Culture
One event after another
What can a mellow movie star like Benicio del Toro teach a highly-scheduled mayor like Daniel Lurie?
The California Poach
The West Coast expansion of New York’s tabloid mainstay has scooped up three of the SF Standard’s top staffers
Katseye brought the beauty and the chaos to Bill Graham
The Netflix-hatched K-pop girl group’s sold-out San Francisco debut went a bit haywire. It was fantastic
Feast your eyes
Cine-Gastronomy is combining food and experimental film
Nima Momeni sues San Francisco Standard, Los Angeles Times for defamation
The $17 million suit appears to be over photos of Momeni inside a jail cell
Rest in peace to the best Claude in San Francisco
Cal Academy’s wonderful gator Claude died at the age of 30, according to a Tuesday announcement from the institution
Conversation starters
In the 1970s, a Bay Area couple started a business to get people talking. Panned at the time, it feels prescient today
Becca Bloom is the gift that keeps on giving
San Francisco’s favorite TikToker is on a charm offensive after (finally) catching some heat for her ludicrous wealth
Pulps unbound
For three decades, Kayo Books has sold the kinds of books your grandparents wouldn’t be caught dead reading









