SF News

Sunday Links: Felony Charges Filed Against Man Who Installed Fence at Daly City Beach

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead following Saturday’s US-Israeli military strike; three bystanders were shot in Oakland early Sunday; and real estate investor Luke Brugnara faces felony charges for installing the controversial fence in Daly City.

SF News

OpenAI Makes Deal With Pentagon, Including Safeguards Anthropic Requested Before Ban

Just a couple hours after Trump announced the federal government was cutting ties with Anthropic for refusing to grant the Pentagon full access to its tools Friday, Sam Altman announced OpenAI received the contract instead, which includes the safeguards Anthropic was denied.

SF News

Lawsuit Says SFPD’s Flock Cameras Were Accessed by Federal Agencies 1.6 Million Times

A local law firm filed a lawsuit against Flock alleging federal agencies accessed data from the SFPD’s cameras more than 1.6 million times, and a recent audit by El Cerrito's police department found that several federal agencies briefly accessed its data.

SF News

Avalanche Survivors Fill In Key Pieces of the Story of What Happened Before Nine Were Buried

Two of the survivors of last week's deadly avalanche near Castle Peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains have now spoken out about the group's decision to venture out in blizzard conditions.

Arts & Entertainment

Field Notes: ‘Run’ Club Comedy, Too Short’s ‘Blow the Whistle,’ and Black History on the Pacific

This week: Too Short’s ‘Blow the Whistle’ at 20, local Black figures through history, cheap eats in the Sunset, the library’s small business resources, and Sports Basement comedy club. Plus: walking the Bay Bridge, descending the Hawk Hill stairs, and exploring Black history through music.

SF News

Saturday Links: Toddler Fatally Struck, Adult Injured, While Crossing Street in Mission Bay

The US and Israel launched a targeted strike against Iran Saturday, who said it will retaliate; the names were released of the sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot East Bay musician Anthony Ant earlier this month; and a two-year-old was killed while crossing the street in SF’s Mission Bay Friday.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Randa’s Market Adopts Third Cat, ‘Shadow,’ Following the Death of KitKat

Trump was not happy about Anthropic’s refusal to allow the Pentagon access to its technology; Henrietta Lacks’ estate won a settlement from Swiss drugmaker Novartis for profiting off her cells for decades without their knowledge; and Randa’s Market in the Mission has a new cat named ‘Shadow.’

SF News

K9 Happens to Find $2 Million Worth of Cocaine During Routine Milpitas Speeding Stop

One driver in Milpitas picked the wrong Highway Patrol K9 to drive a little too fast around Thursday night, as the driver was pulled over for speeding, and the dog sniffed out nearly 27 pounds of cocaine in the car.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Say Bye to We Be Sushi

SF awaits the openings of Maria Isabel and JouJou, We Be Sushi closes, and the Chronicle's Top 100 is getting its annual update very soon, all in This Week In Food.

Business & Tech

DoorDash Launching Its Delivery Robots In Fremont, Because Maybe People There Will Complain Less

DoorDash’s longtime dream of cutting paid human beings out of the delivery process is one step closer to reality, as they’re debuting their little robots to do food deliveries, but at first only in Fremont.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

JouJou, the New French Brasserie From the Lazy Bear Team, Lands In the Design District Next Friday

One of last year's buzzed-about openings that slid into the new year, JouJou, is now ready for its debut, and Lazy Bear chef David Barzelay and his team are ready to bring back some old-fashioned glamour and pomp to the French brasserie.

SF News

Authorities Warn of Potential Measles Exposure This Week at the Burlingame Panda Express

A Santa Clara County resident tested positive for measles Wednesday after traveling internationally despite being previously vaccinated, and they reportedly visited a few places while unknowingly infected, including the Panda Express in Burlingame on February 23 and 24.

SF News

Mayor Lurie’s Controversial New RESET Sobering Center Will Be See Its Contractor Paid Based on Performance

An Arizona-based contractor will have a unique method of getting paid to operate Mayor Lurie’s forthcoming RESET Center that hopes to sober up public drug users, as they’ll be paid based on how effective the center is.

Arts & Entertainment

Popular Sunset Night Market Returns With Lunar New Year Celebration

The mega-popular Sunset Night Market, which became a victim of its own popularity last year when organizers called it off because it was becoming untenable, is returning Friday night with a Lunar New Year edition.

SF Politics

More Absurd Great Highway Drama: Supervisor Wong Blames Opponent That His Ballot Measure Failed to Launch

The candidates are already fighting in the June primary elections, and District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong is attacking his rival Natalie Gee for not helping him enough to get his ‘cars back on the Great Highway’ ballot measure.

SF News

One Dead In Potrero Drive-By Shooting, Two Others Injured

One person was killed Friday morning and two others were injured in an apparent drive-by shooting in SF's Potrero Hill neighborhood, near the affordable housing projects on Dakota Street.

Business & Tech

Oakland-Based Fintech Block Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff, Because of AI

It could be the first of many canaries in this coal mine, but Block announced a mass layoff on Thursday. And CEO Jack Dorsey is making no secret that this is about AI supplanting the need for human workers.

SF News

Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Teachers Avert Strike

The Oakland teachers' union has reached a tentative agreement with the district ahead of a planned strike; BART's board approved its doomsday scenario plan; and Netflix shares rise after the collapse of the Warner Bros. deal.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Yet More Complaints Emerge About Crowd Behavior at Marina Red Bull Event

BART is offering a little more detail about its Thursday morning snafu; OpenAI is now gobbling up office space in Mountain View too, and some deplorable teens may have done some groping at Saturday's Marina Formula 1 event.

SF News

In Marin Crash That Killed Four Teens, Parents Point Fingers at CHP, County Road Maintenance

The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed her four teen friends has pleaded not guilty, but meanwhile, parents are bringing legal motions against the California Highway Patrol and Marin County.

Business & Tech

ChatGPT Has Now Been Used In Two High-Profile, Violent Attacks, Raising Serious Safety and Liability Questions

Not only did the unstable Green Beret with PTSD who blew up his Tesla outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas last year use ChatGPT to plan his attack, the Canadian woman who committed a mass school shooting earlier this month also asked the chatbot for help.

Arts & Entertainment

East Bay’s ‘Punk in the Park’ Festival Slammed by Revelations That Promoter Was a Trump Donor

Vallejo's upcoming Punk in the Park music festival was just tarred by revelations that the concert promoter donated to the Trump 2024 campaign, but the Dead Kennedys still insist they’re playing the show.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Maria Isabel, the New Mexican Restaurant From the Dalida Chef Couple, Opens In Presidio Heights Next Week

The much anticipated second restaurant from chef couple Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, the pan-Mexican concept Maria Isabel, is readying for an opening early next week on Presidio Avenue in San Francisco's Presidio Heights.

SF News

Mayor Lurie Says Protesters Were Chanting ‘Tax the Jews,’ But It Was Just One Unassociated Lady Passing By

Mayor Daniel Lurie is not particularly helping San Francisco’s image at the moment, as he posted a false claim that SF protesters were chanting “Tax the Jews” at a Wednesday event, even though video debunks the claim.

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands to Do 'Loyalty Presale' Next Week, Giving Past Attendees Early Bird Access Along With Lineup

If you've purchased tickets for Outside Lands in the last five years, you'll be eligible to see the 2026 lineup and pay presale prices ahead of everyone else this year — and there is a second presale that gives everyone early-bird access as well.