SF News Stanford University President Resigns Amid Probe Into Integrity of His Research Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation Wednesday after an independent review board found serious flaws in five studies he'd been a part of, triggered by the school's student newspaper reporting.
SF News Skeleton Found in Abandoned Building on UC Berkeley Campus Identified as Texas-Based Homicide Victim The skeletal remains on a UC Berkeley dormitory campus have been identified as Steven Lawrence McCreary, a nomadic Texas man who was last seen in 2009 at the age of 37, but forensic evidence shows his death was likely a homicide.
SF News Air Quality Advisory Issued for Bay Area Wednesday Afternoon as Oregon Wildfire Smoke Approaches The Bay Area Air Quality Management District warned that smoke from an Oregon wildfire is set to drift into the Bay Area Wednesday afternoon and evening, and residents could see hazy skies and smell soot.
SF News San Francisco Sees Drop in Accidental Overdose Deaths in June, But Fentanyl Remains a Looming Threat June saw the second-lowest number of fatal overdoses by month this year, but as fentanyl infiltrates street drugs, San Francisco could still hit a record number of drug-related ODs by the end of the year.
SF News South Bay Woman Rescued and Set to Return to California Eight Months After Abduction in Mexico San Mateo resident, 29-year-old Monica De Leon Barba, was kidnapped while walking her dog last year in Tepatitlán, Mexico, but has been found safe, though no arrests have been made yet.
SF News Pika Fire Continues to Ravage Yosemite, Reaches 650 Acres with Zero Containment The Pika Fire broke out on June 29 after a lightning strike and has accelerated amid the past week's heat wave, complicating firefighting efforts.
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Heat Wave to Ease Up After Sunday, But There's a Small Chance of Dry Lightning Inland regions of the North, East, and South Bay will likely reach the upper 90s to low 100s Sunday but SF will stay in the 70s; It's Dead & Co.'s final SF tour date of the band's final tour; and a man was shot Saturday night in an attempted robbery in Potrero Hill.
SF News Viral TikTok Shows Dire State of Bay Area Housing with Listing of Office Turned Into a Half-Million-Dollar Condo The video shows a 1,000-square-foot San Rafael office converted into a condo — but owners seemingly made minimal changes, only adding a kitchen against one wall and a shower in the bathroom but leaving the industrial carpet and stained ceiling tiles intact.
SF News Saturday Links: Person Killed After Being Struck by Caltrain Friday Evening, for Third Caltrain Fatality of the Week Caltrain struck and killed a pedestrian near the Palo Alto station Friday evening; more Dublin Prison guards have been charged and pled guilty to sex abuse of inmates; and a new plan could turn UN Plaza into a skateboarding hub.
SF News Day Around the Bay: French-Themed 'Bastille on Belden' Celebration Lights Up FiDi Friday Evening The Financial District will host the "Bastille on Belden" block party with French food Friday evening; Highway 1 was closed Friday evening after a car went off the side; and wastewater shows COVID might be on the rise again in California.
SF News Police Crack Down on Skateboarders' Dolores Hill Bomb Saturday, Arrest and Detain Dozens Hundreds of police officers in riot gear shut down the notorious Dolores Hill Bomb event Saturday night, arresting and detaining dozens of adults and teenagers in a chaotic scene.
SF News Underground Vault Explosion Causes Property Damage In Pacific Heights Around 8 p.m. Saturday night, an underground PG&E vault in Pacific Heights spontaneously caught on fire, causing an explosion through a manhole that damaged a vehicle and nearby windows, but caused no injuries.
SF News Sunday Links: High Winds Result in a Dozen Water Rescues Near San Francisco on Saturday At least 12 people had to be rescued from extra choppy waters on Saturday, including kayakers and kite surfers; Higher minimum wages went into effect in many Bay Area cities; and the Ruby Princess cruise ship can finally set sail Sunday after crashing into Pier 27 four days ago.
SF News Lake Tahoe Residents On Alert as Foot Fondling Intruder Strikes Sleeping Hotel Guests' Feet In two separate incidents this week, women staying at a resort near Lake Tahoe said they woke up to a prowler in their room touching their feet in the middle of the night.
SF News Doctor Accused of Driving Tesla Off Pacifica Cliffside Requests Mental Health Diversion, Seeks Case Dismissal Dr. Dharmesh Patel originally said that he drove his Tesla with his wife and children inside off Devil's Slide due to tire issues, but in court Friday his lawyers say he has major depressive disorder and should get mental health treatment.
SF News Saturday Links: Fiery Big-Rig Crash in Livermore Shuts Down East Bay I-580 Saturday Morning A tractor-trailer crash has shut down eastbound I-580 near the Altamont Pass in Livermore "indefinitely;" The Twitter-banned account tracking Elon Musk's private jet is now on Meta's Threads; and Calif. Rep. Adam Schiff raised $8.1M in the second quarter after a Congressional rebuke.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Arson Fire Damages a Doggie Diner Head in Golden Gate Park The dachshund head sculptures were taken out of the SF park at the end of June for repairs after an arsonist lit one on fire; California state saw its first fentanyl murder conviction on Friday in Placer County; and get ready for more heat coming next week.
SF News Free Fall Concert Series, Due South, at McLaren Park to Return for the Third Year, with Extra Shows The free outdoor concert series Due South is back at the end of July, organized by the San Francisco Parks Alliance and Noise Pop, so reserve your ticket to see all the local talent.
SF News 2 Separate Shootings in San Francisco Overnight Kill 1 Man, Injure Another Police are investigating after one man in SF Chinatown sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and another man in the Bayview neighborhood was fatally shot.
baker beach Unconscious Individual Rescued From Cliffside near Golden Gate Bridge by Helicopter Saturday Authorities received a distress call Saturday afternoon and airlifted a critically injured, unconscious individual from Marshall's Beach, just southwest of Baker’s Beach at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, to a nearby hospital.
SF News Sunday Links: Small Airplane Crashes Into Lake Tahoe Saturday, Two Passengers Rescued by Nearby Boaters Tahoes is already busy this Fourth of July weekend with summer skiers and a small plane crash; BART is slowly reopening certain station bathrooms, including Embarcadero and Berkeley; and East Bay lakes are seeing a toxic algae bloom.
SF News Man Hospitalized with Life-Threatening Injuries From Allegedly Shooting Himself After Fleeing Hit-and-Run in SF Police responded to a hit-and-run in the Richmond District around noon on Friday, and found the car connected to it a few blocks away, abandoned, but one of its passengers nearby with a self-inflicted gunshot.
SF News Saturday Links: Draymond Green Signs 4-Year, $100M Contract to Return to the Warriors Star forward Draymond Green rejoins the Warriors from free agency; July 1, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the 101 California Street mass shooting, which killed eight; and gunfire erupted in downtown SF at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Heat Wave Going to Bake Bay Area This Weekend There's a heat advisory for inland parts of the Bay from Friday through Sunday; the heat might bring out rattlesnakes, so watch out; and Square Pie Guys and Señor Sisig are making a pizza together for a pop-up this summer.
SF News Golden Gate Ferry Announces New Schedule Starting Monday You can expect more weekend trips between Tiburon ad San Francisco and improved connections with Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit starting June 26, and a 25-cent rate increase on July 1.
