SF Politics Yuba and Sutter County Leaders to Take Vote to Secede From Coastal California In the latest bit of symbolic and theatrical pushback on California's redistricting plan, which is intended to take five Republican-held seats in Congress and hand them to Democrats, two inland counties in Northern California are taking votes on a new secession plan.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Meta Layoffs Hitting Seattle Harder Than SF The victim in a Sunday stabbing in Oakland has been identified as a 19-year-old man; Meta's new round of layoffs is impacting Seattle more than the Bay Area; and the rate of suicide among ICE detainees is increasing.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alameda’s Popular USS Hornet Hit Hard By New Restrictions District 2 candidate Lori Brooke brought up allegations in her ads that Stephen Sherill was appointed due to his connections to Bloomberg; popular athleisure brand Alo plans to open its first SF store; and new safety restrictions have affected the revenue of Alameda’s USS Hornet.
SF News Local Woman Bilked Out of Thousands After Scammers Clone Daughter’s Voice With AI An East Bay mother recently answered a call from an unknown number, which turned out to be scammers using AI and deepfake technology to sound like her daughter, whom they said had been kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel — part of a growing trend of scams.
SF News Invasive Insect Found on Costco Plants In Solano County Could Pose Threat to Napa Grapevines Grapevines and citrus plants purchased at Costco stores in Vacaville and Fairfield, as well as in Napa and Sonoma counties, have been found to be harboring infestations of glassy-winged sharpshooters, which pose a grave threat to grapevines.
SF News Los Gatos 'Party Mom' Shannon O'Connor Faces Sentencing for 48 Felonies Involving Minors Shannon O'Connor, the libertine mom with a strangely high level of interest in her teenage son's sex life, and that of his friends, could face decades in prison after her March conviction on child endangerment and sexual misconduct charges.
Arts & Entertainment SF Musician Plans to Turn Former Mission Taco Bell Into Affordable Recording Studio A local musician and recording engineer plans to turn the long-vacant site at Duboce and Guerrero into a music recording studio and creative space for independent artists, as he previously ran a similar space in the Bayview for ten years.
SF News Person Falls 100 Feet Off Cliff at Land’s End In SF, Requiring Helicopter Rescue A young adult suffered traumatic injuries in a fall off a nearly 100-foot cliff while visiting a memorial at Land’s End Monday evening and was rescued by helicopter.
SF News SFPD Officers Use Battering Ram at West Oakland Apartments Linked to Black Panthers SFPD officers were filmed busting through the glass doors of Black Panther Apartments in West Oakland while serving a warrant on a suspect whom they had already arrested — instead of waiting to speak to management.
SF Politics SF Mayor's Chief of Staff and Confidante Staci Slaughter to Step Down After 18 months on the job, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's chief of staff, Staci Slaughter, has announced she will be stepping down from the job in June.
SF News Alcatraz Ferry Collides With Pier 31 During Docking, Shattering Windows and Frightening Passengers An Alcatraz City Cruises ferry boat had a mishap while docking at Pier 31 on Sunday evening, leaving dozens of passengers shaken and upset and shattering a row of windows on a passenger deck.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Freeway Shooting Shuts Down I-80 In Richmond One person was injured in a freeway shooting on I-80 Monday night; there was a vigil marking two months since Oakland mother Amy Hillyard went missing; and a 36-year-old man drowned in Donner Lake Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Large, Scary Crow Sculptures Installed on Panhandle as Part of 'Big Art Loop' If you haven't been to the Golde Gate Park Panhandle in the last week or so, you have not stumbled upon these large, six-foot-high crows standing, mid-caw, across from each other on the grass.
SF News Sonoma Developer Accused of Defrauding Dozens of Retirees to Be Evicted From His Estate After weeks of frustration among the victims of the Ponzi-like scheme allegedly perpetrated by Sonoma County real estate investor Ken Mattson that he was still living in the lap of luxury, Mattson and his wife are being evicted from their Sonoma estate.
SF News Memorial Day Links: Post-Carnaval Stabbing Leaves One Critically Injured A suspect was arrested following a stabbing in the Mission District Sunday afternoon; the repaving on 19th Avenue is mostly over; and Pope Leo has issued an encyclical focused on the dangers of AI.
SF News Lake County Man Arrested After Murder of Woman, Road-Rage Shooting Spree A 38-year-old Lake County man allegedly killed a woman Friday and proceeded to go on a wild road-rage shooting spree that led authorities on a chase into Napa County.
SF Politics City Backs Off Deal to Operate Fillmore Community Center After Major Pushback Some drama erupted this past week over a deal, seemingly backed by a broad swath of city leaders, to hand over operational control of a beloved Fillmore neighborhood community center to a nonprofit without seeking community consensus.
SF News Sunday Links: State of Emergency For Orange County Chemical Leak Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency over a chemical leak at a facility in Garden Grove; two people were found dead in a car in San Jose; and the Maryland man who reportedly fired shots outside the White House and was killed has had multiple run-ins with the Secret Service.
SF News Saturday Links: Class-Action Lawsuit Against SF Sheriff Filed Alleging Abuse, Strip Search Violations Mid-afternoon stabbing at Daly City high school graduation; three Lowell High School coaches lose jobs pending investigation; incarcerated women band together to sue SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto for alleged abuse.
SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay Activists Hold ‘Die-In’ Amid Medi-Cal, CalFresh Cuts Two East Bay middle school students had to be airlifted to a burn center after a spill in their science lab; a tank containing toxic chemicals in Southern California is under threat of exploding at any moment; and activists held a protest in East Oakland over cuts to government programs.
SF News Newsom Blasts Chevron’s High Prices, Tells California Drivers to Get Gas Elsewhere Drivers in California are urged to avoid filling up at Chevron gas stations over Memorial Day weekend, as Governor Newsom says its prices are much higher than unbranded stations that sell the same gas.
Arts & Entertainment Zendaya and Tom Holland Adopt New Dog at Oakland Shelter Zendaya and Tom Holland recently adopted their third dog from a shelter while visiting Zendaya's family in Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Cliff's Variety Plans to Celebrate 90 Years With Big Party In the Castro In honor of its 90th year in business, Cliff's Variety is planning a huge celebration with drag and live music performances on June 6.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Napa Restaurant From SPQR's Matt Accarrino on Its Way A new Napa restaurant is on the way from SPQR's Matt Accarrino, Casa Sofia Kitchen & Bar just debuted near the ballpark, and Che Fico's cocktail bar Golden Rule opens this weekend next to the Chase Center, all in This Week In Food.
SF News East Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Ponzi Scheme That Spanned Nearly 30 Years A former financial advisor from Danville faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding 93 investors of $9.5 million over three decades following an FBI and IRS investigation.
