Business & Tech Marc Benioff Sticks Foot In His Mouth Again Making Jokes About ICE, Wisecracks Over Employees Getting Arrested Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made the exceedingly unwise decision to kid his international employees that they might be arrested by ICE, and boy did that joke not land whilst he was addressing a company event.
SF News Fence Controversy at Daly City Beachfront Property Escalates With Legal Filing There is now a lawsuit in San Mateo County seeking to stop the county from taking down a controversial fence surrounding some long-vacant property, and the man who put up the fence remains defiant.
SF News Still No Deal as SF Teachers' Strike Enters Fourth Day Negotiations went later than they have typically been going on Wednesday night as a deal between the SF Unified School District and the teachers' union remains elusive. And now kids may not be returning to the classroom until next Wednesday, with a long weekend ahead.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: A Break In the Rain A 73-year-old woman was struck in the head while having her purse stolen in Oakland; a Sonoma County fire engine was involved in an injury crash; and we can expect a break in the rain now until Sunday, but more storms are coming.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Large Development By West Oakland BART Breaks Ground SF schools will remain closed again Thursday as strike talks continue; a long-planned transit-oriented development at West Oakland BART is getting underway; and an assistant principal in San Jose was arrested in a child exploitation sting.
Arts & Entertainment Shop in SF’s Inner Richmond Will Screenprint ‘F*ck ICE’ For Free on Items the Public Brings In During the general strike on January 30, the folks at Fleetwood Fine Goods in the Inner Richmond began offering free “F*ck ICE” screenprints, which was met with huge success, and they’re continuing to offer the service to anyone who brings in or purchases a garment of their choice.
Arts & Entertainment More SF Movie Theaters Can Sell Beer and Wine After Supervisors Relax the Rules It’s ‘bottoms up’ at more SF movie theaters, as the Board of Supervisors just social-lubricated the red tape around alcohol sales at movie houses.
SF News Video: Mount Diablo Has One of the Most Expansive Views In the West, and More Fun Facts About the Bay Area Did you know that the Bay Area was created out of something called a drowned river valley? Do you know the history of how Treasure Island was created out of nothing in the 1930s? A fun new video explains this and more.
SF Politics San Leandro City Councilman Pleads Guilty, Becomes Potential Witness Against Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Former San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo filed a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday in the corruption case that also ensnared former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, making him now a potential witness against her.
SF News San Jose Parents, Teachers Blindsided By Potential Closure of Nine Elementary Schools Concerned families, teachers, and community members packed the house at the San Jose Unified School District’s community meeting Tuesday evening after receiving news last week that up to a third of its elementary schools may be shuttered due to a 20-percent reduction in enrollment.
SF News District Blames SF Teachers' Union For Leaving the Bargaining Table Early Tuesday Night There is plenty of finger-pointing going on with the SF teachers' strike, but what seems clear is that the union may be sensing their upper hand at this point, and a resolution before Thursday seems unlikely.
SF News Several Gray Whales Make 'Unseasonably Early' Appearance In the Bay It typically would not be whale-watching season yet in San Francisco Bay, but a few gray whales, possibly due to changes in their feeding grounds up north, are making early stops in the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Jason Kelce Ran Around San Francisco Drinking Beers, and Filmed It Another celebrity who was in town for the Super Bowl, retired Philadelphia Eagles center and soon-to-be brother-in-law of Taylor Swift Jason Kelce, did a "Beer Bucket List" video hitting multiple San Francisco landmarks.
Business & Tech Two Bay Area Men Among Five Sentenced to Prison For Scheme to Steal $2.5M From DoorDash Five people, including two from the Bay Area, have been sentenced to prison terms and restitution for their parts in a strange fraud scheme involving the creation of sham driver and customer accounts on the DoorDash platform.
SF News SF Supervisors Vow to Keep Mission Cultural Center at Its Current Home, Regardless of Financial Problems This is more than just a symbolic resolution, because the city owns the building, and the SF Board of Supervisors promised that the currently closed Mission Cultural Center will stay put and reopen no matter what.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Alameda County Supes Debate Flock Cameras Nine people have been killed in a school shooting in Canada; the Alameda County Board of Supervisors heard public comments about Flock cameras Tuesday; and Shasta County is seeing a measles outbreak.
SF News SF Teachers’ Strike to Bring Human Banner to Ocean Beach Wednesday San Francisco public school teachers are making national headlines as they head into day three of a historic strike, with talks between union and district representatives slowly progressing and other unions across the state considering similar action.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sure Enough, School Canceled for Wednesday as Teacher’s Strike Still Not Resolved The Trump administration tore down the Pride flag at Stonewall; turns out the pastor who did the Bad Bunny halftime show wedding is from Sacramento; and the SF teachers’ strike will indeed barrel into Wednesday.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to Get Even Cozier With Trump Via Miami Mansion Purchase I truly hope the billionaires all someday have to perform elaborate mea culpas — or be brought up on charges! — for colluding and sucking up to Trump in this era. And notably this week, former liberal Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly seeking a new piece of real estate in Miami.
SF News Judge Shoots Down Wiener’s ICE Mask Ban, and Gavin Newsom and Wiener Are Blaming Each Other For it A federal judge has shot down state Senator Scott Wiener’s ban on ICE agents wearing masks, because of wonky new amendments that Wiener and Governor Newsom added to it, constituting a classic Democratic political screw-up.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue Injured Woman From Hoarder Apartment Fire In North Beach A woman reportedly suffered severe burns and was hospitalized after a fire broke out in her overstuffed, single-room occupancy apartment unit in North Beach on Tuesday.
SF News Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies Mistakenly Shoot and Kill Man Because They Thought He Had a Gun In the deputies’ defense, the man they shot had called 911, claimed that he had a gun, and said that he intended to harm people with it. But when the smoke had cleared, it turns out the man was just carrying a pipe.
SF News As Chronicle Moves on From 'Doom Loop' Headlines, It's Now Calling BART a 'Dying Rail System' In reporting on what is otherwise good news for BART, the Chronicle couldn't help today but to throw cold water on things and sensationalize the agency's financial woes once more.
SF News Striking SF Teachers Rally In Dolores Park as Tensions Mount Over Deal Frustrated parents of SF schoolkids are speaking out in the media, and union reps are keeping up a brave face as a potential third day of the San Francisco teachers' strike looms.
Business & Tech Meta and YouTube Now On Trial Over Claims They Are Addicting Kids With ‘Digital Casinos’ Opening statements started Monday in a trial where plaintiffs allege that Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are acting as ‘digital casinos’ designing their platforms to addict kids, and Zuckerberg will be forced to testify.
