SF News Founder of Cult-y SF ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Group Gets Nine-Year Sentence In Forced Labor Trial Nicole Daedone, the founder and former CEO of the cult-y “Orgasmic Meditation” group OneTaste, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Monday, and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz received six and a half years, following a jury conviction last June of forced labor conspiracy.
SF News Environmental Group Secures Option to Buy Former East Bay Racetrack, Will Turn It Into Park Rather than turning it into housing, a local environmental group has secured a deal to purchase the former Golden Gate Fields property and transform it into a public park.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Bay Area City Giving Away Ring Cameras Supervisor Jackie Fielder's situation has almost no parallels in local history; Anheuser-Busch owes a fine for its emissions in Solano County; and the Supreme Court shoots down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF's 911 System Briefly Has Difficulty With Cellphone Calls SF's 911 call center was having difficulty Monday with cellphone calls being disconnected; the three victims in Saturday's DUI crash in Napa have been ID'd; and a semi truck was dangling precariously in Crockett after a crash.
Arts & Entertainment New Dogpatch Gallery to Open This Spring Honoring Ruth Asawa’s Work and Legacy This May, the family of Ruth Asawa is celebrating the artist’s 100th birthday with the opening of a new gallery at the Minnesota Street Project in SF’s Dogpatch, dedicated to Asawa’s work and the legacy of her arts education, with the inaugural show curated by Asawa’s daughters.
SF News Video: Windsurfer Hits Gray Whale, Wipes Out Near Crissy Field 'Tis the season for gray whales swimming around the Bay, and windsurfers and kitesurfers can take this as a word of warning to not go barrelling around too fast without knowing how many whales might be in your midst.
SF News Six-Month Runway Closure at SFO May Cause Some Delays It's time once again for some runway repaving at SFO, and that may mean some unexpected delays for the next six months, with the airport being short one of its four runways.
SF News Sheryl Davis, Human Rights Commission Director and Dream Keeper Chief Under Breed, Arrested on Felony Charges The former Human Rights Commission executive director and leader of the Dream Keeper initiative, Sheryl Davis, who has been facing an array of city ethics charges over the alleged misuse of funds, is now officially facing criminal charges.
SF News Jogger Sexually Assaulted By Armed Man Near Stanford University Campus Stanford University police are searching for an armed suspect who assaulted a woman jogging near campus Sunday, and it’s not known whether she was affiliated with the school.
SF News Miami, Like Austin Before It, Feels Pendulum Swing on Tech Migration If you moved from the Bay Area to Miami or Austin during the pandemic, chances are you've left by now. First of all, it's too damn hot in both places. Second of all, the jobs aren't there.
SF News Video: Authorities Seize 85 Bikes After Cyclists Attempt to Take Over Bay Bridge Dozens of cyclists were spotted swerving in and out of traffic, riding directly at moving cars, and narrowly missing pedestrians before heading the wrong way up the ramp to the Bay Bridge — where they were greeted by the SFPD and CHP.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Victim In Sunnydale Shooting Identified The victim in last Tuesday's fatal shooting in the Sunnydale housing complex has been ID'd; the man killed by an SUV that jumped the curb in Chinatown has been ID'd; and the woman rescued near the Cliff House last week tells her story.
SF News Jackie Fielder to Take Leave of Absence, Citing Mental Health, Doesn’t Intend to Resign Before deciding her next steps, District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced Sunday she’s taking time off as she manages her mental health, but she aims to stay in office. Her staff will handle operations in her absence, and her fellow supervisors said they’ll lend their support.
SF News Vallejo Man Arrested for DUI In Napa Crash That Killed Three, Sent Four to Hospital Authorities arrested a Vallejo man on suspicion of driving under the influence of a drug Saturday in a "mass-casualty" crash near Napa’s Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, which killed three people and sent four to the hospital with major injuries.
SF News One Man Murdered, Two Assaulted in SoMa Friday, Two Suspects Arrested There was a homicide Friday in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood and the SFPD has arrested two men in connection with the killing and the assault of two others.
SF News Sunday Links: Thousands March In ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the Bay Area Stockton and Modesto have the most supercommuters in the country of cities with populations over 200,000; the government shutdown, currently on its 44th day, is the longest in US history; and thousands across the Bay Area marched in "No Kings" protests Saturday.
SF News Two Stabbed On Two Different Buses Following Arguments With Other Passengers Arguments between passengers on two different Muni buses in San Francisco Friday resulted in the stabbings of two people who were taken to the hospital.
SF News Saturday Links: Trump Signs Executive Order to Pay TSA Officers As Shutdown Resumes Former SF Supervisor Jane Kim filed a police report against her fellow state insurance commissioner candidate; a Silicon Valley startup was instrumental in helping prepare for NASA's moon launch; and Trump orders DHS to pay TSA officers.
SF News SF's Most Progressive Supervisor Jackie Fielder Considers Resigning Amid Health Crisis District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced from a hospital bed Friday that she planned to resign due to an undisclosed health crisis, but her office later clarified Fielder is prioritizing her health before making any decisions.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alysa Liu Presents Taylor Swift With Music Award Tiger Woods has been arrested for DUI; there are dozens of “No Kings” protests happening across the Bay Area Saturday; and Alysa Liu presented Taylor Swift with a music award after being introduced by Swift prior to the Winter Olympics.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Izakaya In Union Square A new izakaya lands near Union Square, the Castro gets a new Northern Thai restaurant, and the Chronicle's Cesar Hernandez gives his review of RT Bistro, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Police Search for Missing Oakland Woman, Coffee Shop Owner With Medical Condition Amy Hillyard, who’s the owner of Farley’s coffee shop in SF and Oakland, went missing in Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood Wednesday, and she’s considered at-risk due to a medical condition.
Arts & Entertainment A Who's-Who of Queer and Camp Culture Stars In New Disaster-Spoof Flick 'Stop! That! Train!' A roster of Rupaul's Drag Race alums, along with Ru herself, and a bevy of queer comedians, camp icons, and others star in the 70s-style disaster-movie send-up 'Stop! That! Train!', due out this summer.
SF News Civil Grand Jury Report Raises Questions About Yolo County Officials' Handling of Fireworks Facility A damning new civil grand jury report points the finger at Yolo County officials who, the report says, knew about the illegal fireworks storage facility in Esparto for years but failed to enforce safety codes, leading to last July's deadly explosion.
SF News San Jose Leaders to Honor All Farmworkers In Renaming of Cesar Chavez Sites Officials are cataloging the numerous tributes to Cesar Chavez throughout San Jose following recent allegations that Chavez sexually assaulted Dolores Huerta and at least two others, and there will be public hearings on renaming them.
