SF News SF Man and Juvenile Arrested for Auto Burglaries After Pursuit In Oakland A San Francisco man and a juvenile accomplice were arrested last week in connection with a possibly wide-ranging auto burglary "operation" that included at least two burglaries in Alamo Square and near the Palace of Fine Arts.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Delays on BART After Emergency at 16th & Mission An early morning medical emergency at 16th & Mission was causing major BART delays in both directions through SF; teachers in Half Moon Bay avert a strike; and the mayoral candidate debate again.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Breed Backs Out of Debate With Challengers Mayor London Breed backed out of a Wednesday evening KPIX debate with her challengers; 65-year-old North Bay chain Mary's Pizza Shack has filed for bankruptcy; and next year's AIDS Lifecycle ride will be the last.
SF Politics Even In Liberal Berkeley, Aggressive Encampment Sweeps Set to Begin A ruling by the Supreme Court allowing cities to crack down on illegal camping without necessarily providing shelter to the unhoused has even brought Berkeley's city council around to approving more unfettered encampment sweeps.
SF News Defense Attorney For Teen Who (Allegedly) Shot Ricky Pearsall Says Video Proves This Was Not Attempted Murder The public defender representing the 17-year-old Tracy boy who's been charged with armed robbery and attempted murder in the August 31 shooting of Ricky Pearsall says that video evidence suggests the attempted murder charge should be dropped.
SF News Developer of Market and Van Ness Tower Strikes Deal to Restart Construction, Nix Affordable Units Australian developer Lendlease may not completely abandon its 47-story Hayes Point project after all, as SF city leaders are looking to cut a deal and let them out of an affordable housing requirement.
SF News SFPD Raids Underground Casino Operating Inside Tenderloin Market San Francisco police raided what appeared to be an illegal casino operation inside of one or more Tenderloin storefronts Tuesday evening, seizing 16 gambling machines.
Business & Tech Elon Musk Offers to Impregnate Taylor Swift In Ill-Advised, Tuesday Night Tweet Elon Musk doubles down on the creepiness of his already weird polygamist-baby-factory lifestyle by tweeting at Taylor Swift Tuesday night, following her endorsement of Kamala Harris.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Firefighters, City Leaders Remember 9/11 The San Francisco Fire Department held its annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony; an arson arrest was made in a big SoCal wildfire; and somehow Trump never managed to drag "liberal San Francisco" while debating Kamala Harris.
SF News Overturned Big Rig Blocks Westbound Caldecott Tunnel, Snarling Traffic An injury crash involving an overturned big rig that dumped a large amount of debris in the roadway closed all lanes of westbound Highway 24 in Oakland today, causing a major traffic situation.
SF News Yuba County Resident Charged In Stabbing and Vehicle Assault Spree That Ended In Castro District A Brownsville man has now been charged with multiple felonies, including eight counts of attempted murder, in connection with a September 1 spree of violence and mayhem that began with a hit-and-run collision in the Haight.
Business & Tech Ninth Circuit Sides With Musk In Case About California Social Media Content Moderation Law A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has taken Elon Musk's and Xitter's side in a case concerning a new California law that mandates broad disclosures for social media platforms about their content moderation practices.
SF Politics Over a Quarter of SF Voters Still Undecided, But Breed and Farrell Still Lead Mayor's Race In New Poll Former Supervisor and (briefly) Mayor Mark Farrell leads incumbent Mayor London Breed by the slimmest of margins in a new poll, with Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Asha Safai trailing. But over a quarter of voters polled said they were still undecided about the race.
SF Politics Jennifer Siebel Newsom's Cousin Hosting Trump Fundraiser In Woodside The billionaire CEO Tom Siebel, who is a second cousin of California's First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is a big Trumper, and he's hosting a Trump fundraiser this week.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Boyles Fire Mostly Under Control in Clearlake The Boyles Fire only grew by a few acres Monday in Clearlake and is now 40% contained; two Alameda County men were charged with a series of organized Home Depot thefts; and a Tahoe musical festival has been canceled due to rising costs.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Davis Fire Prompts Evacuations Near Mt. Rose The Davis Fire south of Reno has grown to 6,500 acres; activists succeeded in getting a hotel stay for a woman who says she contracted meningitis at an SF homeless shelter; and more people are going to SF's downtown, at least on weekends.
SF News Murder Charge Dropped for One Housemate In Overdose Death of San Jose Toddler, Trial Proceeding for Two Others A judge has ruled that a trial can proceed against two men who were charged, along with two others, in connection with the August 2023 death of a toddler due to fentanyl exposure.
SF Politics SF Democrats Take Over Vacant Nordstrom Rack on Market Street Just in time for the big Harris-Trump debate Tuesday, the new campaign headquarters of the San Francisco Democratic Party is opening at Fifth and Market streets, in the former Nordstrom Rack store.
Arts & Entertainment DJ Diplo Inaugurated Series of 5K 'Run Club' Races In San Francisco Sunday World-famous producer and DJ Diplo has made a habit of going for a run in every city where he performs, and he decided to launch a roving "run club" where a 5K race ends in a dance party. And the first Diplo's Run Club event happened Sunday in San Francisco.
SF News Another 100-Vehicle Sideshow Shut Down the Bay Bridge Saturday Night It's become almost a guarantee that on warm-weather weekends, roving groups of vehicles are going to form sideshows, and one may try to shut down the Bay Bridge.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two Shot In Alley Off Van Ness San Jose police shot and killed an armed suspect who was allegedly firing shots in a shopping plaza Sunday; two people and their dog were found shot in SF's Tenderloin; and a wildfire has prompted evacuations in Clearlake.
SF News Ahead of Trial, Prosecutors Reveal Video They Have Showing Nima Momeni Acting Out Stabbing of Bob Lee Prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out their strategies in court filings Friday in the upcoming murder trial of Nima Momeni, and more information has come to light about each side's case.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Verjus Makes a Long-Awaited Comeback Birdbox's fried chicken sandwiches are making a comeback at a pop-up, Quince's sister wine bar Verjus is finally reopening, and Oakland's Burdell makes a splash on the national stage.
SF News Update: SFPD Releases Photo of Suspect In Racist Threats at Home of Alamo Square Dogwalker; He Knows Her From Neighborhood A 67-year-old woman who was recently reported missing is the suspect that the SFPD has been seeking in connection with racist threats that were left at the home of local dogwalker Terry Williams, in the weeks before his family's Alamo Square home mysteriously burned down.
Bay Area Sports A's Likely Dreading Playing on Hot Turf For 3 Years In Crummy Triple-A Stadium In West Sacramento The A's ownership could have more than just Oakland fans' ire to contend with when they make their move to Sacramento next year — they could also be facing a player revolt if conditions at their new temporary home stadium are as bad as they're sounding.
