SF News

Day Around the Bay: Merchants Say Business Has Fallen By 60% During Portsmouth Square Revamp

Spotify will begin labeling music by AI artists next month; the SFMTA held a “Fare Day Out” event reminding people to pay their fares; and Chinatown merchants say the Portsmouth Square renovation has affected their business.

SF News

One Person Injured In Fire at 10-Story Senior Housing Building In Twin Peaks

A fire broke out on the eighth floor of a low-income senior housing development in SF’s Twin Peaks Tuesday, injuring one person.

Business & Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Pens Arguably Out of Touch and Self-Serving Manifesto About the Future of AI

Mark Zuckerberg, who's apparently freshly back from a yacht spin along the Alaska coast, has penned a 6,500-word essay on "the path to a positive AI future" which seems, at base, like an arguent for why Meta's AI platforms will be better for humanity than OpenAI's or Anthropic's.

Arts & Entertainment

The Foundry In SF’s SoMa Changes Leadership, Aims to Host More EDM, Community Events

A group of music industry professionals has taken over leadership of the Foundry in SF’s SoMa district, which recently announced a roster of EDM shows this fall, and they plan to organize more community-based events.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Kin Khao and Nari Chef Planning New Upper Fillmore Restaurant Likely Focused on Khao Soi, the Thai Noodle Soup

We now know another of the projects that will be coming to the Upper Fillmore as part of billionaire Neil Mehta's so-called revitalization plans for the already pretty nice Pacific Heights neighborhood.

Bay Area Sports

Twenty 49ers Players Face Injuries as Substation Conspiracy Theory Parody Account Surfaces

A conspiracy theory surrounding the electrical substation next to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara now has its own parody social media account as roughly twenty 49ers players are currently sidelined this season due to injuries.

SF News

How Was the Pre- and Post-Outside Lands Muni Experience? Fair, But Often Frustrating

It may not have been the fiasco that was July 4th, but the SFMTA's strategies for handling the massive crowds at Outside Lands still don't reflect the experience of 18 years of doing this.

SF News

Watchdog Group Says SFPD Officers Used Excessive Force After Pursuing Wrong Suspect

A civilian oversight group found that two SFPD officers used unnecessary force after they typed the incorrect plate number and pursued the wrong man, smashing his window and pepper-spraying him at point-blank range, an encounter that preceded his apparent suicide.

SF News

Timber Fire Expands to 2,000 Acres, Evacuations Ordered Along Big Sur Coast

The Timber Fire doubled in size for the second day in a row, growing to 2,000 acres, though fire officials say that it is still spreading at a "slow rate of speed" and is not burning across treetops.

SF News

Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Flower Vendor Back at Work After Attack

A flower vendor at a Market Street kiosk is back at work after a violent attack last week; SF is far from the only CA city that's behind on its housing goals; and pioneering gallery SF Camerawork is closing its doors.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: Suspect Re-Arrested For SoMa Homicide From March

The SFPD re-arrested a Richmond man for a SoMa homicide in March, along with a second suspect; a body was found at El Cerrito Plaza BART station; and Suisun City has been hit with a cyberattack which has shut down its City Hall.

SF News

Teen Driver In Marin County Crash That Killed Four Passengers Denied Diversion

The 17-year-old driver in last year's fatal crash in Marin County has been denied diversion, and the families of the four teens who were killed remain divided over how she should be punished.

SF News

City-Commissioned Report Confirms That, For Some Older Buildings, Sprinkler System Installation Will Be Very Pricey

Basically confirming what some SF homeowners have been saying in response to an onerous city mandate to install sprinkler systems in every unit of their high-rise buildings, a new report says that, for some older buildings at least, it could cost upwards of $200,000 per unit.

Business & Tech

Ex-Google Employee Gets Flooded With Submissions For ‘ChatTJB’ Bot Powered By Just Him

After launching a billboard in SoMa last month, Tucker Bryant, creator and sole operator of the site ChatTJB, which is powered by the “average individual,” began receiving thousands of requests from users seeking advice and volunteers eager to become human “AIs.”

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands 2026 Day Three: Rüfüs Du Sol Delivers Massive Dance Party, Surprise Act Leon Bridges Delights

Sunshine was in short supply on the third and final day of Outside Lands. But that didn't stop perhaps the biggest crowds of the weekend from catching highlights like headliner Rüfüs Du Sol, two servings of Death Cab for Cutie, and a surprise set from Leon Bridges.

SF News

TV Host Chris Hansen, Film Crew at Scene of Recent SF Child Exploitation Sting Operation

Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen and a film crew were on the scene during a child predator sting in San Francisco last month, which was not announced during last week's press conference.

SF News

Woman Killed In Hit-and-Run Outside Police Substation In Oakland

Police in Oakland will hopefully be able to track down a vehicle that allegedly committed a hit-and-run Saturday night in East Oakland that left one woman dead.

SF News

Zuckerberg Yacht Reportedly Ignored Call For Help From Smaller Boat Off Alaskan Coast

Well, now we know how Mark Zuckerberg was spending his August vacation, aboard his yacht off the coast of Alaska. And apparently his vessel refused to respond to a call for assistance from a disabled skiff that had run out of fuel last week.

SF News

Pickup Truck Strikes Two Pedestrians, Rams Light Pole In SF’s Union Square

Two pedestrians suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Union Square Sunday when they were struck by the driver of a pickup truck who a witness says was driving recklessly through a red light at the intersection.

SF News

Monday Morning Headlines: Three Cats Die In Residential Fires In SF

Three cats died in two separate residential fires in SF; the Timber Fire near Big Sur doubled in size overnight; and Taylor Farms is now recalling dozens of products featuring fresh jalapeños.

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands 2026 Day Two: The Strokes Find Redemption, Lucy Dacus Croons, and Drag Queens Reign Supreme

Saturday night's biggest surprise was the return of Friday headliner Charli xcx, who took the stage with The Strokes for a performance of "Take It Or Leave It" to send fans home on a major high.

SF News

Sunday Links: 49ers Legend Roger Craig Shares Vascular Dementia Diagnosis During Hall of Fame Speech

Joe Biden's son says the former president's cancer has spread to his bones; SF Fire Department and CHP officials combine to rescue a loose pug on I-280; and Suisun City battles against a cyberattack.

Arts & Entertainment

Outside Lands 2026 Day One: Geese Shreds, Charli xcx Triumphs

Things were foggy but largely friendly on Day One of Outside Lands, with the Polo Field and adjoining meadows of Golden Gate Park packed with some 75,000 fans for dozens of acts, large and small.

SF News

Saturday Links: Cal Acad to Host Phoebe Bridgers Planetarium Listening Sessions

Assemblymember Matt Haney introduces a bill to limit ticket reseller markups; Todd Blanche is narrowly confirmed as new attorney general; and Marin Bay School, SF's first new public school in a decade, opened Thursday.

SF News

Day Around the Bay: FBI Seeks New Leads In 2016 Pokemon Go Killing

An Alameda man was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly selling a fatal dose of fentanyl in 2024; Kellogg pledges to remove artificial dyes from its cereals by year's end; and a high school shooting near Bangkok leaves at least seven dead.