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2 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
Lack of light. Shade. Noise. Parking. And who could forget “neighborhood character?” These are the issues San Franciscans opposed to new housing development have cited for years. But these weapons, once deadly, seem unable to pierce the armor of new state laws. That hasn’t stopped people from trying.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell |David Sjostedt
San Franciscans who opposed the closing of the Great Highway to make way for the city’s newest park say they have new legal ammunition in their war: a concrete skate park that’s nearing completion. Anti-park factions were already angry about the swift transformation of the two-mile stretch of road, but the skate park’s construction this week has enraged them further.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
When Donna Mateer was 14, she walked into a Whittier department store, put on a wedding dress, and strolled out. Store security quickly detained her for shoplifting. It was her first arrest, and an early sign of the mental illness that has afflicted her ever since. When Mateer was in her 20s, she worked at McDonald’s for a month, according to her sister Debbie Gish. It was the only job she ever had. In 1994, when she was in her 30s, Mateer moved to San Francisco to live with Gish.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
When Donna Mateer was 14, she walked into a Whittier department store, put on a wedding dress, and strolled out. Store security quickly detained her for shoplifting. It was her first arrest, and an early sign of the mental illness that has afflicted her ever since. When Mateer was in her 20s, she worked at McDonald’s for a month, according to her sister Debbie Gish. It was the only job she ever had. In 1994, when she was in her 30s, Mateer moved to San Francisco to live with Gish.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
Tech is shook. Entry-level jobs are basically dead. And big companies have canned more than 61,000 techies this year, according to Layoffs.fyi. Against this grim backdrop, one former Google contractor has flipped the script on the robots, zagging with a DIY approach to the AI revolution. Enter the “please hire me” flyer, with a twist: He’ll pay $2,000 if you, a human being, get him hired. San Francisco’s lampposts (and even robotaxis) are often adorned with jokes or pleas for love.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell |Sam Mondros
Buyers who sign up to receive a passcode can purchase tickets during the presale period on May 28 at 10 a.m. The general public can buy tickets two days later. A variety of ticket packages will also be available during the presale period. They include the $1,725 3-day VIP pass, which offers fast entry, exclusive lounges, upgraded bathrooms and a front-row viewing area. The August 1-3 shows are expected to draw up to 60,000 attendees each day at the park’s Polo Fields.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
San Francisco feels blissfully boring at the moment. Crime is down, the weather is great, and we have $25 hot dogs. Life is good, but God, is it dull. Lucky for us, some anonymous pals brought intrigue to our lives with a local mystery: ten grand worth of stuff you could easily sell, hidden in a chest under the very ground on which you walk. “We buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco,” said a Reddit post uploaded Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
Cary Fulbright and the parking cops on his Pacific Heights block have had an understanding for 35 years: If the street sweeper has already passed his house, he won’t get a ticket — even if the two-hour enforcement window isn’t over. But on April 7, the arrangement appeared to die. Despite double-checking with an enforcer that he was in the clear, Fulbright received a $97 ticket in the mail. “I asked, ‘Can I park? Will I get ticketed?’ And he said, ‘You can park.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
Gary Rulli has based his Bay Area baking empire on Christmas panettone bread for more than 30 years. But for the last five, he has shunned the yearly obligations that come up on tax day, according to a lawsuit. San Francisco’s city attorney says Rulli owes more than $150,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties for his Chestnut Street bistro, Ristobar, according to a claim filed Friday in Superior Court. Ristobar, Rulli's upscale Italian restaurant, is in the Marina District.
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1 month ago | 
sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell
A rally Tuesday at San Francisco State University drew hundreds of supporters and protesters of Charlie Kirk, who was speaking on campus. But across the street, a punk show in a grassy roundabout drew a similar-size crowd, including many who came over after heckling the right-wing personality. “This song goes out to them,” singer Joey S. said, pointing to the Kirk supporters.
