SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Man Climbing Power Lines Shuts Down Caltrain Caltrain service into SF was halted Thursday morning due to a guy climbing power lines; a 14-year-old girl has been arrested in connection with organized retail thefts in SF; and the California Forever team had its first town hall in Vallejo last night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Major BART Delays After Person Walks Into Transbay Tube Another person got into the Transbay Tube and it was causing major BART delays Wednesday evening; a 42-year-old UPS employee in Oakland has been charged in a murder; and federal prosecutors have indicted the SF driver who allegedly killed pro cyclist Ethan Boyes in the Presidio in April.
Business & Tech Elon Musk to Fleeing Advertisers: 'Go F**k Yourselves' Well, the countdown clock may be ticking to X CEO Linda Yaccarino's predictable departure from the platform formerly known as Twitter. Company owner and virtual CEO Elon Musk has just told skittish advertisers "Don't advertise."
SF News Sierra Club Comes Out Swinging About Proposed New City Backed by Billionaires In Solano County The Solano County chapter of the Sierra Club held a press conference Tuesday to express their opposition to a proposed plan, revealed in August, to build a new city east of Fairfield — a project that currently has the name California Forever.
SF News Lengthy Times Piece About SF Fire Commissioner Assault Case Tries to Counter 'Doom Loop' Narrative The New York Times is, somewhat recently, trying to counter the "doom loop" narrative about San Francisco that the SF Chronicle first promoted, and that the Times itself contributed fodder to earlier in the year.
Arts & Entertainment Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig to Kick Off Awards Season In SF at SFFILM Awards; Also Nicolas Cage to Be Honored Barbie auteur Greta Gerwig and star Ryan Gosling will be coming to San Francisco for next week's SFFILM Awards, and the star-studded event will also include a lifetime achievement award being given to actor Nicolas Cage.
SF News Missing East Bay Woman Who Disappeared From Houston Airport Found Safe The missing woman from Piedmont, who last week disappeared from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, has been found safe and her family is very relieved.
Arts & Entertainment Festival La Onda, a New Latin Music Fest From the BottleRock Team, Coming to Napa In June The lineup is set to be announced Monday for the first-ever, major music festival devoted entirely to Latin music in Northern California, and it's called Festival La Onda.
SF News Humpday Headlines: David DePape Back In Court In SF Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape will make another appearance in state court today; some illegal street vending seems to be persisting in the Mission after the ban took effect; and the world's first Ohlone restaurant is returning in Berkeley.
SF News Jewish Group Sues UC Berkeley Law School Over Student Groups' Anti-Zionism Stance A Jewish advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. has filed a lawsuit that alleges that UC Berkeley's law school has permitted the "longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism" among its student groups.
SF News Vallejo Police Publish Photos of Unmasked, 'Smiling' Assailants Sought In Theft of $12K In Levi's Jeans A case of organized retail theft in Vallejo over the holiday weekend left investigators with some pretty clear photographic evidence, but they still need the public's help in identifying the assailants.
SF News Arrest Made Following Drunken Melee Outside San Mateo Dive Bar That Ended In Stabbings One suspect has been arrested in connection with a chaotic fight outside Yuppie Cantina in San Mateo last month that left two men with stab wounds.
SF News Murder Suspect Nima Momeni's Sister Arrested In Alleged DUI Crash The sister at the heart of the murder case against Nima Momeni, in which Cash App founder Bob Lee was killed in downtown San Francisco in April, was caught up in an alleged crime of a different nature on Monday morning in SF.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Scattered Rain Expected Late Tonight Four people were injured in a crash into a 7-11 in Novato; tomorrow is the last day to use paper tickets on BART; and scattered rain showers are going to drizzle around the Bay starting late tonight.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Chevron's Richmond Refinery's Smokestacks Flaring After Power Outage Chevron's Richmond refinery was flaring from all its smokestacks Monday afternoon; a 28-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night in Oakland's Fruitvale; and a 9th Circuit judge says he resigned because of the Supreme Court's rightward shift.
SF News One of Two Stabbing Victims Dies After Crashing Car En Route to SF General One of two men who were stabbed and attempting to drive themselves to SF General's emergency room Friday night/Saturday morning has died from his injuries. He was 27 years old.
SF News Five-Year-Old Merced Girl Swept Out to Sea Near Half Moon Bay Identified A five-year-old girl who, along with her grandfather, was fatally swept out to sea from Martin's Beach in Half Moon Bay on Saturday, has been identified.
SF News Bay Area Mother of Two Goes Missing From Texas Airport A Bay Area woman has gone missing after she was last seen at an airport in Houston, Texas on the day before Thanksgiving, and her family is desperate to locate her.
SF News BART and Muni Getting Huge State Bailout to the Tune of $661M, But It Comes With Conditions After two years of talk of fiscal cliffs and the threat of service cuts, BART and the SFMTA have been thrown a lifeline in the form of state and regional transit subsidies — and the two agencies will be taking the lion's share of the money allocated to the Bay Area.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Went to Israel to Show He's Not Antisemitic Musk decided to pay a visit Monday to Israel and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a week and a half of negative attention about antisemitism on X/Twitter.
SF News Holiday Hangover Headlines: Armed Robbery Caught on Camera In Oakland An ambush-style armed robbery of a cigarette delivery truck was caught on camera in Oakland; ghost kitchens continue to be a problem in some neighborhoods; and holiday traffic through SFO was still below pre-pandemic levels.
SF News Post-Thanksgiving Weekend to Bring Chilly Temperatures, Sneaker Waves Temperatures will be dropping at night this post-holiday weekend and staying cold into next week, and there's an increased risk of dangerous sneaker waves at Bay Area beaches.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Three People Found Dead In BART Stations Three people were found dead in three different BART stations Wednesday night; three suspects ransacked a Kohl's store in Pleasant Hill after ramming a car into the front entrance; and Napa police are warning residents of scammers spoofing the department's phone number.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Jose Couple Charged In Toddler's Fentanyl Death Santa Clara County has its first case of parents being charged in the fentanyl-related death of a small child; the SFPD is stepping up its presence in Union Square; and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie is screening at the Castro Theatre next month.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Upscale Cocktail Bar Moves In Upstairs From 123-Year-Old Bus Stop Saloon One of San Francisco's oldest bars, the 123-year-old Bus Stop Saloon in Cow Hollow, gains a swanky upstairs neighbor tonight, and it's called Left Door.
