Jesse Rogala

Nov 11, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Emily Dreyfuss |Astrid Kane |Jesse Rogala

The Great Highway will cease to be a road and become a park - at some point. That's because last week San Francisco voters narrowly passed Proposition K, a measure to extend the ban on vehicles from the section between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way. The only problem? Prop. K didn't offer a plan for how to transform the four-lane divided road into open space, or specify where funding for it might come from. This was a major reason why many voters opposed the measure.

Jun 30, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Jesse Rogala |Carolyn Fong

The city's "Gay Beach," as it's called, was thrumming Saturday afternoon with revelers-their outfits daring and dazzling-who picnicked on colorful blankets under oversized umbrellas. Here are just some of the portraits The Standard took of participants who caught our photographer's eye.

May 26, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Scott Lucas |Jesse Rogala

Published May 26, 2024 • 2:00pmOn Friday, beloved video game company Nintendo announced it would be opening its second-ever retail store in the United States in San Francisco. (Doom loop? More like a kaboom loop!) Like many of you, we’re pretty excited. So excited, in fact, we started thinking about which San Francisco icons could play which Nintendo characters. Here, we present our scientifically unimpeachable results. Obviously, the Splash Bros. are the perfect people to stand in for the Smash Bros.

Apr 21, 2024 | sfstandard.com | Astrid Kane |Jesse Rogala

By Astrid Kane and Jesse RogalaPublished Apr. 21, 2024 • 1:30pmSaturday, you may have noticed, was an exceptionally busy day for San Francisco. Not only was it 420, but Taylor Swift fans embarked on a pub crawl, low-riders were out in the Mission and the World Naked Bike Ride was busy weaving around town. On top of that, the city’s oldest queer bar, The Stud, reopened in a new location after a four-year sabbatical.

Dec 20, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Jesse Rogala

LifeWritten by Jesse RogalaPublished Dec. 20, 2023 • 12:30pmTwo visitors to the bridge hold on to its iconic International Orange cables. | Source: Jake RickerOver six relentless years, San Francisco street photographer Jake Ricker has documented life on the Golden Gate Bridge, amassing tens of thousands of candid shots on 35mm film.