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Giant trolls are lurking in the redwoods — and you can climb on them

2 days ago | sfstandard.com | Sam Mondros

Six giant wooden trolls have invaded the San Francisco Peninsula. Their aim? To lure visitors to the Arcadian redwood forest at Filoli, the Georgian revival estate with sprawling gardens. Children – and intrepid grown-ups – are encouraged to climb on the structures, which are hidden throughout a mile-long looping walking path. Basse Buller, or the Painting Troll, in a grove of redwood trees.
Le Marais outpost Grand Creperie closing in the Ferry Building

2 days ago | sfstandard.com | Jillian D'Onfro

An outpost of a popular bakery in the Ferry Building is losing its lease, the owners said Tuesday. Le Marais Bakery owners Patrick and Joanna Ascaso announced the “sudden and unexpected” news in an Instagram post. The pair opened their offshoot shop, Grande Creperie, in the Ferry Building in spring 2022.
Daniel Lurie campaigned on ethics. Now he's gutting top watchdog

3 days ago | sfstandard.com | Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez |Gabe Greschler

On the campaign trail, Daniel Lurie vowed to vanquish City Hall corruption, promising to fully fund the city’s governance watchdog, the Ethics Commission. Now, as mayor, Lurie just blew a gaping hole in the department’s budget, sparking an outcry from its leader. “We need to spend money on the front end, before they become big problems,” said Patrick Ford, executive director of the Ethics Commission. “In that sense, an investment in ethics is a cost saver in the long run. Our department is tiny.
5 most exciting new restaurants, bars, and bakeries coming to SF in June

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria |Sara Deseran |Astrid Kane

Want breaking Bay Area food news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive Off Menu, where you’ll find restaurant news, gossip, tips, and hot takes every week. As the year approaches the halfway mark, San Francisco has already welcomed a slew of exciting new restaurants. In April, we saw the debut of Meski, an Afro-Latin spot from Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green, while May marked the opening of Jules, a Haight Street home for one of the city’s most popular pop-ups.
Jane the Bakery is quietly taking over more of San Francisco

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Sara Deseran

Want breaking Bay Area food news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive Off Menu, where you’ll find restaurant news, gossip, tips, and hot takes every week. Jane the Bakery might not generate the buzz and lines of, say, Tartine or Arsicault. But since 2011, when it opened on Fillmore Street in Pacific Heights, it has been steadily producing some of the city’s highest-quality breads and pastries. And now it’s expanding to a surprising location.
San Francisco housing permit fraudster referred to prosecutors

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Josh Koehn

The first time Melissa Nieto laid eyes on Kung Yuen Chiu and his work van outside of her home on Crescent Avenue, she had no inkling of how much trouble he would end up causing her. “He just looked like an older guy with money,” she recalled.
Dark times in Disneyland with California Democrats

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Josh Koehn

Elected officials, political consultants, junior legislative staffers and union reps all converged on Anaheim this past weekend, fired up for the California Democratic Party convention. Over the course of three days, they drank, they ate, they went to Disneyland, and they promised over and over to fight. Who are they fighting? President Donald Trump and Republicans. Where? Everywhere. How? No one seems to know.
They wanted to fix SF government. Then Elon Musk came calling

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Rya Jetha

Zsombor “Anthony” Jancso and Jordan Wick had lucrative jobs at blue-chip tech companies — the kind of roles that are increasingly tough for new college grads to come by. But for them, it wasn’t enough. Frustrated with the direction of San Francisco’s drift, they had a vision of young tech workers working hand-in-hand with local government to solve core challenges like homelessness, degrading public safety, and trash on city streets.
Photos: A color-soaked portrait of the Outer Sunset in the 1970s

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | Sam Mondros

The Wide Shot celebrates the work of Bay Area photographers, showcasing their latest projects and the behind-the-scenes stories of how they got the shots. The year was 1977, and San Francisco was in the grips of intense social change. Harvey Milk was elected the nation’s first openly gay official, the nascent tech industry was just warming up, and the free love era had given way to a booming counter cultural scene. But none of this was apparent in the slow-moving outer reaches of the Sunset.
The Hot List: Our favorite restaurants and bars in SF right now

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria |Sara Deseran |Astrid Kane

Want breaking Bay Area food news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive Off Menu, where you’ll find restaurant news, gossip, tips, and hot takes every week. For anyone prepared to ask us, “Where should I eat tonight?” here’s our answer: the Hot List, our opinionated guide to the top restaurants and bars in San Francisco right now. Some of the picks are new and noteworthy; others are rediscovered favorites.