- Amici's, the Bay Area pizzeria that brands itself as "East Coast," is closing its last San Francisco location in the Marina District. The 4,700-square-foot location on Lombard Street, opened in 2007, presents a unique opportunity for a potential large new restaurant to move in. [SF Business Times]
- A grass fire sparked by an illegal firework grew to three acres in McLaren Park on Sunday night, and the sparking of the fire was caught on a Ring doorbell camera. [KPIX]
All fireworks in San Francisco, including the so-called safe and sane fireworks, are illegal in San Francisco for a reason: they caused countless injuries, hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage, and, in some cases, deaths. See this video below to see just how fast… https://t.co/XVH2mExwBz pic.twitter.com/n6XmzDGmHH
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) July 1, 2024
- The Oakland City Countil will take a procedural vote Tuesday to place the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao on the November ballot, after it already cleared the signature hurdle. [Chronicle]
- With the heatwave arriving, tomorrow is a Spare the Air Day in the Bay Area. [Bay Area News Group]
- Not sure how to picture this, but a man was killed early Saturday when a car, allegedly driven by an intoxicated woman, careened off a San Jose roadway into the second story of a home on McKee Road. [KRON4]
- President Biden condemned the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity today, saying "This is a fundamentally new principle and it's a dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law." [CBS News]
- Donald Trump's lawyers have already moved to overturn his conviction in the Manhattan hush-money case, claiming immunity while he was performing official acts as president. [New York Times]