SF News BART Says Morning Meltdown Was Due to Isolated Device Malfunction, No Further Problems Anticipated BART officials have been quick to reassure the public that Friday morning's complete and total shutdown of the system, which lasted for five hours, was due to a minor, isolated problem that has been addressed.
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Rolling Out New Homepage Design For First Time In 12 Years Next week, Netflix users around the globe will be seeing a new user interface — on television screens at least — the company debuting its first major overhaul of its app's landing page since 2013.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Brazilian Steakhouse Incoming on Polk Pier 39 gets a trendy new beer garden, a North Beach classic makes an unexpected comeback, and Polk Gulch is getting a new Brazilian steakhouse, all in This Week in Food.
SF News Residents In Hayes Valley and Near 16th and Mission Complain About Approach to Shuffling Drug Trade Around Gatherings of habitual drug users and dealers that used to occur primarily on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin have shifted to other neighborhoods thanks to the mayor and SFPD's "cleanup" efforts, and neighbors on one Mission alley are protesting.
SF News Man Dies After Running Into Water After Dog at Ocean Beach A man accompanied by one or two dogs at Ocean Beach died Thursday after trying to rescue one of the dogs from the surf, though it's not clear whether rough waters had anything to do with his injuries.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Ninth Circuit Denies Elizabeth Holmes's Appeal, Again A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has denied Elizabeth Holmes's request for a rehearing of her appeal; Alphabet stock took a hit this week due to AI competition; and two Supreme Court justices discuss pushing back on the president.
SF News Update: Limited BART Service Returns After Rush Hour Meltdown Due to Computer Issue BART was forced to close all 50 stations in the system Friday morning around 4:30 am due to an issue that was affecting service in the entire system.
SF News Tenants of Fillmore District Housing Complex Complain of Unsafe Conditions, Long-Deferred Maintenance Issues Residents at Thomas Paine Square Apartments in the Fillmore say they're dealing with substandard living conditions and a city government that hasn't helped them so far while their landlord ignores their complaints.
SF Politics Mayor Daniel Lurie Announces $37.5M Fund, Raised From Private Donations, to Address Homelessness and Mental Illness SF Mayor Daniel Lurie made good on a campaign promise to tap wealthy donors in order to help the city address two of its most entrenched problems, homelessness and behavioral health.
SF News SFPD Arrests 21-Year-Old Suspect In Mission District Murder of Teen A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night in Novato in connection with a murder that occurred last Friday in SF's Mission District.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Possible Homicides In Two Days A double shooting early Monday left one person dead in SF's southeast, and police are investigating a possible homicide on Laguna Street near Mint Hill.
SF News Warm Thursday Will Give Way to an Even Warmer Weekend Around the Bay You likely saw some morning fog by the coast and in the inland valleys, but there's going to be a significant warmup this afternoon, and a high pressure system will keep us warm through this second weekend in May.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFMOMA Layoffs Cause Outrage From Union A pedestrian was struck by a train in Suisun City Wednesday night; the SF District Attorney's office wants more money in the city budget, not less; and SFMOMA's sudden layoffs have sparked outrage from the workers' union.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Victims of Two SF Pedestrian Collisions ID'd The victims of two recent pedestrian collisions, one a hit-and-run, in SF have been ID'd as elderly women; Swarovski is leaving the SF Centre mall; and Zoox is building a big car plant in Hayward.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Evicting Longtime Castro Coffeeshop and Nail Salon, Likely for Box Office Space for Castro Theatre It's been confirmed that two longtime businesses on the 400 block of Castro Street, Castro Coffee Co. and Castro Nail Salon, are being evicted in June by new building managers Another Planet Entertainment (APE).
SF News Trump Was Very Clearly Watching 'Escape From Alcatraz' on TV When He Wrote His Dumb Tweet And just like that, we have confirmation of the likely source of President Trump's Sunday whim to reopen Alcatraz — which will never happen — and it's the Clint Eastwood classic 'Escape From Alcatraz' from 1979.
SF News SFO Travelers Hit With Delays Due to Mess In Newark A major East Coast airport hub, particularly for United Airlines, has been in the throes of an air-traffic control staffing shortage that has led to cascading delays and cancellations around the country.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Jules, the Brick and Mortar Version of the Hot Pizza Pop-Up, Sets an Opening Date in the Lower Haight We finally have an opening date for Jules, after a bit of delay, in the former Iza Ramen space in the Lower Haight.
SF News SFPD Chief Bill Scott Is Stepping Down — Did Lurie Push Him Out? San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after an eight-year tenure at the SFPD, following months of rumors that Mayor Daniel Lurie might be looking to make a change at the top of the department.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Two Shot In Downtown Oakland Two people were shot on Franklin Street in downtown Oakland Tuesday afternoon; Netflix seems to be weathering the economic storm quite well; and Joe Biden just gave his first interview since leaving office.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin-Starred Osito Reportedly Closing Due to Rent Dispute A seemingly successful restaurant with Michelin-level accolades, chef Seth Stowaway's Osito, will be closing after this weekend, due to the high rent on the space, Stowaway says.
SF News Founders of OneTaste, the Cult-y SF Orgasm Group, Begin Federal Trial In NY The co-founders of SF-based female-orgasm evangelism group/"wellness startup" OneTaste, Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, are on trial in New York for labor-law violations, and that trial began on Monday.
SF Politics Conservative Supreme Court Justices Once Again Do Injustice to Trans Service Members The Supreme Court has, once again, dealt a blow to transgender people serving in the United States armed forces, allowing President Trump's executive-order ban to stand while its constitutionality is being broadly questioned by lower courts.
SF News United Airlines Jet Clips Wing of Another at SFO, Emergency Crews Respond There was a minor plane whoopsie at San Francisco International Airport Monday night when a United Airlines jet pushing back from the gate clipped the wing of a nearby plane.
Arts & Entertainment Beck Joins Outside Lands Lineup as Single-Day Tickets Go On Sale Another Planet Entertainment, the organizer of Outside Lands, announced a major new addition to this year's lineup on Tuesday, as well as the day-to-day lineups, just ahead of single-day tickets going on sale.
