SF News A Brief History of Berkeley's People's Park, Born 50 Years Ago Today On April 20, 1969, a group of activists, Berkeley residents, and idealistic Cal students took it upon themselves to take a blighted, empty lot next to the university campus and turn it into a public park.
Bay Area Sports A's Slugger Khris Davis Signs Extension Through 2021 On Thursday, the Oakland Athletics announced the signing of slugger Khris Davis to an extension, through the 2021 season, worth a reported $33.5 million.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco and Santa Cruz Prep For Clouds Of 4/20 Smoke UC Santa Cruz's annual "smoke out" still isn't sanctioned by the school, the state is now investigating the new Muni train troubles, and Fremont Street will be closed at night to remove Transbay Terminal shoring.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Mystery Illness Strikes 50 Kids At Berkeley School Beware fentanyl-laced weed on 4/20, a truck fire causes traffic at Benecia-Martinez Bridge toll plaza, and a really ugly fence has just gone up around the fountain at UN Plaza.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Game of Thrones' Pop-Up Bar And Dinners Arrive At SoMa's 25 Lusk Though not affiliated with HBO, a Game of Thrones-themed pop-up dinner series kicked off last week at 25 Lusk. There's now a waitlist for seats, but you can stop by and get a drink next to the 27-foot dragon.
Arts & Entertainment Drag Queen 'Murder She Wrote' Parody Comes to PianoFight A drag queen parody version of the classic 80's/90's whodunnit series starring Angela Lansbury has arrived in San Francisco. And it appears there are multiple "Jessicas," as well as musical numbers, in the show.
SF News Offensive Campaign By LA-Based Activist Group Compares Wiener Housing Bill To 1960s Urban Renewal A well funded Los Angeles-based AIDS organization has focused its attention recently on an opposition campaign to thwart state Senate Bill 50 (SB50), the latest effort by Sen. Scott Wiener to push for greater housing density near transit hubs.
SF News Video Shows Elderly Woman Dragged By Muni Train Video has been released from an onboard camera on the N-Judah train whose door locked on the hand of an elderly woman and dragged her down the platform before causing her to fall onto the tracks.
Bay Area Sports Warriors Avenge Game 2 Meltdown, Rout Clippers 132-105 in LA The Golden State Warriors brought their "A" game to Thursday night's Game 3 in Los Angeles, blowing the Clippers out 132-105 at the Staples Center. There was no 30-plus point meltdown in this one...
SF News Apologies Fail to Quell Furor Over Jeff Adachi’s Police Report Being Shopped to Media for $2,500 The highly unusual cash offer for dirt on the late Public Defender draws apologies from police, and outrage from Adachi’s family and the Board of Supervisors.
Arts & Entertainment Former AMC Van Ness To Become '4D' Cinema From Korean Company The shuttered, bed-buggy movie theater at 1000 Van Ness will be revived as a new theater early next year from a South Korean cinema company that specializes in "4D" experiences that include live sensory effects like wind and rain.
Bay Area Sports Sharks Take Game 5, Stave Off Elimination After a largely futile effort in Game 4 of their first-round matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights, the San Jose Sharks extended their season with a victory in Thursday night's Game 5.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SFPD Seeks Wine Bottle Attacker A suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Fremont, an 18-year-old man went missing in the surf in Half Moon Bay, and Treasure Island is deemed environmentally safe by new Navy report.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Baby Elephant Seal Draws Crowds at Aquatic Park The Ninth Circuit upholds CA's sanctuary laws, Jeff Adachi's widow calls the SFPD "despicable" for releasing death details, and the town of Paradise has very contaminated water.
SF News What Are You Still Doing At Work It's Gorgeous Outside We don't get dozens of days per year like this one here in SF. I suggest you get out, like now, and take advantage of it.
Bay Area Sports Giants Top Prospect Joey Bart Breaks Hand, Out 4 to 6 Weeks On Monday, the Giants' top prospect and last year's no. 2 overall MLB draft pick, Joey Bart, suffered a fractured left hand during an in-game incident.
SF News This Is Your Obligatory 1906 Anniversary Reminder To Get Your Earthquake Kit Together Today marks the 113th anniversary of the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, which largely decimated San Francisco and left a huge swath of the city homeless.
SF News Sen. Kamala Harris Calls Barr Press Conference On Mueller Report a 'Stunt' California Senator Kamala Harris is calling for an un-redacted version to be given to Congress, and she slammed Attorney General William Barr on Twitter Thursday.
SF News Lawyer For Australian Kidnapping Suspect Says He Was Having A Mental 'Break' 34-year-old Australian DJ Roscoe Holyoake appeared for an arraignment in a San Francisco court on Thursday, and he entered a plea of not guilty to charges of kidnapping and child endangerment.
SF News New Muni Train Door Trapped Woman's Hand, Dragged And Injured Her The billion-dollar fleet of the future has doors that lock on objects and people, and have already dragged and hospitalized an elderly woman.
Bay Area Sports Injured Warriors Center DeMarcus Cousins 'Unlikely' to Return This Postseason On Wednesday, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr informed the media that center DeMarcus Cousins is "unlikely" to be available for the remainder of this postseason.
SF News Thursday Morning Update: Measles Case Made It Onto Google Campus A jail transport bus gets in fiery collision on I-880, why whales are dying of malnutrition, and Facebook "unintentionally" stole peoples' email contact lists.
Arts & Entertainment Curtain Is Closing On Beach Blanket Babylon After 45 Years On Wednesday night, iconic San Francisco revue Beach Blanket Babylon announced that this is its last year at the North Beach theater it has called home since 1974. The periodically updated show will play its last show New Year's Eve.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Pet Raccoon Missing In Dogpatch A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a big rig on 280, Stanford has cleared three faculty members in connection with the Chinese gene-editing scandal, and a pet raccoon has been on the loose for two months in Dogpatch.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved Tiburon Sunny-Day Spot Sam's Anchor Cafe Reopens After Remodel Just in time for our latest taste of balmy spring weather, Sam's Anchor Cafe is reopening Thursday following an extensive six-week remodel that attempts to activate and brighten up the restaurant's under-used indoor spaces.
