SF News Longtime KTVU Anchor Frank Somerville Returns After Abrupt Departure With No Explanation After a strange May 30 newscast in which he slurred words and seemed to lose the ability to read from the teleprompter, longtime KTVU anchor disappeared from the air to "focus on his health," and he reappeared with no explanation of his absence on Wednesday night's "10 O'Clock News."
SF News Pandemic Updates: SF's Test-Positivity Rate Hits 15-Month High, Parties and Shows Start to Cancel Out of Caution SF is still wide open, along with the rest of the Bay Area, despite concerns over the Delta variant and its ability to spread among the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. But the surge does not seem to have peaked yet, and some parties and shows are starting to cancel out of caution.
SF News SFPD Seizes Cadillac Spotted During Sideshow With AK-47-Wielding Woman Hanging Out Window The SFPD's Traffic Safety division announced Wednesday that it had seized a vehicle believed to have been involved in "an illegal exhibition of speed event," a.k.a. a sideshow, last month.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Dixie Fire Destroys Town of Greenville The River Fire grew to 2,400 acres overnight, the Dixie Fire is threatening the town of Chester and burned through the town of Greenville on Wednesday, and the family of deceased Berkeley runner Philip Kreycik is speaking to the press today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: River Fire In Placer County Grows Quickly, Threatens Colfax A new wildfire on the border between Placer and Nevada counties has quickly grown amid high winds, an air quality advisory has been issued for the Bay Area for Thurs/Fri, and runner Philip Kreycik's presumed remains included his smartwatch.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin Honors 10 'New Discoveries' Around the Bay Ahead of Its Late September Star Announcements This new category of Michelin honorees includes SF new additions Routier and Marlena, and six-year-old 3rd Cousin — the latter two both in Bernal Heights.
SF News SF Unified Won't Require Teachers to Be Vaccinated After months and months of delaying the reopening of San Francisco schools out of concerns for teachers' safety, the SF Unified School District has decided they won't be forcing teachers or staff to be vaccinated against COVID.
SF News Tiny House Village For Oakland Homeless Goes In at Long-Vacant Lot Beside Lake Merritt A village of tiny houses able to give shelter to 79 homeless individuals began construction today on a Lake Merritt-adjacent lot in Oakland, and it should be habitable very quickly.
SF Politics Judge Clears Way For Newsom to Refer to It as the 'Republican Recall' Proponents of the recall tried to take Governor Gavin Newsom and the "No" campaign to court over the branding of the effort as "the Republican Recall." But a judge on Wednesday issued a tentative ruling that says they can continue to call it that.
SF News Berkeley Hills Residents Being Told to Evacuate Whenever Fire Danger Rises The city of Berkeley and the Berkeley Fire Department are taking a new and aggressive step in addressing fire season, and residents of the Berkeley hills — and by extension, the Oakland hills — are being told they should preemptively evacuate under certain circumstances.
SF News Humpday Headlines: SFTMA Makes Four 'Slow Streets' Permanent The SFMTA just voted to make four "Slow Streets" permanent including part of Golden Gate Avenue, the Dixie Fire is now in the state's 10 largest ever, and Trump is still trying to keep Congress from seeing his tax returns.
SF News Remains of Missing Berkeley Runner Philip Kreycik Likely Found In Pleasanton A body was discovered in the Pleasanton park area Tuesday where 37-year-old Berkeley resident Philip Kreycik went missing over three weeks ago. Pleasanton police say that the body, while not yet confirmed to be that of Kreycik, was found 250 feet from a game trail.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Delta Variant Brings COVID Full Circle Back to Wuhan Mass testing and lockdowns are underway again in Wuhan, China thanks to the Delta variant, a man turned himself in for a SoMa stabbing, and a hiker in NorCal was fatally struck by lightning on Friday.
Arts & Entertainment 'Hamilton' Reopens In SF Next Week With $10 Ticket Lottery, Vaccination Requirement Live theater has returned to San Francisco, and the first big production to reopen is BroadwaySF's Hamilton at the Orpheum Theater.
SF Politics SF Ethics Commission Fines Mayor London Breed Nearly $23,000 For Violations Including Gift From Nuru Mayor London Breed agreed on Monday to pay a nearly $23,000 fine issued by the San Francisco Ethics Commission, which includes individual fine amounts stemming from several ethics violation during her mayoral term to date.
Bay Area Sports Steph Curry Has Reportedly Agreed to 4-Year, $215M Contract Extension With Warriors No big surprise here given that Steph Curry has long professed his loyalty to the Golden State Warriors, but the repeat MVP has reportedly just agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $215 million.
SF News PG&E Equipment Possibly to Blame for Second Wildfire That Merged With Dixie Fire Not only could PG&E's equipment be responsible for the Dixie Fire, but the company has just submitted a report pointing to a tree being in contact with its power lines near the town of Quincy, in the area where the smaller Fly Fire began before it merged with the Dixie Fire.
SF Politics Delta Variant Surge Presents Political Problem for Newsom in the Recall The Delta variant, and the fact that millions of Californians are now once again being told they have to wear masks indoors at all times amid a new surge in cases statewide, presents a challenge for Governor Gavin Newsom as he tries to sell his leadership skills to a weary public.
SF News If You Got the Johnson & Johnson Shot, SF General Will Give You a 'Supplemental' Pfizer or Moderna Shot Starting later this week, if you received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you're eligible to drop into the vaccination clinic at SF General and get a "supplemental" mRNA vaccine dose — but don't call it a booster.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: San Jose Woman Indicted In Son's Death A grand jury has indicted 35-year-old Samantha Moreno Rodriguez of San Jose for the murder of her seven-year-old, SF General is seeking the public's help in identifying a woman in critical condition, and New York Mag now has a long-read about Chesa Boudin.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Twitter Reacts to New Mask Mandate Many San Franciscans expressed disappointment and anger about the new mask mandate on Twitter today, a parolee and his passenger took Vallejo police on a wild chase over the weekend, and the SFFD had to do another cliff rescue at Fort Funston.
SF News Oakland Man Arrested for Fatally Setting Homeless Man on Fire A 58-year-old Oakland man is in custody on suspicion of killing another man by fire back in March.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michael Mina to Replace His Eponymous Downtown Restaurant With New Greek Seafood Spot Michael Mina, the Michelin-starred restaurant from SF chef Michael Mina that helped launch a national restaurant empire, is closed for good, and in its place on California Street will be a high-end Greek seafood spot, Estiatorio Ornos.
SF News Group of Bay Area Firefighters Depart On Cross-Country Bike Trip to Mark 20th Anniversary of 9/11 A group of local firefighters and military vets are now off on a 40-day bicycle trek across the U.S., riding from the "Bay to Brooklyn" with plans to arrive in time for the 20th anniversary commemoration of September 11th in New York City.
SF Politics You've Seen the Elizabeth Warren Ad, Now Wait for Biden, Sanders and Others to Back Newsom In the Recall A host of heavy-hitting Democrats is expected to lend their mugs and voices to ads for the "No" campaign in the California recall, and a 30-second ad featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren is already airing in the hope of getting out the Dem vote.
