SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Bayview Gets an Oyster Bar The Bayview is getting a new seafood spot as well as several new restaurants, Tacos El Patron is coming to the Fillmore, and Horn Barbecue is now fully done, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment SFMTA Hoping to Avoid Negative Headlines About Outside Lands Transit Nightmares There is, as usual, a robust-seeming transit plan for getting Outside Lands concertgoers into and out of the outer Avenues. But depending on when you head west or when you try to leave the concert grounds, your transit experience may vary.
Business & Tech Local Billionaire Michael Moritz Launches $150 Million Challenge to ‘Revitalize’ San Francisco Billionaire philanthropist and political activist Michael Moritz is offering up to three organizations from anywhere in the world as much as $50 million each for their winning ideas on improving life for San Francisco residents.
Arts & Entertainment Earth, Wind & Fire Concert With Lionel Richie Abruptly Canceled at Chase Center Thursday Due to 'Medical Emergency' An SF concert featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and Lionel Richie was called off at the last minute Thursday, disappointing many fans who were in town to see it, due to one of the band members becoming ill.
Business & Tech Meta Ordered to Pay $567M, Implement Safeguards as Part of New Mexico Child Mental Health Trial In the second phase of a pivotal trial in New Mexico, a judge ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million, most of which will go toward mental health services for youth, and the company must incorporate numerous new safeguards.
SF Politics Friday Morning Constitutional: Connie Chan Troll Taxi Parked By Outside Lands Entrance That Connie Chan troll taxi is now parked by the Fulton entrance to Outside Lands; police in Martinez are on the hunt for a stabbing suspect; and Salesforce is having more layoffs in October.
SF News [Update] Woman on Scooter Fatally Struck By Truck at Market and Powell A person was reportedly killed after being struck by a vehicle or non-Muni bus in the crosswalk at Market and Powell streets in downtown San Francisco Friday morning, near the cable car turnaround.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Person Found Dead In Gann Fire A person was found dead in a home in the Gann Fire burn scar; major delays in payments are being reported out of the Oakland EDD office; and legendary Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow has announced his retirement.
SF News Car Crashes Into Back of Muni Bus, Catches Fire In NoPa A car crashed into the back of a Muni bus, causing little apparent damage to the bus, but crushing the front end of the car which then caught fire on McAllister Street Thursday evening.
SF News Woman Struck In East Oakland Crosswalk By 7-Year-Old Driving Car With 4-Year-Old Brother A young boy who took the keys to his parents' car reportedly struck a woman in a crosswalk in East Oakland who suffered life-threatening injuries, and he and his four-year-old brother, who was a passenger in the car, were also injured.
SF News United Flight Returns to SFO After Blowing Tire on Takeoff A United Airlines jet bound for Mexico had to turn around and make an emergency landing back at SFO Thursday morning after blowing a tire during takeoff, according to the FAA.
SF News Report: Volare Captain Said Boat Was on Autopilot When It Capsized, Admitted Having Shot of Whisky Hours Earlier It may or may not prove consequential for the investigation into the sinking of the Volare in San Francisco Bay last month, which took the lives of four passengers, but a police report suggests that the captain had the boat on autopilot at the time that it sank.
SF News North Bay Residents Demand FAA Keep Quieter Flight Path Used During Bohemian Grove Gathering West Sonoma County residents, who’ve been flooding the FAA with complaints over a change in 2024 that led to a large influx of planes flying over their homes, are outraged the FAA temporarily reverted to the old flight path for elite Bohemian Grove visitors last month.
Arts & Entertainment Charli XCX Fan Event at Amoeba Rescheduled for Day She's Not Performing at Outside Lands A fan event and Q&A at Amoeba Music in the Upper Haight that had caused much consternation among Charli's Angels or the Brat Pack or whatever her fans are called because of its timing. But the new time comes with its own conflict.
SF News Los Altos Woman Who Tried to Kill Husband In 2011 Deemed Eligible For Parole A Bay Area woman who's been serving a sentence of 11 years to life for the 2011 attempted murder of her estranged husband has, for the first time since her incarceration, been found suitable for parole.
SF News The East Bay’s Tri-Valley Cities Consider Privately Owned Event Center Backed by Public Funds Cities in the East Bay’s affluent Tri-Valley region are considering an unusual proposal by a local tourism group that wants to build a privately-owned $365 million event center in Dublin, which would partially rely on taxpayer funding.
Arts & Entertainment It's Confirmed: Vogue World Is Coming to San Francisco In 2027 Vogue World, the now four-year-old, one-day fashion and culture extravaganza, will be coming to San Francisco in 2027 after earlier iterations in New York, London, Paris, and Los Angeles.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue 18 People Trapped In Alamo Square Apartment Blaze Multiple occupants of a three-story apartment building at Fillmore and Fulton streets were rescued through windows on the second and third floors during a two-alarm fire early Thursday morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Propane Grill Blamed For Foster City Condo Fire A propane barbecue is being blamed as the culprit in Sunday's massive condo fire in Foster City; a suspect is facing charges after a neck stabbing incident at a Fremont house party; and the first concert in 36 years may be coming UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Implements Permanent Farm to School Breakfast and Lunch Program Some Twin Peaks residents have been withholding their rent from a nightmare landlord for 32 months; activist Erin Brockovich highlighted Gilroy residents’ fight against a new Amazon data center; and California’s Farm to School program is now permanent
Arts & Entertainment Check Out the Outside Lands Livestream Schedule, For Your Home Viewing Enjoyment Not going to Outside Lands or only going one day and want to see some acts you're missing? Well, as they did last year, the festival has partnered with Amazon Music to present a livestream that you can view from the comfort of your couch (or bed).
SF News SF Has Seen 100 Severe Injury Traffic Crashes So Far In 2026 Compared to 96 In All of 2025 A new report from SFMTA shows that serious collisions rose 8% during the first half of 2026, putting the city further behind its longstanding Vision Zero goal.
SF Politics Bay Bridge’s Yerba Buena Tunnel Might Get Named In Honor of Emperor Norton State Senator Scott Wiener proposed naming the Bay Bridge’s Yerba Buena Tunnel after local folk icon, the late Emperor Norton, who first conceived of the idea of connecting SF and Oakland more than half a century before the bridge came to be.
SF News New Wildfire, the Anderson Fire, Burns Over 200 Acres In Mendocino County A new wildfire broke out Wednesday afternoon near the town of Covelo in Mendocino County, where temperatures reportedly topped 100 degrees.
Bay Area Sports Longtime KNBR Host Greg Papa Laid Off as He Continues Recovery From Cancer Treatment Greg Papa, a prominent voice on Bay Area radio for decades, has been laid off from KNBR alongside his on-air talk show partner Greg Silver, as he continues recovering from complications from a bone-marrow transplant.
