SF News One Wildfire In 2020's LNU Complex Believed to Have Been Arson to Cover Up Murder One of last August's wildfires that merged with others to become the LNU Lightning Complex fires is now believed to have been the result of arson — and the culprit, according to the Solano County Sheriff's Office, is a 29-year-old man who likely set the blaze to cover up an earlier murder.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Gilroy Garlic Festival Back on For This Summer Daly City officials released the names of the officers involved in the April 7 shooting of Roger Allen, a CHP pursuit that started in Tracy this morning ended in a fatal crash in Hayward, and a startup is selling pseudo time-shares in Napa and residents aren't happy about it.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tony Gemignani Is Opening a Bakery and Bagel Business A decomposing body was found in the East Bay's Lake Chabot Regional Park, the Exploratorium is downsizing its staff, and a truck driver shortage may lead to gas shortages this summer.
SF News Two Arrested In November Slaying of Bay Area Rapper Lil Yase Authorities in the East Bay have arrested two individuals, a man and a woman, in connection with the murder of Lil Yase — a.k.a. Mark Alexander, Jr. — who was fatally shot over Thanksgiving weekend last year under circumstances that baffled his friends.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Fnnch Mural Painted Over at LGBT Center; Honey Bears Targeted With Graffiti Because of Association With Gentrification San Francisco street artist fnnch has attracted a tsunami of online anger and criticism in recent months, and even more of that exploded when he was confronted by one of his critics in a now widely seen Instagram video.
SF Politics Supervisors Prepare for City Attorney Election to Coincide With Gavin Recall; Herrera Explains Why He's Leaving The palace intrigue continues over Monday's announcement that SF Mayor London Breed had tapped longtime City Attorney Dennis Herrera to head up the Public Utilities Commission.
SF News Man Who Died While Alameda Police Had Him In Prone Position Compared to George Floyd The April 19 death of Oakland resident Mario Arenales Gonzalez while in the custody of Alameda police has garnered national headlines because it occurred just one day before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd under similar circumstances.
SF News Mission District Shooting Leaves One Man In Critical Condition A Tuesday night shooting in the Mission District has left a 26-year-old man with grave injuries, and the circumstances surrounding it remain unknown.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Superbloom Draws Insta-Crowds Near Sacramento A report by Oakland's city auditor finds that they're unprepared to deal with the encampment crisis, a fire broke out in a downtown SF high-rise Tuesday night, and Sonoma has declared a drought emergency.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Schwarzenegger Wants Lots of People to Run In Recall The city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are at odds over the school's long-range development plans, a San Jose trans woman and popular performer was killed on Friday and her fans are in mourning, and far-right influencers are flocking to Twitch.
SF News California Has Had 1,380 'Breakthrough' COVID Cases Among Vaccinated Since January As better news arrives about mask mandates and such, we get other news that California has recorded 1,379 cases of COVID among people who are considered fully vaccinated, underscoring the need for ongoing caution.
SF News SF Supervisors Call For Hearings Into Gas Line Dangers With Soft-Story Retrofit Projects Citywide Some building inspectors have reportedly been sounding alarm bells for years about an issue that is likely not familiar to most San Franciscans, but one that could become the central oversight blamed in a future disaster.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Daily Lineups Announced, Single-Day Tix On Sale Thursday This year's Halloween edition of Outside Lands (brrr!) is forging ahead with single-day ticket sales and assuming that the state and city of SF are going to allow big outdoor festivals by then (they still haven't committed to doing so), we have the daily lineups now.
SF News San Francisco Likely Has Just One More Week In 'Orange' Tier The state released its updated metrics for the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles counties look poised to move into "Yellow" status by next week, along with one other Bay Area county.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cut Back Drinking for a While After Being Vaccinated, Some Experts Say The medical advice about drinking alcohol after getting a vaccine shot has been mixed so far, with the general advice seeming to be "don't overdo it." But some experts have cautioned that heavy drinking may seriously inhibit your immune reponse in the weeks after your shots.
SF News CDC Updates Mask Rules for the Vaccinated; San Francisco Rules TBA On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its guidance on wearing face masks outdoors, and on the rules for the fully vaccinated — essentially endorsing what many of us have already been doing after our second shots.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: SFO Begins Runway Work That Will Spur Delays SFO began repaving work on one of its runways today that will cause domestic delays for 4 months, the East Bay may soon be talking about water-use restrictions, and Stanford students continue protesting athletics cuts.
SF News SF Man With Alleged Domestic Violence History Charged In Killing of Infant In His Care A suspect with a history of prior arrests for domestic incidents has been arrested and charged in the April 20 death of a 7-month-old boy in San Francisco who had been left in his care.
SF Politics SF Mayor London Breed Names City Attorney Dennis Herrera to Lead Public Utilities Commission After a scandal-plagued year at City Hall, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is going with a familiar name and face for her nomination for the next general manager of the SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC): City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
SF News Highway 1 Washout Repaired, Road Reopens Months Early The roadwork is complete in record time and Gov. Gavin Newsom was on hand for the reopening of Highway 1 today in Big Sur.
SF News Two-Thirds of San Franciscans Now Have At Least One COVID Vaccine Shot In Them As of Thursday, a full two-thirds of the city (67%) has received at least one shot in the arm of a two-dose vaccine, and 40% are fully vaccinated. Appointments at the Moscone Center are also readily available right now for next week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Restaurants Are Scaling Back Takeout Offerings As Demand Slips The great takeout boom of 2020 and early 2021 looks to be headed for a bust as more SF restaurants restart indoor dining and prepare to eventually get back to something like normal.
SF News Stinson Beach Residents Are Being Told They'll Need to Sacrifice Their Property to Rising Seas — And They're Not Happy Some homeowners in the lower-lying areas of Stinson Beach could be the target of what the California Coastal Commission refers to as "managed retreat," which means they're in a zone where they will either need to move or abandon their homes as sea levels rise.
SF News Tenderloin Police Seized Four Times as Much Fentanyl From the Streets In 2020 As In 2019 You may have heard this grim statistic already: 713 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020, mostly from fentanyl, and that's nearly triple the number of people who died from COVID here last year.
SF Politics Caitlyn Jenner Makes Run For Governor Official Even Though Newsom Isn't Getting Recalled Once again proving that bored rich people who are used to being on TV don't like not being on TV for too long and will do anything to get back on TV, Caitlyn Jenner has officially declared her candidacy for California Governor.
