SF News Waymo Self-Driving Vehicle Vandalized, Set on Fire in San Francisco Chinatown Saturday Night A group of vandals surrounded and tagged an empty autonomous vehicle in Chinatown, then set of a firework inside the car that set the entire car ablaze.
SF News Gilroy's Garlic Shoppe Forced to Leave Long-Time Location Due to Eminent Domain The landmark pit stop property is being claimed under eminent domain so the county can build a new intersection.
SF News 10 Things to Do in San Francisco This Week If You Need to Make Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Plans From comedy shows to craft activities to dance parties — and maybe that pillow fight — here's how you can celebrate or rebel against Valentine's Day in the Bay.
SF News Saturday Links: San Francisco Chinatown Celebrates Chinese New Year SF Chinatown will host a bevy of events to celebrate the Year of the Dragon; Alameda County announced new charges for suspects in the 2021 fatal shooting of TV news security guard; and UC Berkeley campus went on lockdown after reports of an active shooter Friday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Hotel North Beach to Become Sober Living Facility Mayor Breed has been pushing the move as an addition to SF's supply of permanent supportive housing; Nima Momeni's sister is being charged in her whip-it DUI from November; and Lindsay Lohan revealed that Steph and Ayesha Curry are her son’s godparents.
SF News Owner of San Jose Yum Yum Donuts Busted for Making and Selling ‘Pink Cocaine’ Out of Shop “Pink cocaine," also known as "Tusi", "Pantera Rosa," or “Pink Panther," is a new synthetic drug cocktail containing a mix of ketamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, and opioids.
SF News Owner of East Bay Popeyes Who Allegedly Hired a 13-Year-Old Fined For Child Labor Violations and Wage Theft The owners of a Popeyes franchisee, which ran three fast food restaurants in Oakland, Tracy, and Newark, had to pay $212K after a federal investigation revealed numerous labor law offences.
SF News Gov. Newsom Sends 120 Extra State Police Officers to Oakland in Crime Crackdown Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he's increasing state police presence in Oakland and the East Bay by a whopping 900% in response to a crime surge.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trans Cabaret Bar, AsiaSF, Announces Permanent Closure In March The SoMa restaurant and drag performance venue announced its last day will be March 31, International Day of Trans Visibility, although it might put on pop-ups in the future.
SF News Atmospheric River Brings Heavy Rains, Road Closures, Flight Cancellations, and Tornado Warning to Bay Area There’s a (small) chance that a tornado could be headed to the Bay Area Sunday night. The last time there was a tornado warning in San Francisco was in 2015.
SF News Sunday Links: SF Swimmer Attacked and Carjacked Early Friday Morning A San Francisco man who was on his way to go swimming early morning Friday was brutally beaten and carjacked; BART trains are hitting snags from the wet weather; and San Jose declared a state of emergency due to the storm.
SF News Tesla To Pay $1.5 Million After Lawsuit From 25 California Counties, Including SF, Over Illegal Dumping of Hazmat Waste A lawsuit from 25 different counties in the state, including eight in the Bay Area, claimed that Tesla violated state regulations about the proper storage, disposal and management of hazardous waste.
SF News SF Man Arrested In Connection With Attempted Kidnapping On the Peninsula A 25-year-old SF resident was arrested by Colma police after being found in a car linked to a kidnapping last week.
SF News Saturday Links: Santa Cruz and South Bay Prepare for Sunday's Atmospheric River A San Francisco man, Dennis James Duree, 39, has been charged with one count of murder in the SOMA double stabbing December; the SF DA is investigating the troubled nonprofit SF Safe; and the Bay Area is bracing for floods, winds, and more on Sunday
SF News Day Around the Bay: Ex-CSU Professor Pleads Guilty to Setting Fires Around the Dixie Fire in 2021 A Delaware judge said Elon Musk can't get his $56 billion comp package approved by Tesla's board over 5 years ago; a former professor from San Jose admitted to arson in Shasta National Forest in 2021; and Nancy Pelosi doubles down on calling pro-ceasefire protesters Russian plants.
Arts & Entertainment SF Ballet Premieres ‘Mere Mortals,' a Must-See Blend of Mythology, Technology, and Choreography San Francisco Ballet's new artistic director Tamara Rojo commissioned this new ballet that explores artificial intelligence through the myth of Pandora’s box, and it succeeds as a modern take on an ancient story.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Belgium Brewery In Mission Bay Announces Abrupt Closure After Short 3-Year Tenure New Belgium Brewing Company, the maker of Fat Tire, announced Thursday that it was ceasing operations at the SF Mission Bay location and shutting down effective immediately.
SF News The Race to Replace Barbara Lee in Congress Is Heating Up Longtime East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee is vacating her seat in her bid for Senate, and of the nine candidates running to replace her, BART director Lateefah Simon seems to be pulling ahead.
SF News Man Arrested For Allegedly Shooting at a South San Francisco Church Saint Augustine Catholic Church in South San Francisco was struck by gunfire on Tuesday, but no one was hurt. Police arrested a 22-year-old man from San Francisco in connection with the crime.
SF News Foreclosure and Potential Sale of Oceanwide Center Project In Downtown SF Headed to Court (Again) After liens and lawsuits, a judge could decide to initiate the sale of the property of the never-built Oceanwide Center, but who would buy it?
Business & Tech X and Other Platforms Restrict Searches for ‘Taylor Swift’ As Deepfake Pornography of Her Goes Viral Graphic AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift have snowballed on social media platforms from X to Meta to Reddit, exposing the limits of their content moderation and lack of legislation.
SF News SF District Attorney Staffer Fired After Sending Offensive Email to DA Brooke Jenkins About Her ‘Panties’ A victim advocate in the San Francisco District Attorney Office’s sent District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and the entire office an email Friday morning asking what color panties she had on, leading to his immediate termination.
SF News Sunday Links: 49ers Fans Can Enjoy Game on Warmest, Driest Sunday in Months, But Rain Coming Next Week Enjoy the warm reprieve from the rain this weekend; you can see the Niners game at these watch parties around the Bay; and Oakland celebrated its annual Lunar New Year Festival Saturday.
SF News Get Ready For Crazy SF Traffic Sunday, With Highway Off-Ramp Closures and Bus Line Changes For The 49ers Game Streets around popular celebration spots in the Mission could close if the 49ers win, prompting Muni service shifts, and south SF freeway ramps could also close to reroute heavy traffic.
SF News Iconic SF Documentary, 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,' Is Back In Theaters For Its 20th Anniversary The Roxie is hosting the remastered film for a limited release this week, and you can still get tickets.
