SF News South Bay Man Admits to Killing, Dismembering Ex-Girlfriend to Avoid Rape Charge A Gilroy man has reportedly admitted to police that he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and burned her dismembered remains in order to cover up or retaliate for a rape accusation she had filed against him.
SF Politics Sup. Dean Preston Walks Back Statement That Failed to Condemn Hamas Attack; Democratic Socialists Take It Further While most Democratic leaders in San Francisco have been quick to rally behind Israel and condemn Saturday's deadly terrorist attacks by Hamas militants, one city supervisor stood out among the rest for putting out a statement that seemed to solely express support for Palestinians.
SF News More Details Emerge In Pleasanton Murder and Dismemberment Case During Preliminary Hearing A judge has ordered a Pleasanton man to go to trial for the murder of his girlfriend, whose body was found dismembered on an Alameda shoreline in early August. And we're now learning that he was a Republican advocate for men wrongly accused in the #MeToo movement.
SF News Just In Time For Spooky Season, Live Rabid Bat Found In Hayes Valley A live and rabies-positive bat was found and captured in Hayes Valley several weeks ago, and the health department wants anyone who may have had any contact with the animal to give them a call.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Woman Who Fell From Building During Blue Angels Show ID'd The woman who fell from a rooftop Blue Angels party Saturday has been identified; the Chinese consulate on Geary remains closed after Monday's crash; and House Republicans are trying to elect a new speaker.
SF News Expert In Distressed Assets Assigned to Take Over Management of Westfield Mall An expert in receivership of large properties who's based in Southern California has been given the go-ahead by a judge to take over the operations of the San Francisco Centre mall, formerly known as the Westfield San Francisco Centre.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two For String of Recent Armed Robberies In the Mission District San Francisco police announced the arrest of two individuals, both men in their 30s, for a series of armed robberies in recent weeks that targeted businesses in the Mission District.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chronicle Still Trying to Sell Us on This 'Top 25 Restaurants' List That Ignores Like 100 Great Restaurants It was time again for the Chronicle to update their bizarrely unhelpful Top 25 Restaurants list for Fall 2023, and it remains like a less informative version of the Eater 38, but with 13 fewer restaurants, representing a region which deserves far better coverage.
SF News Car Crashing Into Chinese Consulate In SF Considered an International Incident, Just Weeks Before APEC Information about the suspect shot and killed by police and his motivations are not being released quickly, the SFPD says, because Monday's crash is being treated as an international incident.
SF News Vehicle Fire Causes Backup on Westbound Bay Bridge A vehicle fire and its aftermath caused a significant traffic backup east of Treasure Island on the Bay Bridge Tuesday morning.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Big Rig Driver Dies In Richmond Bridge Tollbooth Crash A big rig crashed into the tollbooth plaza of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Monday night; a woman was carjacked near the UC Berkeley campus; and the Oakland Police Commission remains divided amid search for new chief.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Car Crashes Into Chinese Consulate, Driver Shot A car crashed into the Chinese consulate at Geary and Laguna and shots were fired; Newsom vetoed a bill that would have outlawed caste-based discrimination; and a beloved pumpkin patch in Morgan Hill was vandalized.
SF News Another Tent Fire In Hayes Valley Has Neighbors Angry A tent fire that broke out Saturday afternoon at an encampment in Hayes Valley has angered neighbors who have given multiple warnings to the city, especially when it was very near an August 1 fire that burned down a building under construction.
SF News Report of Man With Gun Leads to Evacuation of NoPa Shopping Center A report of a man with a gun inside a Chase Bank in the NoPa neighborhood prompted SFPD officers to evacuate a Lucky supermarket Monday afternoon.
SF News [Updated] Six People Injured When Cable Car Makes Hard Stop on Nob Hill A San Francisco cable car had to make a hard stop to avoid colliding with another vehicle Monday afternoon, resulting in some passenger injuries.
SF News Large Pro-Palestinian Rally Outside Israeli Consulate In San Francisco Met With Counter-Protest Following a major outbreak of violence in Israel and Gaza over the weekend, pro-Palestinian rallies occurred Sunday in multiple U.S. cities which were met by groups supporting Israel, leading in some cases to skirmishes.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Man Killed at 18th and Mission A man was fatally shot just before 2 a.m. Saturday in the Mission District; Mission cafe owner and SFTMA board member Manny Yekutiel details his experience from Israel over the weekend; and Sonoma County was rocked by two small earthquakes Sunday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Napa-Based Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello Dies at Age 61 Michael Chiarello, a celebrity of food TV and a long-established Bay Area chef and restaurateur, died Friday at the age of 61.
SF News Woman Falls to Her Death From Building Roof In SF's Russian Hill During Blue Angels Show A woman died Saturday afternoon after a fall from a roof in Russian Hill, and details about the circumstances leading up to the fall have not been released.
SF News Sunday Links: Plane From SFO to Tel Aviv Turns Around Mid-Flight A United flight from SFO to Tel Aviv turned around mid-flight following the outbreak of attacks by Hamas; the SFPD arrested nine shoplifters in a 'blitz' operation at the SF Centre; and a winning $1.3M Powerball ticket was sold in San Francisco.
SF News Saturday Headlines: Bask In This Last Beach Day This is your last beach day, SF, with cooler temperatures on the way Sunday; a Tenderloin hotel is removing some anti-homeless sprinklers it installed; and a judge has denied a bid by Tesla to reduce a jury award in a case of workplace racism.
SF News President Joe Biden Suggests He Might Meet With Xi Jinping In San Francisco During APEC President Joe Biden left open the possibility Friday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping may have a sideline meeting of some sort in November while both are in San Francisco for APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders's Summit.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Chow Space In Castro Comes Alive Again as The Rustic A couple of significant reopenings happened across town this week, and a replacement restaurant for shuttered, Michelin-starred Marlena has made its debut in Bernal Heights.
Arts & Entertainment City of Alameda Now Wants Portola Music Festival Shut Down Forever After Second Year of Noise Complaints The inaugural Portola Music Festival last year drew some loud complaints from residents across the Bay in Alameda, when the oontz-oontz music went on later than they liked — which was until 11 p.m. Now, the City of Alameda is taking some action after a second year of complaints.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cliff House Plans Sound Ferry Building-Esque With Multiple Food Vendors and Cafes, and a Plaza With Cart Vendors Plans for the re-imagining of the Cliff House, which had been shrouded in secrecy until just recently, reveal some exciting details about the new vision for the iconic building.
