SF News Monday Morning Headlines: South Bay Man Arrested for Impersonating a Cop A man was convicted last week in a fatal 2021 shooting at the 24th Street BART station; a man was arrested by Santa Clara County deputies for impersonating a police officer; and Clarence Thomas was absent from the Supreme Court today.
SF News 11 People Rescued In Two Separate Boat Capsize Incidents, One Off Ocean Beach and One In Tomales Bay Two boats capsized in the Bay Area this weekend in separate incidents amid windy conditions, leading to 11 people requiring emergency rescue from cold waters.
SF News Sunday Links: Shooting Kills Two In Napa A rare shooting in Napa left two women dead on Saturday; a tiny house in Cupertino sold over asking, and asking was $1.7M; and the Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off in Japantown.
SF News Shooting on SF's Sixth Street Injures One A shooting early Saturday morning in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood left one person injured.
SF News Saturday Links: China Basin Park Opens A pedestrian was run over by a SamTrans bus in Redwood City; a ceasefire protest in South San Francisco turned violent; and China Basin Park has opened by McCovey Cove and it received a positive Chronicle review.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chinatown Night Market Returns The body of a 15-year-old boy swept away Thursday in the rushing current of the Russian River has been found; a Berkeley parent is suing the school district over an Israel-Palestine curriculum; and the Chinatown Night Market returns tonight.
Arts & Entertainment Heavy Metal Concert Set for Weekend After Outside Lands Sells Out In 90 Minutes It looks like Another Planet Entertainment knew what they were doing with the alt-metal programming for the weekend after Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park.
SF News You May See More Muni Fare Inspectors on Buses This Year as SFMTA Vows Crackdown on Fare Evasion Some state bailout funds that are flowing to the SFMTA came with the condition that the agency do more to crack down on fare evasion. So you will likely start seeing more scofflaws getting tickets for not having proof of payment.
SF News Oakland Port Commissioners Vote to Change Airport Name, Setting Up Legal Battle With San Francisco The Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners took their controversial vote on Thursday, and it was unanimous. They want to change the name of Oakland Airport to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport," and San Francisco is going to have some words with them.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Overturned Trailer Briefly Blocks All of I-880 South A woman in a wheelchair was struck and injured in the Tenderloin; an overturned big rig trailer caused an early morning traffic nightmare on I-880 south; and the Warriors aren't giving up just yet.
SF News Fatal Motorcycle Crash on 101 Freeway In SF Snarls Traffic A Thursday afternoon collision on westbound 80/southbound 101 in San Francisco shut down a section of the busy freeway, and drivers were being told to find alternate routes, especially they are trying to get to the Peninsula from the Bay Bridge.
SF News Noe Valley to Celebrate Arrival of Once-Controversial Public Toilet With 'Blowout' Event The infamous $1.7 million toilet that became a symbol of bloated bureaucracy, which was replaced with a much less expensive, prefab option, has now become a reality in Noe Valley Town Square.
SF News Convicted Kristin Smart Killer Paul Flores Stabbed In Prison Paul Flores, who is serving a sentence of 25 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of fellow Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, was reportedly stabbed and injured while in prison this week — and this is the second time he's been attacked in less than a year.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Petit Crenn Announces Final Summer Stint Petit Crenn will close in September after a final few months of dinners, Portola gets a new cocktail bar and pizza spot, and Alora gets a Chronicle review.
SF News Man Allegedly Assaults Woman In SF Who Refuses to Give Him Cigarette A woman was attacked and left with life-threatening injuries early Wednesday in the Tenderloin, all over a refused cigarette.
SF Politics London Breed Would Like a Chinese University to Open a Satellite Campus In SF's Downtown Another of Mayor London Breed's goals in her upcoming trip to China, besides getting a panda for the San Francisco Zoo, is apparently to chat up a university there about opening a satellite campus in SF's struggling downtown.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Major Fire Burning Near Tracy A fire at a recycling center near Tracy prompted some early morning evacuations; an overturned big rig near San Leandro was causing major traffic headaches; and the route of the Big Sur marathon has been changed due to that road slip-out.
SF News Day Around the Bay: See a Superbloom of California Poppies In the East Bay An arrest has been made in connection with a deadly crash near Concord last weekend; longtime Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer is retiring; and you can head to some parks in the East Bay to see superblooms of California poppies.
SF Politics Mayoral Candidate Aaron Peskin Releases First Campaign Video As we knew from his first announcements last week about his campaign for mayor, Supervisor Aaron Peskin is leaning into the concept of "recovery" — both as it pertains to the city of San Francisco's return to prosperity and his own struggles with alcohol.
SF News COVID Hospitalizations Hit Historic Low In California Given how life has been going the past few years, it would be unwise to declare anything with certainty like, "The pandemic is finally, truly over." But the hospitalization stats in California show that COVID isn't what it used to be.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Minnie Bell's Soul Movement Opens Next Week In the Fillmore Get ready for rosemary fried chicken and the gooiest mac and cheese when acclaimed East Bay chef Fernay McPherson debuts the first San Francisco location of Minnie Bell's Soul Movement next week.
SF News Here's Why a Two-Story Houseboat Was Being Towed Across the Bay This Week A two-story house — actually a houseboat — was seen floating across San Francisco Bay during Monday's solar eclipse, and it captured the imagination of many who wondered where it had come from and where it was headed.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Downtown SF Crunch Fitness Closes After 30 Years A three-story Crunch Fitness on New Montgomery Street in SF has closed after 30 years; Oakland native Zendaya talks to Britsh Vogue about her early start in Hollywood; and video shows a whale off Pacifica with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.
SF News Oakland Man Charged With Hate Crime For Threatening and Screaming Epithets at Gay Couple A 60-year-old Oakland man is now facing hate-crime charges for criminal threats and vulgar statements he made to a gay couple who are his neighbors, and there is video showing him threatening to kill them if they didn't move within two weeks.
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Concert In Golden Gate Park After Outside Lands Will Feature Alt-Metal Bands System of a Down and Deftones There will just be one extra day of music this year on the weekend after Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, and the metal-heavy lineup was just announced.
