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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 5, 2023 | 
sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba
On May 4, 2023, nearly 3,000 teachers in the Oakland Unified School District walked out of their classrooms and began a strike calling for more pay, safer classrooms and improved working conditions. The Oakland Education Association, the union which represents the educators, is currently embroiled in contentious negotiations with Oakland Unified for a new contract with still no end in sight for the strike.
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Apr 29, 2023 | 
sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba
VideoWritten by Mike KubaPublished Apr. 29, 2023 • 10:00amA disabled man whose daily routine is organized around reading the newspaper. A recent college graduate trying to find a new job after being laid off. A young unhoused person who seeks a place to get a break from the sun and have somewhere to simply be. These are just a few of the personalities you might find at the San Francisco Public Library's North Beach branch on any given day.
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba
California was battered yet again by another atmospheric river event on Tuesday. Winds were so strong that they forced a big rig to topple over on the Bay Bridge, causing hours of gridlock during the evening commute. More trees fell across the Bay Area, crushing cars and knocking out power for thousands of people across the region. The usually sunny state can't seem to catch a break from all the rain, with yet more wet weather on the horizon.
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Mar 17, 2023 | 
sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba
“If I told you where we source things from, I’d have to kill you,” Sean Quigley said. He's joking, of course. Yet those who step inside Paxton Gate, Quigley's highly bizarre Mission District store, might just believe him. The one-of-a-kind boutique shop, specializing in taxidermy, fossils and framed insects, sells only unusual items. Taxidermy bats, stingray barbs, a fetal sloth and framed insects are just a few of the oddities that you’ll find within Paxton Gate’s four walls.
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Mar 17, 2023 | 
sfstandard.com | Mike Kuba
“If I told you where we source things from, I’d have to kill you,” Sean Quigley said. He's joking, of course. Yet those who step inside Paxton Gate, Quigley's highly bizarre Mission District store, might just believe him. The one-of-a-kind boutique shop, specializing in taxidermy, fossils and framed insects, sells only unusual items. Taxidermy bats, stingray barbs, a fetal sloth and framed insects are just a few of the oddities that you’ll find within Paxton Gate’s four walls.
