SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Tech Company Launches $8,000 Laundry-Folding Robot Asian American communities are celebrating the Lunar New Year across the Bay Area over the weekend; an SUV driver wearing a boot cast crashed into a Santa Rosa store; and a new $8,000 laundry-folding robot will fold most clothing and linens except large bedding.
SF News Day Around the Bay: MC Hammer Jumps Aboard Honorary Black History Month Cable Car Amazon ended its deal with Ring after that creepy Super Bowl commercial; the Vallaincourt Fountain preservationists have filed a lawsuit pausing demolition; and MC Hammer made an appearance on a Black History Month cable car.
SF News Newsom and California Sue Trump Administration Again, This Time Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trump’s EPA is running roughshod over all California’s environmental protections, so the state is suing to keep as many of them as intact as possible, the latest being our rollback of how much greenhouse gases can be emitted into the environment.
Arts & Entertainment The Internet Can’t Get Enough of the Bushes from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny took the world by storm during his Super Bowl Halftime Show, and so did the 400 mostly local performers in the now-famous “grass bunny” costumes who are sharing their experiences all over the internet, with one performer listing the prized costume on eBay for $5,000.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Diner Food on Polk A new diner debuts on Polk, Cenaduria Elvira makes a splash in Oakland's Jack London Square, and the Chronicle reviews Dingles Public House, all in This Week in Food.
SF News [Updated] Seven Injured After Car Crashes Into Oliver's Supermarket In Santa Rosa A car went through the front windows of gourmet supermarket Oliver's in Santa Rosa Friday morning, leaving seven people injured and significant damage to the store.
SF Politics Remembering When Rose Pak Used to Harangue Politicians From the Stage at the Chinese New Year Parade These days some of you only know Rose Pak as the name on a Muni station, and that is too bad. She was an elbows-out, combative political force who was never afraid to speak her mind, which was always the case at the annual Chinese New Year Parade.
SF News Harrowing Details Emerge of Final Desperate Phone Call to Family Member Before Alameda Quintuple Murder 36-year-old Brenda Natali Morales made a phone call to an uncle just minutes before her husband, Shane Killian, fatally shot her, their two sons, and Morales's parents in a drunken rage on July 10, 2024, prosecutors say.
SF News There’s Fresh Friction Between Lurie and PG&E Over Day-of-Blackout ‘Nutcracker’ Performance A PG&E executive testified that Mayor Lurie demanded the lights be turned back on during the Dec. 20 blackout for his daughter's ‘Nutcracker’ performance, but now PG&E is backtracking on that claim.
SF News Teachers' Strike Ends After Early Morning Deal, Schools Still Closed 'til Wednesday The San Francisco teachers' union and the SF Unified School District reached a tentative deal that was announced at 6 am Friday, after four days on strike, with the union getting a key benefit they had been seeking.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Flower Market Gears Up for Valentine's Rush A 76-year-old Oakland woman was injured in a mugging; a former BART director speaks out about the station closure threat; and the SF Flower Market is in full swing for Valentine's Day.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Pride Flag Re-Raised at Stonewall After Trump Administration Tore It Down A teen was charged with last November's shooting at Ocean Beach, the Puppy Bowl got higher ratings than Kid Rock’s halftime show; and activists just replaced the Stonewall Pride flag that the Trump administration tore down.
SF Politics Sup. Dorsey Threatening to Censure or Even Remove Mystery Supervisor He Says Leaked Information A ho-hum item on Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors agenda has turned into a full-blown witch-hunt for Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who says he’s launching an investigation into some fellow supe he claims leaked confidential info.
Business & Tech AI Insiders Are Sounding Alarms, and the Guy Who Wrote That Viral Post Says He's Not Being Alarmist Is AI coming for most of your jobs? Maybe not. But some of them? Yes, probably. And we're seeing another wave of AI industry insiders speaking out publicly and making some grave statements.
SF News Protesters Confront Sonoma County Sheriff During Meet-and-Greet for Cooperating With ICE Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram held a meet-and-greet in Bodega Bay Wednesday, which was met with a group of local protesters and community members denouncing the sheriff for handing over 70 people to ICE in 2025, urging him to support a proposed non-compliance ordinance.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant From Team Behind Trestle and Vault Coming to China Basin We now have the early news about the first big fall restaurant opening on the books for San Francisco, and its a new, unnamed project from Hi Neighbor Hospitality Group.
SF News San Francisco Sees Another Homicide, the Second In a Week San Francisco is seeing a rapid uptick in its homicide count so far in 2026, following a year with a historically low count. The latest killing occurred in the Tenderloin.
Business & Tech Marc Benioff Sticks Foot In His Mouth Again Making Jokes About ICE, Wisecracks Over Employees Getting Arrested Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made the exceedingly unwise decision to kid his international employees that they might be arrested by ICE, and boy did that joke not land whilst he was addressing a company event.
SF News Fence Controversy at Daly City Beachfront Property Escalates With Legal Filing There is now a lawsuit in San Mateo County seeking to stop the county from taking down a controversial fence surrounding some long-vacant property, and the man who put up the fence remains defiant.
SF News Still No Deal as SF Teachers' Strike Enters Fourth Day Negotiations went later than they have typically been going on Wednesday night as a deal between the SF Unified School District and the teachers' union remains elusive. And now kids may not be returning to the classroom until next Wednesday, with a long weekend ahead.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: A Break In the Rain A 73-year-old woman was struck in the head while having her purse stolen in Oakland; a Sonoma County fire engine was involved in an injury crash; and we can expect a break in the rain now until Sunday, but more storms are coming.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Large Development By West Oakland BART Breaks Ground SF schools will remain closed again Thursday as strike talks continue; a long-planned transit-oriented development at West Oakland BART is getting underway; and an assistant principal in San Jose was arrested in a child exploitation sting.
Arts & Entertainment Shop in SF’s Inner Richmond Will Screenprint ‘F*ck ICE’ For Free on Items the Public Brings In During the general strike on January 30, the folks at Fleetwood Fine Goods in the Inner Richmond began offering free “F*ck ICE” screenprints, which was met with huge success, and they’re continuing to offer the service to anyone who brings in or purchases a garment of their choice.
Arts & Entertainment More SF Movie Theaters Can Sell Beer and Wine After Supervisors Relax the Rules It’s ‘bottoms up’ at more SF movie theaters, as the Board of Supervisors just social-lubricated the red tape around alcohol sales at movie houses.
SF News Video: Mount Diablo Has One of the Most Expansive Views In the West, and More Fun Facts About the Bay Area Did you know that the Bay Area was created out of something called a drowned river valley? Do you know the history of how Treasure Island was created out of nothing in the 1930s? A fun new video explains this and more.
