SF News $4 Million Campaign to Boost SF's Image Kicks Off With Ad Highlighting Challenges, Innovation, Pelosi A well-funded PR campaign for the city of San Francisco, one of a few that have been launched in recent months with the aim of rehabilitating the city's much-maligned image on the national stage, has just released a slick video.
Business & Tech California DMV Suspends Cruise Robotaxis From Operating In SF, Indefinitely One of the two companies operating driverless taxis in San Francisco will no longer be able to do so, after the DMV has suspended their permit allowing them to take passengers without a test driver present.
SF News [Updated] Alaska Airlines Pilot Makes First Court Appearance; Feds Say He Was Doing Mushrooms When He Interfered With the Plane The off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut off fuel to the engines of an SFO-bound commuter jet on Sunday, endangering the lives of 83 people, is set to make his first court appearance today in Portland.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Muni Had a Brief Meltdown The Muni Metro had some sort of major software issue Tuesday morning during rush hour; pending home sales are at a six-year low in SF; and the 49ers are on a losing streak after Monday's loss to the Vikings.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Thieves Steal Hundreds of Puppets From Touring Show Thieves stole a U-Haul truck containing over 500 handmade puppets from a touring show in SF; a suspect was arrested for a Monte Rio homicide on Sunday; and SF restaurateurs discuss their anxiety amid declining business.
SF News Alaska Airlines Pilot Arrested For Trying to Bring Down Plane Lives In Pleasant Hill, Described as 'Family Man' The Alaska Airlines pilot currently in custody in Portland over a Sunday evening incident — in which he allegedly tried to shut down a plane's engines while off-duty and riding in the cockpit — is being described by neighbors as "normal" and a "family man."
SF News Man In His 20s Shot at 16th and Mission BART Plaza A person was shot Monday morning in the BART plaza at 16th and Mission streets in San Francisco, and police were advising everyone to avoid the area.
Arts & Entertainment Golden Gate Park Ferris Wheel Moving to Fisherman's Wharf Ahead of APEC Summit The Ferris wheel that's been spinning next to Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse for three years is relocating to the more heavily touristed Fisherman's Wharf, and will reopen in two weeks.
SF News San Francisco-Bound Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Off-Duty Pilot Disrupts Engines A scary situation unfolded in the cockpit of an SFO-bound Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday, when an off-duty pilot traveling on a jump seat in the cockpit allegedly attempted to bring down the plane.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Tyler Florence Is Taking Over Town Hall; Existing Town Hall to Close Next Week Longtime downtown lunch and dinner hotspot Town Hall is closing after Halloween, and celebrity chef Tyler Florence will be taking it over and keeping the name.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Kicks Off Weeklong Trip In China, Where He's Discussing Climate Change Continuing to act presidential without actually running for the job, Governor Gavin Newsom is in China this week, discussing the state's partnership with the country on climate initiatives.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Car Crashes Into Sunset District Home A car crashed into a home in the Sunset after a collision with another car on Sunday; San Jose police made arrests at two sideshows; and Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA] has some choice words for his Republican colleagues in the House.
SF News Rollover Crash In Broadway Tunnel Involved SF Parking Enforcement Vehicle The vehicle that rolled over Wednesday morning in San Francisco's Broadway tunnel was a parking enforcement vehicle, and the SFMTA officer involved reportedly suffered life-threatening injuries.
SF News Three More Arrests Made In June's Rolling Gun Battle Down Embarcadero The SFPD announced three more arrests — two adults and one juvenile — in connection with a wild rolling gun battle in June down the Embarcadero from Fisherman's Wharf that left a young girl injured.
SF News Mid-Market Luxury Apartment Tower NEMA, a Symbol of Last Tech Boom, Faces Foreclosure A decade ago we were cringing in horror over the douchey marketing video for a luxury apartment tower that went up next door to the building we used to call the Twitter Building. Now, it's facing foreclosure.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Pedestrian Struck and Killed By Muni Bus, Van Ness Closed A pedestrian was struck and killed around 1 a.m. Thursday by a Muni bus on Van Ness Avenue; there was more drama at the SF Police Commission Wednesday; and Jim Jordan is not seeking a third floor vote for Speaker of the House.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oregon Couple Killed While Biking In Napa Identified A Muslim woman says she was spat on and harassed in Burlingame; an audit has found more irregularities at SF's Community Challenge Grant Program; and a pair of bicyclists killed in Napa Tuesday have been identified as a couple visiting from Oregon.
SF News APEC Summit Will Close Freeway Ramps, All Streets Around Moscone Center, and Central Subway for Six Days Well, it looks like this major trade conference that is bringing a bunch of world leaders from the Asia-Pacific sphere to San Francisco in a few weeks is going to snarl traffic and cause transit headaches way bigger than Dreamforce ever does.
SF News Rollover Crash In SF's Broadway Tunnel Injures One, Tunnel Partially Closed There was a rollover crash Wednesday morning apparently only involving one car inside the Broadway Tunnel connecting North Beach and Russian Hill.
SF News Two Suspects Charged In Smash-and-Grab Involving Car at Union Square Dior Store The pair of suspects arrested in connection with last week's brazen smash-and-grab robbery at the Christian Dior store in Union Square — a robbery that involved ramming through the front gates and door of the store with a car — have now been charged.
SF News Hundreds of SF High School Students Stage Walkout In Protest of Israel's Bombing of Gaza An unknown number of high school students in the San Francisco Unified School District are staging a walkout today in protest of the violence in the Middle East, and saying they demand a ceasefire.
SF News 4.1M Earthquake Centered In Sacramento River Delta Prompts ShakeAlert on SF Phones A 4.1M earthquake centered in Isleton, in Sacramento County, prompted an Emergency Alert on phones in the Bay Area from the ShakeAlert system — though you might not have felt any shaking in SF.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Another Heatwave Arrives It's going to be a hot few days in the Bay Area; SF Supervisor Hillary Ronen says she now backs a tiny-home village at 16th and Mission; and X/Twitter is going to start charging new users $1 to use the platform in two countries.
Arts & Entertainment 'Barbie' Movie Night, Cosplay Encouraged, Coming to Oracle Park Next Week There's going to be a big, jumbotron screening of the Barbie movie next week at Oracle Park, now that the Giants are not going to be involved in any post-season action and the stadium's all freed up.
SF News Viral Video of Bros Allegedly Harassing Guy In Pro-Palestinian Sweatshirt Highlights Local Tensions Over Israel-Hamas Conflict A video shot over the weekend in San Francisco, possibly after the large pro-Palestinian march up Market Street on Saturday, purports to show a guy leaning into the window of another guy's car and harassing him, he says because of his pro-Palestine sweatshirt.
