SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF NAACP Now Calling for Ann Hsu's Resignation The SF branch of the NAACP voted 105-0 to call for the resignation of new school board member Ann Hsu, a triple shooting in Marin City on Sunday claimed one life, and a man is in serious condition after a 15-foot fall in SF's Japantown.
SF News SFPD Says Two Dozen People Have Had Expensive Watches Brazenly Stolen This Year So Maybe Don't Wear Them Out Thieves have been targeting the wearers of ten-thousand-dollar Rolexes and Patek Philippes, so if you own one of these high-end watches you might want to think twice before wearing them out in public spaces in SF.
SF News Pendulum Swings and National Press Decides San Francisco Is Cool Again Suddenly, some editors on high have decided San Francisco is OK again, and still very pretty, and maybe it has something to do with the Presidio Tunnel Tops opening?
SF News Wealthy East Bay Town of Piedmont Confused By Official Count of 42 Homeless There. Where'd They Go? Residents of Piedmont, the tiny enclave that's entirely surrounded by Oakland and largely populated by millionaires, don't understand where homeless census counters were looking when they found 42 homeless people there earlier this year.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: The San Francisco Marathon Brings Street Closures Sunday There's a long list of street closures for the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, the Shultz penthouses in Russian Hill just set a real estate record, and BART was having more major delays today.
SF Politics Maybe We Won't Be Getting a Dept. of Sanitation and Streets After All, With New Amendments Headed for Ballot Several members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who just two years ago were fully behind the creation of a separate Department of Sanitation and Streets that would not live under the aegis of the Department of Public Works, aren't so much now.
Bay Area Sports Soccer Fans Get Rare Local Chance to Watch Real Madrid Play Club América In SF Next Week Hardcore fans of international football are going to be clamoring to get to Oracle Park on Tuesday, as current UEFA Champions League title holder, Real Madrid, comes to town to play Club América.
SF News Oakland Police Seek Suspect Who Attempted to Kidnap Toddler From Bus Stop A bizarre attempted kidnapping unfolded at a bus stop in Oakland on Tuesday, and police are now seeking the public's help in locating the suspect, who also assaulted the child's mother.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fancy Flavored Popcorn Shop Debuts In Hayes Valley With Toppings Like Chorizo, Thai Curry, and Brisket A new snack stand called Fluff Nugget opens today at Proxy in Hayes Valley, taking over the space formerly occupied by Smitten Ice Cream, and serving all manner of tricked-out cones of flavored popcorn.
SF News Mentally Ill Suspect In SFO Stabbing to Be Arraigned Thursday The suspect in Tuesday morning's stabbing in a baggage claim area at SFO had his arraignment delayed from Wednesday due to an undisclosed sickness, but he was expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Port of Oakland Trucker Protest Continues A 109-unit condo building is sitting empty at the foot of Oak Street and buyers want to know why, a trucker protest at the Port of Oakland continues impacting supply chains, and President Joe Biden has COVID.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Oakland Police Release Video In Rideshare Driver Murder Oakland police released video in the killing of rideshare driver Kon "Patrick" Fung on Sunday, the suspect in last weekend's bowling alley shooting in Livermore has been arrested, and the new operators of the Castro Theatre are planning a town-hall meeting to discuss plans.
SF News Big Rig Driver Sought After Hit-and-Run Incident That Damaged I-80 Overpass In Berkeley A few big chunks of concrete were knocked off an I-80 overpass at Gilman Street in Berkeley Wednesday morning when a big-rig truck driver carrying an excavator plowed into it, and then took off.
SF Politics Supervisor Calls for New SF School Board Member to Step Down Over Racist Comments In an echo of a similar controversy last year, a newly appointed school board member, who is Asian, is being accused of racism toward Black and brown people, and an SF supervisor has called for her resignation.
SF News Still Four Years Behind Schedule, the Central Subway Will Now Open Two Months Later Following a small fire that damaged some electrical equipment in one of its stations, the super-extra-delayed Central Subway project has just tacked on another delay of six to eight weeks, meaning it won't be opening in October.
SF News BART Fences Off Plazas Around 24th St. Mission Station to Curb Illegal Vendor Marketplace Not satisfied with the city's enforcement efforts so far, BART announced Tuesday that it was fencing off the plazas around 24th Street Mission Station in order to evict the street vendors from the area who have been hawking mostly stolen merchandise.
SF News California Man Gets 11 Years In Federal Clink For $27 Million PPP Loan Fraud Scheme A Southern California man who fraudulently claimed to need pandemic assistance for hundreds of fictional employees has just been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SF Monkeypox Cases Hit 141; Long Line Greets Reopened Vaccine Clinic SF's confirmed monkeypox cases now number 141, a long line started forming well before 8 a.m. today for the latest batch of vaccines at SF General, and SF school board member Ann Hsu is facing backlash for some racist comments about Black and brown students.
Bay Area Sports Former 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh Gave Passionate Speech Against Abortion at Charity Event In Michigan "Let the unborn be born," proclaimed the Catholic former NFL coach who's now back to coaching college ball at University of Michigan — and perhaps it's best he saved this proselytizing for after he left the Bay Area.
SF News SF DA's Office Tries to Hand Off Resentencing of Mayor Breed's Brother to State AG Due to Conflict of Interest A resentencing request by Mayor London Breed's older brother, who's been in jail for 22 years for a manslaughter and robbery case, has become something of a political hot potato.
Business & Tech Congress Gets Report On Antitrust Investigation Into Big Tech, Including Infamous Facebook Memo; Crackdown Looms A report has come out by the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, stemming from an investigation that was launched three years ago, and in particular it calls out a 2018 internal memo to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
SF News Local LGBTQ Groups Protest Outside SF Federal Building Over Monkeypox Response Local leaders and members of several LGTBQ organizations gathered outside the Federal Building in SoMa on Monday to call on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to send more monkeypox vaccine to San Francisco.
SF News [Updated] Man Stabbed Early Tuesday at Terminal 3 Baggage Claim at SFO, Suspect Arrested A man was stabbed just before 5 a.m. in the baggage claim area at San Francisco International Airport's Terminal 3, and police now have a suspect in custody.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: BART Service Being Impacted By Fires Vegetation fires in the East Bay were impacting service again Tuesday morning on BART, Laguna Honda Hospital continues to have to relocate 600 patients temporarily, and Apple has frozen hiring in several departments due to economic worries.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Northbound 101 In Marin City Heavily Impacted By Fire A suspect has been ID'd in fatal bowling alley shooting in Livermore, truck drivers are protesting AB5 at the Port of Oakland, and a small vegetation fire was creating major commute headaches on 101 in Marin for northbound commuters.
