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Night of Ideas, Free ‘Arts and Culture Marathon,’ At SF’s Civic Center April 5

Night of Ideas, a free, global “nocturnal arts and culture marathon,” which brings together leading scholars, activists, and artists for a night of performances and activities, will take place on April 5 in SF’s Civic Center, with a family program earlier in the afternoon.

Did You Know: The Muni Mobile App Sells Day Passes For The Price Of A Round-Trip Ticket

The best part about the Muni Mobile app is that it has day passes available for $5.50, which hasn’t been publicized much except on SFMTA’s website.

Oakland Man Crashes Into Car With Two Kids Inside After Earlier CHP Chase

A reckless driver in Oakland crashed into a car with two kids inside on Thursday after an earlier pursuit by CHP was called off.

Saturday Links: 30,000 Attend AOC and Bernie Sanders’s 'Fight the Oligarchy' Visit In Denver

Over 30,000 people attended Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders’s joint tour stop in Denver; two unions representing 60,000 University of California employees are poised to begin striking on April 1; and Bach on BART is in full swing.

Day Around The Bay: Newsom Sends Prepaid Phones To Tech Execs With Note, ‘I’m A Phone Call Away’

Reports came out earlier this week that about 100 tech executives received "burner" phones with Newsom's number programmed in them; PG&E is requesting yet another rate hike; and Musk's PAC is offering $100 to Wisconsin voters to sign a petition opposing activist judges ahead of the April 1 election.

SoMa SRO Mosser Hotel Gets Rejected In Their Attempt to Convert the Place Into a Full Tourist Hotel

It seems counterintuitive to scrap housing that people need in exchange for hotel rooms, especially when the SF tourism economy is struggling. But SoMa’s Mosser Hotel hoped to do just that, though the SF Planning Commission shot that idea down Thursday.

Sunnyvale Authorities Raid Suspected Brothel, Arrest Six Johns and a Madam

Sunnyvale police officers and Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies raided a commercial building Thursday on suspicion it was a brothel, and they found seven human trafficking victims, six alleged sex buyers, and a $27,000 pile of cash.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Arrivederci, Ragazza

Draymond Green's new Civic Center Ethiopian-Dominican restaurant is getting close, Vietnamese spot Ben Tre is opening in San Francisco, and 15-year-old Ragazza is closing on Divis, all in This Week in Food.

Arts & Entertainment

Bay Lights Relighting Hits a Snag, They Probably Won’t Be Back On Until Fall or Winter 2025

Some dimming news about the relighting of the Bay Bridge's famed Bay Lights, as the lights themselves have hit a glitch, and the display’s return appears to be delayed by at least six months.

Arts & Entertainment

Episcopal Bishop Who Took Trump to the Woodshed Coming to SF to Deliver Palm Sunday Sermon

Bishop Mariann Budde, who royally pissed off Trump and all the Trumpers by saying “the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals” at his inauguration sermon, is coming to SF’s Grace Cathedral to deliver a Palm Sunday address on April 13.

Golden Gate Bridge Officials Sound Testy In Response to NTSB Report About Ship Collision Risks

The Golden Gate Bridge ended up being a line item in a report that came out this week as part of the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into last year's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and the local media has been freaking out.

Arts & Entertainment

Hippie Hill 4/20 Party Canceled Again This Year, SF Rec and Parks Claims

The official 4/20 party on Hippie Hill is up in smoke for a second year in a row, though nearly 5,000 stoners still attended last year’s supposedly “canceled” party, and also this year’s 4/20 coincides with the Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park.

'California Forever' Billionaire Group Now Talking About Creating Shipbuilding Yard in the Delta

Ever since shelving their plans to create a new city out of whole cloth in eastern Solano County because the political winds against it were too strong, the group still known as California Forever is apparently looking into turning some waterfront property on the Delta into a shipbuilding facility.

16-Year-Old Arrested for Fatal Shooting of Oakland 15-Year-Old on Way to Soccer Practice

An arrest has been made in the shooting of an Oakland teenager Monday that has sent the local community reeling, in which a 15-year-old boy was killed while walking with friends to soccer practice.

Friday Morning Constitutional: Abducted Oakland Woman Comes Forward

A woman seen on video being abducted in Oakland two weeks ago has come forward; a Bay Area man could face 100 years in prison for a Monterey crime spree; and Sherri Papini is back in court fighting over custody of her kids.

Day Around the Bay: Feds Claim Evidence that ‘RawRicci415’ Sexually Abused 13-Year-Old Girl on Camera

Orinda’s St. Mary’s Gaels are ready to storm the March Madness tournament; Trump appears to have abolished the Department of Education, and right-wing SF Twitter celebrity Ricci Wynne faces charges that he recorded his own sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.

Bay Area Sports

Video: Enormous Coca-Cola Bottle at Giants’ Ballpark Gets Sweet New Animated LED Lighting Set-Up

Eagle-eyes have noticed that there’s been unexplained scaffolding around the oversize Coca-Cola bottle at Oracle Park. The Giants just gave a preview of what these upgrades are all about, and that Coke bottle will now have animated LED light displays on it.

Fired City Hall Director Back In Hot Water Over $19K In City Funds Used for Her Son’s UCLA Tuition

If you thought it was bad when an SF City Hall director got fired over using city money to pay for a $10,000 Martha’s Vineyard house rental, wait ‘til you hear that she also got $19,000 of your tax dollars to send her kid to UCLA grad school.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Venerable Polk Street Vietnamese Spot Crustacean to Open In New Downtown Location Shortly

It's happening probably within a few weeks: 34-year-old Vietnamese institution Crustacean is opening in the Financial District and getting a bit fancier — with the original Polk Street spot slated to close later this year.

SF City Hall Department Head Placed On Leave Over Apparent $10K Side Gig, Conspicuously Pricey Conferences

We’ve got another City Hall department head embroiled in scandal over alleged unauthorized moonlighting and no-bid contracts to previous clients for extravagant conferences, and Department on the Status of Women director Kimberly Ellis has been put on leave.

Emeryville Man Arrested for Attempted Murder Following Mountain View Stabbing

Mountain View police arrested a suspect Sunday in a stabbing that was reported by the suspect's sister.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Ali Wong Brought Boyfriend Bill Hader to New Turtle Tower for Pho

SF-born comedian Ali Wong has long been a fan of the famed chicken pho at Turtle Tower, and so it's only fitting that when she was back in town this week, she brought boyfriend Bill Hader to the new incarnation of the restaurant downtown.

Slow Down! Those Speed Cameras Are Now Up in SF, Starting Today

Effective right now, San Francisco is the first city in California to have speed-monitoring cameras that will snap pictures of any vehicle going 11 mph over the speed limit. Though the fines won’t kick in for another 60 days.

SFPD and Sheriff's Deputies Do Another Drug Sweep, This Time at Van Ness and Market

The Whac-a-Mole games continued Wednesday night with another law enforcement sweep and mass arrest on San Francisco's Mid-Market Street, resulting in 40 more drug users and/or dealers arrested.

Thursday Morning What's Up: SF Postal Workers Protest Possible Privatization

Postal workers protest the Trump administration's talk of privatizing the US Postal Service; there was a vigil Wednesday for the slain 15-year-old in East Oakland; and DOGE seems to be getting pushback on its canceling of federal office leases.