SF News One Person Killed, Another Seriously Injured By Driver Who Crashed Into Building In SF’s Chinatown A 76-year-old driver allegedly jumped the curb while parking and smashed into a building in SF’s Chinatown Friday, striking two people, one of whom may have been a construction worker. One person died at the hospital, and the other is in serious condition.
SF Politics Trump Yet Again Brings Up San Francisco, Possibly Because of Bill O'Reilly Prime Time Special We all know that Trump is highly influenced by television, and a fairly out-of-date prime time special by Bill O'Reilly on NewsNation Thursday titled "The Decline and Fall of San Francisco" is likely the reason Trump complained about the city again during a cabinet meeting.
SF News Teen’s E-Moto Bike Crash, Repeated Prior Citations Land Parents Child Abuse Charges A Benicia couple was charged with child abuse after their teen suffered severe injuries in an e-moto crash in Walnut Creek last fall. The Contra Costa County district attorney alleges they allowed him to drive in an unsafe manner for three years.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Man Arrested For Sunset Shooting Was Biden Staffer Two SF supervisors propose law to make SFPD ID federal agents; the 25-year-old man arrested for involuntary manslaughter in a Sunset shooting was a Biden staffer; and David Sacks is stepping down as Trump's "crypto czar."
SF News Day Around the Bay: United Flight Out of SFO Had Near Miss With Helicopter Antoine Watson, who killed 84-year-old "Grandpa Vicha" five years ago, was sentenced to time served for involuntary manslaughter; a United flight out of SFO had a near miss with a Black Hawk helicopter in Santa Ana; and Saturday's No Kings march will head up Market Street at noon.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Five Bay Area Restaurants Added to 2026 Michelin Guide The Michelin Guide has just revealed its midyear additions, giving some hints about which new Bay Area restaurants are already on the radars of inspectors and up for potential star ratings.
SF News Suspect and Victim Identified In Sunset District Shooting, Which May Not Have Been Intentional Authorities released the names of the suspect and victim — who both attended SFSU at the same time — in Tuesday’s fatal shooting in SF’s Sunset District, and authorities are investigating whether or not the gun was intentionally discharged.
SF News Sacramento Bee's AI-Generated Earthquake and Wildfire News Needs Some Work The Sacramento Bee, like many publications across the country, has been experimenting with AI-generated content for its website, particularly in the realm of real-time wildfire and earthquake updates. But it seems like they may need more human eyes on this stuff.
SF News Napa Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Making AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Materials A 46-year-old American Canyon man was arrested on charges of possessing and manufacturing child pornography, which authorities believe was AI-generated, after the sheriff's office received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children task force.
Bay Area Sports ICYMI: The Giants' Opening Day Game Featured Star Spangled Banner Smoke Show Possibly thanks to the involvement of Netflix, the MLB Opening Day game at Oracle Park Wednesday night featured a drone pyrotechnic show during the national anthem, with the American flag — ironically? — going up in smoke.
SF News Muni Still Has Fare-Evasion Problem as Ridership Rebounds; Fare Revenue at 34% What It Was In 2015 As we've heard multiple times in recent years, Muni has a major fare-evasion problem even though ridership has rebounded somewhat since the pandemic. But the actual numbers are pretty startling.
SF News Downtown SF’s Safety Ambassador Program to Be Expanded With $5 Million Grant The SF Downtown Development Corporation awarded two safety ambassador programs — stationed in Union Square, Yerba Buena, and at downtown BART stations — a $5 million grant to stay afloat for the next year, as city funding for the programs will expire April 1.
SF News High-Speed Chase Through Santa Rosa Ends In Rollover Crash Into Vineyard The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office had their helicopter out for a vehicle pursuit Wednesday which may have escalated because they pulled the helicopter out, and thankfully no one appears to have been seriously hurt.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 'Grandpa Vicha' Killer to Be Sentenced Antoine Watson is expected to be sentenced today for the Jan. 2021 killing of 'Grandpa Vicha' Ratanapakdee; H Mart is opening its big new Dublin location; and the International Olympic Committee is officially barring trans female athletes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Big Movie Shoot Coming to Telegraph Hill That controversial Lowell High math teacher has been forced to resign; a big-budget movie shoot is happening Thursday near Telegraph Hill; and Stephen Colbert is going to be writing a 'Lord of the Rings' movie.
Arts & Entertainment Dave Eggers to Open 100,000 Square Foot Art and Community Space at Pier 29 This Fall Renowned Bay Area writer Dave Eggers is opening a huge new art and education center, Art + Water, this fall at Pier 29, aimed at keeping artists in SF. The space will also include galleries and a sprawling cafe with an Old World, art salon aesthetic, meant to spark revolutionary ideas.
Business & Tech Bay Area Company Sends First Humanoid Robot to the White House, Walking Side By Side With Melania Ugh. Melania Trump thinks more robots should be teaching children, which dovetails nicely with the administration gutting the Department of Education.
Business & Tech Meta and Google Found Liable In Landmark Social Media Addiction Case; Meta Also Found Liable In Child Exploitation Case It's a bad week in the courts for Meta, and also for Google and YouTube, after juries in two states came back with verdicts against the companies in high-profile cases about the dangers of social media.
SF News Stonestown Galleria Evacuated Over Possible Threat, SFPD Sweeps Mall For Three Hours Stonestown Galleria was evacuated Wednesday afternoon due to police activity and a vague, phone-in threat — possibly involving an armed individual — and the mall eventually reopened after several hours.
SF News SFPD Negotiates With Assault Suspect Barricaded Inside Cadillac Hotel In the Tenderloin A person suspected of an earlier assault barricaded themselves inside a unit at the Cadillac Hotel in SF’s Tenderloin District Tuesday, and the SFPD eventually took them into custody with the help of crisis negotiators.
SF News TSA Tipped Off ICE About Woman Forcibly Detained at SFO We now have a fuller picture of what went down at Gate E2 at SFO's Terminal 3 on Sunday night, how ICE agents ended up there, and what happened with the woman afterwards.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Homicides In One Night, In Ingleside and Sunset Districts Tuesday was a particularly violent night in San Francisco, in what has become a relatively violent start to 2026, particularly compared to the year prior.
SF News Person Dies In One-Alarm House Fire In San Francisco’s Portola District One person was found dead in a single-alarm fire at a residence in SF’s Portola District Tuesday evening, which investigators believe began in the home’s kitchen or living room, causing substantial damage to the interior of the building.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Judge Fines SF Public Defender For Turning Down Cases A judge has now fined SF Public Defender Mano Raju for refusing to take some new cases; the canceled gubernatorial candidate debate could impact the race; and the SF school board has voted to extend the school year by one week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bill Cosby to Pay $59 Million In 1972 Sexual Assault of Sausalito Waitress A San Jose daycare owner was convicted in the 2023 drowning of two toddlers; OpenAI pledged $1 billion in grant funding utilizing AI to advance life sciences, community programs, and other fields; and Bill Cosy was ordered to pay $59.25 million in damages to a former Sausalito waitress.
