Business & Tech Mass Layoffs at Meta Begin With 8,000 Let Go; 6,000 Roles Frozen As artificial intelligence continues to drive both spending and job cuts in the tech industry, Meta just announced the first major wave of layoffs this year, which will likely be followed by a second wave before the end of the year.
SF News Could Marijuana Actually Become Federally Legal Under Trump? One initiative of the Biden administration that, surprisingly, President Trump didn't kill off and counter immediately was an effort by the Justice Department to finally reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
Arts & Entertainment Michael Tilson Thomas, Beloved Composer and Conductor of SF Symphony, Dies at 81 Michael Tilson Thomas, who served as music director of the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years and became a preeminent figure in the global classical music scene, has died at age 81.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Standoff With UPS Truck Thief Ends Peacefully Police in Fremont arrested a suspected UPS truck thief following a standoff; Santa Clara County has put 10 social workers on leave due to the Jaxon Juarez death investigation; and California is getting three new state parks.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Flight Had to Abort Landing at SFO Due to Other Plane on Runway A United flight had to abort a landing Monday night at SFO; a new state bill seeks to protect whales in SF Bay; and Kash Patel had the FBI investigate a NYT reporter because of a story about his girlfriend.
Arts & Entertainment SF Drag Queen Katya Smirnoff-Skyy Launches New Career as Realtor, In Full Drag Well known local drag queen and self-styled chanteuse Katya Smirnoff-Skyy is now moonlighting — or, daylighting? — as a San Francisco realtor, and she's using her drag persona to sell property on social media.
SF Politics That California Ban on Masked ICE Agents Just Got Struck Down A three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit just made permanent an injunction that blocks the enforcement of California's law banning masks on federal agents — basically because a state can't tell a federal agency what to do.
Arts & Entertainment Disassembly of Vaillancourt Fountain to Begin Next Week, With Full Removal In May Fans of the not-widely-loved Vaillancourt Fountain have just a few days left to pay their respects to the Brutalist landmark at Embarcadero Plaza, with the process to remove it set to start Monday.
SF Politics Former CA Congressman Devin Nunes Fired From Trump Media We haven't heard much from blowhard former Republican Congressman Devin Nunes the past few years, and that's because he's been busy losing over a billion dollars over at Trump Media & Technology Group.
SF News Rockridge Trader Joe's Could Be Redeveloped as Senior Living Towers The same developer that is looking to redevelop four Safeway properties in San Francisco is proposing a massive new senior living development on the site of the Rockridge Trader Joe's in Oakland.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Gubernatorial Candidates to Face Off In New Debate Six leading candidates for governor will face off in a debate tonight; a tornado touched down near Clovis on Tuesday; and San Mateo has banned the sale of kratom.
SF News Fugitive Suspect Arrested, Extradited In East Palo Alto Double Homicide From 2018 Nearly eight years after two men were fatally shot during a late-night altercation at a private Halloween party in East Palo Alto, the suspect, who reportedly fled to Mexico after the shooting, has returned to face justice.
SF News AI Store Manager Paying Female Employees Less, Can't Stop Ordering Candles That AI-run retail store experiment in Cow Hollow may or may not be going well, depending on who you ask. But it's gotten plenty of media attention, and perhaps that is mostly what the company behind it was after.
SF News Monday Night Stabbing Leaves One Man Critically Injured Near Sixth Street A man was stabbed Monday night on an alley off Sixth Street in SF's SoMa, and his injuries were said to be life-threatening.
SF News Kaiser Has Plans For Big New Hospital at Geary and Divis Kaiser Permanente is preparing to submit plans to the city for the company's first new hospital in San Francisco in over 70 years, and it would replace its existing hospital at Geary and Divisadero.
SF News Crash Involving Muni Bus and Car Sends Four to Hospital Four people, including the driver of a car, were injured Monday afternoon when a Muni bus collided with a car in the Mission District.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Napa Residents' Property Tax Checks Being Stolen, Washed A FiDi tower once worth $320M just went up for auction and no one bid on it; a fiery Tesla crash caused a backup on 280 Tuesday morning; and Napa residents' property tax checks are being stolen out of the mail in a check-washing scheme.
SF News Day Around the Bay: NorCal Man Shot By ICE to Remain In Custody BART is running a limited number of trains through the Transbay Tube next Sunday; the CA man shot by ICE in the Central Valley has been ordered to remain in custody; and Trump's labor secretary is stepping down amid scandal.
SF News Body Found Near SF On-Ramp Shortly After Weekend Construction on I-80 A deceased person was found near a SoMa freeway onramp Sunday night, not long after Caltrans construction crews completed their work on a section of eastbound I-80, which had caused some weekend congestion in the area.
Business & Tech Apple Names New CEO, John Ternus, With Tim Cook Set to Step Down This Summer Apple Inc. will get a new CEO later this year, following the long-expected retirement of Tim Cook, who took over from the late Steve Jobs in 2011. His name is John Ternus, and he is currently Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering.
SF News Murder Charge Added In Case of San Jose Toddler Who Died In Foster Care With Family Member On Monday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced murder and assault charges against a teenager, who may be tried as an adult, who has been implicated in the April 9 death of his two-year-old cousin.
SF Politics Another Democrat Exits CA Governor's Race, and It's Betty Yee The field of prominent Democrats running to be the next governor of California just shrank once more, one week after the unceremonious exit of former Congressman Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations.
SF News Activists Unfurl Anti-Israel Banner on Twin Peaks A group of anonymous activists placed a 120-foot-high banner on Twin Peaks Saturday, in the prominent spot used for the Pink Triangle each June, calling to "End US Aid to Israel."
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: 41-Story Hotel/Office Tower Near Jackson Square Adds Equity Partner A 7.5M earthquake struck earlier today off the coast of Japan; Tom Steyer is outspending his Democratic rivals by a lot; and the planned 41-story office/hotel tower at 530 Sansome has taken another step toward breaking ground.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Anyone Want to Buy a Legacy Taqueria? El Faro is in trouble again, popular smashburger pop-up Maillards has a new Outer Sunset home, and Eat Americana has closed its doors in the Richmond, all in This Week in Food.
