- Tuesday was the hottest day of 2024 with temperatures hitting 90 degrees across San Francisco, and nearly 100 degrees in some parts of town. SF Schools canceled all outdoor activities today, and Tuesday night will also be hot, while Wednesday may be even hotter than today. [Chronicle]
Current temperatures throughout the city as of 12:45 PM. The official station downtown just hit 90 for the first time since 10/19/2022. pic.twitter.com/3SDRJkTppw
— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) October 1, 2024
- Buster Posey was formally introduced as the Giants’ new president of baseball operations after his hiring was announced Monday. Giants manager Bob Melvin sat alongside Posey at the press conference, which is a good sign for Melvin, but Posey also announced the team would be hiring a new general manager. [KPIX]
- There was another fire at the troubled Potrero Hill affordable housing complex Monday night at Missouri Street and Turner Terrace. The fire is being attributed to squatters, as the building that caught fire is currently vacant. [Mission Local]
- The tech incubator/VC firm Y Combinator, famed for its outspoken CEO Garry Tan, is getting backlash for funding an AI startup that just stole someone else’s open-source code and licensed it as their own. [TechCrunch]
- The California DMV has largely eliminated the written test requirements for drivers 70 and older who are renewing their driver’s license. [KGO]
- A woman was harassed while riding a driverless Waymo vehicle Saturday morning, by two bros who asked for her phone number and refused to get out of the way of the vehicle. [SF Standard]
Image: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 11: People play in the water at Crissy Field East Beach on June 11, 2019 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing record temperatures for the third straight day. San Francisco shattered a record temp of 94 degrees from 1994 on Monday when the mercury hit 100 degrees. High temps will continue through Wednesday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)