SF News Saturday Links: Pride Month Preparations Begin in San Francisco As June begins, the Castro is getting ready for tourists visiting for Pride month; three people were arrested for allegedly stabbing a Pleasant Hill park employee over a love triangle in February; and a truck spilled meat all over an Oakland freeway Friday night
SF News Mysterious Surge in Bay Area Sea Lion Pup Deaths Stumps Researchers Scientists are trying to figure out what's behind a dramatic rise in dead, stillborn, and malnourished sea lion pups, in the Bay Area and along the West Coast.
SF News Saturday Links: SF Mayoral Candidate and Levi's Heir Daniel Lurie Says He's Self-Funding His Campaign Rich SF mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie said Friday that he will opt out of public financing for his campaign; a man was convicted for molesting a high schooler on a Muni bus; and Napa's Bottle Rock music festival is starting this weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Free Solo Rock Climber Sets (Another) Speed Record for Solo-Climbing on Yosemite's El Capitan Alex Honnold set a new solo speed record on the longest route on El Capitan, the Salathé Wall; police used less-lethal force on a man carrying around a rifle in the Bayview on Thursday; and Kaiser medical residents in NorCal are unionizing.
SF News Sunday Links: Wildfire on Yerba Buena Island Stops Bay Bridge Traffic for Two Hours Saturday Afternoon Firefighters responded to a grass fire in an uninhabited part of Yerba Buena island around 2:30 p.m. Saturday; there's a new exhibition on puppets at the SF Public Library; and a Bay Area grandma swam from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands.
bay to breakers Get Ready for Bay to Breakers Takeover: All the Street Closures to Expect this Weekend The street closures you can expect from the starting line at Howard and Main all the way to the Great Highway at Ocean Beach.
SF News Saturday Links: Horseback Riding in Golden Gate Park Shut Down After Allegations of Mistreatment of Animals The SF Parks Department revoked the permit for the company providing horseback riding services at Golden Gate Park; a 78-year-old SF man with dementia is missing; and the Transamerica Pyramid is undergoing renovations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Shasta County Police Kill Brazen Bear That Tried to Break Into Local School Shasta County deputies killed a local bear known for breaking into homes and cars; Oakland will introduce the first all-electric bus fleet serving a major US school district in August; and the Contra Costa County Fair is requiring chaperones for minors due to fights among teens last year.
SF News Lake Tahoe Expected to Fill Up This Spring, For the First Time Since 2019 Above-average snowpack in the Lake Tahoe basin has helped to fill up Lake Tahoe, which will be able to meet water demand for the next three years.
SF News Sunday Links: Court Revives Dispute Over Public Access to Local Billionaire's South Bay Beach After 16 Years A judge ruled that California's lawsuit against billionaire Vinod Khosla over the beach he bought and closed off to the public can proceed; hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted UC Berkeley's graduation; and a second night of the Northern Ligths were visible in the Bay Area Saturday.
SF News Saturday Links: California Faces a $28 Billion Budget Deficit California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to balance the state's budget deficit by cutting spending and leaving jobs open; the Feds want to sentence Paul Pelosi attacker David Depape to 40 years; and President Biden is back in the Bay to fundraise (again).
SF News Day Around the Bay: Bay Area Might Be Able to See Northern Lights Friday Night A rare solar storm could bring some visible Northern Lights to the corners of the Bay Friday overnight; Oakland is finally getting a new permanent police chief this weekend; and a fire in Japantown injured two people Friday morning.
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Celebrates Cinco de Mayo Check out these events around the Bay Area to celebrate Cinco de Mayo; but watch out for increased police patrols to prevent sideshows; and a 3.4M earthquake struck the Humboldt County coast Sunday morning.
SF News More Than 1,000 Sea Lions Gathered at SF's Pier 39 This Week, the Largest Herd in Over a Decade Drawn to giant schools of anchovies and herrings in the Bay, record numbers of sea lions are stopping by the SF waterfront before heading to SoCal to mate, to the delight of tourists and locals.
SF News Saturday Links: Unusual May Rain in Bay Area Prompts Flood Warnings Saturday's rain was almost an inch in downtown SF, but should clear out by nighttime; a woman was busted for running an illegal gambling ring in the Tenderloin; and a rat infestation shut down an Oakland McDonald's.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Gov. Newsom Gets Federal Funding to Help With Big Sur Highway 1 Repairs Governor Gavin Newsom plans to reopen the collapsed portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur by Memorial Day weekend; a police standoff with a suspect in the North Bay has shut I-80; and you can adopt pets for free at SF and Berkeley shelters this weekend.
SF News Sunday Links: Ex-Slack CEO's Missing Teen, Mint Butterfield, Found in San Francisco The teenage child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield was found in SF after being reported missing from Marin this week; a rare coin store launched a scavenger hunt with 11 classic coins hidden around the city; and a woman was fatally shot in San Jose this weekend.
SF News Expect to See More Traffic Cops At Major SF Intersections As SFPD Cracks Down on Speeding After a drop in traffic tickets in San Francisco in the last decade, SFPD is amping up traffic enforcement at intersections notorious for speeders.
SF News Saturday Links: Ex-SF Giants Player Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes In Indiana Former MLB player Dustan Mohr was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes with a 13-year-old girl; a refrigerant leak at a Concord Costco forced 1,000 people there to evacuate; and pro-Palestinian protests continue at Bay Area college campuses.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Asking Rent Prices Rose Again in March, But Still Far From Pre-Pandemic Rates The average asking rent in San Francisco rose by 1%, the first increase in 8 months; London Breed's plan to bring giant pandas to SF still has some roadblocks ahead; and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz is selling her 65-acre ranch in Bolinas for $9 million.
SF News Sunday Links: Presidio Heights Couple, Embroiled in Pickleball Dispute, Sells Home For $7M Under Asking Price The SF couple, Karl and Holly Peterson, had started a petition about the noise of a nearby pickleball court when they had one in their own home; the Stud reopened Saturday; and BART officially retired its legacy fleet.
SF News Celebrate 4/20 in the Bay Area At These Hippie Hill Event Alternatives From food fests to drag shows, check out these weed-themed things to do in San Francisco and beyond Saturday.
SF News Saturday Links: Oregon Runner Sets New Record Time on the Lost Coast Trail An Oregon woman, Emily Keddie, ran the Northern Californian Lost Coast in a record 5.5 hours; SF celebrated Bicycle Day on Friday; and Sacramento music festival Sol Blume was canceled at the last minute.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFPD Looking For Man Who Punched A Baby On Muni Friday Morning An SFPD drug bust in the Tenderloin netted 13 arrests; the victims of the fatal shooting in Napa last weekend were identified as a young mother and teenager; and a man apparently punched a baby on a Muni bus unprovoked Friday morning.
SF News Man Stabbed Near Whole Foods in SF's Balboa Park Neighborhood SFPD arrested a suspect accused of stabbing a man near a San Francisco Whole Foods Sunday morning.
