Jon Steinberg
@jonsteinberg31.bsky.social
Executive editor, San Francisco Standard
Remarkable and devastating reporting on uncharged rapes in San Francisco by Anya Schultz in @sfstandard.com. SFPD cleared just 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. sfstandard.com/2026/07/20/s...
Her rape kit had a DNA match. In San Francisco, that’s not enough
SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.
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July 21, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Remarkable and devastating reporting on uncharged rapes in San Francisco by Anya Schultz in @sfstandard.com. SFPD cleared just 14% of rape cases last year — half the national rate. sfstandard.com/2026/07/20/s...
The profile I've been waiting to read about Steve Hilton's better, richer, quieter half — tech PR superstar Rachel Whetstone. Terrific reporting by Emily Shugerman (@eshugs.bsky.social) for @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/r...
The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California
As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?
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July 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The profile I've been waiting to read about Steve Hilton's better, richer, quieter half — tech PR superstar Rachel Whetstone. Terrific reporting by Emily Shugerman (@eshugs.bsky.social) for @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/r...
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June 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Great journalism with real impact. To read this and the rest of Emily's work at @sfstandard.com for just $1 for your first month, use this referral code for my friends and fam. sfstandard.com/subscribe/ch...
Great journalism with real impact. To read this and the rest of Emily's work at @sfstandard.com for just $1 for your first month, use this referral code for my friends and fam. sfstandard.com/subscribe/ch...
June 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Great journalism with real impact. To read this and the rest of Emily's work at @sfstandard.com for just $1 for your first month, use this referral code for my friends and fam. sfstandard.com/subscribe/ch...
The most expensive public school in SF history, Willie Brown Middle was a "shitshow" when it opened in 2015.
Today, it's one of SF's most coveted schools, and its turnaround can be credited to one great principal.
✍️by @sarahlacy.com for @sfstandard.com.
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Today, it's one of SF's most coveted schools, and its turnaround can be credited to one great principal.
✍️by @sarahlacy.com for @sfstandard.com.
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The middle school miracle: How one San Francisco school went from ‘carnage’ to a waitlist
The $54 million Willie Brown Middle School was to be the pride of SFUSD. Then it cracked apart. Now its principal has led a once-unthinkable turnaround.
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June 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The most expensive public school in SF history, Willie Brown Middle was a "shitshow" when it opened in 2015.
Today, it's one of SF's most coveted schools, and its turnaround can be credited to one great principal.
✍️by @sarahlacy.com for @sfstandard.com.
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Today, it's one of SF's most coveted schools, and its turnaround can be credited to one great principal.
✍️by @sarahlacy.com for @sfstandard.com.
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Who better to cover this weekend's Steroid Super Bowl than @stevekettmann.bsky.social, author of Jose Canseco's "Juiced." He's had a front-row seat to the whole doping era, and will cover the Peter Thiel-backed Enhanced Games for @sfstandard.com. His opening salvo: sfstandard.com/2026/05/22/e...
The pro-doping Enhanced Games may be the most honest competition in sports
The last taboo in sports will be broken this weekend in Vegas. That might not be a bad thing.
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May 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Who better to cover this weekend's Steroid Super Bowl than @stevekettmann.bsky.social, author of Jose Canseco's "Juiced." He's had a front-row seat to the whole doping era, and will cover the Peter Thiel-backed Enhanced Games for @sfstandard.com. His opening salvo: sfstandard.com/2026/05/22/e...
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As state AG, Becerra had signaled to us that he’d do a state investigation of the case. But despite the Vallejo police destroying evidence (!!!) from Sean’s murder, nothing came of it. Today the officer is back on duty.
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Sean Monterrosa’s sister says Xavier Becerra let them down
The sister of Sean Monterrosa, who was killed by a Vallejo cop in 2020, blasts the former attorney general and gubernatorial front-runner for failing to investigate her brother’s killing.
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May 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
As state AG, Becerra had signaled to us that he’d do a state investigation of the case. But despite the Vallejo police destroying evidence (!!!) from Sean’s murder, nothing came of it. Today the officer is back on duty.
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I spent a month asking folks about why Stanford lost seven transfers. Stanford itself did not respond to multiple attempts to ask direct questions about this story | @sfstandard.com
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‘Not the same program anymore’: Stanford women’s hoops in freefall after player exodus
Player transfers, claims of an abusive culture, and no NCAA Tournament berths for two years add up to a diminished program in Palo Alto.
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May 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I spent a month asking folks about why Stanford lost seven transfers. Stanford itself did not respond to multiple attempts to ask direct questions about this story | @sfstandard.com
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Once dubbed “San Francisco’s giant of generosity," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere. But as he told The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”
Marc Benioff has already left San Francisco behind
The Salesforce CEO now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere, but as he argued in an interview with The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”
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October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Once dubbed “San Francisco’s giant of generosity," Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere. But as he told The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”
AI bubble, what AI bubble?
This 'cheat on everything' startup took $15M from a16z and other VCs, now offers PTO for employees to do Hinge dates.
Bananas story by @ryajetha.bsky.social in the @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/c...
This 'cheat on everything' startup took $15M from a16z and other VCs, now offers PTO for employees to do Hinge dates.
Bananas story by @ryajetha.bsky.social in the @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/c...
Inside the frat-bro startup that wants you to ‘cheat on everything’
Cluely’s 21-year-old CEO wants to put AI chips in your brain. But first, he's throwing a $1.5 million rave
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July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
AI bubble, what AI bubble?
This 'cheat on everything' startup took $15M from a16z and other VCs, now offers PTO for employees to do Hinge dates.
Bananas story by @ryajetha.bsky.social in the @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/c...
This 'cheat on everything' startup took $15M from a16z and other VCs, now offers PTO for employees to do Hinge dates.
Bananas story by @ryajetha.bsky.social in the @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/c...
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19X engineer
Here's @sfstandard.com's Margaux MacColl with the best story yet on the Soham Parekh saga. How a perfect-on-paper engineer fooled startup after startup into hiring him. Was he a scammer or just "overemployed"? sfstandard.com/2025/07/04/e...
The 'economically rational' scammer who duped 19 startups into hiring him
All over Silicon Valley, companies are realizing they hired the same gifted coder, often at the same time.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
19X engineer
Here's @sfstandard.com's Margaux MacColl with the best story yet on the Soham Parekh saga. How a perfect-on-paper engineer fooled startup after startup into hiring him. Was he a scammer or just "overemployed"? sfstandard.com/2025/07/04/e...
The 'economically rational' scammer who duped 19 startups into hiring him
All over Silicon Valley, companies are realizing they hired the same gifted coder, often at the same time.
sfstandard.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here's @sfstandard.com's Margaux MacColl with the best story yet on the Soham Parekh saga. How a perfect-on-paper engineer fooled startup after startup into hiring him. Was he a scammer or just "overemployed"? sfstandard.com/2025/07/04/e...
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"The Standard declined to comply."
Media companies shouldn't blur the faces of ICE and other agents rounding up immigrants—and citizens! Good on the @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/i...
Media companies shouldn't blur the faces of ICE and other agents rounding up immigrants—and citizens! Good on the @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/i...
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please
After taking four people into custody at SF’s immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents’ faces.
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June 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"The Standard declined to comply."
Media companies shouldn't blur the faces of ICE and other agents rounding up immigrants—and citizens! Good on the @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/i...
Media companies shouldn't blur the faces of ICE and other agents rounding up immigrants—and citizens! Good on the @sfstandard.com sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/i...
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Read and weep: sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/c...
How politics and PR took over the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Current and former staffers spill on what brought Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's personal philanthropy to abandon its progressive values
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June 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Read and weep: sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/c...
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LUlz.
"“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’”
Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SFSU
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"“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’”
Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SFSU
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‘I’m trying to hear Charlie’: Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SF State
“This song goes out to them,” Surprise Privilege singer Joey S. said, pointing to the Charlie Kirk rally crowd. “It’s called ‘Fuck You.’”
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May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
LUlz.
"“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’”
Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SFSU
sfstandard.com/2025/05/06/c...
"“I’m trying to hear Charlie,” said a man in a MAGA hat and a “Filipinos for Trump” shirt who declined to provide his name. “I’m trying to hear a good conversation, and all I hear is, ‘AGGHHH.’”
Punk show drowns out Charlie Kirk rally at SFSU
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The Warriors' bench is its own key part of this franchise's ecosystem -- why everybody sits where they do and why it matters:
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Kawakami: Curry up front, Green at the end, and an inside look at the Warriors’ bench
Every last detail matters for Golden State. That extends to the bench dynamic, which is a critical part of the Warriors' culture.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Warriors' bench is its own key part of this franchise's ecosystem -- why everybody sits where they do and why it matters:
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New from @sfstandard.com: Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are pulling funding from more non-profits, including any that "would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” according to a former employee.
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‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative slashes funding for more Bay Area non-profits
“They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee said.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New from @sfstandard.com: Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are pulling funding from more non-profits, including any that "would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” according to a former employee.
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Nothing but respect for this tactical urbanist king. sfstandard.com/2025/05/10/m...
The mystery man at war with SF over illegal rope swings
Inside the guerrilla effort to keep San Francisco’s rope swings in the air.
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May 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nothing but respect for this tactical urbanist king. sfstandard.com/2025/05/10/m...
Amazing. He shot himself on a livestream. Obituaries poured in. Then the @sfstandard.com found him alive and (un)well at his parents' house in SF's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood. sfstandard.com/2025/05/08/j...
Crypto founder faked own death. We found him alive at his dad's house
Crypto founder Jeffy Yu appeared to commit suicide in a Sunday livestream. Then we found him alive and well on Wednesday at his dad's San Francisco home.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Amazing. He shot himself on a livestream. Obituaries poured in. Then the @sfstandard.com found him alive and (un)well at his parents' house in SF's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood. sfstandard.com/2025/05/08/j...
Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a defense-tech startup that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and combined them.
By Margaux MacColl for the @sfstandard.com.
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By Margaux MacColl for the @sfstandard.com.
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She left Salesforce for a hot defense-tech startup — then faced a culture of drugs, guns, and abuse
Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a company that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the military and combined them.
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April 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Chrissy McGarry says she’s the victim of a defense-tech startup that took the worst traits of Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and combined them.
By Margaux MacColl for the @sfstandard.com.
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By Margaux MacColl for the @sfstandard.com.
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Weeks after Prasanna Sankar began posting on X about his wife's alleged affair and kidnapping of their son, a fuller story emerges based on hundreds of pages of court records and exclusive interviews with the @sfstandard.com. The truth: Sankar isn't telling it. sfstandard.com/2025/04/04/r...
April 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Weeks after Prasanna Sankar began posting on X about his wife's alleged affair and kidnapping of their son, a fuller story emerges based on hundreds of pages of court records and exclusive interviews with the @sfstandard.com. The truth: Sankar isn't telling it. sfstandard.com/2025/04/04/r...
News from @sfstandard.com: SF mayor Daniel Lurie taps Lauren Powell Jobs and Google's Ruth Porat to co-chair a CEO supergroup to advise him on policy. Members include Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Richard Dickson (Gap), Michelle Gass (Levi Strauss), Tony Xu, and 20 others. sfstandard.com/2025/03/17/l...
Exclusive: Mayor reels in Laurene Powell Jobs, Google's Ruth Porat to chair new civic group
The initiative is being organized by a former president of First Republic Bank and coincides with another new entity: the San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
News from @sfstandard.com: SF mayor Daniel Lurie taps Lauren Powell Jobs and Google's Ruth Porat to co-chair a CEO supergroup to advise him on policy. Members include Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Richard Dickson (Gap), Michelle Gass (Levi Strauss), Tony Xu, and 20 others. sfstandard.com/2025/03/17/l...
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Off Menu, a new newsletter from The Standard's brilliant food team @laurensaria.bsky.social & @saradeseran.bsky.social, is a delightful mid-day read. See the latest edition and sign up here >> sfstandard.com/newsletters/...
Off Menu
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January 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Off Menu, a new newsletter from The Standard's brilliant food team @laurensaria.bsky.social & @saradeseran.bsky.social, is a delightful mid-day read. See the latest edition and sign up here >> sfstandard.com/newsletters/...