Jillian D’Onfro

ha, good question. i'll have to check next time i'm in the area

San Francisco’s own Trump tower is for sale Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steven Roth told investors Tuesday that the company is open to offloading 555 California for the “right deal at the right time.”

"The owner of a San Francisco skyscraper with ties to President Donald Trump wants the market to know it’s up for grabs."

sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/s... via @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social

The weekend the Grateful Dead shook down San Francisco — one last time Dead & Company brought their farewell tour to Golden Gate Park for what many called the last real Dead show in the city.

Missed the Deadhead takeover this weekend? Relive it in all its glory with a bunch of fun stories about the "living memorial wrapped in incense smoke, tie-dye, and bittersweet joy" sfstandard.com/2025/08/04/g... sfstandard.com/tag/dead-and...

‘Dear Oasis’: Drag queens and kings write love letters to the closing queer mecca The 11-year-old arts landmark will shutter by the end of the year. We asked its stars to hand-write farewells.

"This was our church" "I fell in love with myself there" "I found community at a time when I was feeling lost" 🩵 Oasis performers write love letters to the closing queer mecca 🩵 sfstandard.com/2025/08/02/d...

Deadheads save San Francisco tourism. Again. San Francisco hotels come alive for the Grateful Dead.

Fun story about how Deadheads are saving SF tourism. Again. www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

Philz Coffee reportedly sells to private equity firm The homegrown chain, which raised $75 million in funding, was once a favorite of Big Tech companies.

Looks like it's the end of an era for Philz Coffee sfstandard.com/2025/08/01/p...

San Francisco crime: Cyclist mourned as hero after stabbing death He stood between girls and a man who was harassing them. Then he was stabbed in the neck.

this story is heartbreaking sfstandard.com/2025/07/31/s...

The Bay Area’s most famous tiki bar is headed to Oakland airport Oakland Airport has added 15 new food vendors over the past five years.

Trader Vic's is coming to OAK 🍹https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-airport-having-foodie-moment-20781248.php

Park Programs - Union Square Program schedule is subject to change. Follow @unionsquaresf on social media for the latest info. Free Programming is made possible by a grant from the Office of Mayor Daniel Lurie and the San Francis...

Union Square's programming glow-up continues with three free movie screenings later this summer visitunionsquaresf.com/park-programs

The best and worst tipping cities in the Bay Area Data analyzed by payments processor Square indicates that we may be experiencing "tipflation" fatigue.

Any guesses on the best and worst tipping parts of the Bay Area?! sfstandard.com/2025/07/25/b...

S.F. drag club to close as latest victim of Bay Area arts death spiral The famed LGBTQ venue, owned by San Francisco Drag Laureate D’arcy Drollinger, has hosted celebrities from Cher to Jane Fonda and countless “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars.

What a loss! Drag club Oasis to close by the end of the year 😭 www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

The river took her sister. A stranger dove in to bring her home In little more than a year, Juan Heredia, a scuba instructor from Stockton, has developed a strange specialty: He has found the bodies of a dozen drowning victims in California rivers after authoritie...

Meet the 53-year-old man who recovers drowning victims when others can't www.latimes.com/california/s...

thanks!

SF bartenders spill about their top gripes with Gen Z drinking habits Sure, they’re socially awkward and inherited a screwed-up world. But would it kill them to learn some bar etiquette?

“Bar etiquette just seems to be out the window for Gen Z” sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/b...

Agreed — @noahbaustin.bsky.social‬ delivered!

SF nonprofit went from $125M gift to fight for survival A mysterious $125M gift transformed the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind and Visually impaired. A decade later, layoffs, protests, and financial losses leave the nonprofit fighting to survive.

How an SF nonprofit for the blind squandered a $125 million windfall ➡️ sfstandard.com/2025/07/17/l... "LightHouse’s optimism outstripped its resources: More money, more problems."

This landlord is picking up retail tenants by sliding into their DMs In its quest to fill the vacant storefronts surrounding its San Francisco offices, real estate giant BXP has been forced to get creative.

SF’s biggest landlord is picking up retail tenants by sliding into their DMs sfstandard.com/2025/07/17/e...

Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data; SFPD also illegally shared with feds The illegal data sharing started soon after Oakland's cameras went live in August 2024.

San Francisco and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from automated license plate cameras with federal law enforcement, according to records obtained by my colleague sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/o...

Parents shocked as church suddenly evicts school after 49 years Parents were shocked to find their kids' school had been evicted by a San Francisco church after a 49-year agreement Thursday.

Wild story: A private Montessori school in SF was evicted after apparently not paying rent for a year ... and didn't tell parents it was happening?!?!?! sfstandard.com/2025/07/11/s...

A new Pop Mart is opening in SF. Here’s where it will land The store, popular for its Labubu plushies and other blind-box collectibles, will open a few blocks from the new Nintendo store.

SCOOP: Labubu lovers in San Francisco are in for a treat :} sfstandard.com/2025/07/08/p...

Real estate heir to buy another building in a troubled retail corridor A real estate investor who has been bargain hunting in SF is making his second bet on a beleaguered retail corridor.

Last spring, an heir to a Canadian real estate dynasty + self-proclaimed protege of Warren Buffet pledged to spend big on San Francisco real estate. Turns out, he's accumulating historic buildings in Union Square per @jillianiles.bsky.social 👇

sfstandard.com/2025/07/01/u...

Real estate heir to buy another building in a troubled retail corridor A real estate investor who has been bargain hunting in SF is making his second bet on a beleaguered retail corridor.

Scoop: A real estate investor who has been bargain hunting in SF is making his second bet on a beleaguered retail corridor, sources say
sfstandard.com/2025/07/01/u...

He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.

Big news for @sfstandard.com today: Former Quartz cofounder Kevin Delaney is going to be our new editor in chief and the company is acquiring his publication, Charter ✨ sfstandard.com/2025/06/30/t...

AI tool aims to help doctors "bite back" against insurance firms By appealing a greater number of health insurance denials, physicians feel like they're giving a middle finger to the system.

Health insurance is hellish. Doctors are fighting back with AI

sfstandard.com/2025/06/30/f...

'We would all stop coming': The contested sale of a famed San Francisco bar "People are just concerned that it will change.”

“Hard to believe a bar that has never accepted VISA would be welcoming of a cryptocurrency-fueled vision or investor. We would all stop coming. It would die.”

via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/food/article...

There's a war in the real estate industry over private listings Multiple big players are lobbing accusations, epithets, and retaliatory measures. For some, it's like watching bullies fight.

Big development: Compass filed a lawsuit this morning accusing Zillow of anticompetitive tactics 👀 Background here: sfstandard.com/2025/05/04/r...

SF Pride nonprofit struggles with funding deficit The nonprofit that runs the free multi-day queer rights events is struggling to raise enough to sustain itself.

Can SF Pride save itself? A Trump-era backlash puts the city’s biggest party on the brink

sfstandard.com/2025/06/20/s...

Lower Haight events and community space The Center will close on June 22 The Center, a beloved events space and tea house for the Burning Man set, will shutter after a year of struggles.

The Center — a beloved events space and tea house in the Lower Haight — will host close its doors on June 22 sfstandard.com/2025/06/17/t...

Launch Coyote Media Collective A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area

Hell yeah: A new worker-owned media company covering the Bay Area will launch later this summer 💪 givebutter.com/coyotemedia

Not sure, but sounds like they’re just starting rides back up!