
Shellena Eskridge, executive director of the Homeless Prenatal Program, who has seen family and friends become displaced, stands in the maternity resource floor in San Francisco on Friday, May 31, 2024. Through a program called Rapid Rehousing, San Francisco has displaced over 100 Black families outside of the city. Data obtained by The Standard shows Black families are far less likely than other races to remain in San Francisco through the program and then many become homeless again. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Sigil Wen, a 20-year-old senior AI engineer at Airchat, looks at his own reflection through an infinity cube in his apartment on Mission Street in SoMa on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. International Silicon Valley startup employees must secure an O-1 visa — for "Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement” — in order to work in the United States and utilize a variety of resources including “get-a-visa” salons, secret Slack groups, and how-to events to navigate the process. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Curt, left, and Shelley Chaffee, right, sit together on the bench where Shelley stood on to get a better view at the Bison Paddock in Golden Gate Park on Monday July 8, 2024. Curt and Shelley Chaffee from Monterey were outraged, shocked, and confused after encountering the city's juvenile court system in the weeks following an incident in which two teens robbed them at gunpoint in Golden Gate Park for a camera. The teens then crashed a getaway car into a building in the Richmond District. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Christopher Renfro holds his espresso cup in his mouth in Excelsior Coffee on Friday July 19, 2024. Christopher Renfro loves Excelsior Coffee for the intentionality in how they fuse flavors from different cultures to represent the Excelsior district. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Ashley Arellano, a dominatrix and hair stylist, holds up her whip in downtown Santa Ana on November 21, 2023. (Tâm Vũ / Journalism 435)
×Bill Jackson sits on his couch with campaign literature surrounding his coffee table in Noe Valley on Friday, June 21, 2024. Jackson is a Republican education consultant and co-founder of the moderate-leaning Briones Society in San Francisco. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Christopher White, newly named executive director of the SF Bike Coalition, sits on his bicycle beside a newly installed bike lane as another bicyclist passes by on 17th Street and Wisconsin on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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Besos4Baby, a Chicana femme punk band based in Fresno, poses for a portrait in their practice space in Berekely, Ca., on November 10, 2023.
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Business owner, Andrew Barnett, stands outside of the Linea coffee shop on Mariposa Street in Potrero on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. San Francisco coffee aficionados and insiders have had a multitude of reactions to third wave coffee shop Sightglass founders and brothers Jerad Morrison and Justin Morrison “selling out” and step down as former Starbucks executive Sharon Healy steps in. (Tâm Vũ / The Standard)
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