Mike Kuba

Aug 9, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba

The U.S. Women’s National Team’s stunning, disappointing flameout at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup this week left a sour taste in the mouths of soccer fans across the country. For a team that entered this year’s competition having won back-to-back championships in 2015 and 2019, the early Round of 16 exit came as a shock to the sport’s most passionate followers and casual viewers alike.

Jun 9, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba |Jesse Rogala

Skip to main contentVideoWritten by Mike Kuba and Jesse RogalaPublished Jun. 09, 2023 • 11:00amRecently, the San Francisco "doom loop" narrative has moved to the forefront of conversations about the city, with mass closures of retail stores and perpetually empty office buildings fueling the speculation that the city is in a downward spiral. At the heart of this theory is the city's troubled core.

Jun 3, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba

Tony Gemignani, world-renowned master pizza chef and owner of Tony's Pizza Napoletana, recently invited The Standard to his famous restaurant in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood to talk about his career, passion for his craft and to show off some of his jaw-dropping acrobatic tricks using pizza dough. As it turns out, pizza acrobatics is actually a sport and involves an incredible amount of precision and dexterity to perform.

May 13, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba

Every bite of this taco is like a revelation of flavor. The soft, tender meat collides with the fresh crispness of the diced cabbage and the tart spiciness of the bright orange salsa. "You eat one and you want another until your body says 'no,'" laughs Ricardo Carrillo, proprietor of Tacos El Líder, an unassuming taco truck located in a parking lot along a busy highway in San Jose. He's not wrong.

May 13, 2023 | sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba

Every bite of this taco is like a revelation of flavor. The soft, tender meat collides with the fresh crispness of the diced cabbage and the tart spiciness of the bright orange salsa. "You eat one, and you want another until your body says 'no,'" laughs Ricardo Carrillo, proprietor of Tacos El Líder, an unassuming taco truck parked in a lot along a busy highway in San Jose. He's not wrong.