SF Politics Ninth Circuit Weighs In on Trump's Immigrant Detention Policy, Says It Goes Against Longstanding Precedent As other appeals courts have also done over the last year as President Trump's goons go about trying to rid the country of immigrants of all kinds, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a new ruling striking down the administration's policy of detaining immigrants within the country.
SF News Visitacion Valley House Fire Displaces Six; Vault Fire In Upper Haight Prompts Shelter-In-Place Order A fire in one of PG&E's underground electrical vaults led to some early morning emergency activity and a shelter-in-place order in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, and a one-alarm house fire in Visitacion Valley has displaced six.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Weekend Wind Event Could Bring Rough Seas, Fire Weather The Woodside Fire in Sonoma County is now 20% contained but almost doubled in size overnight; global tech layoffs have already surpassed all of 2025 in 7 months; and a powerful marine event will bring rough seas Saturday night into Sunday, along with potential high winds in the hills.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Set Times Revealed, With the Usual Conflicts Galore Music festivals on the scale of Outside Lands are not designed for people with broad or varied tastes, and once again, the set-time schedule reveals a variety of moments when fans will have to make difficult choices, and likely miss an act or two who they'd otherwise like to see.
SF News [Update] Woodside Fire Grows to 75 Acres In Western Sonoma County, Smoke Spreading East A wind-driven wildfire that began Thursday is burning into an area of heavy timber along the Sonoma County coast near Highway 1, north of Jenner and Fort Ross.
Business & Tech Waymos Set to Return to SF Freeways Following Mishaps, Recall Waymo robotaxis are going to be popping back onto Bay Area freeways in the coming days, following a voluntary six-week recall in which the company's software was updated to better handle emergency road closures and construction.
SF News Major Traffic In Northern Marin County Following Collision Involving Downed Power Lines, Brush Fire There was a major backup on 101 Thursday morning impacting both northbound and southbound lanes, following a collision near the Highway 37 interchange in Novato that took out a power pole and sparked a small brush fire.
Arts & Entertainment 'Drag Race' Royalty Alaska Thunderf*ck to Play Mary In 'Oh, Mary!' In SF Speculation and rumors have been swirling for months now about who would play the titular role of Mary Todd Lincoln when Cole Escola's 'Oh, Mary!' comes to San Francisco this fall, and now we have an answer.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFPD Increasing Mid-Market Patrols After Shootings The SFPD is increasing patrols following a spate of shootings in the mid-Market area; a gyrocopter crashed while taking off at Petaluma Airport; and Trump appears to be dropping his nomination of Todd Blanche for AG.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Sportscaster Accuses ESPN of Holding Back Shanahan Crash Story A few more details emerge in the Sheng Thao corruption case; an Amazon engineer died by possible drowning in Lake Tahoe Monday; and a sportscaster is accusing ESPN of withholding the Kyle Shanahan crash story for over a week.
Arts & Entertainment Prepare for Jump-Scares as 'Terror Vault' Transforms Into 1980s Slasher Film This Halloween The now annual Halloween season tradition of 'Terror Vault' at the Old Mint in downtown SF returns this year with a fresh concept called 'Slashed - Return to Hellville,' taking inspiration from 1980s slasher films.
Bay Area Sports SF Giants' Troubles Continue as Outfielder Harrison Bader Has Scooter Accident Allegedly Involving Fire Truck The San Francisco Giants continue in their terrible, no good, very bad 2026 season, and now injured outfielder Harrison Bader has apparently made his foot injury worse with a scooter accident.
SF News Three Arrested In SF Following Shooting at Market and Jones Streets Three suspects were arrested Monday evening following a mid-afternoon shooting on mid-Market that left one person with critical injuries.
SF News Humpday Headlines: East Bay Cat Euthanized After Getting Rabies An indoor cat in Pleasanton somehow was exposed to rabies and had to be euthanized; two small earthquakes were felt in Sonoma County Tuesday evening; and Antioch is turning down a $35M grant for homeless housing.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Bridge Gets Featured Role In 'Best Bridges' Meme Involving Taylor Swift Songs Swifties have latched on to a meme where people post "the four best bridges" or "the three best bridges" in the world, and in which they feature real-life bridges, like the Golden Gate, alongside one of Taylor Swift's famous and beloved song bridges.
Bay Area Sports Kyle Shanahan Now Says He Was at Fault In Palo Alto Crash In Which He Was Seriously Injured 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was quick to respond to media reports Tuesday morning that the 21-year-old woman who was the other driver in the July 14 crash in Palo Alto that left him with serious injuries was the one deemed at fault.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Congressman Launches Inquiry Into Taylor Farms CEO's Donation to Trump Amid Cyclospora Outbreak A California congressman who is the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee is now investigating donations made by Taylor Farms CEO Bruce Taylor and a possible attempt to influence the FDA's handling of the recent cyclospora outbreak tied to his company's lettuce.
SF Politics Feds Reveal New Allegations Against Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as Informant Takes Guilty Plea We now know that the key informant in the federal bribery and corruption case involving former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner, and a father-son business duo has pleaded guilty himself, and more details in the case have emerged.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Victim In Morgan Shooting Identified By Family The young man killed in Saturday's Morgan Hill party shooting has been identified by his family; a report suggests 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was not at fault for his crash; and Sam Altman says we're "in the singularity."
SF News Day Around the Bay: Third Victim Identified From Volare Sinking A second body that was pulled from the Bay on Saturday has been identified as Carol Boisa, the third confirmed victim of the Volare sinking; the Mines Fire jumped containment lines in Santa Clara County; and a person was critically injured in a mid-Market shooting.
SF News Suspect In Killing of Kitten Found and Arrested in Nevada, Where He Was Allegedly Killing More Kittens The fugitive suspect in a case of animal cruelty and kitten murder earlier this month in San Francisco, who was already arrested in dramatic fashion two weeks ago, was arrested again Friday in Reno.
SF News Chico Man Convicted of Arson For Pushing Car Off Road and Sparking the 2024 Park Fire A Chico man is facing a possible sentence of 25 years to life in an arson case involving one of the largest wildfires in state history, but his defense attorney argued that intent should factor into any arson conviction.
SF News Three-Month-Old Daughter of Muni Driver Dies at Her First Day at Bayview Daycare A three-month-old baby died Friday after reportedly choking on milk at a Bayview daycare, and her mother, a bus operator for the SFMTA, is grieving and left with many unanswered questions.
SF News Shooting at Unsanctioned Party for Twitch Streamer In Morgan Hill Field Leaves One Dead, Six Wounded A birthday party in a Morgan Hill field that was promoted on social media for a well known Twitch streamer attracted hundreds of South Bay teens Saturday night, and it ended in violence that may have been gang-related.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Dove Fire Threatens Sonora, Near Yosemite The Dove Fire, which is 0% contained and has burned 223 acres, is burning near Sonora; three people were killed and four others injured in a food festival shooting in Seattle; and BART was recovering from an equipment problem early Monday.
