Max Harrison-Caldwell

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Michael McLaughlin |Max Harrison-Caldwell

Ridership peaks that day, according to The Standard’s analysis of agency data. It can be hard to make the trek to work on a Monday morning, but for BART riders, the real pain point is Tuesday. The second day of the work week is by far the busiest, with an average of 179,638 travelers packed into trains, according to The Standard’s analysis of BART ridership data for the last six months. Wednesday is the second busiest day, with an average of 175,598. Monday has the fewest weekday trips: 141,472.

1 month ago | hotair.com | Noah Baustin |Max Harrison-Caldwell

The Musk crowd, especially Tesla owners, loves a vanity plate. It’s a phenomenon from San Francisco to New Zealand. Team Tesla was known to use those plates to virtue-signal the superiority of its gas-free vehicles: BYBYGAS, CO2FREE, and NO PETRO have all been spotted in the wild.

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell

Steve Riabov escaped war, torture, and homelessness to start a business inspired by his idol. Now, he says, "I hate it."Steve Riabov arrived in Los Angeles in 2015 with $70 to his name and dreams of being an entrepreneur. He fled his native Ukraine following Russia’s 2014 invasion of the Donbas region, where he’s from. Seeking inspiration for his new life, he turned to audiobooks about figures who had pursued their dreams and succeeded wildly.

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Noah Baustin |Max Harrison-Caldwell |Michael McLaughlin

Forget bumper stickers: Drivers are working out their feelings toward the world's richest man on their personalized license plates. Yes, the DMV really printed these plates. | Source: Animation by Jess HutchisonForget bumper stickers: Drivers are working out their feelings toward the world's richest man on their personalized license plates. A few months later, Wei was back in Musk’s replies with new photographic proof: freshly printed DOGEGOV aluminum.

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Max Harrison-Caldwell

Vandals hit a community mural a day after the highway closed to vehicular traffic to make way for a future oceanfront park. A mural at the Great Highway was vandalized just one day after the road was closed to vehicles to begin its transformation into a permanent oceanfront park. A press release distributed on behalf of Friends of Ocean Beach Park details the vandalism and includes testimony from local artists like Emily Fromm, who said she was verbally harassed while painting murals for the park.