SF News Day Around the Bay: Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secret Theft The SFPD made 76 arrests in a narcotics operation Wednesday; PG&E is facing a new $22 million from the CPUC for the Mosquito Fire in 2022; and Apple is suing OpenAI over the alleged theft of hardware trade secrets via engineers who used to work for Apple.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop to Co-Host Daylong ‘Ferry Fest’ For Ferry Building’s 128th Anniversary Sunday The second annual Ferry Fest will feature a showcase with nine musical acts from Noise Pop, workshops led by local artists, a wine-tasting pass, and lots of shopping.
Bay Area Sports Brawl at Giants Game Involving Multiple Women Leads to Four Arrests Call it yet another sign of the toxic mood surrounding this Giants season, but a brawl broke out near the front row at Oracle Park Thursday night during the Giants-Rockies game, and San Francisco police arrested four people they say were involved.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Summer Is Here Merchant Roots goes all in for summer, Julius' Castle makes a long-awaited return, Pho Divis debuts on Divis, and Big Four's new incarnation gets a Chronicle review, all in This Week in Food.
SF News East Bay SPCA In Search of Homes For 16 Puppies Found In Walmart Parking Lot Sixteen puppies that were abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in Livermore will soon be put up for adoption at East Bay SPCA shelters in Dublin and Oakland.
SF News Teen Suspect In Fairfield High School Graduation Shooting Located and Arrested Near Dallas A 17-year-old suspect is in custody in connection with the June 3 shooting in Fairfield, at a high school graduation ceremony, that left one 18-year-old dead and three others wounded.
Arts & Entertainment Five Tigers Rescued From Oroville 'Joe Exotic' Situation Land at Oakland Zoo Five tigers that were abandoned after living for years at a now-shuttered roadside zoo in Oroville, in Butte County, were rescued and cared for in recent months at the Oakland Zoo, with one remaining there for good.
SF News SF Is Renovating Playgrounds More Quickly and Cheaply Due to Law Inspired By $1.7 Million Toilet After SF gained national attention over a $1.7 million toilet in Noe Valley, SF passed a law in 2024 enabling city departments to utilize cooperative purchasing to reduce costs and red tape on small projects like playgrounds and public toilets.
Arts & Entertainment Fake Homeless Encampment Appears In Downtown SF, Turns Out to Be Part of Movie Set Actor-writer-director Joseph Gordon-Levitt is making a new movie, a thriller centered on artificial intelligence, and that appears to be what brought him and his cast and crew to San Francisco this week, with a fake homeless encampment in the Financial District being one of the first clues.
SF News BART to Address Rush-Hour Congestion With Longer Trains, Streamlined Schedule In an effort to ease crowding on trains and help the system run more efficiently, BART is implementing longer trains during peak times on some lines, streamlining the schedule to reduce transfer wait times, and addressing bottlenecking at Daly City.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Menlo College Student Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl A 19-year-old man is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in his Menlo College dorm room; a Berkeley restaurateur pleaded no contest to a theft scheme involving his father; and a Danville shopping center appears to be going belly up.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Two Arrested In Alameda Teen ‘Beach Takover’ Shooting Oakland airport is expanding its list of nonstop flights; Chevron spilled about a barrel of gasoline mixture into the bay; and two people were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred during a recent beach takeover in Alameda.
SF sports SF Giants Pitcher Logan Webb Melts Down, Deletes Account After Heated Exchange on X Following the SF Giants' 10-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, pitcher Logan Webb lashed out at a local sports producer on X before deleting his account.
SF News Property Owners Secure Approval for 23-Story Tower at Market and Duboce A new, very tall building could one day rise at the corner of Duboce Avenue and Market Street on Mint Hill, as the property owners have paid for design work and ferried it through city approvals with the state density bonus included.
SF News SFO to Build High-End Terminal With Luxury Lounge, Private TSA Screening, and Valet Service Travelers willing to pay a premium for a more exclusive airport experience could eventually avoid the crowds and chaos of SFO's main terminals at a proposed new private terminal.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Julius' Castle, the Long-Shuttered Cliffside Telegraph Hill Restaurant, Readies for Fall Reopening The historic and storied Julius' Castle, overlooking the Bay on Telegraph Hill, is finally opening its doors to the public again this year, after a decade and a half of rumors and neighborhood squabbles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Combination French Crêperie and Taqueria Opens on Divisadero A small bistro on Divisadero that debuted three years ago as a crêperie specializing in Breton-style buckwheat gallettes has pivoted for a second time and has now rebranded on its awning as Divis Taqueria, under the same ownership.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Coliseum Loses Its Last Team as Oakland Roots Soccer Club Announces Move The Oakland Roots soccer club won't be playing its matches at the Oakland Coliseum after this season, meaning the aging stadium will go fully dark in 2027 barring some other interest in the venue.
Business & Tech Developer Eyes Cow Palace In Plan to Build Data Centers at Eight Bay Area Fairgrounds The historic Cow Palace and several other Bay Area fairgrounds are considering a proposal by a private company to build data centers and helipads across California — with the goal of developing 70 by 2030.
SF News Oakland Names New Police Chief From Veteran Ranks Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Thursday morning the selection of James Beere to be the next chief of the Oakland Police Department.
SF News Man Accused of Delivering Weed Vape to 12-Year-Old’s Sonoma County Home via Snapchat Rohnert Park police arrested a 21-year-old man after a woman caught him at her home allegedly selling a cannabis vape pen to her 12-year-old following a deal arranged on Snapchat.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Technical Glitch Causes Check-In Delays at SFO There were delays at SFO's International Terminal Wednesday due to a technical issue with check-ins; a 3.5M earthquake shook San Benito County this morning; and a Napa County burglary suspect allegedly took a selfie of himself during the crime.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Murder Charges Filed In Oakland Shooting of Father of 4 The suspect in the April fire-bomb attack on Sam Altman's home was back in court today; murder charges have been filed in a June 14 shooting that killed a San Leandro father of four; and Alan Wong has taken a sharp right-ward turn since joining the SF Board of Supervisors
SF Politics SF Ballot Measure Could Help Establish the First City-Run Public Bank in the US The SF Board of Supervisors voted to add a measure to the November ballot that would help the city work toward establishing its own public bank, which would fund affordable housing, green energy, and small businesses — the first of its kind in the nation.
Business & Tech Meta Once Again Steps In It, Releases AI Image Tool That Turns All Instagram Photos Into Targets For Manipulation Meta/Facebook has often been its own worst enemy over the years, and the judgment of CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to baffle and astound.
