SF Politics Mark Farrell Wants to Bring Car Traffic Back to Market Street Downtown — Is That Wise? It could just be campaign bluster and empty talk, but mayoral candidate Mark Farrell is among those talking about reopening Market Street to regular vehicle traffic. And Chronicle urban design critic John King has some thoughts.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Che Fico Has Done Away With 10% 'Dine-In' Surcharge, But Will Add 5% Charge Emerging from the pandemic, San Francisco restaurant Che Fico took a controversial approach to realigning the economics of dining, and now they're backing off a bit, at least by 5%.
Business & Tech Judge Tells Musk His Lawsuit Against Hate-Speech Watchdog Group Is Just 'Punishment' For Their Speech Self-proclaimed 'free speech absolutist' Elon Musk went after several nonprofit organizations last year for their speech last year. One of those lawsuits was just tossed out by a federal judge with a blistering, 52-page order.
SF News Two Dead In Double Shooting In San Francisco's Portola Neighborhood Two people were found fatally shot Sunday evening by San Francisco police inside a home in the Portola neighborhood.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Trump Gets Reprieve From Appeals Court Three people were shot in a verbal dispute in East Oakland Sunday; residents of the West Portal neighborhood remain shaken after last week's fatal crash; and Donald Trump has gotten a reprieve from an appeals court in New York in his fraud case.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Boichik Bagels Land In SF Saturday Wayfare Tavern confirms they are relocating a few blocks away, Boichik Bagels opens their first SF location Saturday in Laurel Heights/Presidio Heights, and Bar Jabroni makes a splash in the Lower Haight.
SF News Protesters Rally Against Light Sentencing For Defendant In 2021 Stabbing of Elderly Asian Woman The stabbing of a 94-year-old Asian woman in San Francisco's Tenderloin made many headlines when it occurred in June 2021, and that was in a year when there were many high-profile acts of violence committed against Asian seniors in particular.
Arts & Entertainment 21-Hour Marathon of All Nine 'Star Wars' Movies Happening at Alamo Drafthouse Are you such a big Star Wars fan that you'd like to sit through all nine movies of the saga in one go with a bunch of other Star Wars fans? Well, Alamo Drafthouse can give you this experience.
SF News Avoid Being Scammed By Fake FasTrak Texts Telling You to Pay Penalties Bay Area drivers should know that a scam has been going around involving fake websites posing as the FasTrak toll system trying to extract payments from people.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Civic Center Gets Evasion-Proof BART Gates BART's new evasion-proof fare gates are getting installed at Civic Center Station today; a 28-year-old man was found shot at an Oakland motel; and rain arrives again this afternoon.
Bay Area Sports Oracle Park Gets More Like Being In the Club This Season With New Soundsystem, Lighting Effects Going to a Giants game this baseball season — or, likely, to any upcoming concerts at Oracle Park — is going to have a lot more nightclub vibes, thanks to a major lighting and sonic upgrade at the stadium.
SF News 24 Hour Fitness Locations In SF Cease to Be Open 24 Hours 24 Hour Fitness, which has been closing some of its SF gyms in recent years, will no longer be living up to its name at any of its remaining locations in the city, with an hour change just announced to members.
Business & Tech Some Longtime Reddit Moderators Possibly Got Quite Rich Today Following the Company's IPO The long-awaited Reddit IPO happened Thursday afternoon, and shares in the company soared 48%, closing at $50.31 per share by the end of the day — well above the initial price of $34.
Business & Tech Apple Hit With Sweeping Antitrust Lawsuit From Justice Department and 16 States Over iPhone Monopoly After years of scrutiny by regulators and rumblings from states' attorneys general, and following similar prosecutions against Google and other major tech players, Apple was hit with a sweeping lawsuit Thursday accusing it of creating a monopoly around its popular smartphones.
SF News Infant Dies From Injuries In West Portal Crash, Marking Fourth Victim From the Same Family On Wednesday evening, city officials confirmed that the three-month-old who was gravely injured in Saturday's crash in West Portal has died.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: FTC Calls Out Grocery Chains For Hiking Prices An equipment problem between Daly City and Balboa Park was causing BART delays; a bunch of cars in the Richmond District had their tires slashed; and the FTC is calling out large grocery chains for unfairly hiking prices after supply chain issues eased.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SFMOMA and City College Settle Legal Dispute Over Mural The "Free Fentanyl" guy is back hanging around a Richmond District playground; SFMOMA and City College have settled their legal dispute over the cost to move that Diego Rivera mural; and Evan Low is leading in the South Bay primary for second place to succeed Anna Eshoo in Congress by just 3 votes.
SF News Five Arrested After Driving Recklessly In Allegedly Stolen Vehicle Across Multiple Bay Area Counties Five individuals were arrested Saturday night after an hourslong chase that involved the Alameda County Sheriff's Office helicopter tracking a speeding vehicle through the East Bay and back and forth across the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment Tony-Winning Musicals and a World Premiere Musical Come to the Bay Area This Spring This spring's theater season in San Francisco is especially full with acclaimed shows newly on tour, and a world-premiere musical at Berkeley Rep centered on the story of Galileo Galilei.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Drink This: Dirty 90s Martini at Starlite What's more 90s than a Grey Goose vodka martini, icily shaken and well seasoned with brine?
SF News Oakland Man Sentenced to 18 Months For Helping Launder Drug Money, Wire It to Mexico and Honduras An Oakland man who owns a money-wiring service has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a plea deal, after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges.
SF News Don't Get Too Used to This Sunny Weather — the Rain's Coming Back Rain will return to the Bay Area this weekend, after a welcome springtime respite, and it looks like our early spring is going to be a wet one beyond the weekend as well.
SF News Person Stabbed With Box-Cutter on BART Train In San Francisco There was a stabbing incident reported Tuesday night onboard a BART train, and the victim exited the Oakland-bound train at Embarcadero Station.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Driver In West Portal Crash Issues Statement The 78-year-old woman arrested after the fatal crash in West Portal Saturday has issued a statement through a lawyer; three BART employees have been accused of time theft; and there was a reported freeway shooting in Contra Costa County.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Approve Expansion of Program That Gives Homeless People Bus Tickets Out of Town It was a small political win for Supervisor Ahsha Safaí at the SF Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, as the board voted to approve the expansion of a bus program for the city's homeless that he had earlier proposed.
