SF News Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Smoke Likely to Spoil Some of the Grape Harvest Sheryl Davis, the disgraced former head of SF's Dream Keepers initiative, is still hanging around City Hall; Recology had a small fire this morning; and smoke from the Pickett Fire is likely going to cause smoke taint for some vineyards' entire harvests.
Arts & Entertainment Legendary North Beach Punk Venue Mabuhay Gardens Could Possibly Reopen A building that has been home to a generic nightclub and venue for years, but which was once home to the local epicenter of the Bay Area punk scene, is back in play with a group of investors looking to revive it as a music venue.
SF News Local Arson Case In San Jose Dropped Against Richard Tillman as Federal Case Moves Forward The local criminal case against 44-year-old Richard Tillman, the brother of the late former NFL player and Afghan War vet Pat Tillman, was officially dropped on Monday following a a bizarre crash into a San Jose post office in July.
Arts & Entertainment Video: Skysurfer 'Grinds' on Bay Bridge Cables — to Promote Red Bull A stunt skysurfer jumped out of a helicopter over the weekend, and parachuted with his skysurfing board onto the cables of the western span of the Bay Bridge, briefly sliding down them.
Business & Tech Elon Musk and xAI Sue Apple and OpenAI Claiming Anticompetitive Scheme In the ongoing feud between Elon Musk and seemingly every other player in the AI realm, but specifically OpenAI, his company xAI has now filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Second Body Found After San Rafael Apartment Fire A second body has been found in Thursday's suspicious fire at a San Rafael apartment complex; police in Nevada busted a guy allegedly carrying a large haul of drugs to Burning Man; and Apple is suing Chinese phone maker Oppo over trade secret theft.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Alamo Square to Get a Friulian Restaurant A small restaurant devoted to the cuisine of Friuli (in Italy) comes to Alamo Square, San Francisco celebrates Tomato Week, and the Chronicle decides to do a blind bagel ranking, all in This Week in Food.
SF Politics Trump, Gunning For More Legal and Militaristic Chaos, Doubles Down on Threat to Bring Troops to SF Whether he's legally permitted to or not, Herr Trump is doubling down on his earlier threat to send National Guard troops to combat "crime" in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.
SF News Parents of Baby Reported Missing In Southern California Arrested on Suspicion of Murder A seven-month-old infant was reported missing by his mother last week, kidnapped outside of a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in San Bernardino County. The case has grown stranger, and now both the child's parents have been arrested.
SF News Pickett Fire, Which Began Thursday In Calistoga, Grows to 2,133 Acres A wildfire that is burning in a remote area of Napa County in northern Calistoga grew overnight to over 2,100 acres, and it is currently 0% contained.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Musk Agrees to Pay Severance to Fired Twitter Employees Elon Musk and X have reportedly agreed to pay out severance that was denied to some 6,000 former Twitter employees; CHP makes a human trafficking arrest during a traffic stop in Oakland; and Erik Menendez was denied parole.
SF News Livermore Father Deported By ICE Gets Some Help From Congressman Eric Swalwell, Awaits Hearing In October A Livermore man who has lived in the Bay Area his entire adult life and raised three children here remains in Mexico, where he has no family, after being deported, while his wife and family here await his next immigration hearing.
Business & Tech People Like Sam Altman and Eric Schmidt Are Calling Out the AI Bubble, Just as Meta Pauses AI Hiring Big names in Silicon Valley collectively seem to be saying the same thing about the AI boom lately, namely that it is looking more and more like a bubble, and that the rush to AGI (artificial general intelligence) may be very misguided.
SF Politics The Trump Administration Tried to Subpoena Medical Records of Children Seeking Gender-Affirming Care In one of the most disgusting and fascistic moves by this second Trump administration — which is saying a lot! — a new report details how the Justice Department tried to subpoena the medical records of children seeking gender-affirming care in Philadelphia.
SF News Former Ally Testifies About Evidence of San Mateo County Sheriff's Romantic Relationship That She Denies Some testimony on Day 3 of the removal hearing for San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus contradicts her claims that she had no romantic relationship with the man she hired as her chief of staff.
SF News Eight Injured In Early Morning Fire at Apartment Complex In San Rafael Eight people were injured and reportedly 50 people are now displaced after a fire tore through a 19-unit apartment complex in San Rafael Thursday morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Waymos to Hit Market Street Next Week Waymos and a limited number of Uber and Lyft black cars will be permitted back on lower Market Street next week; a San Jose bus driver was attacked; and an Alameda bank teller thwarted a robbery.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Auction to Sell Off Mall Delayed Again The auction to offload SF's half-empty mall has been postponed for a seventh time; there's plague in South Lake Tahoe again; and people with those HOV/EV stickers won't be able to use the carpool lanes as single drivers starting in October.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Shady Restaurateur Who Briefly Took Over Castro Restaurant Space Arrested In TX Over Alleged Wedding Fraud Scheme An alleged serial grifter who briefly opened a restaurant in SF's Castro neighborhood back in 2019 is back in the news for crimes elsewhere, and the whole story with this guy is very, very crazy.
SF News Man Convicted of Hate Crime for 2023 Shooting Incident at SF Synagogue A man who was seen on surveillance video shooting off blank rounds from a gun during a religious study class at a San Francisco synagogue two years ago has been convicted of hate-crime charges.
Business & Tech Lyft Being Sued In Axe-Murder Case In Which Driver Chauffeured Murderer to the Crime Scene San Francisco-based Lyft is being sued over a 2022 murder case in which a Lyft driver ferried a man carrying an axe to the home of his ex-girlfriend, and a judge has ruled that the case may move forward.
SF News Two-Alarm Fire In Sunset District Leaves One Injured, One Cat Dead, Three Homes Damaged A fire tore through several homes in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood Wednesday morning, and three people required rescue, including one who was injured jumping from a window.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Banks Have ATMs Stolen In Oakland Chinatown Two banks in Oakland's Chinatown were targeted for smash-and-grab ATM thefts Wednesday morning; Republican legislators in California are scrambling to stop a redistricting effort; and today is the day Tap and Ride begins on BART.
SF News Red Flag Warning Issued for Parts of SoCal, Heat Advisory for Interior Bay Area Monsoonal lightning is being predicted for some already dry and fire-plagued areas of Southern California later this week, as a heatwave prepares to settle in across much of the state.
Business & Tech Former Stuff Vendor to Open New Mission Offshoot Billed as Largest Vintage Consignment Shop In the Bay Area The beloved vintage houseware consignment shop / full-time flea market Stuff, which closed its Valencia Street location in January 2024 due to a rent hike, lives on in two locations now, but a third will bring the business back to the Mission.
