SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Carquinez Westbound Bridge Closed This Weekend The previously announced closure of the westbound span parallel to the Carquinez Bridge is happening this weekend; the SF health department confirms 10 cases of cyclosporiasis this year; and Trump is suing a liberal think tank over a report he doesn't like.
SF Politics Aisha Wahab Wins Special Election to Finish Swalwell's Term State Senator Aisha Wahab has officially been declared the winner of Tuesday's special runoff election to fill the remainder of former Congressman Eric Swalwell's term that ends in January, representing much of Alameda County.
SF News Teen Hospitalized After Alleged Knife Fight at Oakland's Castlemont High School A juvenile was hospitalized after an apparent stabbing at Castlemont High School in Oakland Thursday morning.
Arts & Entertainment Intimate New Art-House Cinema Opening In Bernal Heights Bucking the trend of movie theaters closing, a new, 49-seat cinema is under construction on Mission Street in La Lengua/Bernal Heights, and is scheduled to open its doors this fall.
SF News Death of Two-Year-Old Girl Brings Toll to Three In Suspected Richmond Arson Fire A toddler has succumbed to her injuries in the hospital, bringing the death toll to three family members in a Tuesday night house fire in Richmond that police believe was intentionally set by a 32-year-old man who lived there.
SF Politics Swalwell Detained at SFO, FBI Seizes Devices and Raids His Home In Sexual Assault Probe Things have officially heated up on the legal front regarding allegations of sexual assault that have been levied against former East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, after several months in which he seemed to be lying low.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Berkeley Encampment Sparks Fresh Outrage A video shot by an ABC7 reporter dropping her son off at college showing a homeless encampment has gone viral; a motorcyclist died on 101 in East Palo Alto; and a former North Bay librarian who now works for PBS says he is having a mental health crisis.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Andreas Fault Slipping Fast, Report Says Fairfield police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 36-year-old woman last month; a new report finds the San Andreas Fault's northern portion slipping faster than was previously understood; and a Porsche caught fire in the Marina.
Business & Tech That AI Store Manager In Cow Hollow Just Fired Its First Human Employee Andon Market, the AI-created store with no clear purpose for existing beyond as a marketing tool for the startup behind it, made headlines again this week after its AI agent manager decided to fire a store employee.
Arts & Entertainment Mavis Staples Returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass This Year, Along With Los Lobos The third round of artist reveals arrived Wednesday for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2026, and we learn that the great Mavis Staples, who continues touring at age 87, will be returning to the SF festival after last appearing in 2024.
SF News Suspect In Max Maltzman Murder Will Be Tried as an Adult, Judge Rules The juvenile court judge has ruled, and the now 21-year-old man who is believed to have killed 18-year-old Max Maltzman in an abandoned Hunters Point warehouse three years ago will be tried in adult court, pending an appeal by his attorney.
SF News Rare Shooting In Sausalito Leads to Two Arrests At least one shot was fired in a rare gun incident in Sausalito on Saturday, which apparently stemmed from a fight between multiple individuals.
SF News Humpday Headlines: East Bay Congressional Race Looking Close The AIPAC attack ads appear to have narrowed Aisha Wahab's lead in the race to replace Eric Swalwell; a 27-year-old man was arrested for an unprovoked attack on an elderly man in Guerneville; and two people were stabbed in a road-rage incident in San Jose.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Team to Open Burger Spot In West Portal The team behind Original Joe's and Little Original Joe's, as well as Elena's in West Portal, is readying to open another family-friendly spot in the neighborhood focused just on burgers and chicken tenders.
SF News Arrest Made In 2008 Cold Case Murder In Western Addition There has finally been an arrest in the 2008 murder of a young San Francisco man who was getting ready to get married the next day, and the suspect was found in LA.
SF News One Person Dead After Amtrak Train Hits Car In Oakland A collision involving an Amtrak train left one man dead Tuesday morning in Oakland's Fruitvale District.
SF Politics Race to Replace Eric Swalwell In Congress Turns Ugly as Voters Head to Polls Once More Voters in a large swath of Alameda County have either sent in ballots or they were heading to polling places again Tuesday to vote in a runoff from June's special election to complete the remaining months in Eric Swalwell's current congressional term.
Bay Area Sports WNBA All-Star Game to Come to San Francisco In 2027 It's official: Next year's WNBA All-Star Game will be played at Ballhalla.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Dog Rescued From Cliff Near Land's End A dog was rescued by the SFFD at Dead Man's Point on Monday; the city is shutting down a drop-in center on Sixth Street; and the Golden State Valkyries have clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Crashes Into Historic Potrero Hill Building A car crashed into a historic brick building at 17th and Texas streets in SF; a Marin County woman has given $1M to be distributed among all Ross Valley teachers; and SF Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has been removed from two committees in what he says is retaliation for his housing development push.
Business & Tech Your Uber Eats Order Might Get Delivered By Drone Very Soon Uber is speeding toward the day when those currently ubiquitous delivery people on mini motorcycles are a thing of the past, announcing a new partnership with a drone delivery startup that has already been working with Chipotle and Walmart.
SF Politics Former Senator Kyrsten Sinema Being Sued Over Affair She Says Began at a Wine Country Airbnb An affair with a member of her security detail that began in either Sonoma or Napa County in 2024 has led to a lawsuit against former Senator Kyrsten Sinema from the security guard's ex-wife, which Sinema is trying to get thrown out.
SF News Highway 1 and Los Padres National Forest Remain Closed as Timber Fire Grows to 5,200 Acres The Timber Fire appears to be growing at a slower rate and is now 17% contained, though it continues to cut off Big Sur and Highway 1 from Northern California tourism.
SF Politics Former Congressman Eric Swalwell Did, In Fact, Have Sex With That Chinese Spy The FBI and members of Congress have known all along that former Congressman Eric Swalwell had several sexual encounters with a Chinese "honeypot" operative named Fang Fang, and he claimed once it happened while he was on Ambien.
SF News Body Pulled From San Francisco Bay Near Ferry Building A body was seen floating in the Bay near the Embarcadero Sunday evening, and was apparently seen by passersby before it was recovered by the San Francisco Fire Department.
