The San Francisco Standard

AI devotees in SF are convinced that smarter models solve everything. Medicine — and the seven years and $1 billion it takes to get a drug approved — says otherwise.

The cost of a cone in San Francisco is rising but the joy of a summer treat is still (usually) worth it.

Journalist and former aide Gil Duran’s new book traces a through-line from SF school board recalls to Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and JD Vance.

Building owners who were wiped out financially by the pandemic are being kept on as a front, while investors call the real shots.

Permits indicate that Kith is planning to expand to San Francisco for its first Bay Area location, with a possible restaurant.

LemonLime’s CEO Jordan Zietz said he’s really, really sorry about offering instant job interviews to applicants who got the company's logo or a related design permanently tattooed on their bodies.

The celebrity designer promised to resurrect four legendary hotels in Marin County. After four years and two gruesome accidents, he’s found himself wrapped up in a $76M lawsuit, $17M in debt, a foreclosure notice, and the unraveling of a national hotel portfolio.

PSA: Your go-to hotel booking site might be ripping you off 👀 City Attorney David Chiu alleges multiple websites masqueraded as official hotel sites while tacking on hundreds of dollars for tourists in San Francisco. SF news, #inrealtime. Read the full story at sfstandard.com

If you weren’t in line for Jollibee’s grand SF opening at 7 a.m. this morning… where were you? Six years and plenty of red tape later, one of the world’s favorite fast-food chains is officially open on Market Street. And after finally trying it, reggieaqui has fulfilled his civic duty as a Filipino. SF news, #inrealtime. Read the full story at sfstandard.com

Think the SF housing market is impossible? Think again. We’re diving into the creative “outside-the-box” strategies that savvy buyers are using right now to land a home — without the bidding war nightmare.