SF News 2 Weekend Shootings in SF Bayview, 1 Deadly, Under Investigation SFPD is investigating two weekend shootings in the San Francisco Bayview neighborhood, one of which resulted in the death of a man.
Bay Area Sports End of an Era? Pac-12 Faces An Unprecedented Exodus As 5 Schools Leave in One Day Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah announced they were leaving in 2024, following USC and UCLA — leaving the future of the PAC-4 in question.
SF News Sunday Links: East Bay Health Agencies Investigating Richmond Spa as Potential Link to Legionnaires' Disease Deaths The Zen Day Spa in Richmond has been possibly linked to three cases of Legionnaires' Disease, two of them fatal; Two sinkholes in Alameda this week caused water shutoff for residents; and a chaotic sideshow in Antioch ended with a car in the Antioch Marina.
SF News Tahoe Bear Hank the Tank's Reign of Terror Ends In Capture — and a New Home South Lake Tahoe's most wanted fugitive, the massive black bear nicknamed Hank the Tank behind 21 home break-ins, was apprehended Friday and will be relocated to a wildlife refuge in Colorado.
SF News In the Wake of Hundreds of Child Sex Abuse Cases, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Is Set to File For Bankruptcy The San Francisco Archbishop said in an open letter Friday that the diocese's bankruptcy was "very likely," as it would allow for a reorganization of finances and a collective settlement for survivors of priests' abuse.
SF News Saturday Links: UFC Fighter Robbed At Gunpoint At Bay Area Gas Station MMA fighter Song Yadong said he was robbed and his friend was pistol-whipped at a Vallejo gas station Wednesday; Elon Musk's company X was fined for its roof sign; and the Chinatown subway station has a leak.
day around the bay Day Around the Bay: In-N-Out CEO To Publish Book With Inside Scoop On The Burger Business The granddaughter of the In-N-Out founder and current CEO will release the book in October; Eastboung I-80 in Contra Costa and Solano will be closed this weekend; and the alleged gunman in June's SF nightclub shooting faces attempted murder charges.
SF News Oakland Police Investigating Deadly Shooting in Church Parking Lot, Amid Spate of Weekend Shootings Several separate incidents left two dead and six others injured from gunfire throughout Oakland over the weekend, amid recent outcry from residents about crime.
SF News Elon Musk's Social Media Company Installs Giant 'X' Logo on HQ Roof, Prompting Another City Investigation San Francisco opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the installation, but city workers say they were denied access to the roof on-site to inspect it on Friday and Saturday.
SF News Sunday Links: 3.6-M Earthquake Rattles the South Bay Sunday Morning The quake hit Morgan Hill, southeast of San Jose, at 6:49 a.m.; Taylor Swift fans brought the VTA's ridership to historic highs over the weekend; and a man stabbed two women on Sunday, one fatally.
SF News California State Law Won't Let In-N-Out Ban on Workers Wearing Masks Go Through The burger chain said in a memo earlier this month that it wants to "emphasize the importance of customer service” and “smiles," but the ban on employee masking won't happen in California.
SF News Illegal Medical Lab Found in Warehouse Near Fresno, With Bioengineered Mice, COVID and Hepatitis Material On Site Authorities are investigating after a warehouse in Reedley City, owned by a company operating under the name "Prestige Biotech," turned to house infectious agents and biohazardous materials.
SF News Saturday Links: Taylor Swift's First Bay Area Eras Tour Friday Night Draws Massive Numbers, Breaks Curfew Taylor Swift's Friday show brought droves of Swifties to Santa Clara via BART; Dave Chapelle came back for a surprise show in SF Friday that went better than the last one; and an SF woman is speaking out after her car was destroyed in an encampment fire in NoPa this week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Billionaire Developer Who Pled Guilty to Bribery Faces Lawsuits and Unfinished Projects in SF The backup Uber driver in the first death by a fully autonomous car pled guilty; Anchor Steam employees say Sapporo won't give them a fair chance to buy it before it closes; and mega-rich real estate tycoon and briber Zhang Li still faces a lawsuit and broken deals in San Francisco.
SF News Twitter's Name Change to 'X' Gets Botched at SF Headquarters, Which Now Has a Sign That Says 'Er' When Elon Musk announced Twitter's name change to "X" Sunday and tried to remove the "@twitter" sign at its Market Street headquarters Monday, he got caught in a classic SF permitting snafu and cops halted work mid-removal.
SF News After 3-Month Protest, UC Berkeley Anthropology Library Saved from Closure When Cal planned to shutter the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library to narrow a budget deficit, anthropology students and faculty occupied it for 85 days — and just reached a compromise with admin to keep it open (mostly).
SF News Martinez Refinery Releases Coke Dust (Again), Raising Concerns from Residents Martinez residents were alarmed that the Martinez Refining Company released coke dust, a byproduct of petroleum refining, for the second time in two weeks, after a major release of several tons of spent catalyst last year with potential public health risks.
SF News Mystery Buyer Acquiring Vast Land Near Travis Air Force Base Puzzles Government and Local Officials The investment group Flannery Associates has become the largest landowner in Solano County, but the government and military don't know the identity of the buyer and if there are "foreign interests" involved.
SF News Sunday Links: Elon Musk Plans to Remove All Birds from Twitter Logo and Platform Anchor Brewing's parent company confirmed it's considering the offer from employees who want to buy the brewery as a co-op; SF City Hall saw a rally to support the UPS union's planned strike on Saturday; and Elon Musk is taking the birds out of Twitter's branding.
SF News Man Fatally Shot in San Francisco's Tenderloin Neighborhood Friday Night The shooting happened on Friday around 6 p.m. near the University of San Francisco Law Library, the fourth fatal shooting in the Tenderloin of the year.
SF News Series of Fires Along I-580 in East Alameda County Investigated As Arson Multiple fires broke out early Saturday morning along an eight-mile stretch of I-580 near the Altamont Pass, and California Highway Patrol confirmed that they were deliberately set.
SF News Saturday Links: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Reopened Saturday Morning After 17-Hour Standoff The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge is open again after negotiators were able to talk a person literally down from the ledge; watch out for road closures and runners as the SF Marathon begins; and the outgoing Antioch Police Chief won't testify in the trial over officers' racist texts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Eastbound Lanes of Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Blocked by Emergency, Jamming Traffic Traffic's bad in Marin because the CHP closed the lower Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to respond to a person in a mental health crisis; human remains were found next to a bridge in Alameda; and the Bay's Spare the Air alert is extended through Saturday.
SF News Hollywood's Strike Reaches Silicon Valley: Writers, Actors, and Activists Picket Netflix HQ in Los Gatos Amid the nationwide SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strike, writers and actors including Sorry to Bother You's Michael Sommers protested Netflix's office in the South Bay Thursday.
SF News Antioch Police Chief Abruptly Announces Retirement Amid Racist Text Scandal Ahead of legal proceedings set to begin this Friday over the Antioch Police Department’s racist texting scandal, Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford unexpectedly announced his retirement on Wednesday.
