SF News Humpday Headlines: State AG Declines to Investigate Vallejo Police Shooting California had its highest one-day uptick in COVID-19 cases yesterday, the SF Board of Ed just voted to defund the police, that Antioch officer has apologized about the protester-slapping comment, and the Trump Organization may be selling its stake in 555 California.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Yosemite Closes Campgrounds Two Weeks After Opening Homeless advocates march through the Tenderloin, California's plastic bag ban is back in effect after a temporary break, and the outbreak at San Quentin hits 450 cases.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Buckeye Roadhouse Becomes First Local Restaurant to Close After Reopening Due To Two COVID Infections Among Staff We never had a wave of bar or restaurant outbreaks because most of these businesses have been closed in the Bay Area. Now, though, as many are reopening, we're likely to get that wave of stories like this.
SF Politics Trump Threatens to Imprison Attempted Statue Topplers; Twitter Labels Tweet In Which He Threatened Protesters With every passing day you get the sense that our ever-unraveling and re-raveling President might be hitting a new low point even for him — but how many times have we all said this in three years? It's like we're all in a support group for children of narcissistic parents.
SF News Antioch Police Union President Says Cops Are '100% Justified' In Assaulting Protesters Who Flip Them Off An Antioch policeman who heads the local police union recently made a public comment suggesting that officers facing down antagonistic protesters are "100 percent justified" in giving them "an open-hand slap in the face."
SF News Pandemic Updates: Bay Area Case Uptick, E.U. Likely to Ban Americans As the president continues his campaign to try to get as many of his ardent supporters infected as possible, one rally at a time, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in the U.S. this week.
Arts & Entertainment Andy Goldsworthy 'Spire' Sculpture in Presidio Damaged By Possible Arson Fire An invaluable environmental art piece by the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy was damaged early Tuesday morning in what investigators believe was an act of arson.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Will Anyone Want to Ride BART Anytime Soon? San Jose police are seeking a woman for intentionally coughing on a baby, Newsom says reopenings could still be reversed if hospitalizations keep going up, and BART is trying to boost ridership by insisting everything is well sanitized — but will that really work?
SF News Day Around the Bay: Richmond District Murder Allegedly Happened on Zoom Gilead is studying an inhalable version of remdesivir to stop COVID progression in patients at home, Newsom has reached a budget deal, and last week's murder of an elderly roommate in the Richmond District reportedly happened during a Zoom call.
SF News Five People Wounded in Tenderloin Drive-By Shooting San Francisco police were investigating a shooting that occurred sometime just after 3 p.m. on Monday on Leavenworth Street between Turk and Eddy, in the Tenderloin.
Arts & Entertainment LGBTQ March Planned On Pride Sunday In Solidarity With Black Lives Matter; 'Pride Is a Riot' Planned in Dolores Park Many expected that this year's Pride would get back to its protest roots, with all the official — and overly corporate-sponsored — parades and parties canceled. And that is now happening in the form of a rally and march that will take the old SF Gay Freedom Day route beginning up on Polk Street.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Will Open Outdoor Bars, Hair Salons, Tattoo Parlors on June 29 As presaged by that Board of Supervisors vote last week, and thanks to relatively low and stable COVID case growth and hospitalization rates, SF is moving ahead with some earlier-than-previously-announced opening dates for businesses.
SF News Who Was Junipero Serra, and Why Do Activists Want His Name Stripped From Institutions and His Statues Toppled? Father Junipero Serra is one of multiple historic figures whose legacies are being questioned anew in recent weeks of national protest.
SF News PG&E Says Power Shutoffs Will Be Briefer, More Targeted This Year We all should know by now what PG&E's promises are worth. But the still-standing utility is making new pledges aimed at quelling the anger over public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) that seriously impacted many lives and businesses last fall.
SF News San Quentin Outbreak Grows to 219 Cases; Family Members Decry Prison System Mistake A COVID-19 outbreak that began about two weeks ago at San Quentin State Prison has now infected 219 inmates, and it sounds as though it was completely preventable.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Santa Rosa Woman Assaulted For Driving Through Protest California's COVID hospitalizations have hit a new high, a hospital in Lodi is dealing with an outbreak among staffers, and Patagonia has joined a group of companies pulling ads from Facebook.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Orphan Andy's In Castro Gets Plastic Partitions Between Booths, Shower Curtains As restaurants prepare to open for indoor dining next month, we're likely to see a lot of creative solutions to the problem of people's anxiety about being in close quarters with strangers.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mountain Lion Possibly Killed Three Marsupials at SF Zoo Contra Costa County is now on a state watch list due to rising COVID hospitalizations, AMC Theaters walked back that no-mask stuff, and the SF Zoo is investigating whether that wayward mountain lion cub might have killed two wallaroos and a kangaroo last week.
SF News SF Man Yells 'Blue Lives Matter,' Allegedly Threatens To Kill Family Wearing Black Lives Matter Shirts At Restaurant A San Francisco man isn't quite doing SF proud if what San Mateo County authorities say is true. He's accused of yelling at a family of five outside a Burlingame restaurant last week and threatening to shoot them for wearing Black Lives Matter shirts.
SF News Noted Nudist Activist Gypsy Taub, In Jail for Six Months On Stalking and Attempted Abduction Charges, Seeks Reduced Bail Gypsy Taub (pictured at left), who for years made headlines in San Francisco and her hometown of Berkeley for her "body freedom" activism and nudist parades, was arrested in December after allegedly violating a restraining order and "stalking" the teenage friend of her son.
Arts & Entertainment Juneteenth Protests, Rallies, and Celebrations Scheduled Throughout the Bay Area To mark the day during this time of national conversation — and protest — over racial and social justice, there are multiple events happening around the Bay Area both on- and offline.
SF News Muni Announces Major Light-Rail Changes As It Makes Plan To Restart Train Service In August The SFMTA is going to be significantly altering how trains run through the Muni Metro tunnels from West Portal through downtown San Francisco when the system reopens for business in August.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Twitter Flags Another Trump Tweet The SF Public Library is reopening some branches this summer, Californians will all be getting mail-in ballots for November, and Alameda County is reopening outdoor dining and indoor retail starting today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Family Seeks Answers After Berkeley Student Is Killed On the Street A 60-year-old SF man was arrested for the killing of his 80-year-old female roommate, wildfires were burning in multiple parts of the Bay Area today, and Oakland is now investigating a hanging effigy on a Lake Merritt tree.
SF News Contra Costa, Santa Clara County Health Officers Get Threats From Anti-Lockdown Lunatics Someone, or a group of someones, recently went to the home of Contra Costa County Public Health Officer Dr. Chris Farnitano and wrote on the sidewalk outside, "My body my choice" and, "Tyranny is not the answer."
