SF News Day Around the Bay: Cybertruck Driver Arrested For Attempting to Use ‘Wade Mode’ In Texas Lake The SF Zoo was awarded a $8.5 loan to stay afloat with most of the funds coming after required changes are made; the Senate wants congressional approval for any future military action in Iran; and a Cybertruck driver in Texas quickly discovered that “wade mode” has its limits.
SF News SFPD Arrests Three Vallejo Men In Chinatown Pickpocket Thefts Three suspects from Vallejo were arrested in connection to pickpocket thefts in Chinatown that began in early April. Police later found additional items at the suspects’ residence connected to thefts dating back to 2024.
SF Politics New Poll Finds Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton Increasing Their Leads In Governor's Race After a new poll released this week, it is looking increasingly likely that the two candidates who will be on the November ballot for governor of California are Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton.
SF News Embarcadero Plaza Revamp Will Largely Be Funded By Local Billionaires Groups led by Bay Area billionaires are funding half the cost of the Embarcadero Plaza redesign, which likely doesn’t ease critics’ concerns that the revamp will lose sight of the plaza's longheld tradition — to serve as a gathering spot for civic and artistic expression.
SF News At Trial For Santana Row Teen Murder Suspect, Defense Suggests the Victim Might Have Also Been Armed Closing statements were presented Monday in court in San Jose in the murder trial of an unnamed 13-year-old suspect who is accused of fatally stabbing 15-year-old David Gutierrez on Valentine's Day 2025.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Thomas Keller's Seasonal Takeout Spot Addendum Reopens for Summer In Yountville Now an established seasonal destination in the Napa Valley, Addendum, which started slinging Ad Hoc's popular fried chicken out of a "shack" behind the larger restaurant in 2011, is opening back up this weekend in Yountville.
SF sports Pro Women’s Hockey Team Comes to San Jose as League Expands to Northern California The Professional Women's Hockey League has chosen San Jose as one of its newest expansion cities, citing the Bay Area’s avid support for women’s sports as well as San Jose’s deep-rooted professional and youth hockey culture.
SF News Victim In Sunset Shooting Identified as Longtime Neighborhood Resident and City Employee With Checkered Past The victim in the fatal shooting Sunday morning in San Francisco's Outer Sunset has been identified as a well known local character who had reportedly turned his life around after being released from prison.
SF News Oakland Sees 20% Drop In Homelessness, Alameda County Sees 13% Drop In Latest Count A drop in the number of homeless individuals on the streets may be a regional trend as we see Alameda County is reporting a decline similar to one seen in San Francisco over the last two years.
SF News Group of Stranded Beachgoers Rescued From Cave on Santa Cruz Coast First responders rescued eight people who were trapped inside a cave at a Santa Cruz County beach Sunday evening as the tide was rising, and some were unable to swim.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SF Firefighters Put Out Roof Fire North Beach SFFD firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on Green Street in North Beach Monday evening; a massage therapist in San Mateo County was arrested for sexual battery; and a longtime KTVU anchor is departing.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Day Around the Bay: Buena Vista Bartender Celebrates 50 Years of Pouring Irish Coffees Bystanders helped detain the teen suspect accused of plowing into a crowd of people in Oakland; the Sandy Fire is growing in Ventura County; and Joseph Shaw, a bartender at Buena Vista, just celebrated 50 years working at the bar.
Business & Tech Google Maps Reverts Back to Satellite Images of LA Before Wildfires Ahead of Election Residents in LA reported that Google Maps was displaying satellite images of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods prior to the devastating 2025 wildfires, leading some to believe it was motivated by the upcoming mayoral election.
SF Politics ...And Pelosi Finally Comes Out and Endorses Connie Chan to Succeed Her She waited a good long minute, but House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has clearly decided her chosen candidate needs a boost in the primary, and she has now offered an official endorsement.
SF News Top Oakland Official Resigns Over Inappropriate Texts About Female Staff Members Oakland’s city administrator resigned Friday after text messages between him and a top lieutenant were made public discussing female employees and colleagues in degrading ways.
SF News Exclusive: Man In SUV With Pro-Charlie Kirk Message Allegedly Tags Gay-Owned Castro Florist With Hateful Graffiti Over the weekend, a suspect tagged a building housing a Castro-area floral design shop with hateful graffiti and assaulted a neighbor, and the shop owners are hoping San Francisco police will bring the suspect to justice soon.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Bay to Breakers 2026, Wind and All Sunday's 113th annual Bay to Breakers foot race across the city of San Francisco brought out around 30,000 participants — a significant jump from the 20,000 or so who participated last year — and the sunny but windy Sunday made for some good times along the route.
SF Politics Jackie Fielder Hires Aide Who Previously Worked For Supervisors Campos, Ronen Jackie Fielder’s newest legislative aide, Sheila Chung Hagen, has worked for two other District 9 supervisors, including David Campos, who credited Hagen as instrumental in helping pass a significant amendment to the city’s sanctuary laws.
Business & Tech Federal Jury and Judge Side With OpenAI, Dismissing Elon Musk's Case About Company's Nonprofit Mission A decision came down quickly in the federal court battle between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman, with the jury issuing a verdict Monday siding with Altman and OpenAI.
SF News Marina Residents Demand Safety Improvements After Driver Strikes Nanny, Child Near Park A nanny and toddler were hit by a driver last month in a part of the Marina District that falls within SF’s High-Injury Network, and while the city is adding modest improvements, residents are demanding more drastic measures.
SF News Falling Trees and Car Crashes Lead to Five Deaths, Four Injuries In Sonoma County Windy conditions in Sonoma County and elsewhere in the Bay Area led to many reports of downed trees, and one fallen tree took the life of a Santa Rosa man.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Around 13,500 Still Without Power After PSPS Around 13,500 Bay Area PG&E customers are without power due to the first public-safety shutoff of the season; two people were killed in a shooting in Suisun City Sunday; and Santa Cruz is trying to explain a significant drop in its population.
SF News Speeding Juvenile Driver Arrested After East Oakland Crash That Killed Three Pedestrians A grisly crash Saturday night in East Oakland took the lives of three pedestrians and left three others hospitalized with injuries, and a juvenile driver was arrested in connection with the crash.
SF News Person Killed In Apparent Homicide In SF's Sunset District A fatal shooting occurred early Sunday in San Francisco's Sunset District, but few details are available so far.
SF News Sunday Links: Last Night For Those Lasers Shooting Out of the Transamerica Pyramid A small vegetation fire breaks out amid a Red Flag Warning in Sonoma County; a new Swatch collection drew a massive crowd to the San Jose Swatch store; and Illuminate's latest laser cannon display downtown ends tonight.
