SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Potential Modern Thai Hotspot Opens In SoMa Thailand's equivalent of Tom Colicchio is opening a new restaurant in SoMa tonight, a new Indian-inflected pop-up from a former Californios and Quince chef comes to the Mission, and Wood Tavern announces its closure in Rockridge, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Former ABC 7 Correspondent Cecilia Vega Says Before Her Firing From '60 Minutes,' She Was Asked to Report Lies In her first public comments since being fired from 60 Minutes, Cecilia Vega says that the new management at CBS News under Bari Weiss engaged in some very shady pressure campaigns to slant the news toward Trump-world talking points.
Arts & Entertainment Flamingos Thriving at SF Zoo After Hatching of First Four Chicks In Nine Years The flamboyance of Chilean flamingos at the San Francisco Zoo had their first successful breeding season in a decade, and the zoo is happily sharing the story of this success.
SF News Woman From Ukraine Forcibly Detained at SFO In Viral Video; Feds Say She Overstayed Her Visa A 38-year-old photographer and cafe worker who's been living in San Francisco for over a decade was detained by ICE agents at SFO as she was returning from a trip to Portland Wednesday, in a video that has since gone viral.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Livermore Business Robbed During Little Fire Evacuation A Livermore business was robbed during the Little Fire evacuation on Tuesday; a movie shoot in downtown Santa Rosa included actors dressed as ICE agents; and RH has scrapped plans for a big new store and restaurant in Walnut Creek.
SF News Cause of Death Revealed In Case of 37-Year-Old Woman on Big Sur Camping Trip; Foul Play Not a Factor Back in April we heard several disturbing details about a woman who was found dead in a river in the Ventana Wilderness area of Los Padres National Forest, near Big Sur. But now her official cause of death has been determined, and foul play was ruled out.
SF News Parents of Teen Victims Divided About Whether Marin County Girl Should Face Trial Over Deadly Crash The four sets of parents and guardians of the four teen girls who were killed in an April 2025 crash in Marin County are divided in how they believe the now 17-year-old driver in the case should be held accountable.
SF Politics Yes, San Franciscans Will Be Voting on the Closure of the Great Highway One More Time In November Sunset District opponents of the closure of the Great Highway are trying again, and a new ballot measure aimed at reopening the road has now officially qualified for the November ballot.
SF News Two Men Sentenced to Life For Revenge Killing of San Mateo Father In Front of Toddler Son Two men who were convicted in the October 2020 gang-related murder of a 30-year-old San Mateo man in his driveway, in front of his two-year-old son, have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Streets to Close for SF Marathon This Weekend Prepare for street closures Saturday night and Sunday morning for the SF Marathon; two San Jose police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who'd just killed his son; and local HIV organizations have been blindsided by federal funding cuts.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Orcas Seen Hunting In Monterey Bay Nine striking workers were arrested Tuesday outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; some glass fell from a 17th story window in downtown SF; and orcas were captured on video hunting dolphins in Monterey Bay.
SF News Suspect In Hate-Crime Vandalism at Pac Heights Church Creates Chaotic Scene In Court A San Francisco man suspected of spray-painting homophobic and antisemitic messages on a church in Pacific Heights in February, appears to be a fairly unstable character who was poorly behaved at a court appearance last week.
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Will Kick Off With Tribute Concert Again, This Time For Steve Earle The initial segment of the lineup for the 2026 edition of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — which is, in fact, the 26th annual Hardly Strictly — was released Wednesday, along with an announcement about a benefit concert before the festival starts.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Car Destroys Parklet Outside Anina and Brass Tacks In Hayes Valley A Honda crashed Tuesday night into the parklet that sits outside the bars Anina and Brass Tacks on Hayes Street in Hayes Valley, destroying it, but thankfully no one was sitting in it at the time.
SF News Wildfire Near Pleasanton Reaches 1,000 Acres, 40% Containment A vegetation fire dubbed the Little Fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon in eastern Alameda County, has now burned over 1,000 acres and was 40% contained as of Wednesday morning.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Man Injured By Car While Picketing at C&H Plant In Crockett A man was struck by a car that drove through a picket line outside the C&H Sugar plant in Crockett; the downtown community benefit district in SF just added the Ferry Building; and Napa is considering banning drive-thrus.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two Richmond Men Suspected of Armed Robbery of Elderly Couple In SF San Francisco police released video of an arrest of two suspects who are believed to have stolen an SUV and then used it, days later, to commit an armed robbery in Visitacion Valley.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Outside Lands Brings Back 'Secret' Snack Menu, Reveals Limited-Edition Dishes The always robust food program at Outside Lands will again feature some off-menu snack portions of dishes at some vendors, as they did two years ago, and some limited-edition indulgences including an uni smashburger.
SF News Suspect In San Francisco Kitten Killing Fails to Show Up For Court Date, Warrant Issued The Reno man who was arrested in very dramatic fashion last week in a coordinated operation between the SFPD and SF Animal Care & Control, for allegedly torturing and killing a kitten in an ATM vestibule, is now apparently on the run.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The New York Times Returns, With Respect, to Chez Panisse, and Praises the New Bar Panisse After seven years of general disrespect and snubbing by the local paper of record, the SF Chronicle, Chez Panisse and its new next-door offshoot Bar Panisse get some sincere praise and quiet reverence from the New York Times.
SF News Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Gives $75 Million For Vanderbilt's New SF Arts College A new arts college named for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife is set to be the "cornerstone" of Vanderbilt's new San Francisco satellite campus, with the focus being a blend of arts education, design, engineering, and AI.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Giant Crow Sculptures Defaced By Vandal The CA DMV is expanding its digital ID program to 60% of drivers; bars in SF and San Jose saw a significant bump in business from the World Cup; and the giant crow sculptures in the Panhandle got defaced over the weekend.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Clint Reilly, Longtime SF Politico and Owner of the Examiner, Dies at 79 Clint Reilly, the longtime SF political consultant and downtown real estate owner, has died; a group linked to Lowell High School is suing over an ethnic studies curriculum; and there was a serious late-afternoon backup on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Leo's Oyster Bar Closes After 11 Years In the FiDi The retro-chic Champagne and oyster bar Leo's has quietly shut its doors in the Financial District, a decade after garnering national acclaim for its design.
SF News Homeless Man Allegedly Struck and Critically Injured By Off-Duty SFPD Officer Driving In North Beach A homeless man was reportedly struck and badly injured by a vehicle Monday morning in an alleyway behind the SFPD's Central Station in North Beach, and the driver was allegedly an off-duty SFPD officer.
