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Shannon O'Connor Found Guilty of Child Endangerment, Sex Offenses In Los Gatos 'Party Mom' Trial

The jury returned with their verdicts Wednesday in the trial of accused Los Gatos "Party Mom" Shannon O'Connor, and she was found guilty on dozens of counts including child endangerment and sexual offenses.

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SF Sheriff’s Department Once Again Going Overboard on Overtime, On Track to Go $19 Million Over Budget for Year

While other City Hall departments are all forced to cut back in deficit times, the SF Sheriff’s Office is clocking another year of out-of-control overtime, in a familiar story of SF law enforcement's overtime overkill.

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Number of Encampments In SF the Same as Last Summer, But RV Dwellers Dwindle

A new report from the San Francisco Mayor's Office finds some good news in a significant decrease in the number of people living in their vehicles in the city, but the number of tents and encampment structures has remained flat for the last nine months.

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Humpday Headlines: Vaillancourt Fountain to Stay Put At Least Another Month

The city is waiting on a court ruling before it removes the polarizing Vaillancourt Fountain; the Transamerica Pyramid is selling at a loss; and a BART Mart pop-up shop is happening at Downtown Berkeley Station.

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Day Around the Bay: State’s Top Democrat Tells Surplus of Governor Candidates to Drop Out of Race

The Bay Area got more transit money for the upcoming World Cup; the Giants are bringing back free opera in the ballpark; and the state Democratic Party chair has had it with these way too many Democrats running for governor.

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Trump’s Garish Trump Force One Airplane Popped Into SFO Monday for Some Reason

President Trump was not on his ridiculously self-named Trump Force One airplane when it blew through SFO on Monday, but maybe one of his idiot sons had crypto business in town or something, as the plane was spotted here.

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Lowell High School Teacher on Leave After Giving Students Quizzes Demeaning Girls, ‘Fat Kids’

A math teacher who’s been at SF’s top public high school for 20 years went on leave after giving students quizzes that demeaned girls and “fat kids,” and some parents are unhappy he posted “Grades vs. Dignity” videos on YouTube of students dancing in exchange for extra credit.

Arts & Entertainment

Humboldt County Might See Its First Condor Chick Hatched In the Wild In a Century

A pair of California condors who were part of a group released into the wild several years ago appear to be nesting in a redwood tree in remote Humboldt County, and tending to an egg.

Arts & Entertainment

Weekly ‘Overpass Visibility Dance Party’ Lights Up Berkeley Freeway Every Friday Night

The Friday night dance party takes place on an I-80 overpass in Berkeley, a daytime protest hotspot, transforming the bridge into a glowing display of support for the Bay Area community and those protecting democracy, while urging an estimated 12,000 cars per hour to ‘honk’ in solidarity.

Arts & Entertainment

Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The xx, and the Strokes to Headline Outside Lands 2026

The Outside Lands lineup this year looks a lot like the Portola Fest lineup of the last couple of years, with acts like Charli xcx and RÜFÜS DU SOL topping the bill.

SF Politics

Mayor Lurie Says He’s Laying Off 500 SF City Hall Employees, Which Will Not Endear Him to the Labor Unions

Daniel Lurie says that at least 500 City Hall jobs are on the chopping block, a move he avoided last year through accounting tricks, and Lurie may not exactly be Mr. Popular anymore once that axe comes down.

Business & Tech

The Zuckerberg-Chans Just Broke a Miami Home Price Record With Mansion Purchase on Indian Creek

We heard a few weeks ago that Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were, for reasons we can only guess, seeking out a new home in Miami, and the deal reportedly closed on Monday.

Business & Tech

Sam Altman Admits Friday Pentagon Deal Was Rushed, Adds More Safeguards to Contract

Continuing the tradition of tech CEOs appearing to be transparent performing their mea culpas on social media, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to Xitter Monday to say a few things about that rushed Friday deal with the Pentagon, following the collapse of a deal with Anthropic.

SF Politics

Allegations Resurface That Supervisor Sherrill Got Appointed In Backroom Deal to Benefit London Breed

Some SF City Hall gossip is rearing its head again alleging that former SF Mayor London Breed appointed Supervisor Stephen Sherrill in order to score a job with big-bucks benefactor Michael Bloomberg.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Bay Area Couple Describes Being Struck In Tel Aviv

A Santa Rosa couple is unable to leave Israel due to the airports being shut down; global stocks tumbled due to the Iran war; and last night's lunar eclipse was obscured by fog.

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Day Around the Bay: Doughnut Shop Bandit Arrested In Oakland

A 20-year-old suspect has been arrested for a series of armed doughnut shop robberies; ABC 7 meteorologist Spencer Christian underwent heart surgery and is recovering; and the Iran War is seriously impeding global air travel.

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Supreme Court Blocks California Law Preventing Schools From Outing Kids to Their Parents If They Change Pronouns

In one of several cases to hit the Supreme Court this term involving trans people, the court has opted to weigh in where they did not necessarily need to in the case of California's law shielding trans, nonbinary and questioning kids from being outed to their parents against their will.

Arts & Entertainment

Check Out the New Giant Alysa Liu Mural That Just Went Up In Oakland’s Temescal Neighborhood

The gold medal-biting, thizz-facing visage of Alysa Liu now graces this fabulous mural that was just unveiled in Temescal, the latest Oakland celebration of the medal-winning Olympic skater.

Arts & Entertainment

Livermore Native Ashley Padilla Is Winning the Newcomers' Race on 'SNL'

Now in her second season on Saturday Night Live, Bay Area native Ashley Padilla has proven to be a versatile and hilarious cast member who's already beating out all her castmates this season in total screen time and sketch appearances.

Business & Tech

East Bay Man Scraps Ballot Measures Due to Pressure from OpenAI, Says He Was ‘Naive’ for Trying

An East Bay man says OpenAI pressured him into dropping two AI ballot measures he introduced that would’ve created stricter regulations after it was revealed he’s the stepbrother of a senior Anthropic employee, but he says he wrote the proposals himself — with legal help from chatbots.

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SF Ballet Cancels Its Performance at Recently Trump-ified Kennedy Center, After Weeks of Local Pressure

The San Francisco Ballet is the latest performance outfit to declare they will cancel their scheduled shows at the Kennedy Center since Trump bastardized the place, added his name to it, and declared himself its chairman.

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Bystanders Describe Horrific Scene Where Toddler Was Killed In Mission Bay Intersection

A mother was badly injured and her two-year-old daughter was killed in a pedestrian crash Friday in Mission Bay/Mission Rock, and bystanders allege that the driver appeared to try to flee the scene.

Business & Tech

Trump Administration Still Used Anthropic's Claude In Iran Strikes, Hours After Trump Banned Anthropic

Despite Trump calling SF’s Anthropic a “Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about” and banning government use of their AI tool Claude, the administration still had to use Claude in its Iran attacks.

Business & Tech

Waymo Safety Concerns During Emergencies Being Discussed In SF Hearing

Concerns about the behavior of Waymo's autonomous taxis, following the December blackout in which the cars clogged intersections and created potential hazards, are being raised at a Monday hearing at SF City Hall.

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Monday Morning Headlines: One Dead In North Oakland Shooting

Oakland marked its 12th homicide of the year to date on Sunday; there was a rally at SF's Ferry Building in support of the US and Israel's attack on Iran; and Congress is having a war powers debate, a little late.