Max Harrison-Caldwell

16 hours 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.

20 hours 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.

2 days 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.

1 week 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.

2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Jonah Owen Lamb |Max Harrison-Caldwell

With the Department of Veterans Affairs expected to lay off tens of thousands of employees amid the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to downsize the federal government, an information-seeking visit Monday by a three-person team from the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters sparked panic and protests at San Francisco’s VA hospital.