<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[clouds - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>clouds - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:46:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/clouds/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Tuesday Morning Topline: Lenticular 'UFO Clouds' Delight and Confuse Bay Area]]></title><description><![CDATA[The homicide victim in the Oakland Chinatown shooting on Monday has been ID'd, Bay Area cities look back one year after George Floyd's death, and some funny-looking lenticular clouds over the Bay Area on Monday evening were cause for much tweeting.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2021/05/25/lenticular-ufo-clouds-over-bay-area/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60ad1106a784b44e2350a6e3</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[morning links]]></category><category><![CDATA[clouds]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Barmann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 15:42:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/2021/05/ufo-lenticular-clouds.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<ul><li><strong>The homicide victim in Oakland Chinatown on Monday has been identified as 22-year-old Chris Cawthorne. </strong>Cawthorne was suspected in the murder of his aunt in San Francisco last year but never charged, and he appears to have been separately targeted in this shooting, his mother said. [<a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/mother-mourns-son-killed-in-oakland-chinatown-shooting/">CBS SF</a>]</li><li>Today is the one-year anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd, and there are at least two rallies planned in Oakland. [<a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-vigils-and-rallies-to-honor-the-memory-of-george-floyd">KTVU</a>]</li><li>Since Floyd's death, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and BART Police have all moved to replace police officers on the streets with other types of intervention counselors and social workers. [<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Bay-Area-police-reform-takes-halting-steps-but-16200566.php">Chronicle</a>]</li><li>Vulnerable SF tenants, especially those who have experienced homelessness, can apply for federal rental assistance starting next week — a $26 million pool of which will be distributed by the city. [<a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2021/05/25/sf-tenants-apply-for-federal-rental-assistance.html">SF Business Times</a>]</li><li>A familiar, basically racist fight is playing out in Livermore, where a proposed 100% affordable housing complex in the city's downtown is being met with staunch resistance, after a 222-unit luxury apartment project was approved next door. [<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/A-plan-for-affordable-downtown-housing-has-16200102.php">Chronicle</a>]</li><li>Those "UFO clouds" over the Bay Area on Monday evening were just lenticular clouds, and lots of people tweeted about them. [<a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/weather/ufo-clouds-spotted-in-bay-area-heres-what-they-really-are/2553495/">NBC Bay Area</a> / <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-bewildered-by-prominent-lenticular-clouds">KTVU</a>]</li><li>An eight-hour standoff with an armed suspect in Santa Clara ended peacefully just before midnight on Monday. [<a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/25/8-hour-standoff-with-police-in-santa-clara-ends-peacefully/">CBS SF</a>]</li><li>The <a href="https://sfist.com/2021/05/11/oakland-as-once-again-threatening-to-leave-oakland-as-new-stadium/">stadium negotiation</a> continues between the A's and the city of Oakland, and Las Vegas and Portland are both being used as pawns in this game. [<a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/nbcsports/oakland-as-to-visit-las-vegas-portland-in-search-of-relocation-options-report/2553374/">NBC Bay Area</a>]</li></ul><img src="https://img.sfist.com/2021/05/ufo-lenticular-clouds.jpg" alt="Tuesday Morning Topline: Lenticular 'UFO Clouds' Delight and Confuse Bay Area"><p><em>Photo: <a href="https://twitter.com/SuaveLlave/status/1397021425957957633">SuaveLlave/Twitter</a></em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo Du Jour: Maiden Voyage]]></title><description><![CDATA["Maiden Voyage" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandondoran/6876805652/">Brandon Doran</a>.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2012/03/28/photo_du_jour_maiden_voyage/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242c6f44ad066cdcf6f9e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinatown]]></category><category><![CDATA[cityscape]]></category><category><![CDATA[clouds]]></category><category><![CDATA[photo du jour]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:12:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/pdj03282012-thumb-640xauto-703594.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/pdj03282012-thumb-640xauto-703594.jpg" alt="Photo Du Jour: Maiden Voyage"><p></p>

<p>"Maiden Voyage" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandondoran/6876805652/">Brandon Doran</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo du Jour 318]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have a great weekend and be sure to wear your sunscre-- oh, wait. Sorry. As of posting this gloriously chilly image, it's a cozy 49 degrees outside.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/05/24/photo_du_jour_318_1/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24307f44ad066cdcf90ee2</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[bay bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[clouds]]></category><category><![CDATA[photo du jour]]></category><category><![CDATA[weather]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:27:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/05/bridge water chris daley-thumb-640xauto-249622.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/05/bridge water chris daley-thumb-640xauto-249622.jpg" alt="Photo du Jour 318"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>Have a great weekend and be sure to wear your sunscre-- oh, wait. Sorry. As of posting this gloriously chilly image, it's a cozy 49 degrees outside. </p>

<p>So, are you enjoying this crisp Memorial Day weekend too? No? Didn't think so.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo du Jour 352]]></title><description><![CDATA[Excellent landscape shot, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/exxonvaldez/3316926536/">exxonvaldez</a>.  Kudos to you.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/02/28/photo_du_jour_352/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24328844ad066cdcfa1a2f</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[clouds]]></category><category><![CDATA[photo du jour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Twin Peaks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:43:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/02/blanket of clouds at sunset-thumb-640xauto-67184.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/02/blanket of clouds at sunset-thumb-640xauto-67184.jpg" alt="Photo du Jour 352"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>Excellent landscape shot, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/exxonvaldez/3316926536/">exxonvaldez</a>.  Kudos to you.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo du Jour 296]]></title><description><![CDATA["<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviloars/3116000985/in/pool-sfistphotos">Clouds Reflecting</a>" by eviloars, found in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/sfistphotos/pool/">SFist's Flickr poo...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/12/18/photo_du_jour_296/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24247c44ad066cdcf2e46c</guid><category><![CDATA[misc]]></category><category><![CDATA[clouds]]></category><category><![CDATA[photo du jour]]></category><category><![CDATA[window]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:41:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry198695_thumb-thumb-640xauto-43632.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2008/12/entry198695_thumb-thumb-640xauto-43632.jpg" alt="Photo du Jour 296"><p>"<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviloars/3116000985/in/pool-sfistphotos">Clouds Reflecting</a>" by eviloars, found in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/sfistphotos/pool/">SFist's Flickr pool</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>