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.
SF News Illegal Street Vendors Still Crowding Mission District Sidewalks Despite New Law Despite a new law that went into effect last fall, the SFPD has yet to issue any citations to illegal street vendors in the Mission this year, and residents say illegal activity is spreading to side streets.
SF News Woman Suspected of Burglarizing Gym Lockers In SF Gets Arrested, Has Rap Sheet A woman who is suspected of breaking into gym lockers in San Francisco and across the Bay Area and stealing credit cards has been taken into custody.
Business & Tech Waymo Temporarily Suspends Freeway Service After Weird Construction Zone Incident Goes Viral Waymo announced that it was pulling its autonomous taxis off of freeways in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami, saying that software improvements need to be made to improve the vehicles' performance in construction zones.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BottleRock Kicks Off In Napa It is BottleRock and Carnaval weekend, with BottleRock kicking off this afternoon in Napa; part of 19th Ave is closed again as of this morning, until Monday; and students at Fairfield High staged a walkout to protest a police officer hitting a student.
SF News Day Around the Bay: $10K Treasure Finally Found, and It Was Really Hard Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is getting a $1M refund for the donation he made to Matt Mahan's campaign; a Vallejo dog breeder has been convicted of animal cruelty; and that $10,000 buried treasure was found, and it was not in the city proper.
SF Politics Newsom Orders Safeguards For Workers From AI-Related Job Displacement Governor Gavin Newsom signed a groundbreaking executive order calling for expanded protections for workers and small businesses as artificial intelligence disrupts a wide range of industries.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Names Its First-Ever Female Music Director, Elim Chan Following a two-year search for a replacement for respected conductor and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, the San Francisco Symphony has named 39-year-old Elim Chan to the role.
SF News Fillmore Residents Say They Feel Ignored By City Over Deal to Keep Community Center Open The city is pushing to temporarily lease a Fillmore community center to a local organization previously connected to former Dream Keeper head Sheryl Davis, who is currently facing felony charges, and residents say they’ve had little input in the process.
SF News Safeway Submits Application For Ocean Beach Redevelopment Plans for Safeway's proposed redevelopment project in the Outer Richmond would require the old store to be demolished, and some residents are concerned about where they would shop for groceries during construction, as it's the sole full-service grocery store in the area.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin Highlights Four More 'New Discoveries' In SF, Including Maria Isabel and Kitchen Istanbul The Michelin Guide has put out its list of "New Discoveries" ahead of the release of the updated 2026 California guide, including 21 restaurants across the state.
SF News Disruptive Protest Goes on Trial as Seven Who Shut Down Golden Gate Bridge Face Jury In SF Seven individuals who face a raft of felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a Tax Day demonstration in 2024 that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours are facing trial starting this week.
SF Politics Lurie to Propose Cutting Cash Grants for Free City College Students By a Third Supervisor Connie Chan held a hearing Wednesday where community members urged the Board of Supervisors to prevent Mayor Lurie from cutting a program by 30% that offers cash grants to low-income students through City College’s "Free City” program.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Original Joe's Needs to Stop Having Fires. North Beach Location Suffers Small Kitchen Fire Original Joe's really needs to beef up its fire insurance and clean its kitchen flues. The flagship location in North Beach, which moved there after its original location burned down, suffered a small fire on Wednesday night — the owners' third fire in 20 years.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Death of Napa Toddler Being Investigated A 13-month-old girl who was found not breathing in a Napa residence later died and the death is under investigation; an American Canyon teacher has been arrested for battery and "inappropriate behavior"; and a person was rescued from the Bay near the Ferry Building.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Three Injured When Muni Bus Collides With Pickup Truck Billionaire Chris Larsen’s SF surveillance center gains national coverage; Intuit has laid off 3,000 jobs globally and 384 in Mountain View; and three people were injured in a Muni bus crash with two being sent to the hospital by ambulance.
SF News Seniors at Historic Fillmore Co-Op Say Bad Management Led to Eviction Notices More than a dozen Black seniors who receive HUD subsidies were recently given eviction notices at their historic Fillmore district co-op, which they say is due to their management company’s poor bookkeeping and lack of communication.
