SF News Retail Theft Crackdown Targeting Safeway Stores, Walgreens In SF Yields 61 Arrests San Francisco police have just announced dozens of arrests of retail-theft suspects in what they're calling a "blitz" operation aimed at curbing shoplifting in the city from several stores where they say it is rampant.
SF News Man Required Rescue From Sewer Pipe Near Ocean Beach A man ended up trapped in a sewer pipe and calling for help Sunday, and San Francisco fire crews were successfully able to extricate him.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Tesla Semi Truck Catches Fire, Shuts I-80 In Sierra A Tesla electric big rig caught fire on I-80 in the Sierra; San Jose just had its 32nd pedestrian death this year; and it's back-to-school day in SF.
SF Politics Willie Brown Says He'll Sue Trump If He Continues to Tell False Helicopter Story Former SF Mayor Willie Brown is now threatening legal action against Donald Trump over a story he told, involving alleged comments about Kamala Harris, and involving a helicopter having mechanical problems.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: Thrive City to Thrive Some More This week on the SF food scene, Fikscue Craft Barbecue and Kayah by Burma Love are coming to the Chase Center's Thrive City, and The Brixton is revamping its food menu.
SF News Plea Deal Comes In Case of Murdered Oakland Maintenance Man; Trial to Come For Second Suspect A Sacramento man has pleaded no contest to the January 2023 murder of Julio Chavez-Montoya, a 63-year-old building maintenance man who lived in a downtown Oakland office tower.
SF News Special SFPD Unit Seizes Multiple Cars Linked to June Sideshow In San Francisco This spring and summer have been part of a very active season for sideshows on both sides of the Bay. And while some communities are passing new laws to crack down on these stunt-driving events, SF police have just seized several vehicles they say took part in one particularly wild sideshow in June.
SF News Woman Killed In Solo Rush-Hour Crash on I-280 In Daly City A woman was killed after crashing into a tree along I-280 in Daly City on Friday morning.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Park Fire Reaches 49% Containment The Park Fire is now 49% contained; BART's board just voted on a contract to build a big new BART Police headquarters in Oakland; and San Jose State has converted a hotel in San Jose into a dorm.
SF News 70 Misdemeanor Cases In SF Being Thrown Out Over Lengthy Delays; Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Blame Judges A raft of criminal cases, at least one of which involves the death of two pedestrians in San Francisco, are being tossed out after an appellate court ruling that chided the city's courts for still using the pandemic as an excuse for unconstitutional trial delays.
Arts & Entertainment Cal Shakes' 50th Anniversary Season Saved By Last-Minute Fundraising Drive A September production of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' is full-steam ahead at the California Shakespeare Theater, after an emergency fundraising drive launched in July succeeded in covering a $350,000 budget shortfall.
SF News Former Go-Go Dancer and Adult Film Performer Sentenced In 2017 Killing of Boyfriend In Hayes Valley A man who was accused of murdering his boyfriend inside the apartment they shared in Hayes Valley in late 2017 has taken a plea deal, and he's been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
SF News Rome-Bound Flight Out of SFO Diverts For Second Day In a Row There's been some bad luck on nonstop United flights to Rome out of SFO this week, with two now having had to divert after takeoff for different reasons.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Body Found Near Potrero Avenue CHP officers found a body Wednesday night not far from SF General; the SF firefighters' union is backing Mark Farrell for mayor; and Colin Kaepernick is apparently thinking about becoming an NFL coach.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Alamo Drafthouse Opening New Bay Area Location Tech giant Cisco is laying off around 6,000 employees; Nancy Pelosi says she is losing sleep over the fact that President Biden is mad at her; and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is opening a new location in the Bay Area.
SF News SF Sees Lowest Number of Overdose Deaths In a Single Month Since 2020 It's a promising sign for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in San Francisco, as for the second month in a row the city counted a decreasing number of unintentional drug overdose deaths.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Nopa Chef Opening New Counter-Service Seafood Restaurant at Ferry Building Nopa chef-owner Laurence Jossel is teaming up with fishmonger Joe Conte to open a new seafood restaurant and fish market at the Ferry Building, and it's called Nopa Fish.
SF News Suspect In San Mateo Stabbing of Woman That Was Streamed on Facebook Deemed Incompetant to Stand Trial The Pacifica man accused in the July 2023 stabbing of a woman inside an apartment in San Mateo has been declared mentally incompetant to stand trial.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Moves Forward With Plans For Davies Expansion, Even Though They Have Budget Problems Despite a current budget shortfall, the San Francisco Symphony is nonetheless contemplating a major redesign and expansion of Davies Symphony Hall in the coming years.
SF News Humpday Headlines: United Flight Bound for Rome Diverted to Sacramento A Rome-bound flight out of SFO was diverted to Sacramento for unknown reasons; a person was fatally shot on Wood Street in Oakland; and SF political figure Jon Jacobo has been released from jail to house arrest.
SF Politics One NIMBY Neighbor Has Held Up 24-Unit Development In Pacific Heights For Two Years An adaptive reuse project involving a historic building in Pacific Heights, which will add 24 units of housing to the neighborhood, is looking at a 20-percent uptick in construction costs and a two-year delay because of legal challenges from a single next-door neighbor.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Indian Restaurant Bombay Brasserie, With Locations In London and Dubai, Set to Open In SF's Union Square Bombay Brasserie, a high-end restaurant brand associated with Taj Hotels that has standalone locations in London, Cape Town, Singapore and Dubai, is readying to open a new location here in San Francisco's Union Square.
SF News Map Shows Where 430,000-Acre Park Fire Destroyed the Most Homes The Park Fire continues to burn in Tehama County and into Lassen National Forest, though containment on the fire is growing, and firefighters are increasingly able to slow the fire's progress along its northeast front.
SF News Another Farm Worker at Half Moon Bay Mushroom Farm Threatens to Kill Coworkers For the third time in two years, a worker at a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay has threatened major violence against his coworkers, and this time the suspect had been recently fired from the farm.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Yet Again, Musk Provides Candidate Glitchy Livestream Elon Musk's X did a glitchy livestream with Trump Monday night; a San Francisco woman may sue police over a jaywalking arrest; and a brand new high school just opened in the East Bay.
