SF News SF's Anti-Gay Archbishop Not Likely to Be Giving Blessings to Same-Sex Couples Anytime Soon After Pope Francis issued a new declaration Monday that same-sex couples could receive blessings from Catholic priests and bishops, San Francisco's notoriously conservative archbishop Salvatore Cordileone issued his own terse response.
Business & Tech Google Agrees to Pay $700M to Settle States' Antitrust Case, Will Let Developers Take Direct Payments In Play Store We are now learning the details of a settlement reached in September between Google and 50 state attorneys general over antitrust claims about its Play Store, and they are mostly time-limited and minor for Google/Alphabet.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Three Nabbed For Alleged Sunglass Robbery In Vacaville The heaviest rains of the week arrive today and tomorrow; the CEO of California Forever just gave his final opening sales pitch in Solano County; and three suspects were arrested after a significant organized retail theft at the Vacaville Premium Outlets.
SF News Bid to Rename SFO's International Terminal After Dianne Feinstein Gets First Hearing Next Month An effort to put late Senator Dianne Feinstein's name on one of the terminals at San Francisco International Airport will be having its first hearing next month at the Airport Commission.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Liguria Bakery Reopens Tuesday Just In Time for Xmas Focaccia Purchases The century-old Liguria Bakery in North Beach, which suffered an oven fire in early August, is finally getting back open this week in time for the holidays.
SF News At Least 200 Gather at SF Hall of Justice to Protest DA's Decision to Charge Bay Bridge Gaza Protesters Pro-Palestinian protesters are, unsurprisingly, not happy about the SF district attorney's decision to charge 78 protesters with multiple misdemeanors for their participation in a disruptive demonstration last month on the Bay Bridge.
SF News Like SF Was Last Year, Berkeley Slapped With Restraining Order Stopping Encampment Sweep It's a repeat of what happened in San Francisco last December, and presages what could be a contentious legal fight at the Supreme Court next year: A federal judge has issued a restraining order against the City of Berkeley over a planned sweep of a homeless encampment.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Former Bay Area Band Member Sought In Girlfriend's Disappearance A former member of the rock band Mr. Bungle is being sought as a person of interest in the disappearance of a Capitola woman; a crash shut down the Richmond Bridge Sunday night; and a flood advisory has been issued for parts of the Bay Area this morning.
SF News SF District Attorney to Begin Filing Charges Against Bay Bridge Gaza Protesters SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that a slew of charges are going to be filed against 80 people who were arrested while participating in a protest that blocked the westbound Bay Bridge last month.
SF Politics San Francisco to Begin Compelling More People Into Mental Health Treatment January 1; Newsom Slams Counties That Are Delaying California's new conservatorship law, which expands the pool of potential candidates who can be involuntarily compelled into mental-health or substance-abuse treatment, takes effect January 1, and San Francisco is one of the counties opting to implement it right away.
SF News SF Man Accused In Stabbing Death of Girlfriend Pleads Not Guilty to Murder 29-year-old Scott Fisher was arraigned Friday for the murder of girlfriend Kimberly Wong in the Presidio Heights apartment they shared.
Arts & Entertainment Rising Star Dylan Mulvaney Talks About Why She Loves SF Ahead of Her SF Symphony 'Holiday Gaiety' Performance TikTok- and Instagram-famous trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who became the center of an unwanted culture-war firestorm earlier this year, is performing in San Francisco tonight, and she says it's her first time ever performing with a symphony orchestra.
SF News 23-Year-Old Man Getting Arraigned Today For June Mass Shooting on 24th Street Nearly six months to the day of his arrest, 23-year-old Javier Campos is being arraigned in San Francisco for the June 9 shooting at 24th and Treat streets that injured nine people.
SF News Alameda Agrees to Pay $11M In Wrongful Death Suit Brought By Family of Mario Gonzalez In a controversial case of a man who died while in custody of Alameda police in 2021, the City of Alameda has agreed to pay $11 million to the man's son in a wrongful death suit.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Man Charged With October Killing In Oakland A San Francisco man was just charged with a fatal shooting in October outside an Oakland nightclub; a woman is suing St. Mary's College over a suppressed rape allegation in 2000; and the NYT has the inside scoop on how the Dobbs decision came to be.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Famed Napa Winemaker and Judgement of Paris Figure Mike Grgich Dies at 100 A renowned and beloved figure in the Napa Valley, Mijenko “Mike” Grgich, died Wednesday at age 100, reportedly passing in his sleep with family members at his side at home in Calistoga.
SF News Uh Oh: Forecasters Now Say This Winter's El Niño Could Be 'Historically Strong' We've been operating under the belief that this year's El Niño winter, given the past few El Niño cycles, was unlikely to be as bad as last winter's historically wet, months-long string of atmospheric river storms. But we may need to batten down the hatches once again.
SF News Protesters Outside Public Utilities Commission Call for Ouster of Commissioner Who Worked for Cruise A rally outside the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) offices in San Francisco Thursday morning was calling for the prosecution of executives at self-driving taxi company Cruise, and for the ouster of the commissioner who helped approve Cruise's permits.
SF News Stonestown Redevelopment Project Gets New Renderings, Revisions The planned redevelopment of the Stonestown Galleria property, which will turn what are currently parking lots into new residential, retail, and office space, has received some revisions, which include dropping a planned 200-room hotel.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Yosemite Bringing Back Reservation System Three people were arrested in San Pablo with 600 lbs. of copper wire; Yosemite National Park is requiring reservations for entry next year; and Buster Posey says SF's reputation may be partly to blame for Shohei Ohtani passing up the Giants' offer.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF District Attorney Says Homeless Should Be Made 'Uncomfortable' DA Brooke Jenkins said homeless people need to be "uncomfortable" in order to get them into shelter; the ex-cop in last weekend's standoff in the East Bay has been charged; and Hi Felicia owner Imana is closing Sluts wine bar and says she is unhoused.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Harry Denton's Starlight Room to Be Reborn In February as Starlite The beloved, 21-story-high view bar at the Beacon Grand, formerly the Sir Francis Drake, is undergoing a facelift, and we finally have a reopening date.
Arts & Entertainment 'SF Is a Drag' Organizers Issue Apology After Performers Say They Were Harassed The two-day, guerrilla drag extravaganza two weekends ago in San Francisco went off mostly without a hitch, though we're now hearing about a situation in which two performers were harangued by a man on the street who didn't appreciate their form of protest.
SF News Cruise Passengers Stuck at SF Terminal For Hours Without Food Due to Departure Delay The Crown Princess couldn't dock on time Tuesday night in order to get passengers onboard for a voyage to Mexico, due to extra-low tides and silt buildup in the Bay, leaving hundreds of passengers waiting around the drafty cruise terminal at Pier 27.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Berkeley City Council Retracts Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Six people were hospitalized in a campus bus crash at UC Santa Cruz Tuesday night; the Berkeley City Council retracted a resolution it was set to vote on calling for a ceasefire in Gaza; and Tesla is conducting another major recall.
