SF News SF Opens Community Vaccination Site at 24th and Capp Streets A second outdoor, walk-up vaccination site has opened in San Francisco, this one, in the Mission District, intended to increase equity of vaccine distribution in one of the hardest-hit communities in the pandemic.
SF News Cold Front Brings New Round of Rain to the Bay Area Before Another Dry Spell Early February is looking mostly warm, spring-like and dry for much of the Bay Area, but first we have to get past the cold front moving in Monday.
SF News [UPDATED] Private Detective to the Stars Jack Palladino Dies After Attack Outside Upper Haight Home; 2 Arrested Famed local private investigator Jack Palladino was doing what he does best on Thursday afternoon when he was violently attacked by a pair of teens — he was gathering evidence.
SF News Monday Morning Links: Oakland Airport Shut Down Due to Frivolous Bomb Threat The Placer County man's death after receiving a vaccine shot has been determined to not be vaccine-related, Oakland Airport's Terminal 1 was shut down for two hours Sunday due to a bomb threat, and Tony Bennett is reportedly suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
SF News Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy Apparently Faked a Hate Crime Against Himself A sheriff's deputy in Santa Clara County has been arrested and accused of fabricating a hate-crime incident last January in which he claimed to have been shot at by suspects in a passing vehicle on a remote road.
Business & Tech Apple's War With Facebook Continues as New Privacy Controls Will Stop Apps From Illicitly Tracking Our Movements Apple issued an 11-page report on Thursday titled "A Day in the Life of Your Data," and announced plans to roll out a new layer of privacy control this spring that will prevent iPhone apps from tracking our movements without our knowledge.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Eagle Bar Passes First Hurdle Toward Landmark Status The SF Eagle is hoping to secure status as the third LGBTQ bar location to receive a landmark designation by the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission. And earlier this week, a Board of Supervisors committee approved a first step toward getting there.
SF News As New COVID Variants Spread, Experts Recommend Double Masks, More Vigilance Everybody including Dr. Fauci is saying that you ought to be double-masking if you don't own a KN95 or high-grade medical mask, due to the higher transmissibility of new variants.
SF News Horse and Pony Rescued From Chest-Deep Mud in Monterey County A mare and a smaller horse who might be her foal were rescued Thursday night after becoming stuck in deep mud in Monterey County — in an area south of Salinas where significant debris flows occurred during this week's storms.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Piece of Highway 1 in Big Sur Falls Into Ocean Rainstorms have caused a collapse of a section of Highway 1 in Big Sur, a PG&E truck was washed off a collapsing road in Aptos, and two men were arrested in Oakland on suspicion of more than a dozen armed robberies at cellphone stores.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawsuit Says That NorCal Subway Locations Are Passing Unknown Substance Off as Tuna A Bay Area lawsuit contends that Subway's tuna salad isn't made of tuna or any other fish, state lawmakers have extended the eviction moratorium through June, and a 33-year-old SF man was sentenced for cryptocurrency fraud.
Arts & Entertainment Two Napa Brothers Build Mini Version of Disney's Matterhorn Rollercoaster In Their Backyard A pair of brothers up in Napa have constructed a rollercoaster in their backyard, which one person can ride at a time, styled like Disneyland's Matterhorn, complete with abominable snow monster.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anchor Brewing Dragged On Twitter After Nixing Iconic Label In Favor of Blue and Yellow Design The classic and easily recognizable label of San Francisco's own Anchor Steam Beer, which has been mostly unchanged since 1965, is being jettisoned by Anchor Brewing in favor a rebranding that helps highlight the brewery's other three main beers.
SF News Roof Avalanche That Buried Truckee Teen For Hours Highlights Snow Dangers Up North People traveling to Tahoe this weekend to take advantage of the massive snowfall this week are being warned of major avalanche potential. And the story of a Truckee boy who was buried alive in a roof avalanche last night can serve as a warning.
Arts & Entertainment Rec & Parks Looks to Keep Giant Ferris Wheel In Golden Gate Park Through 2025 Originally slated as a one-year installation that was part of the celebration of the Golden Gate Park sesquicentennial, the 150-foot-tall observation wheel at the Music Concourse might get a four-year extension.
Business & Tech Facebook Oversight Board Issues Its First Rulings On Misinformation, Hate Speech The nascent Oversight Board established by Facebook last year to serve as a "Supreme Court" or final arbiter for thorny content moderation questions has just issued its first five rulings.
SF Politics Mayor London Breed Delivers Upbeat State of the City Address Focused on Recovery On the same day that San Francisco emerges from a six-week-long lockdown, Mayor London Breed delivered her third State of the City address to a virtual audience, trying to focus on better days ahead.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Rains Cause Flooding, Mudslide Damage Rains continue to pummel the South and East Bay but SF should see just scattered showers today, around two dozen structures were damaged by mudslides in Monterey County, and a walk-in vaccination site just opened in East San Jose with no appointments needed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: 85-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Struck By Car in the Mission Mayor London Breed had some stern words for the school board over this renaming project, Blue Shield of California has been tapped to help the state with the vaccine rollout, and a high-ranking CA appeals court justice is being removed for sexual harrassment.
SF News Second Transbay Tube Takes Another Step Toward Reality, With a Goal of Completion in 2040 Wednesday marked the unveiling of a new multiyear planning process by BART and regional rail providers, a key component of which will be a second Bay crossing for BART between San Francisco and Oakland.
SF News Napa Man Arrested For Explosives Had 'White Privilege Card', Allegedly Planned to Blow Up Twitter and Gavin Newsom A Napa businessman whose January 15 arrest we learned of last week, turns out to have been allegedly plotting to attack the state Capitol, as well as Twitter and Facebook, all in the name of Donald Trump.
Arts & Entertainment 111 Minna Gallery Damaged By Small Fire A one-alarm fire broke out Wednesday morning at the beloved bar/gallery and entertainment space 111 Minna, and it's not yet known what the extent of the damage was.
SF News Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and Dozens of Other Names to Be Stripped From San Francisco Public Schools The SF Board of Education voted 6 to 1 Tuesday night to rename 44 schools in the district — approving the recommendations of renaming committee that last year sparked controversy when it included Abraham Lincoln among the names to be stripped from local schools.
SF News Initial Storm Damage Minimal Across Bay Area as More Rains Arrive Tuesday night brought roaring, howling winds and pelting rains to many parts of the Bay Area, but so far the reports of damage and power outages have been minimal.
SF news Humpday Headlines: Tahoe Resorts Brace for Skiing Crowds Carmen Chu is San Francisco's new City Administrator, wind blew a big rig into a jackknife on the Bay Bridge, and restaurant workers will be prioritized for vaccines under the state's new plans.
