SF News With Massive Trove of Evidence, Judge Limits Prosecution Exhibits In Corruption Case Against Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao made her latest appearance in federal court on Friday, where US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told prosecutors to limit their evidence exhibits from 1,700 down to 300 in the ongoing FBI bribery and corruption case against her.
SF News Oakland's New 'Lightning Loader' Turns Claw Game Into Trash Savior Oakland Public Works is making quicker time of bulky trash removals thanks to their newest toy: the Lightning Loader. Essentially a giant mechanical claw used to pick up big piles of rubbish, city officials say it's helped them to remove 17 tons of trash in just four days.
SF News Saturday Links: 40-Pound Tortoise Enjoys Brief Pleasure Walk on Orinda Freeway A Half Moon Bay coach and teacher was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a former student; San Jose City College welcomes a 47-year-old player; and Hawaii's Big Island faces down Tropical Storm Lala.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Another Planet Announces Fall 'Daytime Disco' Party in Union Square San Mateo authorities recover a 1971 Chevy Chevelle missing since 1993; Luigi Mangione admits in court to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO; and Another Planet is putting on another 'Daytime Disco' party in Union Square next month.
SF Politics South Lake Tahoe Mayor Faces Up to Six Months in Jail After Bar Fight Last Year South Lake Tahoe Mayor Cody Bass was convicted of misdemeanor harassment Thursday over a confrontation with a bar bouncer in October amid a turbulent year for the city’s leadership, and he faces up to six months in jail.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: SF Beer Master Preps New Brewpub In San Rafael A new bistro is headed to the Lower Haight called Passages, former Magnolia guy Dave McLean is opening a new brewpub for his new beer brand in San Rafael, and Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan returns from maternity leave to review Esme, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Waymo Receives Approval to Expand Future Service to Entire Bay Area The California Public Utilities Commission has given Waymo approval to expand its service to the rest of the Bay Area and other parts of California.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Mess Hall, With Three Restaurants, a Bar and Market, Opens In the Presidio Tunnel Tops Park on Saturday The long-awaited final piece of the Presidio Tunnel Tops Park, the food hall concession called The Mess Hall, opens this weekend with six separate food and beverage concepts inside including three restaurants.
SF News Martinez Murder Suspect Was a Successful Engineer With Spanish Citizenship; Trump's DHS Says He Slipped Through Sanctuary Law The Trump administration has chosen a particularly complicated and odd case to seize on in its neverending quest to vilify California, sanctuary laws, and Governor Gavin Newsom.
SF News Redwood City Liquor Store Fire Deemed to Have Been Murder-Suicide Investigators now say that a fire at a strip-mall liquor store in Redwood City last fall was deliberately set, and that the manager of the store who died in the fire was the arsonist, staging the scene to make it appear he was a victim.
Arts & Entertainment Seattle Man Embarks on Cross-Country Bike Ride From SF to NYC A cyclist from Seattle is documenting his cross-country road trip on TikTok, which he began at the Golden Gate Bridge, and he aims to reach New York City within a month.
SF News Nima Momeni Back In Court Arguing For Appeal of His 2024 Conviction In Bob Lee Murder Convicted killer Nima Momeni and his new attorney — new as of last summer, at least — were due back in court Friday for an evidentiary hearing in Momeni's appeal on the basis of racial or ethnic bias.
SF News Grocery Outlet Opens In North Beach at Former Safeway Site as Chain Celebrates 80 Years Grocery Outlet opened its newest San Francisco location Thursday on the edge of North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf, ahead of the company’s 80th anniversary this weekend.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oracle Park Will Host 2028 MLB All-Star Game The MLB All-Star Game is officially headed to San Francisco in two years; opponents of the Marina Safeway redevelopment have a new tactic; the Solano County DA is seeking to try to the Fairfield High graduation shooting suspect as an adult.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Francisco Celebrates 100 Years of Dahlia Fever A new local paper that’s run solely by AI agents is bristling feathers; the SFPD is seeking assistance solving a 2006 homicide; and the dahlia became SF’s official flower back in 1926, and now’s the time to check them out.
SF News Chris Isaak’s Former San Mateo County Beach Property Opens Monday as New Public Park A former private beach property near Half Moon Bay once owned by musician Chris Isaak is opening Monday as a new 58-acre public park, giving visitors official access to Tunitas Creek Beach for the first time.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Intimate Wine Bar Opens Inside The Academy In the Castro A new wine bar has come to the Castro, with an array of international wines by the glass or bottle, in addition to small plates and cocktails, and it's on the top floor of the nine-year-old private social club The Academy.
SF News SF Transit Group Launches Platform to Report, Track Harassment on Muni Muni riders can now report and track harassment through a new tool called “Eyes on Board,” designed to give victims a voice and provide the public with resources on supporting fellow riders and improving transit safety.
SF News Oakland to Pay $17M to Settle Wrongful Death Case Involving Police 'Ghost Chase' The city of Oakland has agreed to pay one of its highest-ever legal settlements to the family of a 28-year-old man who was killed four years ago in a crash that was indirectly caused by a chase initiated by two rookie Oakland police officers.
Business & Tech Tesla's Latest Aesthetic Atrocity: This Gold 'Cybercab' Spotted In SF Tesla appears to be testing its latest semi-autonomous taxi model in San Francisco, and in an effort to stand out from the competition, it has been painted gold.
Business & Tech Long-Vacant Divisadero Car Wash Site Is Finally Headed for Redevelopment Construction at the long-stalled Touchless Car Wash site at Divisadero and Oak streets is set to begin later this year, as Greystar, the largest developer in the US, has acquired the project from the previous builder.
SF News A Bunch of People Had Their Phones Stolen at Outside Lands and They Ended Up In LA There was a spate of cellphone thefts at this year's Outside Lands, as there probably have been at multiple years' editions of the festival. But maybe the SFPD will investigate this time as it looks like an organized crime ring.
SF News Elite Members-Only Club The Battery Faces Lawsuits Alleging Wage and Labor Violations, Harassment Two employees have separately sued the exclusive San Francisco club known as The Battery, alleging wage and labor violations, with one worker also accusing the company of allowing years of harassment and discrimination tied to his disability.
SF News It Pays to Work For the SF Sheriff's Office, Like Over $800K Per Year for Some Some of the city's highest paid employees are part of the San Francisco Sheriff's Office, with overtime pay driving overall compensation well into the high six figures for dozens of deputies and lieutenants — as well as for SFPD officers.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 3.8M Earthquake Strikes Near San Leandro A 3.8M earthquake struck near San Leandro Thursday morning; the Timber Fire has grown to 4,245 acres in Big Sur; and hundreds packed a town hall meeting with Sen. Adam Schiff in Santa Rosa last night.
