SF News

Day Around the Bay: Attempted Murder Charge In Chinatown Stabbing

A 37-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a stabbing last week in Chinatown; the second victim has been ID'd in the Oakland bar shooting; and chaos has erupted in New York outside the mayor's residence.

SF News

Rep. Eric Swalwell Going to Bat for Deported Hayward Family of Three With Deaf Six-Year-Old Boy

ICE deported a six-year-old deaf boy from Hayward along with his mom and brother, but Eric Swalwell is trying to win the return of this family of three, and his staff did at least get the kid his hearing aids.

SF News

Two Men Charged In Altercation With Mayor's Bodyguards In Tenderloin

The two Tenderloin denizens who got into a street scuffle last week with bodyguards assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie have been charged and will be arraigned Tuesday.

SF News

Parking Citations Are Most Frequent In the FiDi, Marina, North Beach, and SoMa

Predictably, SF’s most ticketed neighborhoods see a mix of commercial, commuter, and tourist traffic along with heavier enforcement, including the Financial District, SoMa, the Marina, and North Beach, garnering the majority of citations for street-cleaning and expired meters.

SF News

Group to Protest Over Plan to Install 20 Acres of Astroturf at Crocker Amazon Park

Residents are protesting at FanFest Saturday over SF Rec and Park’s plan, in partnership with the Giants, to install 20 acres of artificial turf at Crocker Amazon Park to create five new baseball diamonds, which requires the removal of over 100 trees and the disruption of a vital green corridor.

Arts & Entertainment

Video: See the Drone Show That Followed Saturday's Chinese New Year Parade

After technical difficulties grounded the drones in 2025, a successful drone show lit up the sky over the Bay by SF's Embarcadero in celebration of the Year of the Horse.

Arts & Entertainment

How Live Nation's Antitrust Settlement Could Impact San Francisco Venues

Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has now settled its antitrust case with the US Department of Justice, and as part of the settlement the company has said it will divest some of its exclusive agreements with venues.

SF News

Feds Charge Big-Time NorCal Wine Distributor Execs In Pay-for-Placement Scheme at Stores Run By Safeway Owner

Safeway’s parent company Albertson’s has been taking wine shipments from a distributor whose former executives are accused of making elaborate bribes in exchange for prime placement on the grocery shelves.

SF News

$5M Dream Home In North Beach Was Illegally Converted From Four Units; Board of Supes to Decide Its Fate

A family thought they had found a dream property in North Beach, a rare single-family home with a roof deck and four spacious bedrooms. But somewhere in its last couple of renovations, a previous owner did something they shouldn't have.

SF News

Illegal Dumping Activity In NorCal Leads to One of the Largest Meth Busts In US History

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) just announced a major bust in Northern California in which federal agents seized 2,700 pounds of methamphetamine in various stages of production, marking one of the largest drug busts in US history.

Business & Tech

Uber Expands Female Driver Request Feature In US as Assault Cases Rise

As it continues fighting thousands of cases in which assault victims have sought to blame the company for the behavior of its drivers, Uber is making an option available nationwide to request a female driver.

SF News

Monday Morning Headlines: Teachers Begin Strike In Dublin

Teachers have begun a strike in the East Bay city of Dublin; the mourning continues for the teacher killed in Saturday's bar shooting in Oakland; and now Anthropic is suing the Trump administration.

SF News

Grammarly’s New AI Tools Use Experts’ Identities Without Their Permission

The SF-based writing app Grammarly, recently rebranded as Superhuman, launched a set of AI-enabled tools, including expert reviews run by bots that scrape the published works of academics and assume their identities without their permission while offering questionable feedback.

SF News

Pedestrian Dies in Outer Mission Hit-and-Run, Cyclist Suffers Traumatic Injuries in Inner Sunset

Bystanders, including an EMT, came to the aid of a cyclist who received traumatic injuries, but is expected to survive, after she was struck by a driver in the Inner Sunset, and a pedestrian was found dead in the street in the Outer Mission as the result of an early morning hit-and-run.

SF News

Sunday Links: Bird Flu Found in California Elephant Seals, Beachgoers Told to Take Caution

Alysa Liu said a fan followed her to her car when she landed at the airport after the Olympics; SF Environment’s city funding may be reduced by 80% with Lurie’s proposed plan; and an elephant seal near Santa Cruz was infected with the bird flu — the first mammal in California.

SF News

Two Killed, Five Injured by Stray Bullets During Late-Night Fight in Oakland Bar

Early morning gunfire broke out during an argument inside EZ's Lounge on 14th Street in downtown Oakland Saturday, killing two people, including an eighth grade teacher, and injuring five others who are expected to survive.

SF News

Advocates Express Concern Over Potential Police Overreach Following Mayor’s Tenderloin Scuffle

There was heavy police presence on Cedar Street, an alley on the edge of the Tenderloin, following Thursday’s violent scuffle involving SF Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail, with two additional arrests Friday, and neighborhood advocates worry about potential overreach.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: Rare SF Tree Map, Dad Punk, and the Fight for Reproductive Rights in 1960s SF

This week: The SF Columbarium, tulip season, Silicon Valley repair cafes, Marin dad punk band, and an Iranian-American fashion line. Plus: finding unique SF trees, connecting with deceased loved ones, and author Kate Schatz’s new novel focusing on the fight for women’s rights in 1960s SF.

SF News

Saturday Links: Video Shows Lurie's Bodyguard Shoved Suspect First During Incident Thursday

Video footage shows Mayor Lurie's security guard becoming aggressive first; Olympic skier and gold medalist Eileen Gu will be the grand marshal of SF’s Chinese New Year parade; and only one in 10 US residents like daylight saving time.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Forty-Foot Tree Lands on Two Teslas on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale

Anthropic released a list of top 10 jobs with the most tasks that could be completed using AI; the statue of the 45-foot woman on Market Street will be here through October; and fortunately no one was seriously injured when a large tree landed on highway 101 in Sunnyvale Thursday.

SF Politics

Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Mandelman Introduce Ballot Measures to (Of Course) Give Lurie More Power

Mr. 14-months-on-the-job Daniel Lurie thinks it's high time he be given some more sweeping powers currently held by the SF Board of Supervisors and various City Hall commissions.

Arts & Entertainment

'Spamalot' Returns on Tour In SF, With a Few Extra Timely References

For a certain segment of the population, the absurdist humor of Monty Python has never ceased to elicit titters and full-bellied laughs. And Eric Idle's musical adaptation of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' still delivers those.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Two-Level Castro Space Finally Has a Taker

A new spot called NOVA from Bar 49's owner is coming to the Castro, Clementina makes its debut in the Richmond, and Hamburguesa Bar gets a review, all in This Week in Food.

Arts & Entertainment

Chinese New Year Parade Will Also Have 'Year of the Horse'-Themed Drone Show Over Embarcadero

There will be a big drone light show over the waterfront Saturday night, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Parade — and this seems to be a redo from last year, when a technical snafu canceled the drone show.

Business & Tech

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market Shutting Down 36 Stores Nationwide, Unclear If Any Are In the Bay Area

After a brutal fourth quarter in which they somehow managed to lose a staggering $218 million, the Emeryville-based Grocery Outlet is shuttering 36 stores, though these may not be Bay Area stores that are closing.