SF Politics Mayor London Breed Says Nuru Situation Is 'A Learning Experience' Days after the mayor revealed her longtime personal relationship with former Public Works director Mohammed Nuru — who resigned last week amid a federal investigation — she's saying that she now is "re-evaluating" all of her personal relationships.
SF News Summertime 'Carmageddon' Fears Ignite Over 101 Deck Replacement Project in SF Caltrans is undertaking a major project on the 101 freeway in San Francisco this July, and the agency is holding a series of public meetings to discuss how it may impact businesses, traffic, and more.
SF News Palo Alto Academics Vanish Leaving No Clues at Inverness Vacation Rental The case of a Bay Area couple in their 70s who disappeared over the weekend from a rental home in Inverness continues to baffle both their family and Marin County authorities.
SF News Armed Trio Try and Fail to Carjack Three Vehicles In SoMa Thursday Morning A trio of suspects, one armed with a handgun, allegedly attempted three separate carjackings in and around SoMa, all within an hour on Thursday morning.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: 12 Cruise Ship Coronavirus Patients Now In NorCal Hospitals Six people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Los Gatos, a 25-year-old man turned himself in following a murder in a San Jose Airbnb, and there are now a dozen Americans from the Diamond Princess cruise ship hospitalized in Northern California.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Berkeley Bowl Co-Founder Has Died at Age 85 The Berkeley Bowl mourns the loss of its co-owner, Gavin admits homlessness is a “disgrace”, and Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards is suing the city.
SF News Off-Duty FBI Agent Allegedly Shot Homeless Musician Because He Saw Weed The 24-year-old homeless kid who was shot last week by an off-duty FBI agent in the Haight is speaking out, and the story, if true, is all kinds of effed up.
SF Politics Obama Primary Challenge Story Emerges Just As Sanders Takes Strong Lead in CA Poll Two weeks out from Super Tuesday and the California primary, Senator Bernie Sanders has reportedly pulled out with a big lead in a new poll of Democratic voters in the state.
SF News Utilities Commissioner Suggests Revoking PG&E's License to Operate In a new 16-page proposal that's now under review by the powerful California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the commission president is suggesting several milestones for PG&E to reach as it emerges from bankruptcy.
SF News John Lee Cowell's Testimony May Get Tossed If He Refuses To Come Back To Court The suspect in the 2018 BART station murder of 18-year-old Nia Wilson was thrown out of court last week after an expletive-laced outburst at a prosecutor, and now he is apparently refusing to come back to complete his cross-examination.
SF News Suspect In East Bay Armed Robberies Cuts Hair, Gets Arrested In Central Valley One of two suspects wanted in what are believed to be a pair of connected, violent daylight robberies in Oakland and Richmond on February 10, was arrested after an all-points bulletin went out — and he was likely trying to flee the state.
SF Politics Invoice Suggests Mayor Had Parade Float Paid For By Local Restaurateur A new piece of evidence suggests that Mayor London Breed may have received an undisclosed gift from local restaurateur Nick Bovis, the alleged co-conspirator who was indicted by the feds last month along with former Public Works director Mohammed Nuru.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Uber Shuts Down L.A. Office One of the infected passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship has been put in isolation at a Napa hospital, Caltrain is temporarily suspending weekend service into SF, and a Palo Alto couple remains missing in Marin County.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mountain View Woman Describes Attempted Kidnapping A 33-year-old transient man was arrested after allegedly forcing his way into a woman's home, an elderly hiker has gone missing in Marin County, and tonight is the deadline to register to vote in the California primary.
SF News Two Dead After Rental Car Plunges Off Big Sur Cliff and Catches Fire Two people are dead after their car went off a cliff and crashed 300 feet below the roadway along Highway 1 south of Big Sur early Thursday.
Business & Tech In New Book, Uber Whistleblower Susan Fowler Describes Early Red Flags, and a Warning Not To Date Travis Kalanick "Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber," is a memoir of Fowler's upbringing, education, and ultimately her brief stint in the engineering department at Uber ca. 2015-2016.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Chef Dominique Crenn Engaged to Actress Maria Bello Michelin three-star chef Dominique Crenn is in love, and she has proposed to girlfriend Maria Bello — the actress best known for films like Coyote Ugly, The World Trade Center, and The Cooler.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFPD Seeks Man In Super Bowl Sunday Burrito Attack at Gordo Taqueria An irate customer at an Outer Richmond taqueria is being sought by police in an aggravated assault that took place on Sunday, February 2 — during the Super Bowl.
Business & Tech Oracle Employees Circulate Petition Over Larry Ellison's Planned Golf Fundraiser for Trump Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is hosting a golf fundraiser for President Trump's reelection campaign on Wednesday, and some Oracle employees have started a petition denouncing the event.
SF News Mid-February Wildfire Spreads to 120 Acres In Tahoe National Forest, Concerning Fire Experts The Antelope Fire broke out Monday along Highway 49 in Sierra County, north of Sierraville in Tahoe National Forest, and it quickly spread to 120 acres before firefighters could contain it.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Big Rig Rollover Crash Snarls I-80 In Emeryville A bomb threat shut down Diridon Station in San Jose for several hours this morning, a Santa Rosa mother and daughter face stigma from self-quarantine after trip to China, and President Trump just pardoned former 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Local Alien Guy Thinks Aliens May Already Be Here The Oakland City Council will be honoring Moms 4 Housing for Black History Month, a Cupertino Park has been temporarily shut down after a mountain lion apparently attacked a child, and a local "astrobiologist" thinks we may already have aliens among us (no joke).
Arts & Entertainment 'Venom 2' Film Shoot Spotted in the Tenderloin At the same time that the fourth installment of 'The Matrix' franchise is filming in SF, it appears the sequel to 2018's 'Venom' is shooting in the city as well.
SF News SF Bank Robber In Mask Identified By Hand Tattoos The suspect in a pair of bank robberies in the Marina last fall decided not to wear gloves, and he was easily identified by authorities because he had the words "HATE" and "CRIME" tattooed across the tops of his hands, with some other script letters across his knuckles.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Katz Bagels Is Closing Its Doors Next Month On 16th Street After 27 years in the Mission District, Katz Bagels is calling it quits. Owner Michael Katz posted a note on the shop door saying that the last bagels will be shmeared and sold on March 24.