Marilyn Kennick
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Healthcare advocate, PacNW/BC and Canada fan. Coffee, wine and tequila consultant.
Uh-oh: Lurie says city deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/s...
SF deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts
San Francisco’s budget deficit could reach close to $1 billion next year, Mayor Daniel Lurie said at an event Thursday afternoon.
sfstandard.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Uh-oh: Lurie says city deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/s...
Why a Bay Area professor left California permanently for Iceland www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Why a Bay Area professor left California permanently for Iceland
"The Westfjords are the best fjords."
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December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Why a Bay Area professor left California permanently for Iceland www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Light show that brings $13M to downtown SF is back and bigger than ever www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Light show that brings $13M to downtown SF is back and bigger than ever
Last year's event drew more than 87,000 visitors.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Light show that brings $13M to downtown SF is back and bigger than ever www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Agentforce Tower? Benioff floats radical rebrand in line with Salesforce’s AI obsession sfstandard.com/2025/12/05/m...
Agentforce Tower? Benioff floats radical rebrand in line with Salesforce’s AI obsession
CEO Marc Benioff sounds off on a possible name change, citing user interest and the latest quarterly growth numbers.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Agentforce Tower? Benioff floats radical rebrand in line with Salesforce’s AI obsession sfstandard.com/2025/12/05/m...
12 judges fired, 120,000 cases waiting: The data on SF immigration court’s collapse sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/s...
How firing 57% of the bench remade SF’s immigration court
12 judges fired and 120,000 cases waiting. The Trump administration has aggressively remade the court in under a year.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
12 judges fired, 120,000 cases waiting: The data on SF immigration court’s collapse sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/s...
Chris Paul's return stint with the Clippers is over, and the team's rough start just got rougher www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Chris Paul's return stint with the Clippers is over, and the team's rough start just got rougher
Chris Paul's return to the Los Angeles Clippers has ended abruptly. The team parted ways with him in a late-night meeting in Atlanta. Clippers basketball operations president Lawrence Frank announced....
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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Chris Paul's return stint with the Clippers is over, and the team's rough start just got rougher www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Claude, San Francisco's beloved albino alligator, dies at age 30 www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Claude, San Francisco's beloved albino alligator, dies at age 30
Claude, the beloved albino alligator and longtime California Academy of Sciences icon, has passed away at 30, leaving behind a legacy cherished by millions.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Claude, San Francisco's beloved albino alligator, dies at age 30 www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
The 11 reasons Santa isn’t coming to San Francisco that no one’s talking about sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/1...
Macy’s Union Square: Santa isn’t coming — here’s why
Finally, the truth behind Santa’s abrupt San Francisco ghosting.
sfstandard.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The 11 reasons Santa isn’t coming to San Francisco that no one’s talking about sfstandard.com/2025/12/01/1...
Billionaire CEO talks about god during hallucinogenic mushroom livestream www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Billionaire CEO talks about god during hallucinogenic mushroom livestream
The billionaire ended the holiday weekend cheering on a friend taking mushrooms.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Billionaire CEO talks about god during hallucinogenic mushroom livestream www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The Warriors’ roster puzzle will feature a new piece: Seth Curry sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/s...
The Warriors’ roster puzzle will feature a new piece: Seth Curry
The brothers are set to become teammates for the first time since they played together at Charlotte Christian in high school.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Warriors’ roster puzzle will feature a new piece: Seth Curry sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/s...
The best San Francisco neighborhoods to take visitors shopping sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/w...
Where to take out-of-towners who want to shop in San Francisco
Hosting friends who say “we want to shop”? Don’t panic. From Hayes Valley’s curated boutiques to Stonestown’s foolproof finds, here’s your guide to stylish gifts, great people-watching and shopping tr...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The best San Francisco neighborhoods to take visitors shopping sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/w...
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst sfstandard.com/2025/11/26/b...
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best
The Standard’s highly opinionated guide to eating and drinking at Terminal 1.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst sfstandard.com/2025/11/26/b...
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141 www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
The beloved Galapagos tortoise named Gramma that was the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years has died. Zoo officials say she died on Nov. 20. Gramma arrived at the zoo from....
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141 www.sfgate.com/news/article...
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco
SFGATE intern Nathan Kuczmarski explores perception versus reality in our new doc.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials sfstandard.com/2025/11/23/e...
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials
A hacked trove of emails reveals the revolving door of political leaders, tech billionaires, and intelligence officers.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials sfstandard.com/2025/11/23/e...
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear www.sfgate.com/food/article...
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear
The Japanese market is known for discounting meals in the evening.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear www.sfgate.com/food/article...
John Mulaney has been making the same San Francisco joke since '07. It still hits. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
John Mulaney has been making the same SF joke since '07. It still hits.
The comic also took shots at right-wing favorites like Elon Musk and RFK Jr.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
John Mulaney has been making the same San Francisco joke since '07. It still hits. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism www.sfgate.com/news/article...
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism. The update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage has...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism www.sfgate.com/news/article...
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal
Somehow, RFK Jr., a former Republican governor and Anthony Weiner are all involved.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time www.sfgate.com/news/article... **Really?**
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time
A federal judge has decided that a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 will serve no additional prison. Joseph Emerson was sentenced Monday to time....
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time www.sfgate.com/news/article... **Really?**
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night
Curry always knows how to put on a show.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
Beloved coach and Netflix star voiced concerns about campus safety a day before being shot sfstandard.com/2025/11/14/j...
John Beam voiced concerns about Laney College safety day before killing
The beloved coach and Netflix star was particularly uneasy about safety in the campus field house where he was fatally shot on Nov. 13.
sfstandard.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Beloved coach and Netflix star voiced concerns about campus safety a day before being shot sfstandard.com/2025/11/14/j...
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion
SF Sketchfest will host over 200 shows, including an "SNL" tribute.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti... **Can anyone help Oakland with this crime wave?**
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting
Oakland police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti... **Can anyone help Oakland with this crime wave?**
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed' www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed'
But the DoorDash report says prices for those items "remained flat."
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November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed' www.sfgate.com/politics/art...