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.
SF News Attorney for Man Shot In Outer Sunset Police Confrontation Disputes Claim That He Shot Himself A man who was injured by a gunshot wound during an encounter with San Francisco police officers earlier this month didn't fire a single shot, his attorney argues, and police are trying to save face.
SF News Health Officials Say There's No Public Risk After Measles Case Is Documented In San Mateo County There was a documented case of measles in San Mateo County last month, but we are only learning about it now as public health officials say they conducted contact tracing, and they determined there was no further risk.
SF News Tesla Cybertruck Vandal, Seen on Video, Sought In Novato An individual who creeped into a Tesla Cybertruck owner's driveway in Novato over the weekend and vandalized the vehicle is being sought by Novato police.
SF News Reported SF Car Break-Ins Are at a 22-Year Low, According to SFPD Data It seems all these drones, license plate readers, and ‘bait cars’ might be doing the trick on stopping a notorious SF crime, as car break-ins were down 50% in 2024 compared to the previous year, and at the lowest level the city has seen since 2003.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle's Top 100 Revealed — the Bottom Half Anyway The Chronicle's food critics have unveiled the bottom 50 of the revised-for-2025 Top 100 Restaurants, and it's an eclectic mix of mom-and-pop spots, bakeries, Michelin destinations, and pizza.
SF News Four People Injured In Bayview Shooting Late Sunday Afternoon, Suspect Still at Large A Sunday afternoon shooting near India Basin Waterfront Park left four people hospitalized, though it’s still not clear what the motive was, and the shooter or shooters are still at large.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Jelly Creatures Stranded En Masse on North Bay Beach Bay Area freeway traffic seems to be an all-day thing now, like LA; the VTA is still repairing copper-wire theft damage on train tracks; and thousands of 'by-the-wind sailors' crashed ashore in Bolinas in Sunday morning's storm.
Arts & Entertainment Things Things To Do This Week: Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul At Eid Street Fair March 31-April 6: Eid Street Fair in the Tenderloin, featuring rapper MC Abdul and a multicultural bazaar; LARAAJI and The Sea & Cake's Sam Prekop at Grace Cathedral; First Thursdays/Fridays; and a skate photo exhibit.
SF News Six Years Later, Still No Tuesday Noon Siren, Which Now Needs to Be Replaced to the Tune of $20 Million Upgrades to San Francisco’s emergency outdoor warning system keep getting delayed while the price continues to skyrocket. Meanwhile, emergency responders are tasked with physically going to Ocean Beach to alert residents about tsunami warnings.
SF News Lafayette Man Convicted In 2022 Home Invasion Case With Potential Life Sentence A Contra Costa County jury found Kenneth McIsaac guilty in the September 2022 home invasion of a Lafayette family who were held hostage for several hours before they escaped.
SF News Sunday Links: Trump's Election Law Order Creates Uncertainty, Concern For Many States Trump's election law order has led to confusion and worry in states across the country leading up to the 2026 midterms; a small plane crashed into a house in a Minneapolis suburb on Saturday; and Pink Pistols is helping the LGBTQ+ community arm and protect themselves.
