Stephanie K. Baer
@skbaer.bsky.social
deputy breaking news editor @sfstandard.bsky.social | mom, hapa, & Bay Area native | lover of women's soccer, art, coffee, & cheese
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A killing at Palisades: How a Black employee was slain by cops at Tahoe’s biggest resort
A killing at Palisades: How a Black employee was slain by cops at Tahoe’s biggest resort
A visa worker spent two seasons at one of California’s premier mountains, until a mental health crisis led to a tragedy.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A killing at Palisades: How a Black employee was slain by cops at Tahoe’s biggest resort
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Aggrieved drivers are losing it over ‘aggressive’ parking-ticket push
Aggrieved drivers are losing it over ‘aggressive’ parking-ticket push
The SFMTA has seen a $16 million increase in revenue from parking tickets over the last 12 months. Said one resident: “It’s fucking war now.”
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May 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Aggrieved drivers are losing it over ‘aggressive’ parking-ticket push
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SF may ground Fleet Week funding amid city budget crisis
SF may ground Fleet Week funding amid city budget crisis
The city funds the event's preparedness exercises between San Francisco’s emergency staffers and the Department of Defense.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
SF may ground Fleet Week funding amid city budget crisis
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We hunted for buried treasure. The real prize was the crypto-pirates we met along the way
We hunted for buried treasure. The real prize was the crypto-pirates we met along the way
The booty, worth $10,000, was found just 11 hours after organizers posted the clues.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We hunted for buried treasure. The real prize was the crypto-pirates we met along the way
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‘A slap to the face’: Families say Zuckerberg-backed school to close as couple pulls funds
‘A slap to the face’: Families say Zuckerberg-backed school to close as couple pulls funds
Families said they learned that the tech couple was moving its money elsewhere, forcing the Primary School to close, in a Zoom call last week.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘A slap to the face’: Families say Zuckerberg-backed school to close as couple pulls funds
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Deadly Cybertruck crash: Teen driver was drunk, on cocaine, tox report shows
Deadly Cybertruck crash: Teen driver was drunk, on cocaine, tox report shows
The driver, 19-year-old Soren Dixon, had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.195%, according to a toxicology report.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Deadly Cybertruck crash: Teen driver was drunk, on cocaine, tox report shows
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Her son died ‘surfing’ BART trains. Now she’s suing the agency
Her son died ‘surfing’ BART trains. Now she’s suing the agency
The lawsuit says the trains should be “equipped with monitors, sensors, or alarms” to prevent someone from accessing the train’s exterior.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Her son died ‘surfing’ BART trains. Now she’s suing the agency
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Reporter @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social spent a day alongside workers of SF's Rapid Response Network, which verifies ICE raid rumors. His peek behind the scenes is fascinating: sfstandard.com/2025/02/05/i...
Chaos, fear, and thousands of calls: Inside the network verifying ICE raid rumors
Rumors, ICE sightings, trolls and concerned citizens.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reporter @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social spent a day alongside workers of SF's Rapid Response Network, which verifies ICE raid rumors. His peek behind the scenes is fascinating: sfstandard.com/2025/02/05/i...
“I kept thinking to myself, ‘I can’t believe I’m gonna die on Ninth Street,’ like, holy shit, I’m dying on Ninth Street,” Vapor Room founder Martin Olive recalled, adding that there are nicer parts of the city in which to take your last breath.
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‘I’m going to die on Ninth Street.’ Shot 7 times, a man makes a miraculous recovery
“I don’t even know if Jack Reacher could’ve written this,” a friend said of a 47-year-old’s miraculous recovery.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“I kept thinking to myself, ‘I can’t believe I’m gonna die on Ninth Street,’ like, holy shit, I’m dying on Ninth Street,” Vapor Room founder Martin Olive recalled, adding that there are nicer parts of the city in which to take your last breath.
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Forget the Valencia bikeway: The new ‘neckdown’ is driving motorists crazy
Forget the Valencia bikeway: The new ‘neckdown’ is driving motorists crazy
A traffic-calming measure that narrows Kirkham Street from two lanes to one proves controversial.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Forget the Valencia bikeway: The new ‘neckdown’ is driving motorists crazy
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Parking vigilantes are painting curbs red — a local says he spotted the culprits
Parking vigilantes are painting curbs red — a local says he spotted the culprits
Vigilantes have painted several curbs red in the Richmond,
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January 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Parking vigilantes are painting curbs red — a local says he spotted the culprits
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Despite the city spending hundreds of millions of dollars and transforming miles of streetscape, 2024 is set to be one of the deadliest traffic years in recent memory.
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Driving SF city workers are hitting pedestrians at an alarming rate
The Standard obtained 151 claims from pedestrians and cyclists who say a driving city worker hit them with their vehicle. The cases have cost the city $40 million, so far.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Despite the city spending hundreds of millions of dollars and transforming miles of streetscape, 2024 is set to be one of the deadliest traffic years in recent memory.
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SF's overdose crisis has hit Black men born 1951-1970 harder than any other demographic in America. They're 32x more likely to die from an overdose than the average American, despite being <1% of SF's population.
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SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere
San Francisco is losing a generation of elder Black men to the deadly fentanyl overdose crisis. It's worse here than anywhere.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
SF's overdose crisis has hit Black men born 1951-1970 harder than any other demographic in America. They're 32x more likely to die from an overdose than the average American, despite being <1% of SF's population.
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SFPD has confirmed the murder suspect arrested by BART PD for not having a ticket was wanted in the Nov. 13 fatal stabbing at the Embarcadero. sfstandard.com/2024/11/25/e...
Embarcadero murder suspect caught on BART without ticket
The SFPD booked a 36-year-old man into jail Sunday, hours after he was detained at an East Bay station.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:19 AM
SFPD has confirmed the murder suspect arrested by BART PD for not having a ticket was wanted in the Nov. 13 fatal stabbing at the Embarcadero. sfstandard.com/2024/11/25/e...
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Update: Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to a police report viewed by The Standard.
Wild @sfstandard.com story just dropped: Ricci Wynne, X poster of homeless people and Fox News guest who loves to trash SF... Is in jail suspected of running a pimping op out of a luxury #sf apartment building
More updates to come, by @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social
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More updates to come, by @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social
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Ricci Wynne, Fox News darling and SF hater lands in jail as suspected pimp
Ricci Wynne, a drug dealer turned activist known for Fox News appearances and trashing San Francisco online was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of pimping.
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November 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Update: Wynne’s arrest sprang from an investigation that named him as a suspect in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old, according to a police report viewed by The Standard.
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Earnest alert: Geoffrey Frye is the most arrested homeless person since San Francisco’s crackdown started this year.
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
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He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
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SF's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside childhood home
San Francisco police have arrested one homeless man five times since the city launched a crackdown on sidewalk encampments. But the man continues to return to the scene because it's next to his childh...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Earnest alert: Geoffrey Frye is the most arrested homeless person since San Francisco’s crackdown started this year.
He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
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He and his mom’s heartbreaking story is a microcosm of the crisis that keeps people on the city’s streets.
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Waiting for a bus is rarely fun, and apparently, some San Franciscans aren’t keen on paying the fare, either. Now one part of the city has a free shuttle service you can hail through an app. - @allaboutgeorge.bsky.social
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I rode Muni's new, free on-demand shuttle — and it was magical
There’s an on-demand public transit option in one of the city’s least-connected neighborhoods.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Waiting for a bus is rarely fun, and apparently, some San Franciscans aren’t keen on paying the fare, either. Now one part of the city has a free shuttle service you can hail through an app. - @allaboutgeorge.bsky.social
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Really moving story from the @sfstandard.com's David Sjostedt:
San Francisco's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside his childhood home.
“This is all he knows. He loves it here,” his mother said.
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San Francisco's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside his childhood home.
“This is all he knows. He loves it here,” his mother said.
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SF's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside childhood home
San Francisco police have arrested one homeless man five times since the city launched a crackdown on sidewalk encampments. But the man continues to return to the scene because it's next to his childh...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Really moving story from the @sfstandard.com's David Sjostedt:
San Francisco's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside his childhood home.
“This is all he knows. He loves it here,” his mother said.
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San Francisco's most arrested homeless man sleeps outside his childhood home.
“This is all he knows. He loves it here,” his mother said.
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Breaking: Sam Altman joins Mayor-elect Lurie’s transition team. #sfnews #sfpol
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Sam Altman tapped for Lurie's transition team
San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie on Sunday named OpenAI boss Sam Altman to his transition team Monday.
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November 18, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Breaking: Sam Altman joins Mayor-elect Lurie’s transition team. #sfnews #sfpol
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"A fire-gutted shack in San Francisco with no bathroom, kitchen, running water, or electricity can be yours — or dare I say mine? — for $299,000."
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Finally, a San Francisco home in my price range
There’s no water or electricity, and it’s burned to a crisp, but at least it’s near public transit and restaurants. And at $300,000, I could actually afford it.
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November 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
"A fire-gutted shack in San Francisco with no bathroom, kitchen, running water, or electricity can be yours — or dare I say mine? — for $299,000."
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Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has been silent on Trump’s deportation plans and implications for S.F.
One lawyer called it “disheartening”
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One lawyer called it “disheartening”
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San Francisco isn't ready for Trump’s mass deportation plans
Even before Trump takes office, the waitlist of undocumented immigrants seeking legal representation in SF is over 1,000 people. Many are already in removal proceedings.
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November 18, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has been silent on Trump’s deportation plans and implications for S.F.
One lawyer called it “disheartening”
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One lawyer called it “disheartening”
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