Up the Palace!!!!! 🦅💎

No. 60!!!

A group of office brokers kicked off a lively debate last week by trying to rebrand Mid-Market to "Lower Hayes." Here's what small businesses and other neighborhood stakeholders think ➡️ sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/m... co-reported with @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social

Today is the last day Rabia and Mohammad Waqar are operating their Mashaallah Halal restaurant inside the SF Centre Mall. Even though the property has been struggling, it’s here where they became bonafide stars. Thankfully, they’ll only be down the street on Fifth & Folsom!

Eze was brought in for games like these…

This is the part of the culture of thought that Bruce Arena identified as holding San Jose back when he first arrived. The veteran coach will need to keep chipping away at some of that risk aversion if he hopes to make the Quakes a perennial playoff qualifier.

Erling Haaland playing inspired futbol today 👀

Will it be possible to bring back San Francisco's famous Cliff House in the Outer Richmond? @kevinbtruong and @leahygarrett talk to the operator, his former business partners, and an acclaimed chef who ultimately passed on the project to find out 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/09/20/f...

San Jose was facing a must-win game at home last night against St. Louis. They responded by conceding three goals in the first-half, leaving Bruce Arena at a loss for words. “If I knew the answer to that question we’d have 30 wins,” he said. www.soccerbayarea.com/2025/09/20/b...

San Jose is down 3-1 to St. Louis City at HT. Deflating. The Quakes are finishing their season on a free fall and are simply getting outplayed by everyone around them in the table. This was a must-win and they’ve conceded 3 very soft goals. Lots for Arena to ponder…

I wrote about the Kimmel situation

Hope is important in football fandom, and a player like Jack Grealish can provide it. Latest for @fotmob.com is on Everton's new signing(s) ahead of the Merseyside Derby. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

Compared to folks in SF, "Sunnyvale developers have a much simpler axiom: We have built it, and they have come." sfstandard.com/2025/09/18/s... @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social reporting on the Silicon Valley city that's both boring and booming:

Natalie Nakase after losing G2 by a point: "Taking the the last shot... that's something in your DNA. I didn't have that. And that's what I was telling [Cecilia]. Like, hey, you're the player I always wanted to be. I could never elevate like that. I was too small."

Janelle Salaün, who starts another season overseas in 10 days: “The people in this group are special…Yes, we don’t have big names. Yes, there were no stars. But we’re f*cking underdogs. We’re fire.”

Lynx HC Cheryl Reeve on Balhalla at SAP Center: “The fans are in it the entire way. There’s no lull. You can tell they’re watching the game… We’re at the point where this is good business. You cant tell me there’s anything else coming to the Chase that’s better than this.”

Golden State built a culture where fans are staying when the game is over to cheer on a team that just lost. They built that in ONE SEASON. So impressive

Huge standing ovation for these women despite falling just short. Incredible atmosphere in San Jose befitting of how this team has been embraced by the entire Bay Area.

Down 1 with possession and four seconds to go. The game is in Golden State’s hands…

Ballhalla is a mindset.

Cecilia Zandalasini plus 17 right now playing next to San Jose's Little Italy. LFG 🇮🇹

Go off Monique Billings. The Valks are playing like their season is on the line.

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase has been named the **2025 State Street Investment Management SPY** WNBA Coach of the Year. These sponsorship names are getting out of hand 😂

Much has been made of this latest iteration of tech grind culture. Back then, it was merely founders' mentality. Today, it's known as 996. Instead of just glorifying how often people are allegedly in an office, @reeyopeeyo examines what's real 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/s...

Loud ovation from the 50,978 for Sonny coming off in the 80th minute. Many came to see the former Spurs star get on the ball, but he didn’t have to. LAFC did all of their damage in the first 15 mins and sat back as SJ possessed; trying to figure out their own style of play.

LAFC 3 - 0 SJ: It’s only 15 mins in and the Quake’s experiment with a four-man back line has been a total disaster. Defensive mistakes have created all of the visitors’ chances.

The Son Heung-min tour makes its biggest stop yet, in Santa Clara, where some 50,000 fans just watched the Korean superstar score in 0:55 seconds. Absolute money DP signing.

Go off Patrick Bailey!!

CA's biggest polluters fund affordable housing and transit through a marketplace where they buy "allowances" to emit carbon. There was a mad rush to get this program renewed this week before Newsom's last year. He insisted high-speed rail get a piece. sfstandard.com/2025/09/12/g...

Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies. No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.

Michael Shvo sells dreams to the richest of the rich. What’s he selling in San Francisco? I spent time with the polarizing broker-turned-developer yesterday talking his relationship with investors, Mamdani, and more ⬇️ sfstandard.com/2025/09/10/m...

Per Bay FC, HC Albertin Montoya is stepping down at the end of the season. The Bay Area-native is regarded as a pioneer in women's soccer. The NWSL team was supposed to be his crowning achievement — but an underwhelming sophomore season ultimately cost him the job.

“They conned ME” - Steve Ballmer w/ Ramona Shelburne on the Aspiration scandal. 👀

ICYMI: San Francisco's two largest hotels are finally sold. The part of downtown "recovery" that often gets overlooked is ownership. In order for investments to be made or rents to lower, new owners have to come in and take over defunct properties. sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/s...

It got shaky in the fourth as New York stepped up their own defense, but the Valks hold on for their fourth straight win.

No Ionescu tonight but the Valkyries — the 2nd highest rated defense in the WNBA — are mauling the NY Liberty, holding them to 29% and single digits in the 2Q. Big implications for the standings.

A massive labor dispute is brewing at Verve Coffee. On Monday, some 60 baristas announced they are forming a union. This action only covers three Bay Area stores now, but the workers are looking to unionize all 11 California cafes and two roasteries. 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/09/01/v...

Szoboszlai take a bow. Football Jesus.

We got this Manning-Sayin matchup too early 🥱

What a pleasure it’s been to watch Jack Grealish on Everton… completely transformed them in the final third. Combinations! Interplay! It has been so long.

Nice article highlighting elements of housing finance that rarely get reported. A typical question is: why is it so hard to build when rents keep going up? This article touches on some of the reasoning, including how most developers actually make the finances work (and it’s not rent).

Until the rates come down, the majority of lenders still aren't convinced they can make an adequate return on developing new housing in the Bay Area. But some developers are making riskier bets with their loans to get their frozen projects started. 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/08/28/b...

If you enjoyed that YIMBY/NIMBY debate on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com and want to dive deeper into why we're not building as many homes as we need — one of the biggest factors is money. Local developers have no shortage of entitled projects, but they can't pay for the construction.

Why a Kelce-Swift ticket is Democrats’ only hope in 2028.

A new Steph Curry bar is coming to Union Square baybeeeeee 🥃 @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social reports: sfstandard.com/2025/08/26/m...

Celebrity chef Michael Mina is returning to the place that launched his career: Union Square. This time, he's bringing Steph Curry 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/08/26/m...

Let’s go Venus!!!

Bay FC — our amazing women’s soccer team — is a huge success for the Bay Area. Saturday’s game at Oracle exceeded 40,000 people — setting a U.S. record for women’s soccer. I’m excited for Bay FC’s future. The more they play in SF, the better! @bayfc.com

It'd be nice if our favorite joints stayed opened later into the night, but it requires a “hold hands and jump” (aka critical mass) for it to work. @jillianiles.bsky.social on one of San Francisco's most iconic destinations 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/08/25/f...

Bay FC’s history making match at Oracle Park showed there is a robust demand to see the team in San Francisco. I sat down with CEO Brady Stewart to talk about why the club needs its own home and where that might be 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/08/25/b...