SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Car Plows Into HopMonk Tavern In Novato, Damaging Building The popular Novato tavern and music venue HopMonk was damaged in a traffic collision Monday morning, but it sounds like the business is still trying to make it open tonight.
SF News Three Oakland Men to Stand Trial For Robbery and Murder of Los Angeles Gym Owner After a well known gym owner was gunned down in his own Bel-Air driveway in what seemed to be a randomly targeted robbery gone wrong, three suspects allegedly fled to Oakland. They would later be arrested, and not long after, the gym owner died and they now face trial for his murder.
SF Politics Great Highway Would Need New Traffic Lights If Reopened to Cars, Costing $13.2 Million Before Upper Great Highway closed to vehicles in 2024, the roadway's traffic signals needed to be replaced at a cost now estimated at $13.2 million, compared with the $700,000 the city spent to install Sunset Dunes Park.
SF News Video: Grandfather Tossed 8 Feet In the Air By Charging Bison In Yellowstone A 65-year-old man who was reportedly out on a walk with his grandson was charged by a bull bison and tossed in the air like a ragdoll Friday, even though he had not been standing anywhere near the animal.
SF News Hang Glider Crashes Onto Fort Funston Beach Day After Paragralider Collides With Daly City Cliff Two different glider pilots were recently rescued in separate incidents, as a hang glider crash-landed at Fort Funston Saturday, and a paraglider collided with a cliff face in Daly City Friday.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Oakland City Council to Mull New Coliseum Sale Terms The Oakland City Council is meeting to discuss new proposed sale terms for the Coliseum property; muggy weather is expected to persist around the Bay; and a lawsuit is moving forward against United Airlines over window seats sold with no window.
SF Politics Senator Mitch McConnell Shares Details About His Health, Says He Had 'Mild Pneumonia' On Sunday, as Washington was rocked by the news of the unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Mitch McConnell finally broke his monthlong silence about the state of his own health.
SF News Sunday Links: Thunderstorms Still Possible Senator Lindsey Graham's death opens up a surprise seat in the chamber; monsoonal moisture continues to move over the region bringing the possibility of thunderstorms; and a man was shot and critically wounded near Civic Center early Sunday.
SF Politics Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna Says He Was Detained By Israeli Military In West Bank Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and part of San Jose, was on a three-day tour of the West Bank when he said he was detained Saturday by Israeli settlers and military personnel.
Business & Tech Meta Disables Misguided AI Image-Grabbing Feature And just like that, Meta caved to public pressure amid a swift backlash over its recently launched Muse Image tool, which presented a mountain of privacy concerns. Who the hell is running things over there?
SF News Saturday Links: Valkyries Just Keep Winning James Oliver Unick was sentenced Friday for the 1982 cold-case murder of Sarah Geer in Cloverdale; dozens gathered for a vigil for a man killed while walking his dog in Oakland; and the Golden State Valkyries just won their 7th consecutive game.
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.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop to Co-Host Daylong ‘Ferry Fest’ For Ferry Building’s 128th Anniversary Sunday The second annual Ferry Fest will feature a showcase with nine musical acts from Noise Pop, workshops led by local artists, a wine-tasting pass, and lots of shopping.
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 East Bay SPCA In Search of Homes For 16 Puppies Found In Walmart Parking Lot Sixteen puppies that were abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in Livermore will soon be put up for adoption at East Bay SPCA shelters in Dublin and Oakland.
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.
SF News SF Is Renovating Playgrounds More Quickly and Cheaply Due to Law Inspired By $1.7 Million Toilet After SF gained national attention over a $1.7 million toilet in Noe Valley, SF passed a law in 2024 enabling city departments to utilize cooperative purchasing to reduce costs and red tape on small projects like playgrounds and public toilets.
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 BART to Address Rush-Hour Congestion With Longer Trains, Streamlined Schedule In an effort to ease crowding on trains and help the system run more efficiently, BART is implementing longer trains during peak times on some lines, streamlining the schedule to reduce transfer wait times, and addressing bottlenecking at Daly City.
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 Day Around the Bay: Two Arrested In Alameda Teen ‘Beach Takover’ Shooting Oakland airport is expanding its list of nonstop flights; Chevron spilled about a barrel of gasoline mixture into the bay; and two people were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred during a recent beach takeover in Alameda.
SF sports SF Giants Pitcher Logan Webb Melts Down, Deletes Account After Heated Exchange on X Following the SF Giants' 10-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, pitcher Logan Webb lashed out at a local sports producer on X before deleting his account.
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.
