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Zara Stone

San Francisco

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Culture reporter @sfstandard | tech, biz, + SF life | πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§βž‘πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | Author "Killer Looks: The History of Plastic Surgery In Prisons." [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Zara Stone

    In March, the line to enter MNT, a new pilates and coworking space in the Marina that bills itself as San Francisco’s β€œfirst wellness social club,” wrapped around the block.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Zara Stone

    Their baby’s first car ride was fully autonomous. Are they postpartum pioneers β€” or have they lost their early-adopting minds? Mario Sanoguera had never been so nervous to order a robotaxi. On Dec. 20, just two days after the birth of his first child, Mia, the 32-year-old and his wife, Rachel Wu, stood outside Kaiser Permanente hospital in Anza Vista and summoned a Waymo.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Zara Stone

    In November 2023, Joel Reske, a 28-year-old software engineer, received a Venmo for $700 from a stranger. The payment memo was tagged β€œfor the flower run.” Reske, who lives in the Lower Haight, had pitched the idea of a flower run β€” an unofficial 5K in which people in race bibs and tutus would hand out flowers in Golden Gate Park β€” a month earlier to a Google form allegedly monitored by a mysterious, altruistic tech worker.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Zara Stone

    Onsen has reopened after five years, with heated pools, cold plunges, and a fresh take on communal bathing culture. Onsen Bathhouse, a Japanese communal bathing space in the Tenderloin, reopened for business Friday after a five-year hiatus. Sandwiched between an auto-body shop and The Healing Well, a dilapidated building where free yoga classes are offered to unhoused people, is a beautiful, 3,200-square-foot retreat with a steam room, redwood sauna, cold plunge, and 15-person heated soaking pool.

  • 1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Zara Stone

    Employees are biting their tongues on the job, fearing layoffs and retaliation. But they’re venting in their 50-minute sessions. Tech workers who spend hundreds of dollars for 50-minute therapy sessions increasingly have one man they want to discuss: Mark Zuckerberg.

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Zara Stone @AlmostZara
10 Apr 25

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Zara Stone
Zara Stone @AlmostZara
10 Apr 25

Horsing around with a horse sound bath. Actually sounds pretty chill. #wouldtry https://t.co/DFtHAN1uwI

Zara Stone
Zara Stone @AlmostZara
9 Apr 25

RT @sfstandard: Just announced: @sterngrovefest returns this summer with a stellar lineup of free concerts, every Sunday from June 15 to Au…