SF News Day Around the Bay: Large Development By West Oakland BART Breaks Ground SF schools will remain closed again Thursday as strike talks continue; a long-planned transit-oriented development at West Oakland BART is getting underway; and an assistant principal in San Jose was arrested in a child exploitation sting.
SF News Video: Mount Diablo Has One of the Most Expansive Views In the West, and More Fun Facts About the Bay Area Did you know that the Bay Area was created out of something called a drowned river valley? Do you know the history of how Treasure Island was created out of nothing in the 1930s? A fun new video explains this and more.
SF Politics San Leandro City Councilman Pleads Guilty, Becomes Potential Witness Against Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Former San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo filed a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday in the corruption case that also ensnared former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, making him now a potential witness against her.
SF News District Blames SF Teachers' Union For Leaving the Bargaining Table Early Tuesday Night There is plenty of finger-pointing going on with the SF teachers' strike, but what seems clear is that the union may be sensing their upper hand at this point, and a resolution before Thursday seems unlikely.
SF News Several Gray Whales Make 'Unseasonably Early' Appearance In the Bay It typically would not be whale-watching season yet in San Francisco Bay, but a few gray whales, possibly due to changes in their feeding grounds up north, are making early stops in the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Jason Kelce Ran Around San Francisco Drinking Beers, and Filmed It Another celebrity who was in town for the Super Bowl, retired Philadelphia Eagles center and soon-to-be brother-in-law of Taylor Swift Jason Kelce, did a "Beer Bucket List" video hitting multiple San Francisco landmarks.
Business & Tech Two Bay Area Men Among Five Sentenced to Prison For Scheme to Steal $2.5M From DoorDash Five people, including two from the Bay Area, have been sentenced to prison terms and restitution for their parts in a strange fraud scheme involving the creation of sham driver and customer accounts on the DoorDash platform.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Alameda County Supes Debate Flock Cameras Nine people have been killed in a school shooting in Canada; the Alameda County Board of Supervisors heard public comments about Flock cameras Tuesday; and Shasta County is seeing a measles outbreak.
Business & Tech Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to Get Even Cozier With Trump Via Miami Mansion Purchase I truly hope the billionaires all someday have to perform elaborate mea culpas — or be brought up on charges! — for colluding and sucking up to Trump in this era. And notably this week, former liberal Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly seeking a new piece of real estate in Miami.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue Injured Woman From Hoarder Apartment Fire In North Beach A woman reportedly suffered severe burns and was hospitalized after a fire broke out in her overstuffed, single-room occupancy apartment unit in North Beach on Tuesday.
SF News As Chronicle Moves on From 'Doom Loop' Headlines, It's Now Calling BART a 'Dying Rail System' In reporting on what is otherwise good news for BART, the Chronicle couldn't help today but to throw cold water on things and sensationalize the agency's financial woes once more.
SF News Striking SF Teachers Rally In Dolores Park as Tensions Mount Over Deal Frustrated parents of SF schoolkids are speaking out in the media, and union reps are keeping up a brave face as a potential third day of the San Francisco teachers' strike looms.
SF News 49er Keion White Shot In Alleged Altercation Involving Rapper Lil Baby at Super Bowl Party Featuring Strippers Some more details have been reported about how 49ers defensive lineman Keion White ended up being shot in the ankle early Monday morning in the Mission District.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: The Rain Returns This will be a wet week around the Bay after a long dry spell; Mission food vendors are mad about being shooed off for Super Bowl week; and Sam Smith kicks off a monthlong Castro residency.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Richard Tillman Pleads Guilty In San Jose Arson Case 49ers DL Keion White was shot in the ankle at an SF nightclub early Monday; Richard Tillman, the brother of Pat Tillman, has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a San Jose post office; and Scott Wiener denies snubbing Mayor Lurie.
SF News San Francisco Schools Will Remain Closed Tuesday as Strike Negotiations Continue After a rally in Civic Center, and as negotiations continued between reps for the SF Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco, the district announced that schools would remain closed a second day on Tuesday.
SF News [Update] Active Shooter Situation Resolved In Oakland's Pill Hill Neighborhood After apparent shots were fired Monday morning, police responded to a residential street in Oakland's Pill Hill neighborhood, where an armed suspect has reportedly barricaded themselves inside an apartment.
SF News Accident on Hyde Street Cable Car Injures Two Passengers There was a minor cable car accident Monday on the Hyde Street line, the circumstances of which are not entirely clear, and two passengers were reportedly treated for injuries.
SF News Dog Rescued From McCovey Cove After Jumping In After Bird A San Francisco Fire Department rescue team succeeded in saving a dog named Kobe who jumped into the Bay Sunday afternoon chasing a bird and then became trapped under a pier with nowhere to get out of the water.
SF News Fatal Overnight Shooting In SF's Rincon Hill Area Leaves One Dead There was a fatal shooting early Monday on SF's Rincon Hill, near the entrance to the Bay Bridge, that left one person dead.
SF News Five Shot and Injured In Downtown San Jose Following Super Bowl Festivities A Sunday night shooting in downtown San Jose in the hours after a Super Bowl watch party there left five people injured, but all are expected to survive.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: For SF Schoolkids, It's Like 2020 All Over Again SF schoolkids are all home from school today amid the first teachers' strike in 47 years; Steve Hilton is now targeting Republican opponent Chad Bianco; and Dave Chappelle struck a note of togetherness in Chase Center set.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Celebs Dine About Town Celebrities are dining about town for Super Bowl week, a gluten-free Italian restaurant comes to the Richmond, and a bakery expands in North Beach, all in This Week in Food.
Arts & Entertainment The Castro Theatre Reopens Today, and We Have Photos Stage lights were being hung, carpets were being vacuumed, and the bars were being stocked with booze Friday as the grand dame of San Francisco historic movie palaces, the Castro Theatre, reemerges from a two-year renovation.
SF News Man Fatally Stabbed Near 16th and Mission Streets, Arrest Made The Mission Street block where some of the Tenderloin's and Sixth Street's drug activity moved to last year was the scene of an apparent homicide Friday morning.
