SF News

Day Around the Bay: Flooding Strikes Across Bay Area

Flooding has hit across the Bay; Berkeley has finally called its mayoral race; and a surprise album from Kendrick Lamar.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Say Hello, Again, to Park Tavern

Park Tavern is reopening tonight with a famous new chef, a Top Chef alum opens a new Divisadero wine bar, and the Fillmore neighborhood is up in arms about the closure of their only grocery store, all in This Week In Food.

SF Politics

Rumor Swirls That Breed Will Appoint Former Aide, Loyal 'Guard Dog' and Potential Chaos Agent as Supervisor

Mayor London Breed is rumored to be seriously considering appointing her former aide and more recently campaign advisor Conor Johnston to Catherine Stefani's soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Board of Supervisors.

SF News

Lake Tahoe Is Getting An Electric ‘Hydrofoil’ To Speed You Across the Lake In 30 Minutes Time

The first ever electric hydrofoil watercraft in the US is coming to Lake Tahoe, promising to be the fastest craft on the water with "hydrofoil wings” that appear to make it fly.

SF News

Marina District, I-280, Other Areas of SF Begin to Flood as Flash Flood Warning Issued

Low-lying parts of San Francisco are likely to see urban flooding Friday afternoon after the National Weather Service issued a warning of "life threatening flash flooding."

Business & Tech

Supreme Court Denies Facebook’s Appeal to Halt Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit From Jilted Investors

A multi-billion lawsuit investors brought against Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica data breach can proceed, as the Supreme Court just shot down Facebook’s appeal in a one-sentence ruling.

Arts & Entertainment

Local Crypto Mogul Buys That Banana Taped to a Wall for $6.2 Million

If you need more evidence that the billionaires are not being taxed enough, SF cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun just paid $6.2 million for an art piece that is merely a banana duct taped to a wall, and says he is going to eat the banana live on the internet.

SF News

Fatal Drug Overdoses In SF May Be Declining Because Fentanyl-User Population May Be Dwindling

Many people seriously addicted to fentanyl have already died in San Francisco, and those who are still alive increasingly have access to Narcan and have learned what their limits are, which experts say are both reasons why the number of fatal overdoses has declined.

SF News

Severe Flooding in Santa Rosa Leaves 300 People Stranded

Cars were headlights-deep in floodwater in Santa Rosa on Thursday, leaving people stranded at a hotel, while a medical center had to be evacuated amidst historical volumes of rainfall.

SF News

Atmospheric River Shifts South, Bringing Heavier Rain to SF, East Bay

While the North Bay has received the brunt of the rain in the last two days, the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay will get a decent dumping Friday.

SF News

Friday Morning Constitutional: 10-Year-Old Girl Stops Carjacking In Antioch

A 10-year-old girl thwarted a carjacking in Antioch; there have been over 100 delays reported so far today at SFO; and Apple is racing to release a more conversational version of Siri to compete with ChatGPT.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Extreme Weather Forces Closure of Famed Redwoods Drive, Travel to Tahoe Not Advised

The author of an iconic SF stairway book has died; there’s more damning evidence against the San Mateo County Sheriff; and the bomb cyclone is completely disrupting travel to NorCal and Lake Tahoe.

SF News

Multiple Friends Testify In Nima Momeni Trial That Bob Lee Was Never Aggressive on Drugs

The prosecution began presenting rebuttal witnesses Thursday in the trial of Nima Momeni, several of them friends and co-workers of Bob Lee who had seen him doing recreational drugs on multiple occasions.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Five Best Cozy Cocktail Spots In SF, Including Three With Fireplaces

Tis the season, regardless of what you celebrate, to hunker down in a cozy place and warm yourself with a drink — which sometimes has the added benefit of numbing you to the increasingly cruel world outside.

SF News

SFPD Arrests Gang of Teens, One of Them Just 12 Years Old, for String of Walgreens Robberies Totaling $84,000

Eight minors from across the Bay Area, one of them only 12 years old, have been arrested and charged for 23 separate Walgreens robberies in which their estimated alleged stolen loot totaled $84,000 worth.

SF Politics

Alameda County DA Pamela Price Faces Another Accusation She Offered Lesser Charges for Campaign Donations

Pamela Price has been recalled, but the Alameda County District Attorney is still facing another allegation that she dangled lenient sentencing in exchange for a financial contribution to fight the recall campaign against her.

SF News

Sonoma Sheriff Being Questioned About Case In Which Murder Suspect Was Let Go By Deputies Hours Before Killing

On Monday we learned of a brutal murder that occurred in rural Sonoma County, near Petaluma, involving a suspect who was screaming outside a home and trying to force his way inside. Hours earlier, Sonoma County deputies had contact with the man, who was being kicked out of a high-end hotel.

SF News

US Secret Service Arrests Man In Martinez For Unknown Reasons

The US Secret Service descended on a home in a quiet neighborhood of Martinez Wednesday evening and served an arrest warrant for a male suspect who has not yet been publicly named.

SF Politics

Meet Adena Ishii, the Political Newcomer Who Will Be the Next Mayor of Berkeley

More than two weeks after Election Day, the City of Berkeley has finally tabulated the votes and determined that its new mayor will be former League of Women Voters chapter president Adena Ishii, the city’s first Asian American mayor.

SF News

Famed Leather Bar SF Eagle Robbed of $30,000 In an Alleged Inside Job

Someone connected to the cleaning crew at the legacy queer bar SF Eagle allegedly broke in and stole $30,000 in cash and checks early Monday morning, and one arrest has been made while another suspect is still at large.

Business & Tech

Department of Justice Pushes for Google to Sell Off Chrome, Android

Following a landmark antitrust ruling in August, the Department of Justice and a group of states made a court filing Wednesday asking a judge to force Google to sell its popular Chrome web browser.

SF News

Thursday Morning What's Up: Jackknifed Big Rig Snarls Eastbound Bay Bridge

A semi truck in a solo crash blocked four lanes of the eastbound Bay Bridge early Thursday; two spots in the North Bay saw over 11 inches of rain; and voter turnout in California was lower than in 2020.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Waymo Ridership Has Majorly Skyrocketed

The rain and wind have caused a host of troubles around the Bay including power outages; SF can't afford to paint all the "daylighting" curbs red; and Waymo ridership has skyrocketed in the last year.

SF News

Good News for Newsom, as California Deficit Slashed From $68 Billion to Just $2 Billion

What a difference a year makes, as the state’s Legislative Analyst Office said early last December that California had a $68 billion budget deficit, but now that deficit is down to just $2 billion.

Arts & Entertainment

Fur Real: Puppies and Kittens Return to Macy’s Windows in Union Square on Friday

Santa’s little yelpers will be back in the windows for the SF SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy's promotion starting this Friday at noon, and the impending closure of Macy’s means this may be the last year for what is purr-haps SF’s favorite holiday tradition.