SF News Day Around the Bay: Pleasanton Man Confesses to Killing Mother A 31-year-old Pleasanton man turned himself in for the killing of his mother; a power outage hit the Castro, Noe Valley, and Mission; and new details have emerged in the 2023 Nashville school shooting.
Arts & Entertainment New Website Lets You Tour and Check Out the View From the Top of Sutro Tower You are not allowed to climb up to the top of Sutro Tower. But a new “immersive” feature on the tower’s official website lets you walk around the top of the tower and enjoy the view, though it is definitely not for people who have a fear of heights.
SF News Giant Safeway Sign at Church and Market Is Switching From Neon to LED This Year The 71-year-old, 85-foot-tall Safeway sign at Church and Market streets is slated for an overhaul this year, as Safeway plans to switch it from a traditional neon sign to a more modern LED light sign.
SF News Downtown Mall Death Spiral Continues With Departures of Nine Retailers "Bloomingdale’s was the last straw" says one employee at an SF Centre retailer that closed Monday, and eight other stores are either set to close or have already closed at the beleaguered mall.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chefs at State Bird, Mijoté, and Saison All Named as Finalists for James Beard Awards While San Francisco doesn't have any new restaurants in contention at this year's "Oscars of Food," several local chefs and one beverage professional are in the running for awards this year.
Business & Tech Amazon and Founder of OnlyFans Put In Last-Minute Bids to Buy TikTok A deadline is approaching with the expiration of Trump's executive-order reprieve for TikTok, and several last-minute bidders have emerged.
Business & Tech ‘Monster in the Mission' Developer Now Faces Monstrous Debts, Salacious Sexual Harassment Lawsuit The developer behind the infamous “Monster in the Mission” project has recently lost two major Bay Area properties to loan defaults, and its founder is embroiled in a sexual assault lawsuit that has some wild allegations involving cocaine and pornography.
SF News 7-Year-Old Girl Killed By Falling Boulder at Tahoe Resort We're now learning some details about a tragic accident that took place Saturday at a Tahoe area ski resort, in which a young girl lost her life.
SF News SFMTA Board Approves Sweeping Muni Service Cuts To Take Effect This Summer Six Muni bus lines will either be consolidated, or have their Market Street service eliminated, as the SFMTA Board of Directors voted Tuesday to lop off some Muni service in an attempt to put a dent in the agency’s budget deficit.
SF Politics Xavier Becerra Throws His Hat In the Ring In California Governor's Race Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, former congressman, and former Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra has officially joined an already crowded field of Democrats who may be challenging Kamala Harris in the race for California Governor next year.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Bay Area Woman's Family Sues Trump Hotel Over Death The family of a Bay Area woman who died after a revolving door incident at Trump's Vegas hotel is suing; the Supreme Court rules against flavored vape makers; and Neil Young worries he'll be barred from the US.
SF News April Fool’s Day Around the Bay: Bob Lee’s Family Has Sued His Convicted Killer Nima Momeni Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater was named one of the “coolest” movie theaters in the world; Senator Cory Booker just broke an all-time record with a 25-hour filibuster; and the family of Bob Lee is bringing a civil lawsuit against his convicted killer Nima Momeni.
Bay Area Sports A’s First Game in Sacramento Was a Complete Debacle, and Losing 18-3 Was Probably the Least Embarrassing Part The Sacramento A’s first home game was an 18-3 blowout loss, but still worse, the radio broadcast conked out seven times, scoreboards went out, there was a drone delay, and chants of “Sell the Team!” rocked the new ballpark Sutter Health Park.
SF News Elon Musk Gets His Way, Private Jets Can Keep Their Flight Data Secret After a Florida college kid got on Elon Musk’s wrong side by posting the travel coordinates of Musk’s private jet, the FAA just caved to the billionaire class and will allow private jets to keep their flight data secret.
SF News City of Oakland Gives Notice to Homeless Encampments Next to Lake Merritt The City of Oakland, which like San Francisco has struggled to address widespread camping on sidewalks and elsewhere in the city amid on ongoing homelessness crisis, gave a seven-day warning on Monday to an encampment around Peralta Park.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Best Buy at Geary and Masonic to Become Asian Market T&T, After Whole Foods Plan Falls Through An Asian supermarket chain out of Canada will be taking over the long vacant former Best Buy space in San Francisco's City Center complex, years after Whole Foods was supposed to be moving in.
SF News Gavin Newsom’s $240 Million Gussying-Up of San Quentin Prison Is Now Underway Governor Newsom’s curious obsession with overhauling San Quentin State Prison is now becoming a reality, as the notorious prison is getting a farmers market, podcast studios, and food trucks.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Details Revealed About Che Fico's Mission Rock Expansion Project, Which Will Be Tuscan Che Fico chef-partner David Nayfeld is promising a "more dressed up version of a restaurant than we’ve ever done before" at his new, 8,000-square-foot restaurant in the base of Visa's new Mission Rock headquarters.
SF Politics Evan Low Nailed for Concealing Campaign Payments, Including a $227,000 Payment to Actor Alec Baldwin Rising California political star Evan Low was just hit with a massive fine for concealing political donations and payments, and one payment that stands out was $227,000 under the table to actor Alec Baldwin for showing up at a Lunar New Year party.
SF News Federal Jury Convicts Trans Sex Worker of Voluntary Manslaughter In Crissy Field Shooting A young trans woman who was charged with the November 2023 murder of a john who demanded his money back after discovering she was trans was acquitted of second-degree murder, but convicted of voluntary manslaughter on Monday.
SF Politics As Layoffs Begin Across Health Agencies, SF Office of Health and Human Services Set to Close The Trump administration sent layoff notices Tuesday to around 10,000 employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services, including dozens who work out of the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Muni Ridership at 75% of Pre-Pandemic Levels Muni ridership as of March is at 75% of pre-pandemic levels; a child died in a "non skiing accident" at a Tahoe resort; and there was a memorial service Monday night for the Oakland teen killed two weeks ago.
SF News Day Around the Bay: ICE Reportedly Sending Contractors Out In East Bay Heklina's friends and supporters turned out to demonstrate in London; Rep. Lateefah Simon says that ICE contractors are knocking on doors in the East Bay; and Presidio trails are closed for coyote pupping season.
Business & Tech The Sad Saga of How New Operators of the AMC 1000 Van Ness Theater Blew $54 Million In Just 18 Months We always figured that the former AMC Van Ness movie theater went under because of how the pandemic wrecked movie theaters. But court filings show a behind-the-scenes battle after new operators managed to burn $54 million on the place in a year and a half.
SF News Gilroy Garlic Festival Announces Its Glorious Return for 2025 The last weekend of July will once again play host to the Gilroy Garlic Festival, as organizers have announced the event is back on after a five-year hiatus, though this year’s return iteration will be quite small compared to the event’s heyday.
