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Oakland Police Internal Affairs Officer Kills Man He Says Shot at Him Tuesday Morning

What sounds like it was a targeted attack on an Oakland police officer ended with a man fatally shot outside the headquarters of the Oakland Police Department's Internal Affairs division.

SF News

Arrest Made, Severed Head Found In Gruesome Santa Rosa Murder; Victim Was Suspect's Grandmother

The suspect in last week's gruesome murder and beheading in Santa Rosa has been found and arrested, and we now know the identity of the victim.

SF News

JetBlue Plane Collides With Pushback Vehicle at SFO, No One Injured

There were a few delays Monday at SFO due to a minor crash between a JetBlue jet and a towing vehicle that was helping the jet push back from a gate, and all the passengers had to deplane.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: One Person Killed Near Oakland City Hall

One person was shot and killed by Oakland police around 4 a.m. Tuesday near Oakland's City Hall; BART continues hemorrhaging money; and the dive-boat captain whose vessel went up in flames in 2019 killing nearly everyone onboard, has been convicted by a jury.

Arts & Entertainment

'Bulrusher' at Berkeley Rep Takes Us Back to 1950s Boonville

There is a good deal of trauma, passion, and magical mystery in Eisa Davis's play Bulrusher, which opened Wednesday night at Berkeley Repertory Theater. And it's play that manages to touch on many themes at once, while telling a fairly quaint period tale set in 1955 in Mendocino County.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Park Tavern In North Beach Gets Eviction Notice, Owner Says It's Staying Open

There's been some financial drama at one of North Beach's biggest restaurants in recent weeks, and only five months into a long-awaited reopening, the restaurant was served an eviction notice this week.

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Tenderloin Drug Dealer Busted In Berkeley Takes Plea Deal In Federal Case, Could Face 20 Years to Life

One of three individuals arrested in a drug bust in Berkeley last November has pleaded guilty to six federal counts of drug possession and intent to distribute, and could face a lengthy prison term.

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Thursday Morning What's Up: Sean Monterrosa Mural Goes Up In Mission

The man accused in Sunday's bizarre bomb-throwing spree and assault has been formally charged; a new mural honoring Bernal Heights native Sean Monterrosa, shot by police in 2020, is being completed for Dia de los Muertos; and a Sonoma sheriff's deputy was reportedly exposed to fentanyl.

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Day Around the Bay: Castro Halloween Went Quite Well

Halloween festivities in the Castro were lively and without incident both Saturday and Tuesday; the City of SF is suing companies that sell illegal license-plate concealers; and DoorDash is going to start making you wait longer for your food if you don't tip.

SF Politics

We May, Yet Again, Be Voting on Sports Betting In California Next Year

Some mystery proponents have filed two proposed ballot measures for the November 2024 election that would again attempt to legalize on-site and online sports betting in California, restricting it to tribe-owned casinos.

SF Politics

SF Supe Floats Sweeping Charter Amendment to Enhance Some Mayoral Powers, and Curb Ballot-Box Governance

San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman has proposed an amendment to the city charter that would bolster the power of the mayor while also discouraging some of the ballot-measure battles that have gone on in recent years between the Board of Supervisors and the mayor.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Husband and Wife Chef Team Behind Michelin-Starred Marlena Return With 7 Adams, Opening Tonight

The much anticipated return of chefs David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher, taking over a cozy Japantown space, arrives this week, but the new restaurant is not exactly Marlena part 2.

SF News

Various Groups Expected to Protest Outside APEC Summit In SF

A bevy of protest groups with a range of agendas are likely to stage demonstrations within view of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit later this month, though San Francisco city leaders would probably prefer they did not.

SF News

Humpday Headlines: Boats on Fire at South San Francisco Marina

Several boats were on fire Wednesday morning at the Oyster Point Marina in South San Francisco; a seven-year-old boy was struck and injured in a hit-and-run in Berkeley; and some rain might be headed our way by Sunday.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

East Bay Fried Turkey Specialists Offering Whole Deep-Fried Turkeys For Thanksgiving

You may have tasted, or heard about, the glories of a proper deep-fried turkey at Thanksgiving. But trying this yourself at home, without an experienced fry cook on hand and without some serious distance between the fry pot and your house, is not advised.

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'California Forever' Group Planning New Utopian City In Solano County Faces First Legal Drama

There is likely to be plenty of litigation ahead for the outfit funded by a group of tech billionaires known as Flannery Associates, as they navigate the nearly uncharted waters of trying to build a city out of whole cloth in hyper-political, 21st Century California.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Woods Beer & Wine Co. Opening New Brewpub — With Burgers! — In Cole Valley

Woods Beer & Wine Co. is expanding yet again, and the brewery is readying a seventh location in the middle of SF, in Cole Valley, at the site of the former Reverie Cafe (848 Cole Street).

SF News

Has the Law Enforcement Crackdown Impacted the Drug Scene In the Tenderloin? One Dealer Says Yes

It's too soon to say whether the law enforcement crackdown on open-air drug dealing in the Tenderloin and SoMa, ongoing since this summer, has been a success or failure. But some impacts have been apparent, and anecdotally, there may be fewer dealers on the streets.

SF News

Suspect In North Beach Assault, Pipe-Bomb-Throwing Had Federal Bomb Conviction, Domestic Violence History

The suspect has now been named in Sunday's bizarre incident that began in North Beach and led to a police chase across the Bay that included improvised explosives.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Major Bay Area Freeway to Be Shut Down This Weekend

A SoCal wildfire grew to 2,200 acres overnight thanks to Santa Ana winds; Oakland saw its 107th homicide early this morning; and a large portion of I-680 in the East Bay will be shut down for roadwork this weekend.

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Day Around the Bay: 'Party Mom' Indicted By Grand Jury

Governor Gavin Newsom made a gaffe knocking down a child in China; state Sen. Scott Wiener has a new car break-in bill; and a full quarter of a city fund to revitalize downtown is going to Tyler Florence's Union Square project.

SF News

BART Paper Tickets Are Going Away — For Real This Time — On November 30

It's the second time in three years that we've been told to "say goodbye" to paper tickets on the BART system. But after re-introducing them last year, the paper tickets are really going away this time.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Five Food Vendors, Several of Them Vegan, Announced for IKEA-Adjacent Food Hall In SF

We now know what six of the food concessions will be in the new Saluhall food court being opened by IKEA affiliate Ingka Centres in the downtown San Francisco Meeting Place complex.

SF News

Red-Flag Warning Weekend Included Brush Fire In Benecia, Several Barns Destroyed In Petaluma Blaze

It was not a completely quiet weekend for the North Bay during this past weekend's Red Flag Warning, but the reported fires were fairly quickly contained.

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15-Year-Old Arrested For Hit-and-Run That Killed Pregnant San Jose Woman Last Week

A 21-year-old preschool teacher was killed last week in a tragic hit-and-run collision at a busy South San Jose intersection, and police say they have now arrested the 15-year-old boy responsible, who was driving a stolen car at the time.

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