Arts & Entertainment The Castro Theatre's New Organ Is Still on Track For Installation By Next Year, Organist Not Going Anywhere Amid all the hubbub and grousing about the future of the beloved Castro Theatre, one question has lingered that was surely a critical one for many fans of the old movie house: What will happen with the organ and the theater's resident organist of 44 years, David Hegarty?
Business & Tech 40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments Days before its entitlements are set to expire, a very tall proposed residential tower at Van Ness and Market is headed before the Planning Commission this week, now as a significantly larger, all-rental property.
SF News Former Air Force Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Santa Cruz Deputy Weeks after taking a guilty plea in the killing of a federal security officer, former Air Force Sergeant Steven Carrillo has pleaded guilty in a state murder case involving the murder of a Santa Cruz sheriff's deputy and the attempted murder of four other officers.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Abortion Rights Amendment Heads to November Ballot A 4.2M earthquake struck this morning in Lake County, one person died in a grass fire Monday in Sonoma County, and more than two-thirds of California lawmakers voted Monday to send a constitutional amendment to the November ballot enshrining abortion rights into state law.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Suspect In Muni Shooting Won't Be Charged With Homicide Javon Green, the suspect in last week's fatal shooting on Muni, won't be charged with homicide according to his attorney; a 31-year-old woman was charged with setting a hill on fire in Albany; and BART fares go up on Friday.
SF News Harrowing Tale of Abused Young Girl Murdered In Merced Gets Worse With Details of Abuse Reports A clear example of a young girl whose case slipped through some (possibly very wide) cracks of the child protective services apparatus is now the subject of an investigative report.
Arts & Entertainment World's Ugliest Dog, Named Mr. Happy Face, Crowned In Petaluma The World's Ugliest Dog Contest once again graced the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma last weekend, and this year's winner is as ugly-cute as they come.
SF News Firefighter Injured, Six Displaced In Bernal Heights Fire A late Sunday night house fire in SF's Bernal Heights that burned into the early hours of Monday has displaced six people, and one firefighter was reportedly injured while battling the blaze.
SF News Three Killed, Three Others Injured When Amtrak Train Collides With Car at Unmarked Rail Crossing In East Bay Three women were killed and three other people, including a child, were injured Sunday afternoon when an Amtrak train barreled into a car that was attempting to cross a railroad crossing that had no official signs on it.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Bicyclist Killed On Highway 1 Alameda County has lifted its broad mask mandate once more, a bicyclist was killed on Highway 1 near San Gregorio on Saturday, and the Supreme Court sides again with "religious freedom."
SF News Largely Peaceful SF Pride Celebrations End On Weird Note With Crowd Fights, 'Bear Spray' Incident The full scale SF Pride Parade and Civic Center celebration went off mostly without incident on Sunday for the first time in three years. But the mood was slightly marred by some end-of-day (probably drunken) chaos.
SF News Muni Shooting Suspect May Have Acted In Self-Defense; Video Shows Victim With Knife A look at Muni surveillance video from Wednesday morning's fatal shooting on board a Muni train reportedly shows an altercation between suspect and victim that was more than verbal, prior to shots being fired.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cyrus, the Once Michelin Two-Star Dining Destination, Returns In a New Sonoma Location After 10-Year Hiatus It's been ten long years since Cyrus was forced to close in Healdsburg, bringing to an abrupt end a world-class dining offering from chef Douglas Keane that garnered two Michelin stars and plenty of accolades. And in September, it returns.
SF Politics Trump Himself Has Told Friends That Anti-Abortion Laws Are 'So Stupid' and That a Reversal of 'Roe' Would Hurt Republicans Reactions to the Supreme Court's decision striking down Roe v. Wade were swift on Friday morning from the likes of Mike Pence. But the man most responsible for this moment, Donald Trump, is reportedly less than pleased by this outcome behind closed doors.
Arts & Entertainment Miniature Victorian House on a Tree Stump In Golden Gate Park Sparks Curiosity, Tweets Someone put a cute little blue house on a tall tree stump in Golden Gate Park, and it's becoming a mini attraction.
SF Politics Clarence Thomas Openly Admits He's Dying For the Supreme Court to Overturn Gay Marriage Decision Justice Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in the Mississippi case that overturns Roe v. Wade suggesting that other precedents concerning same-sex marriage, sodomy, and contraception also now should be "reconsidered."
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Welp, Roe v. Wade Is Dead Reactions are rolling fast after the conservative-led Supreme Court upended 50 years of precedent with Roe v. Wade, Paul Pelosi has been charged with two counts of DUI, and California was largely spared from wildfire despite 66,000 lightning strikes this week.
SF News Rollover Crash on 101 In San Francisco Impacting Lanes In Both Directions A rollover crash on Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco was snarling traffic in both the northbound and southbound directions Thursday afternoon.
Business & Tech More Layoffs Come to Netflix, With 300 People Losing Jobs Today After a rough start to the year and a severe drop-off in subscribers after pandemic binge-watching ended — and after pulling out of Russia — Netflix is doing more belt-tightening, with layoffs hitting 3% of its staff on Thursday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Flour + Water Pizzeria Not Gone For Good, Will Open 'Flagship' Location In North Beach, and Multiple To-Go Spots The original Flour + Water Pizzeria on Valencia has rebranded as Yellow Moto Pizzeria following an ownership split, but that doesn't mean that Flour + Water Pizzeria as a concept is dead.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Frances Reopens In the Castro at Long Last, With New Family-Style Menu It's been an extra-long pandemic hiatus for Frances, chef Melissa Perello's twelve-year-old Castro restaurant that has remained a perennial favorite for many. And that ends tonight.
SF News Photo of Person of Interest Released In Castro Muni Shooting The SFPD released a photo of a person of interest Wednesday night in the fatal shooting on board a Muni train bound for Castro Station that occurred Wednesday morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Supreme Court Issues Big Rulings On Guns, Miranda Rights The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun-control law in a ruling that could affect California, the man accused of stalking Justice Brett Kavanaugh pleaded not guilty, and delays continue on BART's Concord line.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 100-Acre Fire Burning In Winters Near Solano County A 100-acre wildfire is burning near the edge of Solano County in Winters, the Edgewood Fire in San Mateo County has reached 42% containment, and one person was critically injured in a house fire in SF's Mission District today.
Arts & Entertainment Update On the UC Berkeley Falcon Chicks: They've Fledged and Started Flying In just seven weeks' time, the two little fluffy peregrine falcon chicks in the UC Berkeley Campanile nest have become fully fledged juveniles — and over the last weekend, they both took their first flights.
