com: SF mayor Daniel Lurie taps Lauren Powell Jobs and Google's Ruth Porat to co-chair a CEO supergroup to advise him on policy. Members include Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Richard Dickson (Gap), Michelle Gass (Levi Strauss), Tony Xu, and 20 others. sfstandard.com/2025/03/17/l...

Off Menu, a new newsletter from The Standard's brilliant food team @laurensaria.bsky.social & @saradeseran.bsky.social, is a delightful mid-day read. See the latest edition and sign up here >> sfstandard.com/newsletters/...

The @sfstandard.com food team just dropped a new weekly newsletter, Off Menu. It's delicious and you should sign up! Here's where to get it: sfstandard.com/newsletters/
And here's a preview link if you wanna taste test: sfstandard.com/newsletters/...

Opinion | The fresh faces in Lurie's cabinet will have vast power — but will they know how to wield it? A foursome of policy chiefs will attempt what a legion of veteran bureaucrats have been unable to accomplish: Make SF run efficiently.

New from @adamlashinsky.bsky.social: For his top 4 deputies, Lurie has chosen 1 ex-McKinsey consultant, 1 ex-Goldman Sachs banker, and 1 ex-bigtime nonprofit CEO. Starting to feel very, very Bloomberg-y at SF City Hall! sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...

Marc Benioff’s embrace of Trump has Time staffers freaking out Time staffers are growing increasingly anxious about all of owner Marc Benioff's tweets about Donald Trump.

New from @eshugs.bsky.social: Time staffers are reeling from Marc Benioff's recent embrace of Trump, and his use of fake Time magazine covers in tweets:

“How are we as journalists supposed to do our jobs when that is the look he’s putting out there?”

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Breed rejects criticism on way out, warns of Trump’s return In a wide-ranging exit interview, Mayor London Breed takes shots at critics, touts her achievements around the pandemic and public safety, and warns of Trump’s return to the White House.

“Criticism is easy,” Breed said. “But actually putting together the pieces of the puzzle to be effective and do the job, and to have the kinds of results that we’re finally starting to see — that’s hard work.”

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Coffee shop is broken into twice in 24 hours — and it hasn’t even opened yet A Mission Bay coffee shop's co-owner says he is heartened by community support after a pair of break-ins this week.

A new cafe on the former location of the Creamery in SoMA — where many a tech deal was hatched in Web 1.0/2.0 days — was burglarized twice! Before it even opened! Welcome to SF, baristas...

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Nima Momeni found guilty of murder in Bob Lee's killing The 12-person San Francisco jury reached the verdict after deliberating for seven days.

BREAKING: Nima Momeni found guilty of murdering Bob Lee. sfstandard.com/2024/12/17/j...

This one internet subculture explains murder suspect Luigi Mangione's odd politics No one can seem to pin down Luigi Magione’s weird confluence of beliefs — no one, that is, except the members of this strange subculture.

Is there a Bluesky version of TPOT? sfstandard.com/2024/12/10/t...

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...

NEW: Luigi Mangione's mother reported him missing to San Francisco Police weeks before he allegedly shot Brian Thompson in NY.

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The Hot List: Our favorite restaurants and bars in SF right now You need some new ideas for where to go out. We have some really delicious answers.

Our hot list is out! Here are the best spots to check out now.

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