SF News Sunday Links: Supervisor Connie Chan Is Kicking Off Her (Hard) Re-Election Campaign Early The Richmond District's Connie Chan held her first campaign event Saturday; a Solano County man was arrested for two separate shootings in the Tenderloin in the past two years, and a favorite Big Sur free car camping beach is banning camping.
SF News Probation for Perpetrator in High-Profile Stabbing of Elderly Woman Sparks Controversy An SF judge gave a very lenient sentence to Daniel Cauich, who randomly stabbed a 94-year-old Asian woman in 2021.
SF News Saturday Links: St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown SF to Close Roads, Reroute Muni Buses Watch out for road closures in FiDi through SoMa; inflation in the Bay Area is rising less than in the pass few years but electricity costs are spiking; and a judge ordered that a third-party watchdog monitor a troubled East Bay federal prison.
SF News Day Around the Bay: UC Law San Francisco Is Suing The City Over The Tenderloin's Street Conditions (Again) The law school is mad about the drug use and tent encampments around its campus located in the Tenderloin; Mayor London Breed is gearing up for a potential election against Board of Supervisors Prez Peskin; and SF’s speed cameras locations have been announced.
SF News Oakland Police Warn of Rise In Smash-and-Grabs of Occupied Vehicles The Oakland Police Department says that it's deploying more officers in response to the uptick in crime, but department-wide response times still lag.
SF News San Jose Sharks Face New Lawsuit Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Youth Hockey Coach A new lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old was sexually abused by a former youth hockey coach connected to the San Jose Sharks, and accuses the owner of negligence.
SF News Catch the Oscars 2024 in Style at These San Francisco Bay Area Watch Parties From casual free watch parties at the Knockout to game-filled events at the Balboa Theater to a black-tie fete at Cinelounge Tiburon, here are some ways to watch the Oscars in and around SF Sunday.
SF News Sunday Links: Saturday Night Shooting in Tunnel on Bay Bridge Leaves One Hurt The Bay Bridge shooting left at least one woman injured and caused significant traffic delays around 8:30 p.m. Saturday; Code Pink SF had a feminist pro-Palestine march on the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday; and someone threw red liquid on VP Kamala Harris' motorcade in Arizona.
SF News San Francisco Cracks Down on E-Scooter and E-Bike Fires with New Battery Fire Codes After mobility device battery-related fires spiked in the past few years, the San Francisco Fire Department changed its codes regarding lithium-ion batteries, and they went into effect Thursday.
SF News Another United Flight From SFO Needed To Make An Emergency Landing After System Issues On Friday A United Airlines jet headed to Mexico City experienced a problem with the aircraft's hydraulic system, prompting an emergency landing at LAX on Friday afternoon.
SF News Saturday Links: SF's Union Square In Bloom With Over 80,000 Tulips for Annual Tulip Day Saturday Afternoon Tulip Day attendees can receive up to eight complimentary tulips; SF's animal shelter is at full capacity, so it's a great time to adopt a dog; and a motorcyclist fatally crashed in Golden Gate Park on Friday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Unemployment Hits 4% in San Francisco Amid Tech Layoff New data shows that unemployment in SF jumped to the highest levels in the past two years; a new luxury women's knitwear store is bucking trends and opening a Union Square storefront; and the recall effort for the Alameda County DA is facing self-dealing allegations.
SF News Some San Francisco Public Schools Face Closure as Enrollment Plummets The school district of San Francisco, grappling with declining students and a looming budget deficit, is set to close or consolidate an unspecified number of schools by fall 2025, Superintendent Matt Wayne said.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Palestine 'Hands Off Rafah' Protest Gathers Thousands In Downtown San Francisco Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at SF’s Embarcadero Plaza Saturday, as part of an international "Hands Off Rafah" call to action; the blizzard hitting Tahoe this weekend forced the closure of I-80 and the resorts; and scattered showers will continue in the Bay Sunday.
SF News Goldenvoice Is Throwing a ‘Doom Loop’ Concert in SF The festival producer behind Coachella and Portola is leaning into the "doom loop" narrative and throwing a small one-day show at the Regency Ballroom in March named after it.
SF News Saturday Links: Four People Injured After Big Tree Falls on Car in SF's Fillmore Neighborhood Amid Storm Friday Night Friday's storm knocked a tree over onto a car near Golden Gate and Laguna Streets; the SF Zoo and Mayor London Breed really want to bring a giant panda to the zoo; and SF Giants signed third baseman Matt Chapman for another three years.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Francisco's Homeless Population Is Decreasing, New Survey Shows A new count of tents and vehicles to measure San Francisco’s homeless population was conducted last week; Bay Areans are gearing up to ski in Tahoe after this weekend's blizzard; and Steph and Ayesha Curry are expecting a fourth child.
SF Politics No Reparations For Now, But SF Supervisors to Vote on Formal Apology to Black Residents The formal apology to Black residents would be one of the first among major U.S. cities, but without any money on the table, it's difficult to see the resolution as more than symbolic.
SF News Santa Rosa Man Arrested For Alleged Matricide, Arson In Mendocino County A 35-year-old Santa Rosa man is accused of fatally shooting his mother and setting her home on fire to cover up evidence last week, authorities say.
SF News SFPD Suspects An Arsonist Is Targeting Teslas After Two Catch on Fire in SoMa Police are investigating after they discovered two Tesla Model Ys on fire within a few blocks of each other in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood early Saturday morning.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Ukraine Rally in Downtown SF Marks Second War Anniversary It's a busy weekend, with the Lunar New Year Parade and Pro-Ukraine March taking place in SF Saturday, and the Black Joy Parade on Sunday in Oakland; plus, the SFPD officially approved a policy to reduce racially biased pretexts in police stops.
SF News Photo of SF Giants Player in New Official Uniform (And See-Through Pants) Goes Viral on Social Media A baseball reporter shared a picture of SF Giants' Casey Schmitt wearing the new MLB uniform on Thursday, and it left little to the imagination.
SF News Saturday Links: Lawsuit Over SF Homeless Encampment Sweeps Paused by Federal Judge The Supreme Court is reviewing a similar case against homeless sweeps in Oregon, so the SF-related one has been paused; Warriors Coach Steve Kerr was offered a record-breaking contract extension; and an Oakland institution, the dive bar Ruby Room, has been bought.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Musk Responds to San Jose Bakery's Allegations that Tesla Didn't Pay For Thousands of Pies Musk said he would "make things good" with the bakery; 49ers QB Brock Purdy is doing spon-con for tractors; and workers at sex shop Good Vibrations are officially unionizing.
SF News Swedish Crown Princess Visits San Francisco to Open New Consulate Crown Princess Victoria, the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, visited Sacramento, Palo Alto, and California on a diplomatic trip to strengthen relations between the state and country.