SF News Day Around the Bay: Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secret Theft The SFPD made 76 arrests in a narcotics operation Wednesday; PG&E is facing a new $22 million from the CPUC for the Mosquito Fire in 2022; and Apple is suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of hardware trade secrets via engineers who used to work for Apple.
Bay Area Sports Brawl at Giants Game Involving Multiple Women Leads to Four Arrests Call it yet another sign of the toxic mood surrounding this Giants season, but a brawl broke out near the front row at Oracle Park Thursday night during the Giants-Rockies game, and San Francisco police arrested four people they say were involved.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Summer Is Here Merchant Roots goes all in for summer, Julius' Castle makes a long-awaited return, Pho Divis debuts on Divis, and Big Four's new incarnation gets a Chronicle review, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Teen Suspect In Fairfield High School Graduation Shooting Located and Arrested Near Dallas A 17-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with the June 3 shooting in Fairfield, at a high school graduation ceremony, that left one 18-year-old dead and three others wounded.
Arts & Entertainment Five Tigers Rescued From Oroville 'Joe Exotic' Situation Land at Oakland Zoo Five tigers that were abandoned after living for years at a now-shuttered roadside zoo in Oroville, in Butte County, were rescued and cared for in recent months at the Oakland Zoo, with one remaining there for good.
Arts & Entertainment Fake Homeless Encampment Appears In Downtown SF, Turns Out to Be Part of Movie Set Actor-writer-director Joseph Gordon-Levitt is making a new movie, a thriller centered on artificial intelligence, and that appears to be what brought him and his cast and crew to San Francisco this week, with a fake homeless encampment in the Financial District being one of the first clues.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Menlo College Student Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl A 19-year-old man is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in his Menlo College dorm room; a Berkeley restaurateur pleaded no contest to a theft scheme involving his father; and a Danville shopping center appears to be going belly up.
SF News Property Owners Secure Approval for 23-Story Tower at Market and Duboce A new, very tall building could one day rise at the corner of Duboce Avenue and Market Street on Mint Hill, as the property owners have paid for design work and ferried it through city approvals with the state density bonus included.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Julius' Castle, the Long-Shuttered Cliffside Telegraph Hill Restaurant, Readies for Fall Reopening The historic and storied Julius' Castle, overlooking the Bay on Telegraph Hill, is finally opening its doors to the public again this year, after a decade and a half of rumors and neighborhood squabbles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Combination French Crêperie and Taqueria Opens on Divisadero A small bistro on Divisadero that debuted three years ago as a crêperie specializing in Breton-style buckwheat gallettes has pivoted for a second time and has now rebranded on its awning as Divis Taqueria, under the same ownership.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Coliseum Loses Its Last Team as Oakland Roots Soccer Club Announces Move The Oakland Roots soccer club won't be playing its matches at the Oakland Coliseum after this season, meaning the aging stadium will go fully dark in 2027 barring some other interest in the venue.
SF News Oakland Names New Police Chief From Veteran Ranks Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Thursday morning the selection of James Beere to be the next chief of the Oakland Police Department.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Technical Glitch Causes Check-In Delays at SFO There were delays at SFO's International Terminal Wednesday due to a technical issue with check-ins; a 3.5M earthquake shook San Benito County this morning; and a Napa County burglary suspect allegedly took a selfie of himself during the crime.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Murder Charges Filed In Oakland Shooting of Father of 4 The suspect in the April fire-bomb attack on Sam Altman's home was back in court today; murder charges have been filed in a June 14 shooting that killed a San Leandro father of four; and Alan Wong has taken a sharp right-ward turn since joining the SF Board of Supervisors
Business & Tech Meta Once Again Steps In It, Releases AI Image Tool That Turns All Instagram Photos Into Targets For Manipulation Meta/Facebook has often been its own worst enemy over the years, and the judgment of CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to baffle and astound.
Arts & Entertainment Mission District Bank to Become Experimental Music Venue From Owner of Nearby Wine Bar A former Chase bank branch is set to become a new music and entertainment venue called Hidden Frequency, and it's a project that combines aspects of listening lounges, experimental music venues, and small performance spaces.
SF News A Bunch of People Were Injured on Electric Scooters in SF on the Fourth Another casualty of SF's disastrous July 4th celebration, or rather, casualties, were the spate of electric scooter injuries that landed at SF General as thousands of people were trying to get around the city by any means possible.
SF News Uh Oh: SF's Shuttered Downtown Mall Back on Market After Buyers Back Out The beleaguered former Westfield SF Centre mall will not be redeveloped by a pair of local of developers after all, and complications with the ownership of the land underneath the mall could be to blame.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Dry Lightning Might Arrive This Weekend A man who was shot in the East Oakland hills Tuesday was a city worker walking his dog; the SF Board of Supervisors voted to advance a ballot measure to create a public bank; and monsoonal moisture could bring dry lightning to CA this weekend.
Business & Tech Kink.com Founder Not Exiting SF, Inks Deal for Large Commercial Building at Edge of Mission District Perhaps it's just a real estate investment being made by a man who's made some savvy San Francisco real estate investments in the past. But after recently selling off several SF properties he owns, Kink.com founder Peter Acworth has bought a much larger building in the city.
SF News One Dead, Three Others Wounded In Separate Oakland Shootings In separate shooting incidents early Tuesday morning, a man was fatally shot in the East Oakland hills, and three people were shot and wounded near Lake Merritt.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Acclaimed Berkeley Brewery to Take Over Former Presidio Social Club A combination taproom and full-service restaurant from Berkeley's Fieldwork Brewing Company is coming to the Presidio, taking over the former Presidio Social Club space at 563 Ruger Street, near the Lombard Gate.
SF News SFMTA Apologizes as Supervisors Call For Hearing Into July 4th Traffic and Transit Fiasco The SFMTA had a news conference Monday afternoon to offer an apology and take some responsibility for the meltdown of Muni service and all the other problems that arose before and after Saturday's fireworks show.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: San Mateo Teens Detained for Waymo Shenanigans A pair of San Mateo teens were reportedly drinking and shooting projectiles out of a Waymo; Oakland's city council is voting on proposed sex work barriers; and a San Jose pastor was convicted of domestic violence.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Supe Shamann Walton Fined For Accepting Gifts SF Supervisor Shamann Walton was fined for accepting two gifts from nonprofits doing business with the city; questions remain about the condition of Senator Mitch McConnell; and we now have a better look at the damage from Paul Pelosi's alleged hit-and-run.
