Kevin Truong

San Francisco

Business Editor at The San Francisco Standard

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Articles

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's 100-day progress report

1 week ago | sfstandard.com | Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez |David Sjostedt |Jonah Owen Lamb |Kevin Truong

By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, David Sjostedt, Jonah Owen Lamb, Kevin Truong, and Han LiPublished Apr. 14, 2025 • 6:00amIn politics, 100 days can seem like an eternity — has it really been only three months since Trump took office again? — or a blink. Assessing a mayor’s — or president’s — tenure at the 100-day mark is a convention, but an imperfect one, an exercise in judging beginnings without knowledge of the endings.
Inside the efforts to save Steph Curry’s cancelled office project

1 week ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn

When a developer is a world-famous celebrity, bargaining with labor becomes a whole new game. The news that Stephen Curry wanted to pursue his post-NBA career in San Francisco rather than hightailing it to New York or Los Angeles was a much-needed win in a city struggling to find its groove again.
Steph Curry kills his SF office project over dispute with local union

2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Kevin Truong

The Warriors superstar was about to demolish a structure for a new office for his burgeoning business empire. Less than a month after announcing it was ready to build a new office building in San Francisco, Thirty Ink — a collection of Stephen Curry’s eight businesses and 13 entities — said the project is cancelled because of a dispute with a local carpenter’s union.
Trump tariffs will hit San Francisco where it hurts: Guac and margs

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Tomoki Chien |Kevin Truong

Tequila and avocados from Mexico are about to get a lot more expensive — and restaurant tabs will rise accordingly. It is a mercurial supply chain prone to wild price fluctuations based on climate patterns and local market conditions. But a new geopolitical element is making matters even more difficult.
Orphan Andy’s diner goes up for sale for $250K

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong

Orphan Andy’s, with its damn good tuna melts, is up for sale. Orphan Andy’s — the storied Castro diner that has long been a refuge for stumbling clubgoers at the end of the boozy night out — has been publicly listed for sale. Known for its round-the-clock breakfast options and chicken-fried steak drenched in a pool of gravy, Orphan Andy’s is being offered for $250,000. The diner lists $165,600 in average monthly revenue for 2024. “That’s what we’re here for.
Presidio businesses respond to Trump’s attack on historic park

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong |Jillian D’Onfro

Rogelio Colindres, an immigrant from El Salvador, took over the Acre Cafe in the Presidio in 2012. Colindres renamed the shop, located in what was the pharmacy of a former Army hospital, and revamped the menu. In more than 10 years running Cafe RX, he has served breakfast and lunch to office workers and tourists taking in the Presidio’s verdant expanse.
Twitter HQ grocery shutters. Its owner blames everything

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong

The Market — a luxury grocer on the ground floor of the old Twitter building — is closing Friday, and its owner is blaming everything but the kitchen sink. “The landlord did nothing but support us, but we finally looked at what was happening, and we were losing a gazillion dollars every month and made a decision,” said The Market owner and developer Chris Foley. Foley opened the market in 2014 at the Shorenstein-owned building.
The AI-based app that's saving homeowners thousands in property tax

2 months ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong

When Oliver and Danielle Wang received the 2023 property tax bill for their San Francisco condo, they were aghast. The city had priced their unit in the Lumina — a glass-encased high-rise downtown — at more than $1.6 million. By their back-of-the-envelope calculations based on recent sales of similar properties, that was 40% higher than the home’s market value. This meant a tax bill thousands more than what they thought they should be paying.
The NBA (kinda) returns to Roar-acle for one night

2 months ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong

Bay Area sports legends Barry Bonds and Jerry Rice put on their coaching caps to recreate the magic at Oakland Arena for the All-Star Celebrity Game. “Shaboozey just packed Pablo Schreiber” were not words I’d ever thought I’d hear in an NBA arena. But then again the All-Star Celebrity Game is not an NBA game and Oakland Arena (previously known for its decade-long run as Roar-acle) has not technically been an NBA arena since the Warriors decamped for San Francisco’s Chase Center in 2019.
SF Chronicle owner eyes purchase of Santa Rosa Press Democrat

2 months ago | sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong

The Press Democrat was founded in 1897 and was under local ownership for nearly a century before it was sold to the New York Times Company, which later sold it off to Halifax Media Group in 2011. Both the Chronicle and the Press Democrat would keep their independent newsrooms as part of the tie-up, but their respective back office and business functions would be merged and consolidated, the sources said.