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Kevin Truong

@kevinbtruong.bsky.social

e.g. Artist, dog-lover and avid reader I edit stuff at The San Francisco Standard, allegedly.

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Kevin V. Nguyen@kevinvnguyen.bsky.social · last yr.

Steph Curry was all but ready to develop his new HQ from the ground up in San Francisco, but pulled the plug after negotiations with the carpenters union turned sour. Story with @kevinbtruong.bsky.social on how the city is trying to salvage the deal 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/04/12/s...

Inside the efforts to save Steph Curry’s cancelled office project

A fight with the carpenters union blew up Steph Curry's office project in San Francisco. Meet the coalition of city leaders trying to salvage the deal.

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The San Francisco Standard@sfstandard.com · 2y ago

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. #sfnews sfstandard.com/2024/12/20/s...

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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Kevin Truong@kevinbtruong.bsky.social · 2y ago

@jillianiles.bsky.social's profile of San Francisco's onesie king Gavin Escolar — who's worn a jumpsuit every day for seven years — is delightful AF. The only way you'll get him to wear pants is to die ... literally. sfstandard.com/2024/12/15/s...

San Francisco’s onesie king hasn’t worn proper pants in seven years

Gavin Escolar has only worn onesies — rompers, jumpsuits, and overalls — for the past seven years. He’d like you to join him.

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Jillian D’Onfro@jillianiles.bsky.social · 2y ago

Loooove this piece about pinball's rise in the city, "an only-in-San Francisco story that includes obsessive nerds, bureaucratic obstacles, and a bit of serendipity." (Fun side-note: All the inline photos were shot on film) sfstandard.com/2024/11/23/p...

The inside story of San Francisco’s rise as a global pinball mecca

Free Gold Watch has been the center of a pinball community that has boomed in San Francisco over the last decade — but only after its owner changed the law.

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Joe Burn@jrburn.bsky.social · 2y ago

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.

Joe Burn@jrburn.bsky.social · 2y ago

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 sfstandard.com/2024/11/25/s...

Kevin Truong@kevinbtruong.bsky.social · 2y ago

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. sfstandard.com/2024/11/21/h...

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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