Jillian D’Onfro
@jillianiles.bsky.social
Business reporter at SF Standard, chronicling Bay Area stories✨ jdonfro@sfstandard.com 📧 Formerly writing and editing at SFGATE, Business Insider, CNBC, and Forbes. Send me news tips! jillianiles.33 on Signal
Union Square's "boom loop" continues sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/u...
Another AI company just moved to Union Square
Chalk just leased 15,000 square feet in a building on Stockton Street, as the area’s ‘boom loop’ continues.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Union Square's "boom loop" continues sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/u...
Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their names
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Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their name
Almost anything can be had through Buy Nothing — except the name.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their names
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"The beach lovers’ initiative is part of a pattern: If the feds can’t get their act together, San Franciscans will just do it themselves."
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San Francisco’s China Beach reopens despite federal shutdown
A mere $2,500 was enough to keep the sliver of federal waterfront accessible.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"The beach lovers’ initiative is part of a pattern: If the feds can’t get their act together, San Franciscans will just do it themselves."
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!!! A new bookstore is coming to Union Square — and right on Powell Street no less sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/e...
San Francisco’s Union Square is about to get a bookstore
The Best Bookstore, founded by a couple of famed tech writers, plans to open by Black Friday.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
!!! A new bookstore is coming to Union Square — and right on Powell Street no less sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/e...
Scoop from @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social and myself: Ikea's parent company is ending its partnership with the British firm that had been overseeing its struggling dining complex, Saluhall, since its launch sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/i...
San Francisco IKEA drops its food hall operator
Saluhall has struggled to attract consistent foot traffic since opening in 2024.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Scoop from @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social and myself: Ikea's parent company is ending its partnership with the British firm that had been overseeing its struggling dining complex, Saluhall, since its launch sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/i...
Some exciting news for San Francisco's Union Square sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
Empty Barneys building in Union Square gets art gallery tenant
In another sign of downtown’s recovery, Maybaum Gallery is moving into a historic building that’s been empty for five years.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Some exciting news for San Francisco's Union Square sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
The Bay Area pumpkin carver who wows people with her wild designs (sfstandard.com/2024/10/27/p...) was featured on "Halloween Wars" this year! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Bay Area pumpkin carver who wows people with her wild designs (sfstandard.com/2024/10/27/p...) was featured on "Halloween Wars" this year! 🎃
The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out
🙃 www.sfgate.com/food/article...
🙃 www.sfgate.com/food/article...
The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out
In-N-Out's order-numbering style has led to numerous viral videos recently.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out
🙃 www.sfgate.com/food/article...
🙃 www.sfgate.com/food/article...
"But seeing the police tape outside 930 Monterey Blvd. left me with a different feeling: eerie familiarity. I’d been welcomed into that same home just months before by the family whose lives were soon to end there."
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San Francisco murder-suicide: Reporter had contacts with family before deaths
The Standard’s Garrett Leahy visited the Ocheltree-Truong family in the home where they would soon die. New details and old messages shed light on the tragedy.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"But seeing the police tape outside 930 Monterey Blvd. left me with a different feeling: eerie familiarity. I’d been welcomed into that same home just months before by the family whose lives were soon to end there."
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Reposted by Jillian D’Onfro
Condos are still a great way into homeownership, but natural + human disasters have set off a chain reaction that has essentially iced out buyers in recent years.
Follow me into the Oakland Hills, where a dark cloud hangs over this beautiful complex.
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Follow me into the Oakland Hills, where a dark cloud hangs over this beautiful complex.
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These Oakland condos are a dream, but insurance is a nightmare
Units at Parkwoods are selling for less than $350,000, but the 400-unit complex on a hill is being blacklisted for its traumatic past.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Condos are still a great way into homeownership, but natural + human disasters have set off a chain reaction that has essentially iced out buyers in recent years.
Follow me into the Oakland Hills, where a dark cloud hangs over this beautiful complex.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/30/o...
Follow me into the Oakland Hills, where a dark cloud hangs over this beautiful complex.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/30/o...
Some 10/10 neighborhood name suggestions on this post... Lowest Haight! Zuni-Martuni Triangle! Castration! Mastrobaight! Tendermish! www.instagram.com/p/DQaF2mLk7w...
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some 10/10 neighborhood name suggestions on this post... Lowest Haight! Zuni-Martuni Triangle! Castration! Mastrobaight! Tendermish! www.instagram.com/p/DQaF2mLk7w...
'tis the season 🧙♀️💀🎃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHk3...
Halloween lofi radio 🧟♀️ - spooky beats to get chills to
YouTube video by Lofi Girl
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October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
'tis the season 🧙♀️💀🎃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHk3...
A lovely tribute to a Mission restaurant staple that's closing after 40 years to make way for affordable housing sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/m...
After 40 years, this Mission restaurant staple is closing
Mission Hunan, a restaurant industry favorite and destination for inexpensive Chinese food, will serve its final meals Friday.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A lovely tribute to a Mission restaurant staple that's closing after 40 years to make way for affordable housing sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/m...
There are a few adjectives that come to mind when describing San Francisco’s office market...
“Beleaguered” is a favorite of journalists. “Empty” resonates with small business owners. But “red-hot” might be the most accurate descriptor, according to a new report. sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/s...
“Beleaguered” is a favorite of journalists. “Empty” resonates with small business owners. But “red-hot” might be the most accurate descriptor, according to a new report. sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/s...
SF office demand surges, according to new report
SF’s office demand is back, with triple-digit growth making it the hottest market in the country.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are a few adjectives that come to mind when describing San Francisco’s office market...
“Beleaguered” is a favorite of journalists. “Empty” resonates with small business owners. But “red-hot” might be the most accurate descriptor, according to a new report. sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/s...
“Beleaguered” is a favorite of journalists. “Empty” resonates with small business owners. But “red-hot” might be the most accurate descriptor, according to a new report. sfstandard.com/2025/10/29/s...
An 8-year-old Bay Area spice company has become a cult favorite among chefs. But sky-high fees on imports have threatened everything. sfstandard.com/2025/10/27/d...
Local spice darling Diaspora struggles to cope with tariffs
An 8-year-old spice company was a cult favorite among chefs. Then sky-high fees on imports threatened everything.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
An 8-year-old Bay Area spice company has become a cult favorite among chefs. But sky-high fees on imports have threatened everything. sfstandard.com/2025/10/27/d...
San Francisco’s newest megaproject opened at the worst time
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Why is the brand-new 5M tower in San Francisco unleasable?
Downtown’s 5M development arrived during the pandemic, leaving a nearly empty office tower and plenty of questions about the future.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
San Francisco’s newest megaproject opened at the worst time
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BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says he spoke to Trump last night and National Guard is *not* going to come to SF
"...the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco."
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"...the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco."
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Lurie says Trump calls off federal deployment to San Francisco
A late-night phone call between the president and mayor led to the breakthrough, Lurie says.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says he spoke to Trump last night and National Guard is *not* going to come to SF
"...the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco."
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"...the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco."
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NEW: A century-old Fisherman's Wharf restaurant plans to reopen after several years of legal wrangling between its owners and the Port of SF sfstandard.com/2025/10/22/c...
Century-old Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant plans to reopen
Castagnola’s reached a settlement with the Port of SF to pay back rent and invest in repairs.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
NEW: A century-old Fisherman's Wharf restaurant plans to reopen after several years of legal wrangling between its owners and the Port of SF sfstandard.com/2025/10/22/c...
Uhhhh... Kumail Nanjiani and Illana Glazer just dropped out of their scheduled Dreamforce performances, reports @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social
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Dreamforce: Kumail Nanjiani and Ilana Glazer drop out of scheduled performances
Both comedians have spoken out against unfair corporate practices, anti-immigration rhetoric, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Uhhhh... Kumail Nanjiani and Illana Glazer just dropped out of their scheduled Dreamforce performances, reports @kevinvnguyen.bsky.social
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TIL: ~300,000 pounds of Candy Corn are made in the Bay Area every year www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
TIL: ~300,000 pounds of Candy Corn are made in the Bay Area every year www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
Days after Marc Benioff sparked a firestorm by calling for the deployment of the National Guard to SF, the Salesforce CEO completely avoided politics during a Q&A at Dreamforce. That stance lasted less than three hours. sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/m...
Dreamforce: Marc Benioff fawns over David Sacks after saying he is avoiding politics
The Salesforce CEO’s effort to avoid talking politics lasted almost exactly three hours.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Days after Marc Benioff sparked a firestorm by calling for the deployment of the National Guard to SF, the Salesforce CEO completely avoided politics during a Q&A at Dreamforce. That stance lasted less than three hours. sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/m...
"Hotelmaggedon" is in full swing for Dreamforce sfstandard.com/2025/10/09/d...
When Dreamforce comes to town, even the Motel 6 becomes a hot ticket
From budget rooms to $20k suites, Dreamforce is shaking up SF’s hospitality industry.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Hotelmaggedon" is in full swing for Dreamforce sfstandard.com/2025/10/09/d...
Reopening could *finally* be on the horizon for the beleaguered Hotel Whitcomb, which been plaguing Mid-Market for several years sfstandard.com/2025/10/02/h...
Blackstone to foreclose upon Hotel Whitcomb, steward its recovery
The foreclosure of the Whitcomb could pave the way for the revival of a struggling downtown neighborhood.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reopening could *finally* be on the horizon for the beleaguered Hotel Whitcomb, which been plaguing Mid-Market for several years sfstandard.com/2025/10/02/h...