Marilyn Kennick
@mkennick.bsky.social
Healthcare advocate, PacNW/BC and Canada fan. Coffee, wine and tequila consultant.
The best San Francisco neighborhoods to take visitors shopping sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/w...
Where to take out-of-towners who want to shop in San Francisco
Hosting friends who say “we want to shop”? Don’t panic. From Hayes Valley’s curated boutiques to Stonestown’s foolproof finds, here’s your guide to stylish gifts, great people-watching and shopping tr...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The best San Francisco neighborhoods to take visitors shopping sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/w...
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst sfstandard.com/2025/11/26/b...
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best
The Standard’s highly opinionated guide to eating and drinking at Terminal 1.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We ate at all 24 restaurants at SFO’s biggest terminal. Here are the best — and the worst sfstandard.com/2025/11/26/b...
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141 www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
The beloved Galapagos tortoise named Gramma that was the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years has died. Zoo officials say she died on Nov. 20. Gramma arrived at the zoo from....
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141 www.sfgate.com/news/article...
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco
SFGATE intern Nathan Kuczmarski explores perception versus reality in our new doc.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What Fox News gets wrong about San Francisco www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials sfstandard.com/2025/11/23/e...
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials
A hacked trove of emails reveals the revolving door of political leaders, tech billionaires, and intelligence officers.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials sfstandard.com/2025/11/23/e...
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear www.sfgate.com/food/article...
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear
The Japanese market is known for discounting meals in the evening.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
'Like being in Japan': The Bay Area supermarket chain on an expansion tear www.sfgate.com/food/article...
John Mulaney has been making the same San Francisco joke since '07. It still hits. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
John Mulaney has been making the same SF joke since '07. It still hits.
The comic also took shots at right-wing favorites like Elon Musk and RFK Jr.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
John Mulaney has been making the same San Francisco joke since '07. It still hits. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism www.sfgate.com/news/article...
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism. The update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage has...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism www.sfgate.com/news/article...
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal
Somehow, RFK Jr., a former Republican governor and Anthony Weiner are all involved.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time www.sfgate.com/news/article... **Really?**
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time
A federal judge has decided that a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 will serve no additional prison. Joseph Emerson was sentenced Monday to time....
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair is released without prison time www.sfgate.com/news/article... **Really?**
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night
Curry always knows how to put on a show.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Warriors' Steph Curry starts his unique free agency with a show-stopping night www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
Beloved coach and Netflix star voiced concerns about campus safety a day before being shot sfstandard.com/2025/11/14/j...
John Beam voiced concerns about Laney College safety day before killing
The beloved coach and Netflix star was particularly uneasy about safety in the campus field house where he was fatally shot on Nov. 13.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Beloved coach and Netflix star voiced concerns about campus safety a day before being shot sfstandard.com/2025/11/14/j...
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion
SF Sketchfest will host over 200 shows, including an "SNL" tribute.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti... **Can anyone help Oakland with this crime wave?**
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting
Oakland police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Police confirm Oakland legend John Beam died after campus shooting www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti... **Can anyone help Oakland with this crime wave?**
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed' www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed'
But the DoorDash report says prices for those items "remained flat."
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November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trump admin using SF tech company's data to claim 'inflation has been tamed' www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Waymo will now drive on Bay Area freeways and in San José sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/w...
Waymo will now drive on Bay Area freeways and in San José
The robotaxi company will also begin offering curbside service to and from San José Mineta International Airport.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Waymo will now drive on Bay Area freeways and in San José sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/w...
Stanford researchers solve medical enigma in major new study www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Stanford researchers solve medical enigma in major new study
The Epstein-Barr virus is extremely common and can spread through saliva.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Stanford researchers solve medical enigma in major new study www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Starbucks' viral cup has coffee fanatics in Calif. losing their minds www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Starbucks' viral cup has coffee fanatics in Calif. losing their minds
It's a bear-shaped cup that people can't get their paws on.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Starbucks' viral cup has coffee fanatics in Calif. losing their minds www.sfgate.com/food/article...
Justice Department to investigate UC Berkeley after protesters clash outside Turning Point USA campus event www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Justice Department to investigate UC Berkeley after protesters clash outside Turning Point USA campus event
Multiple people were taken into custody Monday evening after clashes erupted on and off campus as protesters tried to shut down a Turning Point USA event.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Justice Department to investigate UC Berkeley after protesters clash outside Turning Point USA campus event www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Fox's Rams-49ers pregame segment was a disaster www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Fox's Rams-49ers pregame segment was a disaster
'Fox NFL Sunday' badly botched a Rams-49ers pregame segment.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fox's Rams-49ers pregame segment was a disaster www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
It’s not a wine train — it’s Amtrak. But it takes you to California’s coolest wine region sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/p...
Paso Robles, 5 hours from SF by train, is evolving
The Central Coast remains wine-driven, but it’s broadening its appeal with fine dining and art.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It’s not a wine train — it’s Amtrak. But it takes you to California’s coolest wine region sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/p...
'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West
About half a million owls are expected to be shot under the wildlife protection plan.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Meta is making billions from scammy ads, leaks to Reuters show www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Meta is making billions from scammy ads, leaks to Reuters show
One document reportedly said Meta serves 15 billion ads a day that show signs of fraud.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Meta is making billions from scammy ads, leaks to Reuters show www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/s...
San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom
Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/s...
The best bookstore in Union Square? It didn’t exist, until these tech writers dreamed it 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 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The best bookstore in Union Square? It didn’t exist, until these tech writers dreamed it sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/e...