SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SoCal Man Claims Powerball Jackpot Ticket Stolen Highway 17 was closed in both directions Friday in the Santa Cruz Mountains due to heavy snow and downed trees; last night's storm knocked out power in most of Calistoga; and a man in Altadena is claiming that the man who claimed the $2B Powerball jackpot stole the ticket from him.
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Zoo Lioness Sukari Dies at Age 20 The San Francisco Zoo community is mourning the loss of Sukari, the zoo's 20-year-old African lioness who had given birth to multiple cubs in captivity as part of a conservation program.
SF News Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 Years for Sexual Assault In L.A. In a Los Angeles trial in which Governor Gavin Newsom's wife was a star witness, convicted super-predator Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years for rape and sexual assault charges.
SF News 71-Year-Old Woman Who Went Missing While Mushroom-Hunting In NorCal Forest Found Dead A 71-year-old woman who was out foraging for mushrooms in a Northern California forest earlier this month and got separated from her husband and daughter was found dead last week after being missing for two weeks.
SF News Notorious 'Evil Elmo' Guy Appears to Be Back at It Harassing People On the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Now As Cookie Monster Hide your kids if you see Cookie Monster coming at you near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk — he is not the cute and kindly Sesame Street character he appears to be.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SF City Attorney to Use Red Flag Law on Synagogue Terrorizer A death in an Oakland homeless camp has been deemed a homicide; the suspect in the synagogue blanks-shooting incident earlier this month may have his guns taken from him permanently; and the high temperature in SF broke a record for coldness on Wednesday.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Musk and Newsom Have Odd Exchange at Tesla Facility Opening Elon Musk and Gov. Gavin Newsom shared some awkward words at an event celebrating a new Tesla facility in Palo Alto; a man was shot and injured in McLaren Park; and Rep. Barbara Lee has made her Senate candidacy official.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Valencia Street Seafood Spot Ancora, In Former Locanda Space, Closes After Just Eight Months In a sign that the market for new restaurants in San Francisco may not be as ravenous as it was a few years back, a high-end seafood restaurant that opened last summer on Valencia Street is already calling it quits.
SF News Man Arrested In Weekend Incident In Dolores Park Will Face Hate-Crime Charges A 60-year-old San Francisco man is being charged with a hate crime after allegedly chasing and yelling threats at a woman of color in Dolores Park on Sunday.
SF News 100-Year-Old Man Killed In Oakland Hit-and-Run Identified, Mini Cooper Driver Still at Large The elderly man killed in a Sunday morning hit-and-run while out for his daily walk near Oakland's Lake Merritt has been identified, and his daughter says he was very health conscious and loved his walks.
SF News Three Dead After High-Speed Chase In Solano County In Allegedly Stolen Car Three people in a car that was reported as stolen in a Vallejo carjacking Tuesday night were killed in a crash following a high-speed chase with CHP officers on I-80 in Fairfield.
SF News Humpday Headlines: After the Wind, Bay Area to See Rain and Snow A one-year-old boy is in critical condition after a tree fell on his family's house in the Santa Cruz Mountains; one person died after a collision at the MacArthur Maze; and snow is likely to fall in multiple spots over the next two days including Santa Rosa.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Fire Damages Historic Black Church In Oakland A three-alarm fire Monday caused heavy damage to the oldest Black church in Oakland; two street vendors have been assaulted in San Jose in the last week; and snow could fall in parts of the Bay Area later this week.
SF Politics SF DA Brooke Jenkins Has Cut Staff Level of Unit That Investigates Police By More Than Half In further evidence that DA Jenkins may not be as aggressive in her pursuit of police accountability as her predecessors, the Chronicle has found that Jenkins has less than half the number of attorneys and fewer investigators working in the unit responsible for investigating police abuses.
SF News Hunters Point Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Husband (or Ex-Husband) A 33-year-old woman was arrested Thursday evening on suspicion of homicide in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood, and the victim was apparently her husband or ex-husband.
Arts & Entertainment Elon Musk's Twitter Debacle Mocked on Mardi Gras Parade Float Complete with a sink by his side — let that sink in! — an effigy of Elon Musk appeared on a float in a Thursday night Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, showing us again that the mockery over his Twitter takeover and subsequent behavior is coming from all corners, online and off.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Sunset Explosion Suspect Had a Prior Conviction Darron Price, the suspect in last weeks SF home explosion, is being arraigned and we're learning of a prior conviction; Bird, the scooter company, is leaving SF for good; and a retired Cal professor talks about being on that December flight from Maui that took a dive.
SF News Two People Injured, One Cat Rescued, 13 Displaced In Richmond District Fire A fire Thursday morning in the Richmond District displaced 13 residents, two of whom were rescued with injuries, and one cat was rescued without injury.
Business & Tech Tesla Is Now Recalling 360K Cars With 'Full Self Driving' Software Over Reported Flaws Elon Musk's other company now has another software-based recall to deal with, and it relates to some reported dangerous behaviors by the robot cars when in "Full Self-Driving" mode.
SF News Woman Convicted In Notorious SF Dog-Mauling Murder Case Gets Denied Parole Marjorie Knoller, the woman convicted of second-degree murder for the tragic 2001 dog-mauling of Diane Whipple, has been denied parole for a second time.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Half Moon Bay Shooter to Enter Plea The 66-year-old Half Moon Bay shooting suspect, Zhao Chunli, is due to enter a plea in court; SF city officials meet with residents who lived near last week's home explosion; and an Oakland councilmember is mad about the decision to fire the police chief.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Sunset Explosion Appears In Court Explosion suspect Darron Price was arraigned and his attorney "vehemently" denies the charges against him; Republicans are subpoena-ing tech CEOs again; two big NorCal craft breweries are merging.
SF News Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Fires Police Chief Over the Handling of Officer Investigations Citing evidence that Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong's actions and statements reflected "systemic issues" within the police department, Mayor Sheng Thao made the decision to fire him Wednesday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fine-Dining Destination Ditas Takes Over Upstairs Trident Space on Sausalito's Waterfront A space above the storied Trident restaurant and bar, which played host to Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s, has transformed into a new fine-dining spot that opens this spring, from a pair of Delhi-based restaurateurs.
Arts & Entertainment Annie, Berkeley's Celebrity Falcon, Has Yet Another New Mate, as Bird Soap Opera Continues 'Tis the season when we start paying attention to birds' nests on SFist again — specifically the peregrine falcon nest atop UC Berkeley's Campanile, and maybe, someday again, the nest up on PG&E's old headquarters in downtown SF that no longer has a falcon cam.
